http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/09/15/fall-colors-bottle-gentian/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:53:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/09/15/fall-colors-bottle-gentian/comment-page-1/#comment-8135 Mary Ann Pike Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:09:28 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=10085#comment-8135 A beautiful flower. I saw one at Presque Isle a few weeks ago. But the design seems less than optimal from an evolutionary standpoint, although I guess it does OK. One of the flowers I saw had a hole in the side. I think I read that some insects will chew through the flower since that's the only way they can get in. A beautiful flower. I saw one at Presque Isle a few weeks ago. But the design seems less than optimal from an evolutionary standpoint, although I guess it does OK. One of the flowers I saw had a hole in the side. I think I read that some insects will chew through the flower since that’s the only way they can get in.

]]>