Sunday, March 31, 2019

Wild Flowers, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona

From the high desert of Texas in late February to the desert of Arizona in March the landscape sprouted with color.

Arizona has received snow and rain in 2019 that is a rare occurrence.  This has allowed the flowers to bloom early, usually this takes place during July/August when the monsoon season arrives.


Driving along route 86 west towards
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
late in March.

A beautiful palette of purple, oranges and greens.

The landscaping at the visitor center at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
The cactus you see here are the organ pipe cactus only found
in the park.  This park borders the Mexican border.

I would have liked to identify these flowers for the posting but decided against buying
a wild flower book because of our limited storage in the "moose".
I can always edit this posting if they get identified, so if you know their name
let me know and I'll update this posting.














This was taken in Big Bend National Park in Texas.



Early March driving in south east Arizona on Apache Pass returning from
Chiricahua National Monument.

As we entered New Mexico north of El Paso Texas we were able to stop at a
Rest Area to take this picture and learn that these flowers are Mexican Poppies.

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