These plants were in bloom last week in the dunes around Bahia Gonzaga - The Baja California Plant Field Guide does not describe them. Does anyone
know what they are called in English or Spanish?
[Edited on 3-28-2007 by Taco de Baja]shari - 3-28-2007 at 07:40 AM
Lillies are called Alcatraz in spanish I believe and a very popular motif here.
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tehag - 3-28-2007 at 02:29 PM
This could be a local usage. Lily is azucena. Alcartraz is a gannet or sometimes a pelican.
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gringorio - 3-29-2007 at 04:54 AM
Thanks for the id! what a beautiful plant - hard to imagine how it can grow in sand! Mexitron - 3-29-2007 at 06:45 AM
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Originally posted by gringorio
Thanks for the id! what a beautiful plant - hard to imagine how it can grow in sand!
My professer on a field botany trip in the Mojave pointed out how much taller the Creosote bushes were in the sand dunes--turns out that sand actually
holds quite a bit of moisture since it has little ability to "wick" out moisture like clay soils do...so just the top layer of sand is dry from
evaporation, whereas there is still significant moisture deeper down.
