There is a species of dandelion that normally blooms in the fall, same
genus, different species than our familiar spring bloomer. It is found,
mostly, in the northern two thirds of the U.S., with some exceptions. Of
course, some spring bloomers get confused also, but by far the majority of
what is being seen now are the fall bloomers.

Kim Flottum
Editor, Bee Culture Magazine
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Truesdell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Orange Pollen?


Samizdat® wrote:

> > I found that several dandelions had gotten their calendar
> >screwed up and were flowering (and being worked).

>  Many plants lately exhibit patterns which would be a major topic of
> conversation and of scientific research in a decent society.

Not much of a conspiracy here. We have dandelions bloom in the fall
every year, before Genetically Modified Crops or even the UFO which
landed nearby and made those neat circles.

The reason they are not a major topic of conversation is because it is
completely natural and normal. It is when you become a beekeeper and
notice what is in bloom that it is at first new but after many years,
just the flow of seasons and expected. Many raspberries can produce
crops of berries throughout the whole year and are not restricted to a
specific season. Some are fall bearing and bear beyond the first freeze.
Again, nothing new.

However, where the UFO landed, there is a coconut palm growing in the
circle. That is unusual, since normally they leave these very long pods.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine