Petey has wild dreams if he stays in bed too long in the morning. Get up Petey!
Amoreuxia palmatifida is always a delightful botanical find. Look for it on rocky slopes between 3,500′ and 5,000′ in southeastern Arizona. The bloom period coincides with summer monsoon and the orange flowers are best seen in the morning unless it is a cloudy day when flowers stay open a little longer. The seed capsules are beautiful. Even Kearney and Peebles of Arizona Flora seem to wax poetic when they mention, “the hyaline endocarp, through which the seeds may be seen as through a window after the exocarp falls away.” Beautiful.
I like the name sumac. I learned it when I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was...
The Loggerhead Shrike is common, but still a fun sighting when your are out in the field. The first time you find an insect...
When I used to give talks I would always show photos and talk about our regional yucca species; Yucca elata, Y. baccata and Yucca...
