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

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