On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> There's very little in the way of wildflowers in the back country
> this season due to the lack of winter rains, so I have been looking around
> for opportunities along my daily cycling routes here in Tempe. There are a
> few homes in the southern part of town that have defied the "Disney Desert"
> form of landscaping and have instead turned their front yards in to nice
> showcases of more natural desert flora. One home in particular has a
> couple of interesting species, one being a well formed Strawberry Cactus:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624098065/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099075/
>
> and the other being a species of succulent that I have heard refered to as
> Desert Candle but which I cannot for the moment properly identify:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099265/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099855/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624100085/
>
> Another home nearby has an interesting cactus with orange flowers
> that I have yet to identify:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624198995/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624199025/
>
> Notice the arrangement of rocks in the next to last photo. The owner
> has gone to the trouble of gsthering rocks that are typical of lower
> altitude Sonoran Desert slopes and arranging them in a way that you would
> commonly find them in a natural environment. This is a high degree of
> detail that I rarely see, but I would not want to encourage people to go to
> unless they can find the rocks in areas that have been disturbed by road
> grading.
>
>
Amazing the variety of colors and blossoms you get from cacti. Nice
assortment of photos, Chris.
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Paul Braun
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