Apache Plume Blossom
The Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is a bush native to the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico. The flower is roselike when new, with rounded white petals and a center filled with many thready stamens and pistils. The ovary of the flower remains after the white petals fall away, leaving many plumelike lavender styles, each 3 to 5 centimeters long.
We seem to be 3-4 weeks behind Deming and Silver City, so we still have white blossoms blooming. This one has a blue Beetle visiting it.
Apache Plume Blossom
The Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is a bush native to the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico. The flower is roselike when new, with rounded white petals and a center filled with many thready stamens and pistils. The ovary of the flower remains after the white petals fall away, leaving many plumelike lavender styles, each 3 to 5 centimeters long.
We seem to be 3-4 weeks behind Deming and Silver City, so we still have white blossoms blooming. This one has a blue Beetle visiting it.