I did a post on
pima rhatany ten years ago. I'm doing the same thing I did ten years ago, I'm repeatedly going back to the same area and seeing how things change as time progresses. Ten years ago I was going into Joshua Tree NP on a dirt road accessed off the Hayfield Road offramp of I-10. This year due to Covid-19, the access to Joshua Tree NP is blocked. So I'm going south of the freeway into the flats before and foothills of the Orocopia Mountains.
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The bush with lots of flowers on it. |
I'm finding more of it south of the freeway than I did north of the freeway.
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A profusion of flowers that makes it difficult to pinpoint individual flowers. This was taken April 25, 2020. |
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A week later, May 2, 2020, I'm finding it easier to photograph individual flowers. |
The desert version of bougainvillea!
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