Desert Lily
by Robert Bales
Title
Desert Lily
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Looking much like an Easter Lily, this plant can be easily seen growing grows along desert roads in the spring. The Desert Lily has a deep bulb that sends up a stem in early spring that can be 1 to 4 feet high. A cluster of long, blue-green leaves with white margins grows just above the ground. The Desert Lily's leaves are about an inch wide with wavy edges and grow 8 to 20 inches long.
The Desert Lily was called "Ajo (garlic) Lily" by the Spanish because of the bulb's flavor. Native Americans used the bulb as a food source. These bulbs can remain in the ground for several years, waiting for enough moisture to emerge.
BLM administers the popular Desert Lily Sanctuary, officially designated by Congress in 1994 as part of the California Desert Protection Act which reinforced BLM�s administrative protection of the area dating back to 1968. The Sanctuary is located on State Highway 177, just 7 miles northeast of Desert Center. The best time to visit the Desert Lily Sanctuary is February through April.
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November 14th, 2012
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Comments (15)
Amy E Fraser
This desert lily is fantastic! Love the turquoise brown color combination and the perfect placement of the horizon line. What a stylish image! Great work Robert!
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
Nieves Nitta
Beautiful image of this wild flower against those lovely background colors! Congratulations Robert. L/F
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much for the wonderful feature, congrats, invite and the promotion!!!
Joan Bertucci
Nice presentation Robert! You can tell it's a lily but has something unique about it! L/F
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Joan for the comment and the LF!! One of the first Spring flowers in the desert.