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  1. A #botanist searches for the #seeds of the rare #DeathValleySage

    April 2, 2026

    "For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the #CaliforniaBotanicGarden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she's come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she's trying again.

    " 'It's a little bit of a gamble,' she says. 'But, you know, the plant's having a really good year. I feel hopeful.' "

    Read more:
    npr.org/sections/the-picture-s

    #SolarPunkSunday #California #RarePlants #SeedVaults #SeedSaving #RareSeeds #DesertBloom #DeathValley #SuperBloom #PlantPreservation

  2. A #botanist searches for the #seeds of the rare #DeathValleySage

    April 2, 2026

    "For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the #CaliforniaBotanicGarden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she's come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she's trying again.

    " 'It's a little bit of a gamble,' she says. 'But, you know, the plant's having a really good year. I feel hopeful.' "

    Read more:
    npr.org/sections/the-picture-s

    #SolarPunkSunday #California #RarePlants #SeedVaults #SeedSaving #RareSeeds #DesertBloom #DeathValley #SuperBloom #PlantPreservation

  3. A #botanist searches for the #seeds of the rare #DeathValleySage

    April 2, 2026

    "For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the #CaliforniaBotanicGarden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she's come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she's trying again.

    " 'It's a little bit of a gamble,' she says. 'But, you know, the plant's having a really good year. I feel hopeful.' "

    Read more:
    npr.org/sections/the-picture-s

    #SolarPunkSunday #California #RarePlants #SeedVaults #SeedSaving #RareSeeds #DesertBloom #DeathValley #SuperBloom #PlantPreservation

  4. A #botanist searches for the #seeds of the rare #DeathValleySage

    April 2, 2026

    "For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the #CaliforniaBotanicGarden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she's come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she's trying again.

    " 'It's a little bit of a gamble,' she says. 'But, you know, the plant's having a really good year. I feel hopeful.' "

    Read more:
    npr.org/sections/the-picture-s

    #SolarPunkSunday #California #RarePlants #SeedVaults #SeedSaving #RareSeeds #DesertBloom #DeathValley #SuperBloom #PlantPreservation

  5. A #botanist searches for the #seeds of the rare #DeathValleySage

    April 2, 2026

    "For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the #CaliforniaBotanicGarden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she's come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she's trying again.

    " 'It's a little bit of a gamble,' she says. 'But, you know, the plant's having a really good year. I feel hopeful.' "

    Read more:
    npr.org/sections/the-picture-s

    #SolarPunkSunday #California #RarePlants #SeedVaults #SeedSaving #RareSeeds #DesertBloom #DeathValley #SuperBloom #PlantPreservation

  6. OK, a superbloom is a thing where when conditions are just right a huge number of plants flower all at once in what is usually a rather barren area. These can happen years apart.

    So how do all these flowers get pollinated?

    How do the bees or other insects survive between superblooms?

    Are they just relying on wind?

    Or do most of those flowers go unpollinated?

    #SuperBloom

  7. #DeathValley sees its most spectacular #superbloom in a decade

    The #wildflowers have painted the usually barren landscape of #DeathValleyNationalPark — one of the hottest and driest places in the country — in pretty pink, purple and yellow.

    March 8, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
    By Denise Chow

    Excerpt: " 'You can think of it like drought evasion,' said Erik Rakestraw, a curator of botany at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. 'In their seed form, it’s like they’re not even existing. They’re just laying in the soil.'

    "In the proper conditions, the seeds will germinate. Then, after the flowers are pollinated, they’ll turn back to seeds and the cycle will begin again."

    Read more:
    nbcnews.com/science/rcna257503

    #Southwest #DesertFlowers #Nature #2026SuperBloom

  8. If as reported in USA there is a going on
    bbc.com/news/videos/cly2eken4p
    I was wondering if any biologists could explain how flowering plants benefit and can be pollinated if there are no insect numbers to match the supply of flowers because they only bloom once in a decade or so and insect populations I guess would not be synchronous in number e.g. bee population is out of synch and small and far away....

  9. “Wildflowers, South Death Valley” — A flower-covered landscape with a hill and the lower panamint Range.

    Is this a so-called “super bloom” year in Death Valley? The term seems subjective, and there does not seem to be a clear demarcation between a really great bloom (which this season is certainly providing) and a super bloom. From what we saw in late February, I think there’s a case for calling 2026 one of the exceptional super bloom years…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/03/07/wi

    # deathvalley #wildflowers #superbloom #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography

  10. Death Valley and parts of southern California have erupted in #wildflowers thanks to record rain that helped deliver spectacular blooms.

    In the famously arid national park,
    the rare display has covered miles of the landscape in vibrant shades of yellow and purple.
    Park officials announced on Sunday that Death Valley was experiencing an “above-average bloom year”
    that is nearing levels of a #superbloom, a phenomenon that typically occurs once a decade.
    The area most recently had a superbloom of millions of flowers in 2016,
    which can only occur in “perfect conditions” with “well-spaced rainfall” and mild temperatures, the park said in a statement.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

  11. #DeathValley #wildflower report: too early.

    This is the biggest concentration of wildflowers I saw between Jubilee Pass and Furnace Creek. I stopped at Ashford Mills and have seen a lot more flowers there in the past. I'm thinking that people wanting to catch the beginning of the #SuperBloom should probably wait at least a week or two.

    I definitely recommend coming in from Shoshone on Ryder 127 in the morning. Amazing views and no one on the road until Badwater.