Those flowers are rather special, Chris.
Your second idea for the scene from Phoenix might be closer, but it's
definitely Camelback Mountain.
Chris
On 19 May 14, at 21:09, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In south Tempe and west Chandler I encounter a number of homes that have
> broken away from the "Disney Desert" form of landscaping, where the owners
> have made a good or better attempt at populating their front yards with a
> nice variety of desert flora. This one in particular:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/14221930712/
>
> is well above the norm, and for the past three months there has not been an
> occasion where there was not at least one flower in bloom. I had slowed to
> admire the progress of the Saguaro flowers and happened to notice the owner
> standing out front. Shortly after we began talking he pointed out a recent
> bloom that I had not noticed earlier due to it being difficult to observe
> from the street when going from north to south;
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/14224369385/
>
> The plant is from South America, and I failed to ask him the name. It does
> not stand upright, but is instead prostrate along the ground. The flower in
> the photo is almost 6 inches (15cm) across and the throat is quite deep.
> Towards the rear of the plant there is a double bloom, at an angle that
> provides a view of the calyx:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/14224304825/
>
> Looking down on this double bloom again reveals the deep throat, and if
> you look carefully at the one on the left you may see the bee that is
> scrambling through the stamens.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/14224328615/
>
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