A winter growing bulb from California.
by Lophophora May 29, 2003 12:11 PM
Close up showing diagnostic nectaries.
by Lophophora May 29, 2003 12:12 PM
A different plant - this one has extra spots on the petals.
by Lophophora May 29, 2003 12:14 PM
Same bulbs as last year, but bone-meal feedings resulted in more, bigger blooms.
by Lophophora May 17, 2004 10:12 AM
Wild collected seeds from the NARGS Seed Exchange 2003/4. Labeled "Tuolumne Co. CA"
by Lophophora May 19, 2004 11:09 AM
Close up of almost ripe seed pod.
by Lophophora May 31, 2004 9:13 AM
Butterfly Mariposa in Yosemite, California, USA, July 1998
by kennedyh Sep 5, 2004 5:33 PM
Photo taken in wild 04/30/05
by damnerd May 2, 2005 11:10 PM
Photo taken in wild 04/30/05
by damnerd May 3, 2005 9:19 PM
The flesh of the bulb is a bright orange color. Once eaten by desperate pioneers and crafty natives.
by ineedacupoftea Jan 9, 2006 10:50 PM
Flower not quite open and seed pod - Simi Hills, California - May 12, 2008
by Kelli May 12, 2008 10:52 PM
Calochortus venustus. A beautiful red form.
by Venustus Dec 14, 2008 3:48 AM
I was amazed that a flower this beautiful actually existed. I thought the flower catalogs were exaggerating.
by eolivas103 Apr 27, 2014 6:46 AM
Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com
by Kell May 24, 2017 2:39 PM
Photo courtesy and copyright of Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.
by Kell Apr 23, 2018 2:37 PM
Photo courtesy and copyright of Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.
by Kell Apr 23, 2018 2:37 PM
