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Reasonably good rains in the late winter and spring of 2010 and 2011 brought out some good wildflowers in southern California. These photos are of a fairly localized species of mariposa lily in the genus Calochortus (C. splendens) that was growing in an isolated patch in Sycamore Canyon Park in Riverside. Some of these flowers were a bit past their prime, but the patch was so small I photographed nearly all of the blossoms. Native Americans are reputed to have eaten the bulbs and cultivated mariposa gardens, and this may explain why these flowers are often found in patches. In a couple of these images, a small native bee can be seen foraging (or resting) in a blossom. |
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