I returned a couple of hours ago from a 9-day ramble through Mojave National Preserve, Joshua Tree National Park, and Anza Borrego Desert State Park. No spectacular showings, but many flowers for those willing to look a bit. Everything from tiny daisies barely larger than a pinhead to flowering giants (Joshua trees, palo verde trees, ocotillo). It is especially interesting to me to see how the type of vegetation and amount of bloom changes so quickly with the ups and downs of terrain. I am hoping to have some flower photos for this thread, but first must recover from travel exhaustion.
