Flowers

pb4567 Saguaro and Woodpecker

Too many choices for the woodpecker at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

BE020 Canna Lily

The photograph of this yellow canna lily was taken at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C.

pb4417 Prickly Pear Cactus

A great example of a prickly pear cactus flower, at the Tohono Chul Desert Garden, Tucson, AZ.

pb0947 Iris

A "Spouting Horn" bearded iris.

pb4477 Arizona Wild Cotton

Another specimen from the Tohono Chul Desert Garden, Tucson, AZ.

pb4482 Pineleaf Milkweed

An almost ethereal specimen, at the Tohono Chul Desert Garden, Tucson, AZ.

pb4692 Passionflower

An excellent example of a passionflower, growing in a private garden in Tucson, AZ.

BC228 Flame Lily

This vivid flower is one of the very few I photographed in my garden.

BC533 Spider Lilies

This tropical variety was growing on Ambergris Key in Belize, Central America.

BC685 Sensitive Brier

A wildflower found in New Orleans, often referred to as a "firecracker flower."

pb4931 Texas Rainbow

Found in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reserve, New Mexico.

pb4652 Kingcup Cactus

Another cactus in flower at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reserve, New Mexico.

pb5213 Rattail Cactus

A bright cactus flower growing in the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ.

BC714 White Bean Bog

These lacy flowers are closely related to water lilies, and in fact were growing right next to the yellow water lily.

BF093 White Water Lilies

Another example from Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC.

BG710 Calla Lily

This graceful flower was growing in the gardens at Giverny.

BF087 Lotus

An example of what you'll find at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC

BF288 Water Lilies

One of the many varieties growing at Lily Pons, Maryland,

BC539 Calla Lily

Another tropical flower growing in Belize, back-lit by the early morning sun.