{"id":8501,"date":"2026-06-14T17:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=8501"},"modified":"2026-06-14T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:09:14","slug":"palo-verdes-in-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/14\/palo-verdes-in-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Verdes in Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260614-closeup-paloverde-flower.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260614-closeup-paloverde-flower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8502\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260614-closeup-paloverde-flower.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260614-closeup-paloverde-flower-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260614-closeup-paloverde-flower-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Close up of a Palo Verde flower &#8211; Camera: Canon EOS R10 Lens: Canon RF16mm F2.8 STM<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our Palo Verde trees are all in bloom again for the third time this spring. This is not unusual according to literature on this species of tree <em>(Parkinsonia microphylla)<\/em>. There are two trees out front and one on the west side of the property &#8211; all are having open flowers.<\/p>\n<p>This Palo Verde blossom is a perfect example of why these trees are so beloved in the Sonoran Desert. The vibrant yellow petals with that beautiful red-orange speckling in the center (around the stamens) is classic for the genus Parkinsonia.<\/p>\n<p>For the above image &#8211; Camera: Canon EOS R10 Lens: Canon RF16mm F2.8 STM for which <a href=\"https:\/\/grok.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grok<\/a> proclaims the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Why this lens nailed the shot:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Close focusing distance: The RF 16mm STM focuses down to about 13 cm (5.1 inches), letting you get right in tight on the flower for that macro-style detail on the crinkled yellow petals and red speckles.<\/li>\n<li>Wide field of view: Even at close range, you get nice context with the stem and blurred background bokeh, which works great for desert flower photography.<\/li>\n<li>Lightweight &#038; stabilized: Perfect for handheld work in the garden, especially with any breeze moving the blossoms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The R10\u2019s subject detection and Servo AF probably helped lock onto the flower center nicely. The color rendition and contrast look spot-on too\u2014those yellows really pop against the blue sky hints in the background.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Click on the image to enlarge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Close up of a Palo Verde flower &#8211; Camera: Canon EOS R10 Lens: Canon RF16mm F2.8 STM Our Palo Verde trees are all in bloom&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,17,39,8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-climate","category-flowers","category-pretty-stuff","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8501"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8508,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501\/revisions\/8508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}