[Leica] Friday Flowers - Aram

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Nice!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 10:43 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> While camping south of Fresno there were a few adjacent fields full of
> this yellow flower. It was quite unusual.  I thought it was probably an
> invasive species but found out later it is native to the central
> California valley and is called Common Spikeweed (Centromadia pungens).
> Have a look.
>
> Common Spikeweed Centromadia pungens-4441-Edit-2.jpg | Flickr
> <
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/52910104658/in/album-72177720307906491/
> >
>
> And as an added bonus, there were many ladybird beetle pupae on it and
> some were hatch.
>
> Ladybug on Common Spikeweed--3.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/52909653136/in/photostream/>
>
> View them large.  The 100 APO Macro can take it even at 45MP.
>
> Comments welcome
>
> Aram
>
>
> --
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
>
> “The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself
> would ever have dared dream.”   James D. Watson
>
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