Carolina jessamine is the state flower of South Carolina and it's in flower now.
Carpenter bees are the main visitors to its flowers that I normally see, though I have seen a couple of hummingbirds brave the alkaloid-tasting nectar, too.
I've had two sightings of hummingbird visits to the Carolina jessamine over the years outside my study window, apparently, as these posts (on a Carolina jessamine search within my blog) document.
What fun to have those records!
This will be post 1401, since I started blogging in the summer of 2007 -- I can hardly imagine that, really.
A fellow naturalist (Bill Hilton) over in York, SC, and a hummingbird expert, posted this interesting piece back in 2008. about Carolina Jessamine. There are definitely some potent alkaloids involved!
Carpenter bees are the main visitors to its flowers that I normally see, though I have seen a couple of hummingbirds brave the alkaloid-tasting nectar, too.
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| view from my study window, 2009 (it could have been taken this afternoon) |
What fun to have those records!
This will be post 1401, since I started blogging in the summer of 2007 -- I can hardly imagine that, really.
A fellow naturalist (Bill Hilton) over in York, SC, and a hummingbird expert, posted this interesting piece back in 2008. about Carolina Jessamine. There are definitely some potent alkaloids involved!
