Desert Candle
Desert Candle, Mojave Desert.
The Desert Candle has to be one of of the most unique wildflowers I have ever seen! When back lit, the hollow shaft of these giant flowers exhibits a wonderful glow, they are really impressive. I think they are fairly rare, I know I looked far and wide before finding a small patch in 2005, and its not like they are hard to miss!
Normally I love winter, but this year in Alaska we have had endless warm temperatures and rain - in the winter, rain is wasted precipitation in my opinion - it could be snow! So I guess this spring like weather has got me thinking of spring wildflowers!
December 12th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Hey Ron,
I love this photo, very cool. What an awesome plant!
I’m stayin in the A-N-C until after the holidays. I had to be back here on the 18th anyway, so it didn’t make sense to do all that driving for a few days.
I thought you said winter wasn’t here yet.
Cheers
Carl
December 12th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Thanks Carl!
Bummer your trip didn’t go through - I’m sure the winter weather will still be nice and mild out there in January