Pink Fairy Dusters is a photograph by Douglas Taylor which was uploaded on February 5th, 2024.
Pink Fairy Dusters
The amazing red and white stamens of the Pink Fairy Duster flowers shine on an early spring afternoon. The Pink Fairy Duster, Calliandra eriophylla,... more
Title
Pink Fairy Dusters
Artist
Douglas Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photography
Description
The amazing red and white stamens of the Pink Fairy Duster flowers shine on an early spring afternoon. The Pink Fairy Duster, Calliandra eriophylla, is one of my all-time favorite native plants. The shrub grows about 3 to 4 feet tall, and about as wide. It has no thorns and sports a fine dark green foliage that’s very attractive when there is adequate moisture.. The bloom period is from spring through fall, depending on rain or irrigation. The cotton-candy pink flowers are frequently described as “powderpuff”, are about an inch and a half around, and look like something a unicorn would eat.
This plants is common to the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona, and ranges west to the Mojave Desert of southern California and east in the Chihuahuan through southern New Mexico into west Texas. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds pollinate the flowers, and the hummingbirds love it because they produce a considerable amount of sweet nectar. The spring bloom coincides with the beginning of the grand hummingbird migration north from Mexico into the western United States.
Uploaded
February 5th, 2024
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Comments (13)
VIVA Anderson
Kudos, Douglas.........love this, so colourful, lively :), voted: PUBLISHED SINCE JANUARY 2024.........fav.......VIVA
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured on the home page of the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group. 2/13/24
Pat Goltz
In my experience, this is a difficult plant to get in good color and detail. You did well.
Femina Photo Art By Maggie
CONGRATULATIONS! Your amazing work has been featured on the home page of our group, COLOR. I invite you to add it to the discussion threads and thank you very much for submitting it. l/f
Debby Pueschel
Isn't this just gorgeous. Congratulations on your Super Feature in Fantasy Flowers. FLFB
Jenny Revitz Soper
Congratulations! Your artwork was featured on The Artists Group's homepage on February 6, 2024. Feel free to share it in the Features Discussion thread or any other relevant thread.
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations on your feature on the home page of the Best For Bankets and Textile Products group. Please archive it and participate in our appropriate discussion threads.
Jane M Dahl
One of my desert favorites! These are beautiful. I love the background in this as well -- it really sets off the blossoms nicely. Featured in American Desert Southwest.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Jane! Thank you very much for your kind compliments on my photograph! I am honored to be featured in this wonderful art group, and will ALWAYS appreciate your awesome support.
VIVA Anderson
SO beautiful, these show-off Pink Fairy Dusturs: your fav's too!! Love these, so full of sprintime's joy: their 'lightness of being", the cheerful 'array' , wonderful 'in a crowd' together!!! Compliments, Kudos, FAV/...........VIVA
Steve Rich
Your work deserves to be featured in our group "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (Jan-Feb 2024)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 2-5-2024)
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you kindly, Steve! I consider it an honor to be featured in this wonderful photography art group, and to be selected among the many gifted artists who participate here.
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