I guess I missed that BPotD. Neat slide. I love "magic lantern slides" (that's how I know them), and like to make them ... convert to grayscale...
I came across a fascinating photo of black-eyed Susans taken with a camera that detects only UV light. It was in a Scientific American article...
Every year I have a crop of Cleome serrulata in my wildflower beds, and they are indeed beeplants ... the bees love them (see attached photo)....
Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow.
it's a Potentilla (cinquefoil) - there are many species. If it were here in Wyoming, I would guess P. gracilis or something close
This is Lotus argophyllus var. niveus, the Santa Cruz Island silver lotus. It was growing on gravel in a rocky canyon bottom. I was happy to...