time-lapse: larkspur flower

Environment
Herbivory
- caterpillar
  - sycamore
  - milkweed
Microbes
Plant development
- growth
  - American chestnut
  - black locust
- forest phenology
- flowers
  - black cherry
  - fire pink
  - honeysuckle
  - larkspur
  - redbud
  - trout lily
  - tulip poplar
  - willow
Plant taxonomy
- floral fusion
- flower arrangement
  - simple
  - raceme
  - umbel
- flower gender
  - dioecious
  - monoecious
- flower symmetry
  - actinomorphic
  - zygomorphic
- flowers
  - black cherry
  - fire pink
  - honeysuckle
  - larkspur
  - redbud
  - trout lily
  - tulip poplar
  - willow
- ovary placement
  - superior
  - inferior
- seedling growth
  - American chestnut
  - black locust
- miscellaneous
  - sepal spur
  - carpels

purple larkspur (Delphinium tricorne)

Family- Ranunculaceae

Flowers

Inflorescences- terminal raceme
Gender- monoecious (perfect/hermaphroditic)

Perianth

Corolla symmetry- bilateral (zygomorphic)
Upper sepal forms a long nectar spur

Androecium

~20 stamens per flower

Gynoecium

Ovaries superior,
3 pistils per flower,

This particular sequence was taken using a Nikon Coolpix 5400 controlled by a Digisnap 2000. This sequence was shot over 16 hours taking 1 frame every 3 minutes.