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Gentian Valley
16 - 17 July, 2009 - Part 2
According to the weather, it was raining on the coast
and the cloudscapes behind the big mountains were very dramatic.
They created some interesting lighting effects in Gentian Valley.
And then we found something I had not seen for many years.
It was the plant after which I have named the valley:
The Slender Gentian
It is not very big!
And none of the dozen or so plants that we found were open.
But it was very exciting to see that this plant is still surviving here.
I do not know of any other site in BC for this plant, with the exception of Mt Logan.
The following morning the weather looked more promising.
We were headed for some bluffs below the peak (out of sight in this picture)
that are home to some fascinating and unusual rock alpine plants.
There was less snow than usual at this time of year
and many of the creeks that are usually snowbridged had broken free of the ice.
The Spotted Saxifrage was prevalent in the rock cracks
I had just photographed an early Mountain Fireweed
When - Tragedy!
My camera batteries ran out and the ones I carried as a replacement were uncharged!
So all the Alp Lilies, Pygmy Buttercups, rare Cinquefoils and Saxifrages, Mist Maidens
and other Gentian Valley delights had to go unphotographed.
I will not have time to go back there until next year.
(For a sample of these plants, see last year's trip, Gentian Valley 11 - 13th July Parts 3 and 4)
I was kicking myself all the way home.
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