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Splendid mariposa lily (Calochortus splendens)        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Abundant rains in the 2016-2017 winter brought out some excellent wildflower shows in southern California.  These photos are of a fairly localized species of mariposa lily in the genus Calochortus (C. splendens),growing in an isolated patch in Sycamore Canyon Park in Riverside.   In one of the images, a small native bee, probably a Diadasia, can be seen foraging resting in a blossom.             More photos, from 2010-2011. are here; pictures of other species of Calochortus can be found here, here, here, and here.

Canon 5D4, Sigma 150 mm macro lens and fill-in flash (2017)