Flowers 2024

I have to confess, as one who's not imbibed in 25+ years (and never grown it), my initial thought was "Why is he posting a picture of a moldy morel on a flower thread?"
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Grows like a weed. :) The market is so saturated most everyone I know finds it cheaper to buy it than grow it anymore.
My son had to move back for a couple of weeks when his basement apartment flooded. He brought his giant hydroponically grown "flower" plant. It stunk up the entire house.
It's an aquired smell like @Deano said. Also Deanos cat looks like your cats...what's up with that? ;)
 
I have to confess, as one who's not imbibed in 25+ years (and never grown it), my initial thought was "Why is he posting a picture of a moldy morel on a flower thread?"
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I'm not sure what made me post that, it must have been all the "flowers".🤣

Speaking of flowers....
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Golden Crownbeard, Verbesina encelioides
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Apricot Globemallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua, the only flower I found that wasn't purple or yellow.
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A field of butterflies on previously named Golden Crownbeard.
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I'm so glad you go through the trouble of identifying these. We have most of the same species around here, but I'm always too busy enjoying them to research them. LoL
 
I'm so glad you go through the trouble of identifying these. We have most of the same species around here, but I'm always too busy enjoying them to research them. LoL
I have plenty of extra time at work some days, so I hike around. In the second pic, you can see how alkaline and salty the desert soil is in many places.
 
Horsetail Milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata
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And Desert Stickleaf, Mentzelia multiflora.
I found a couple more that aren't purple or yellow.
 

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I was unrealistically hoping to get fruit on my Kadsura vines. If not seeing any flowers on my male plant wasn’t enough to prevent that from happening, the storm that just passed through assured it. Here are some of the blooms that I picked up off the ground. Kadsura Japonica has these weird fleshy flowers whose centers already appear to be fully ripened berries.
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These old fashioned flowers have been a staple in my Mom's flower garden ever since I was a kid... (And that was a really long time ago.)😁
Moss Rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
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More from this little guy. (When I say little, that's a 3in pot it's in.)🙂
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