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bajajudy
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I took this shot on the way to San Ignacio Lagoon. With all the new rain anyone taking the trip down #1 will have an eyefull.
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bajajudy
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That didnt turn out as good as I had hoped. But this is a closup of the flowers. These were both taken last Sunday
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Hook
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No, David.....
....they are not neighbors, but my wife and I have visited them a few times. Even made it into the hot tub with the, uh, interesting dress code. Hey,
I grew up in the '60s...what the hell!
We like them alot......Marv is still a great storyteller. Has also taken us around in that Mitsubishi/Dodge "jeep" of his. c-cktail Ridge, Tapiado,
Diablo.....now, I'm name dropping.
My source is Frank, a neighbor of theirs, who has an extensive email distribution list of weather data from the area.
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Don Jorge
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Desert Lily
Just getting better in the deserts!
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the whole desert is full of colors now. Even the Dantilillo (Yuca Tree) in the Victorville area is in full flora bloom.
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Pappy Jon
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You Watch!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
But they predict the peak will be in Feb., not the usual March peak. |
I don't think I can agree. As long as it keeps raining the wildflowers will continue until the weather cooks them off, usually late March in the low
desert. This is, by far, one of the best seasons I've ever "seen," in quotes because I'm stuck looking at the pics at Desert USA and getting reports
from friends in Palm Springs.
I have full confidence that by the time I get there the middle of March the flowers will still be up and blooming. There is my prediction. If anything
the shrubs and trees will be going full blast.
Enjoy it folks. This is a once in a lifetime bloom.
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Hook
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I posted that....
...before the last rain storm and updated it in a subsequent post.
Mid-March for the low deserts, early April for the high deserts
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Don Jorge
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We did did Anza this past weekend. The desert lily is just beginning to bloom. Many, many flowering plants still in young vegetative state.
This bloom has legs and will last till the cookoff indeed.
This is as good as it gets or at least as good as I have seen in the 30 years I have been stopping to smell the flowers.
We cannot wait to get back to the central desert of Baja!! It is going to be awesome!
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
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"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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Pappy Jon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Jorge
This is as good as it gets or at least as good as I have seen in the 30 years I have been stopping to smell the flowers. |
Did you realize that when you smell a flower you are sticking your nose into the sexual organs of another species?
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BajaVida
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cochino malcreado
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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Hook
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Don Jorge
Where did you go? At what elevation? Is your avatar in Vallecito Wash?
We are leaving after work Friday and are still undecided. Rain will not stop us....only force us to consider where washouts may occurr.
Fritz C. on Channel 4 News says it is possible for the coastal areas to get 4-8 inches between now and Tuesday AM!
[Edited on 2-18-2005 by Hook]
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Don Jorge
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Hook,
We went into the Indian Gorge area this trip but everywhere is going off. That avitar is from that zone. Lots of water and signs of recent water in
the usual slick spots.
Also, are you PJ of AllCoast?
Don't pay any attention to Fritz, this storm doesn't have the energy he thinks it does.
Have a great trip!
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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Arthur
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Irishman, what was that image that you posted? -- looks kinda like a potato vine. Didn't look like any kind of yucca that I know.
Anyway, it's a great shot, and it's now my wallpaper. Thanks!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Arthur
Irishman, what was that image that you posted? -- looks kinda like a potato vine. |
Solanum xantii. You'll need to look up a common name. It's mostly a chaparral plant, but does creep over the mountains to the desert edge.
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Hook
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Also, are you PJ of AllCoast?
Si, amigo.
We will be pretty close to Indian Gorge; we have a few secret spots (shhhhhh!) along Vallecito Wash.
Which fork did you take in Indian Gorge? Did you overnight it? I have never noticed any camps other than the ones at the dead ends.
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Natalie Ann
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Solanum jasminoides - Potato Vine
a vine with either white or blue blooms about an inch across with blooms in clusters of 8-10
Solanum xantii
and evergreen shrub, erect or sprawling to 2 ft. with purple inch-long flowers in late winter, spring.
Yucca
an evergreen shrub or tree , many species but all have clusters of tough, sword-shped leaves and large clusters of white or whitish flowers.
*Info courtesy of Sunset Western Garden Book, 6th edition
[Edited on 2-19-2005 by Natalie Ann]
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Actually, its Solanum hindsianum(Mariola or Ojo de Libre), and grows from the San Quintin area south to Cabo and some into Sonora. Its a
common component of the Central Desert Flora....beautiful plant. Always seems to be in bloom. Solanum xantii is, as mentioned, a chaparral
component, and is found all over the peninsula but at generally speaking higher altitudes(Sierra Juarez, San Pedro Martir, San Borja sierras, and so
on) where the chapparral community is accomodated.
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Pappy Jon
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Well, if that pic was taken in Baja I might agree depending on where it was taken. Baja nightshade has silvery leaves and lighter blue flowers. I've
grown it before. The flowers in that pic look too dark for S. hindsianum.
So now the Yank needs to tell us where the pic was taken.
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It looks like the central/eastern peninsula desert area in the photo.....I checked out Munz and Wiggins, can't find any S. xantii, or
varieties, in the desert areas....but I've been wrong before
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Natalie Ann
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Victorville - he says it's in that area. Where is that? I'd really like to know the identity of this plant... would like to know its approximate
height/size of leaves/flowers.
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