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I took a Butterfly Photography class sponsored by Desert Botanical Garden and taught by Joanne West. I learned a lot and practiced a lot. I really feel that I had improved significantly by the end of the class.
We had a classroom presentation followed by private hands-on practice in the Butterfly Pavilion.
I believe this is what I know as Desert Scorpionweed. Any correction will be appreciated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phacelia_campanularia
Phacelia campanularia is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names desertbells,[3] desert bluebells,[4] California-bluebell,[5] desert scorpionweed,[6] and desert Canterbury bells.[7] Its true native range is within the borders of California,[4][8][6] in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, but it is commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant and it can be found growing elsewhere as an introduced species.[3]
This annual herb has an erect stem reaching 0.7 metres (2.3 ft) in maximum height. It is covered in glandular hairs. The leaf blades are somewhat rounded with toothed edges. The inflorescence is a loose cyme of flowers. The flower has a bright blue corolla up to 4 centimeters long which can be bell-shaped, funnel-shaped, or round and flattened. It can have white spots in the throat. The protruding stamens and style can be 4.5 centimeters long. The fruit is a capsule up to 1.5 centimeters long.[9] It grows in dry, sandy places below 4,000 feet (1,200 m).[7]
The juice, sap, or hairs may cause irritation or a skin rash and should be washed from skin as soon as possible.[11]
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
dbg.org/
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
dbg.org/visit/butterfly-pavilion/
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG Butterfly class
I took a Butterfly Photography class sponsored by Desert Botanical Garden and taught by Joanne West. I learned a lot and practiced a lot. I really feel that I had improved significantly by the end of the class.
We had a classroom presentation followed by private hands-on practice in the Butterfly Pavilion.
I believe this is what I know as Desert Scorpionweed. Any correction will be appreciated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phacelia_campanularia
Phacelia campanularia is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names desertbells,[3] desert bluebells,[4] California-bluebell,[5] desert scorpionweed,[6] and desert Canterbury bells.[7] Its true native range is within the borders of California,[4][8][6] in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, but it is commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant and it can be found growing elsewhere as an introduced species.[3]
This annual herb has an erect stem reaching 0.7 metres (2.3 ft) in maximum height. It is covered in glandular hairs. The leaf blades are somewhat rounded with toothed edges. The inflorescence is a loose cyme of flowers. The flower has a bright blue corolla up to 4 centimeters long which can be bell-shaped, funnel-shaped, or round and flattened. It can have white spots in the throat. The protruding stamens and style can be 4.5 centimeters long. The fruit is a capsule up to 1.5 centimeters long.[9] It grows in dry, sandy places below 4,000 feet (1,200 m).[7]
The juice, sap, or hairs may cause irritation or a skin rash and should be washed from skin as soon as possible.[11]
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
dbg.org/
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
dbg.org/visit/butterfly-pavilion/
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG Butterfly class
In Joshua Tree National Park.
Love the intense blue. Quick to flower from seed sown outdoors in May
California Bluebells (Campanula prenanthoides). Butterfly Valley Botanical Area. Plumas National Forest. Near Quincy, Plumas Co., Calif.
Same flower as the earlier post but from the opposite side. Focus-stacked with a ring light. The white background is a car in the driveway.
From a pot in our yard. My wife purchased this seedling via mail-order and when it arrived, it looked like a goner. But she planted it anyway and it's making a recovery. Photo from a focus-stack, lit with a ring light and hand-held in a very slight breeze.
From last year's wildflower garden. I'm looking forward to growing wildflowers again this summer.
aka Desertbells, California Bluebell
Phacelia campanularia
Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson, AZ
The first flower from a mix of Sierra wildflowers I planted last November. Probably California Bluebell (Phacelia campanularia) I've never seen one before, so the identification is still tentative.
Happy Thursday! Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments, awards and faves -- I appreciate them all.
© Melissa Post 2019
Phacelia minor
30 Apr 2019
CA, SBE Co., CSUSB
Phacelia minor
30 Apr 2019
CA, SBE Co., CSUSB
Wildflower Trail, Diamond Valley Lake, Riverside County, CA, 3/17/2017
Linhof Master Technika 2000 camera, 150mm Schneider Symmar-S f/5.6 lens, Fujicolor Pro 160S film, 3 exposures, 164 megapixels
“The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway” ― Michael Pollan, American author. While hiking Wildflower Trail in the hills by Diamond Valley Lake in California’s Riverside County in late winter of 2017, I found a path leading into a natural garden of flowers. Heavy rains during the previous months had brought about a rare super bloom throughout Southern California, and this wildflower-covered dell was a photographer’s dream come true! The orange blossoms are California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), the state flower. The yellow blooms are California goldfields (Lasthenia californica). The more distant splashes of purple are wild Canterbury bells (Phacelia minor).
jameslsnyder.com/photos/248-the-garden-path
Phacelia minor
07 Apr 2018
CA, SBE Co., CSUSB
aka Desertbells, California Bluebell
Phacelia campanularia
Roadside along E. 22nd St., Tucson, AZ
Wildflower Trail, Diamond Valley Lake, Riverside County, CA, 3/17/2017
Linhof Master Technika 2000 camera, 120mm Schneider Super-Symmar HM f/5.6 lens, Fujicolor Pro 160S film, 3 exposures, 198 megapixels
In April of 1891, the Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde wrote in a letter: “A work of art is useless as a flower is useless. A flower blossoms for its own joy. We gain a moment of joy by looking at it”. In late winter of 2017, I felt tremendous joy while exploring the wildflower-covered hills by Diamond Valley Lake in California’s Riverside County. Heavy rains during the previous months had brought about a rare super bloom throughout Southern California. This particular dell along Wildflower Trail in the Domenigoni Mountains was kaleidoscopic, the highlight of my visit. The orange blossoms are California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), the state flower. The yellow blooms are California goldfields (Lasthenia californica). The more distant splashes of purple are wild Canterbury bells (Phacelia minor). Reflecting on Wilde’s ideas, I conclude that if a flower gives us a moment of joy, and a photograph or work of art can spread that joy, they are not entirely useless.
jameslsnyder.com/photos/243-kaleidoscope-dell
