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mulege marv - 9-29-2008 at 06:20 AM



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mulege marv - 9-29-2008 at 06:22 AM



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mulege marv - 9-29-2008 at 06:23 AM



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woody with a view - 9-29-2008 at 06:23 AM

NICE!:o

and the last

mulege marv - 9-29-2008 at 06:24 AM



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Natalie Ann - 9-29-2008 at 07:23 AM

Lovely flores, Marv, thank you.
I especially like the little flower, lavender-pink with yellow-green center. Looks like a tiny orchid.
Can you tell me what it is?

Nena

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mulege marv - 9-29-2008 at 07:36 AM

its the flower of some type of clover that just came up in our flower bed

Paulina - 9-29-2008 at 07:47 AM

Those are very pretty!

DianaT - 9-29-2008 at 07:59 AM

Thanks for sharing these---really like all of them.

Number 1 is my favorite---so very pretty and delicate looking.

Diane

Bob H - 9-29-2008 at 09:29 AM

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Originally posted by mulege marv
its the flower of some type of clover that just came up in our flower bed


My Mother lives on the Gulf coast near the Florida/Alabama State line. She told me after every hurricane that came through there new plants would pop up around her house. That's probably what happend here... after that big storm some seeds washed your way and new plants pop up.
Great shots.
Bob H

Baja-Brit - 9-29-2008 at 03:46 PM

We like flowers! :cool:

....thanks for sharing!


As you were.

Ken Bondy - 9-29-2008 at 05:25 PM

Absolutely beautiful marv!! Mind if I ask what equipment you are using for those? They are really stunning. ++Ken++

ken

mulege marv - 9-30-2008 at 04:32 AM

well i just splurged on a new camera. i have been eye balling them for a while and figured why not. its a nikon D80 with an 18 - 135 mm lens. im still learning how to use it but i am very pleased with it so far. the problem i having on here is getting them small enough to post and still have them worth looking at.

bajaboolie - 9-30-2008 at 10:14 AM

Great photos! I've been thinking about getting the Nikon D80...this might just push me to ask Santa for one. The colors are so vibrant and rich. Too bad I won't have it for our next Baja trip!

mulegemichael - 9-30-2008 at 11:59 AM

Gee Marv, I didn't know you were a "flower" type guy...thanks for the heads up!

bacquito - 9-30-2008 at 12:19 PM

Great photos! Thanks

bajajudy - 9-30-2008 at 03:19 PM

I have no idea what this flower is but I always liked this shot

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bajajudy - 9-30-2008 at 03:22 PM

Thanks Marv
I needed to look at my flower pix again.
yours are much nicer....this is a Sony cybershot

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bajajudy - 9-30-2008 at 03:23 PM

Same flor different angle

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bajajudy - 9-30-2008 at 03:27 PM

Hey I had forgotten about this one

No more....sorry for hogging your thread, Marv

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tripledigitken - 9-30-2008 at 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by bajaboolie
Great photos! I've been thinking about getting the Nikon D80...this might just push me to ask Santa for one. The colors are so vibrant and rich. Too bad I won't have it for our next Baja trip!


Another happy D80 owner, and the prices keep dropping with the release of the D90

Ken

ecomujeres - 9-30-2008 at 09:27 PM

Hi Marv:

The little pink flower with the yellow center and "clover" like leaves is a species of Oxalis. Some species are referred to as "sour grass". Commonly yellow flowers pop up in the grass in US yards. If it's from Mulege, likely an introduced weed in dirt. Even so, it's very lovely.

If your first photo with 5-petalled, red flowers was on a tree in Mulege, that's Delonix regia, also known as Royal Poinciana or Flame tree. One of my favorite introduced species in Mulege.

I can't wait to get down very soon to see all my little desert friends (the plants, of course!) now that there's been a good summer rain.

Loved the barrel cactus photo too. Where'd you take that one?

bajaboolie - 9-30-2008 at 09:29 PM

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Originally posted by tripledigitken
Quote:
Originally posted by bajaboolie
Great photos! I've been thinking about getting the Nikon D80...this might just push me to ask Santa for one. The colors are so vibrant and rich. Too bad I won't have it for our next Baja trip!


Another happy D80 owner, and the prices keep dropping with the release of the D90

Ken


Oh my gosh, great shot! I'm sold on the D80. Thanks for sharing.

Skipjack Joe - 9-30-2008 at 10:39 PM

You done good, Ken.

I had an instructor at Foothill College whose images were all like that. Soft focus images with a hint of subject matter and the colors blending into one another. They're mellow and mysterious at the same time. It's not as easy as it seems. The depth of field needs to be right to get the proper results and you don't know how it's gonna turn out until it's displayed on a large screen.

Natalie Ann - 10-1-2008 at 10:04 AM

ecomujeres - Thanks much on the plant i.d. Never woulda guessed that to be oxalis, although the leaf sure gives it away.

Judy - I love that first flower, too. Wonder what it is.... some kinda hibiscus maybe?

Ken - Nice, very very nice. A perfect Bird of Paradise. Thank you ever so much.

Nena

ecomujeres - 10-1-2008 at 01:05 PM

Natalie Ann: I just can't stand to see a plant go unidentified! I am, afterall, an obsessed plant nut.

Judy's first flower is likely Mexican Bird of Paradise, Caesalpinia gilliesii, (not related to the Bird of Paradise in the lovely, artistic photo by tripledigitken). Not enough of other distinguishing characteristics, but it is a common ornamental in southern Baja.

Want more info/photos? Go here for a start:

http://www.delange.org/MexicanBirdOfParadise/MexicanBirdOfPa...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia_gilliesii

bajajudy - 10-1-2008 at 01:16 PM

Eco
That certainly is it. I remembered it being a treelike plant and those pictures show it!

Sharksbaja - 10-1-2008 at 09:22 PM

Beautiful and WOW Ken!

BajaNuts - 10-1-2008 at 09:51 PM

My son has a shamrock plant with identical leaves to the 3rd picture, his has white blossoms. didn't do the google thing to see if oxalis is the same as shamrock. I'm guessing it is from the other posts because they're all in the clover family.

Judy's first picture reminds me of fucia blossoms. No idea if it's the same family though........
pretty pics

wilderone - 10-2-2008 at 11:53 AM

"The little pink flower with the yellow center and "clover" like leaves is a species of Oxalis. Some species are referred to as "sour grass". Commonly yellow flowers pop up in the grass in US yards. If it's from Mulege, likely an introduced weed in dirt. "

Yes, an oxalis, or pink wood sorrell. Don't diss oxalis!! - not a weed at all. introduced - not native in Baja CA. There are so many different varieties of oxalis. I cultivate the purple-leaved ones with light pink flowers - oxalis triangularis.

ecomujeres - 10-2-2008 at 01:51 PM

No dissing of oxalis going on here, wilderone! http://forums.bajanomad.com/images/smilies/grin.gif As an obsessed plant nut, I am an equal opportunity botanist. A number of my favorite plants are some of the worst weeds and just because they are weeds, their beauty isn’t in the least diminished in my eyes. I can’t remember ever having seen an ugly plant! When I figure out how to post photos on this forum, I’ll have to put up a few of my favorite weed culprits!

When I said "an introduced weed in dirt", I meant it only in the sense that it had popped up in a place it wasn’t planted intentionally and was introduced to Mulege from somewhere else, likely in some dirt. I also speak from experience of the weediness of some Oxalis, since I volunteer in a botanical garden where I see a number of the planted oxalis species from one section regularly “migrating” quite a distance away to other areas of the garden, where they have to be weeded out.

Some Oxalis species are weeds, in the sense that they are unwanted where they occur and will crowd out other plants and prove difficult to remove (they generally grow and spread by underground tuberous roots, giving rise to new plants via small bulbs). We have that type in our “lawn” (which is actually a patch of true clover rather than grass) where it does spread about and tends to take over if not pulled out regularly. Now that’s a weed!

On the other hand, we planted a lovely purple shamrock (the same species you cultivate, Oxalis triangularis) in our garden. It has grown and spread quite a bit, but really is basically staying put. It isn’t a weed because we want it there.

One of my favorite plants in the redwood forests understory along the Pacific coast is Oxalis oregana, redwood sorrel, a native species. Have you ever seen this plant? It creates a lovely ground cover. I love it when the leaves “wilt” in response to being dappled by full sun. It’s really cool to watch.

Bajanuts: Oxalis is in the Oxalis family (Oxalidaceae) and completely unrelated to clovers which are in the Pea family (Fabaceae). The only similarity they share is a very superficial leaf appearance.

Redwood sorrel

Skipjack Joe - 10-2-2008 at 03:33 PM



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Russ - 11-9-2008 at 05:48 PM

I found this pic hidden amongst my trip east of Mulege photos....
OOPs : West of Mulege

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Pompano - 11-9-2008 at 06:08 PM

Here's some from last week.
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Sago palm bud as large as a basketball.

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any idea ?

mulege marv - 12-20-2008 at 08:48 AM

this is a plant capt' mike's wife gave to us. any idea what is ? it seems to bloom all winter.

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Iflyfish - 12-20-2008 at 08:56 AM

In the dead of winter the Nomads give us FLOWERS!

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