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UCLA Los Angeles, California
by palmbob Feb 11, 2004 11:09 AM
flower in end of March, Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California
by palmbob Apr 16, 2004 11:22 AM
close up unbelievable color of this flower
by palmbob Apr 16, 2004 11:22 AM
Flower mid April in Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California
by palmbob Apr 29, 2004 12:26 PM
April flower
by palmbob Apr 29, 2004 12:26 PM
Scene of large clump of this painful, but spectacular plant in Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California mid April
by palmbob Apr 29, 2004 12:26 PM
early april flowers on stalk
by palmbob Apr 3, 2005 11:34 AM
by Happenstance May 2, 2005 9:19 PM
by Happenstance May 2, 2005 9:19 PM
by Happenstance May 9, 2005 10:56 PM
by Happenstance May 2, 2005 9:19 PM
Emerging flower stalk
by Happenstance May 2, 2005 9:19 PM
by Happenstance May 11, 2005 11:19 PM
Tropic to Tropic Plants - Delta, B.C. Canada
by growin May 15, 2006 11:04 PM
flower just starting to open, May, southern California
by palmbob May 16, 2006 11:04 PM
flower bud, May, southern California
by palmbob May 18, 2006 11:12 PM
Found growing in a huge cluster at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at the Strybing Arboretum.
by Kell Jun 25, 2007 10:43 PM
Found growing in a huge cluster at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at the Strybing Arboretum.
by Kell Jun 24, 2007 3:16 AM
Found growing in a huge cluster at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at the Strybing Arboretum.
by Kell Jun 28, 2007 12:05 PM
Found growing in a huge cluster at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at the Strybing Arboretum.
by Kell Jun 28, 2007 12:07 PM
Found growing in a huge cluster at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at the Strybing Arboretum.
by Kell Jul 2, 2007 1:05 PM
by efrancesco Nov 1, 2007 11:06 PM
San Grabriel Mission, May 2007
by efrancesco Nov 1, 2007 11:06 PM
Planted in ground 11/06 just in time for a 3 week deep-freeze in mid 20'sF. Didn't bloom Spring of '07, see images previously posted of this plant from 2005
by Happenstance May 22, 2008 11:48 PM
First set of flowers opened Navy Blue before dawn and here they are about 8AM
by Happenstance May 22, 2008 11:50 PM
By 4PM the blooms are taking on their characteristic eye-popping turquoise color. It has been very windy today, check out the pollen blown around the inside of the bloom.
by Happenstance May 22, 2008 11:52 PM
by Happenstance May 30, 2008 12:19 PM
by Happenstance Jun 1, 2008 3:11 AM
field of plants after all the fun is over... now a poor gardener has to truck out there and cut down all the dead blooms- ouch!
by palmbob Jul 30, 2008 6:34 AM
Quail Botanical Gardens, June 09
by robcorreia Jun 6, 2009 4:49 PM
At the Huntington Gardens, Ca
by Calif_Sue Apr 29, 2010 3:08 PM
At the Huntington Gardens, Ca
by Calif_Sue Apr 29, 2010 3:08 PM
color of flowers on cloudy day with flash, early spring, southern California
by palmbob Mar 28, 2011 2:57 PM
San Francisco Botanical Garden
by growin Sep 23, 2011 9:38 AM
by palmbob Jan 21, 2013 8:54 PM
late March, Huntington Gardens, southern California
by palmbob Apr 10, 2013 9:18 AM
Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.
by Kell May 3, 2015 5:39 PM
Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.
by Kell May 3, 2015 5:39 PM
Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.
by Kell May 3, 2015 5:40 PM
In Denise's Waihi Beach garden, NZ
by RosinaBloom Dec 2, 2015 8:24 PM
by RosinaBloom Dec 2, 2015 8:24 PM
by RosinaBloom Dec 2, 2015 8:24 PM
by RosinaBloom Dec 2, 2015 8:24 PM
by RosinaBloom Dec 2, 2015 8:24 PM
by RosinaBloom Dec 2, 2015 8:24 PM
by RosinaBloom Dec 2, 2015 8:24 PM
particularly blue-black version of this plant... Huntington Gardens, California very early spring
by palmbob Mar 31, 2016 7:30 PM
Huntington gardens, California, late March
by palmbob Mar 31, 2016 7:31 PM
Huntington gardens, California, late March
by palmbob Mar 31, 2016 7:31 PM
Te Puna Quarry Park, Tauranga, NZ
by RosinaBloom Jan 22, 2019 10:08 PM
by RosinaBloom Jan 22, 2019 10:08 PM
by RosinaBloom Jan 22, 2019 10:09 PM
by RosinaBloom Jan 22, 2019 10:09 PM
Succulent Garden, Golden Gate Park. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/
by Kell Mar 29, 2019 9:30 AM
Central Chile. In habitat. Copyright Efeftherios Dariotis (Liberto Dario), horticulturist and botanist from Athens, Greece.
by Kell Oct 29, 2019 3:00 PM
Central Chile. In habitat. Copyright Efeftherios Dariotis (Liberto Dario), horticulturist and botanist from Athens, Greece.
by Kell Oct 29, 2019 3:00 PM
Oops, really Puya chilensis. Central Chile. In habitat. Copyright Efeftherios Dariotis (Liberto Dario), horticulturist and botanist from Athens, Greece.
by Kell Oct 29, 2019 3:01 PM
Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.
by Kell Oct 29, 2019 3:06 PM
Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.
by Kell Oct 29, 2019 3:08 PM
Te Puna Quarry Park, Tauranga, NZ - 'Sapphire Towers' late Spring
by RosinaBloom Nov 30, 2020 8:00 PM
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