Intheswamp
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Post by Intheswamp on Mar 11, 2016 8:19:49 GMT -5
Okay kids, quit piling it on! Geez... (You can stop now, jamesp .) Glad you like the photos, though, even if they are on Flickr. No poppies in the desert that I am aware of. At least, not right here. I think you need to go to the Emerald City for the poppies - ha! (witches, ruby slippers, Toto, Yellow Brick Road) What did you think of the aliens at the end of the album? This is simply not right  I agree, jamesp, it's not right. By now they should have found your business cards in the console and returned the craft to Georgia for you. Cockpit kind of reminds me of your kayak...makes sense, now.  |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2016 8:28:10 GMT -5
Darn thing ran out of fuel Intheswamp. Swamp methane. Came down hard in a cactus patch. painful escape |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2016 8:32:13 GMT -5
We'll have California poppies later. California poppies  Opium poppies  |
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Post by Intheswamp on Mar 11, 2016 8:43:54 GMT -5
Darn thing ran out of fuel Intheswamp . Swamp methane. Came down hard in a cactus patch. painful escape Ain't gonna find no swamp gas in a cactus patch, James...you know better'n that...you ain't from Florida, ya know!  |
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Post by Mark K on Mar 11, 2016 11:29:15 GMT -5
That's it. I tried to look it up, but with the plant being 1,300 miles away, I was not even close. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 11, 2016 11:45:16 GMT -5
We'll have California poppies later. California poppies Opium poppies There are California poppies around, but like Pat said, I don't think they are blooming yet. My dad has some in his yard, they are not even close yet, just leafy/lacey greenery.
James and @shotgunner, I think the wildflower display this year was a bit of a let down. I have seen the desert positively riotous with flowers in past years. At the ABSP headquarters, most of the plants they have around the area (planted there, being cared for) are mostly the perennials, including cacti. They make a better show for the visitors to get photos of, or even paint them.
Also most of the "annual wildflowers" are much smaller, and overshadowed by the larger perennials. Will see what other photos I can dredge up of them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 11:51:13 GMT -5
Apparently death valley had a record wildflower season. Alas, I can never go.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2016 12:27:41 GMT -5
Please take some flickr photos Jean.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 11, 2016 12:29:38 GMT -5
Please take some flickr photos Jean. Not on your life, James! Uploading them to the trusty ol' bucket. |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2016 12:32:53 GMT -5
Please take some flickr photos Jean. Not on your life, James! Uploading them to the trusty ol' bucket. Yes ma'am. |
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Post by Pat on Mar 11, 2016 12:40:32 GMT -5
Not on your life, James! Uploading them to the trusty ol' bucket. Yes ma'am. Hmmm, I think "trusty ole bucket" is an oxymoron  |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2016 12:42:19 GMT -5
Hmmm, I think "trusty ole bucket" is an oxymoron I can't enumerate the satisfaction. |
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 11, 2016 13:10:50 GMT -5
Beautiful flower selection!!! As for the Beavertail cactus,I walked into a patch of that,when I was about five years old (camping)...
Not fun! Dad took a few hours of his fishing time to doctor me up-LOL...
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 11, 2016 13:25:56 GMT -5
James, you know the more you whine about it and carry on, the less inclined I am to ever use Flickr again. Just so you know... (  )
Here are pics of desert wildflowers blooming, taken over a span of years.
Desert verbena 
This stuff is very common, will paint the landscape purple!
Desert sunflower
One year, they grew so thick they hampered our vision for rock picking!
Lucy liked them too
Desert lily
These do not come up from seed, but from a bulb waaaay down in the ground
A motley crue.
Don't know what they are, sorry for out of focus.
Tuberosa. This is most likely a perennial, has woody stems.
This one is really small less than an inch across.
I think this is a desert primrose
Hillsides full of brittle bush a agaves
Not in the desert, but on the way out at Easter one year. Lake Henshaw in the midground, left side.
So there you have it. Lots of small annuals, they don't amount to much separately. But when they are covering a large area, wow, the colors can be magnificent!
(watch it, James)
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2016 13:54:55 GMT -5
The motley crew. Purdiest flowers in the field. How deep is the desert lily bulb ? to moisture i reckon
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 11, 2016 18:19:09 GMT -5
jamesp, bulb probably two feet down? Most likely to get moisture, but also for protection from things that would like to take its hard earned moisture, and also eat it. The deeper it is buried, the less likely it will be dug up!
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Post by Pat on Mar 11, 2016 22:09:52 GMT -5
I love desert flowers. Thanks for a beautiful show. Like Especially desert sunflower and desert lily.
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Post by nowyo on Mar 12, 2016 23:23:47 GMT -5
Very cool. We did get to Death Valley, but no aliens. Drat.
Russ
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