Contents
Natt N. Dodge
Hints for Flower Photographers
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Introduction
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The Desert
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Why and When Do Deserts Bloom?
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Identifying Desert Wildflowers
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Spring gives an Evening Party
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1. Longleaf ephedra
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2. Common reed
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3. Prairie spiderwort
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4. Desertlily
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5. Mariposa
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6. Golden mariposa
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7. Desert mariposa
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8. Soaptree yucca
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9. Joshua-tree
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10. Torrey yucca
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11. Giant yucca
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12. Sacahuista
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13. Sotol
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14. Agave
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15. Parry agave
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16. Lechuguilla
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17. Canaigre
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18. Trailing-four-o’clock
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19. Sand-verbena
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20. Mexican goldpoppy
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21. Pricklepoppy
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22. Evening-primrose
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23. Spectaclepod
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24. Bladderpod
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25. Western-wallflower
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26. False-mesquite
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27. Catclaw-acacia
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28. Mescat-acacia
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29. Honey mesquite
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30. Senna
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31. Blue palo-verde
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32. Bird-of-Paradise-flower
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33. Lupine
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34. Adonis lupine
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35. Smoke-thorn
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36. Dalea
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37. Tesota
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38. Woolly loco
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39. Heron-bill
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40. Creosotebush
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41. Arizona-poppy
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42. Desert-mallow
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43. Five-stamen tamarisk
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44. Yellow mentzelia
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45. Rock-nettle
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46. Night-blooming cereus
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47. Saguaro
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48. Organpipe cactus
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49. Claretcup echinocereus
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50. Strawberry echinocereus
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51. Rainbow echinocereus
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52. Yellow pitaya echinocereus
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53. Barrel cactus
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54. Fishhook cactus
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55. Beavertail cactus
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56. Engelmann pricklypear
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57. Jumping cholla
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58. Pencil cholla
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59. Whipple cholla
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