These photos were taken in <a href="http://www.joshua.tree.national-park.com/">Joshua Tree National Park</a> in CA in May 2005 during a heat wave when temperatures reached 102 F in the late afternoons all three days! http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8183pinkcactusflwr/22635775_BEqMw-Ti.jpg http://kayjones.smugmug.com/gallery/545940_RK4pr/ 2005-05-20T17:42:45Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635775_BEqMw" title="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8183pinkcactusflwr/22635775_BEqMw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!" title="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T11:43:00Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8183pinkcactusflwr/22635775_BEqMw-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 12:31:17 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641109_jDQRR" title="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8181beavertailcactus/22641109_jDQRR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock." title="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T14:25:35Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8181beavertailcactus/22641109_jDQRR-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 12:30:09 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640711_AeRgh" title="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8314joshtreesrocks-copy/22640711_AeRgh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May." title="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T14:18:30Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8314joshtreesrocks-copy/22640711_AeRgh-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:57:38 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640745_soWBh" title="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8308joshtree/22640745_soWBh-Th.jpg" width="130" height="150" alt="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten." title="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T14:24:45Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8308joshtree/22640745_soWBh-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:55:03 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640864_y6mDR" title="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8331joshtree/22640864_y6mDR-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals." title="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T14:23:58Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8331joshtree/22640864_y6mDR-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 15:10:54 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640927_qtHEc" title="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8268joshtree/22640927_qtHEc-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward." title="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T07:52:46Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8268joshtree/22640927_qtHEc-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:17:54 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640949_3VBiC" title="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8256joshtrees/22640949_3VBiC-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth." title="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T14:27:12Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8256joshtrees/22640949_3VBiC-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:59:51 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641048_nwVrg" title="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8292yuccaflowers/22641048_nwVrg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans." title="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T07:54:17Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8292yuccaflowers/22641048_nwVrg-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:22:07 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22634557_L6LRV" title="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8197lizardblue/22634557_L6LRV-Th.jpg" width="104" height="150" alt="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land." title="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T14:27:00Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8197lizardblue/22634557_L6LRV-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 12:34:47 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640912_KJPKH" title="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8273graylizard/22640912_KJPKH-Th.jpg" width="59" height="150" alt="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!" title="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T14:16:46Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8273graylizard/22640912_KJPKH-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:19:05 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640781_6mTek" title="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8299teddybearcactus/22640781_6mTek-Th.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom." title="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T14:28:24Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8299teddybearcactus/22640781_6mTek-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:25:09 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640895_y9dt4" title="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8317cactus/22640895_y9dt4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer." title="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T17:10:36Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8317cactus/22640895_y9dt4-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 15:02:19 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635322_AcyQi" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8250desertmariposa/22635322_AcyQi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T17:05:11Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8250desertmariposa/22635322_AcyQi-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:53:28 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635478_FFCdA" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8251desertmariposa/22635478_FFCdA-Th.jpg" width="134" height="150" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T18:03:13Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8251desertmariposa/22635478_FFCdA-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:53:52 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22634034_q6d8i" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8252desertmariposa/22634034_q6d8i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="127" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T17:32:31Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8252desertmariposa/22634034_q6d8i-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:54:29 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641155_J7oP3" title="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8226mojaveaster/22641155_J7oP3-Th.jpg" width="148" height="150" alt="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)" title="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T19:03:57Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8226mojaveaster/22641155_J7oP3-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:42:49 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635234_h4Vgh" title="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8222tinyyellowflwr/22635234_h4Vgh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="128" alt="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX." title="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T17:05:17Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8222tinyyellowflwr/22635234_h4Vgh-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:41:19 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635834_hEKWU" title="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8215ojflwr/22635834_hEKWU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red." title="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T17:47:53Z Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8215ojflwr/22635834_hEKWU-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:34:22