The Cone Game (7 photos)

16 years ago

10 points for correct genus

25 points for correct genus and species

100 points for correct genus, species and cultivar

All shot yesterday.

Who's game?

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Comments (12)

dredawg5000
16 years ago
I have no clue as to the genus and such....LOL...im not that smart. But WOW...I love the pics!!! What type of camera are you using?
pineresin
16 years ago
1 Picea abies 'Acrocona'
2 Picea koyamae
3 Picea glauca
4 Abies forrestii
5 Abies concolor pollen cones
6 Abies koreana
7 Picea alcoquiana (syn. P. bicolor)

Resin
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arceesmith
Original Author
16 years ago
Dredawg5000: I shoot a canon 10D. Thanks for your nice comment.

Resin: Thanks for playing! I'll wait a while to see if anyone else participates before showing your score. :^)
dansgrdn
16 years ago
I'll go with Resin's pics, flipping #'s 1 and #7. Gorgeous photos rc, thanks for sharing them. Dan
cascadians
16 years ago
Beautiful! Loved trees all my life yet had no idea conifers produce these intricate patterns and colors. Thank you!
arceesmith
Original Author
16 years ago
Dan: Thanks for playing and for your comments.

Cascadians: Glad I could present something new to you!

Is that it then, just two players - Resin and Dan?
kman04
16 years ago
I can get the genus correct, but after that I'm still "all thumbs" when it comes to any conifers outside the usual in my area(South Central US).

So here's what I can get out of the photos:
1. Picea
2. Picea
3. Picea
4. Abies
5. Abies
6. Abies
7. Picea

If resin is correct(which I suspect he is), then I should know at least the genus of #1 and maybe #5 since you find a decent amount of #1 planted around here, and a few #5, but I've never noticed the cones, since most of the time they are way out of reach. Heck, even my Picea pungens only produces cones about 40' up and higher on the tree!
kman04
16 years ago
I meant to say "species of #1..." not "genus of #1..."
kleckas
16 years ago
1. Picea abies Acrocona
2. Picea omorika
3. Picea orientalis Aurea/Aureospicata
5. Abies concolor male pollen cones
6. Abies koreana
7. Picea balfouriana
arceesmith
Original Author
16 years ago
OK, sounds like Dan is having some misery about the answers, so at his request....

1. Picea abies 'Acrocona'
2. Picea abies 'Rubra Spicata' (I thought the red foliage in the background was going to give this one away.)
3. Picea orientalis 'Early Gold'
4. Abies delavay var. forrestii
5. Abies procera 'Glauca Prostrata'
6. Abies koreana 'Silberlocke'
7. Picea abies 'Acrocona' (Yup, a trick. Two cones, one tree.)

You all can work out your own scores, we're on the honor system. :^)

Thanks for playing!
arceesmith
Original Author
15 years ago
#3 is Picea orientalis 'Aureospicata' not 'Early Gold'

Sorry gang - I don't even have 'Early Gold' - what was I thinking?
kman04
15 years ago
I knew it! I just knew it!

No wait, kleckas knew it...I had no idea, other than it was a Spruce. he he :-)