Mariposa Lily
One of my favorite wildflowers: Mariposa Lily
They start out looking like a miniature rosebud.
They open quickly after the bud first appears.
The woods is full of them this year. Usually I just enjoy them in the woods, but there are so many this year that I tried bringing some inside.
This is my second group. The first lasted a week with fresh water every day. I was very pleasantly surprised as wildflowers typically do not last long indoors.
A few raindrops on these from last night’s wonderful showers: Mariposa Lily
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They are beautiful. Do they have any scent?
Sadly, no. The only scent I detect in the entire woods is pine and grass – very nice, especially on a warm day, but a floral undertone would be nice also :)
Mariposa is Spanish for butterfly, the two top petals do resemble butterfly wings. So beautiful.
Yes, they are beautiful. I think I knew that mariposa was a Spanish word, but I didn’t know the translation – thank you!
I enjoyed looking at these photos when you first posted them.
I keep coming back to them because they are such a nice distraction from everything else…
Me, too.
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