This Scarlet Guara was a great find in a field of bluebonnets (seen in background here as blue splotches). This is a very delicate grass-like flower with a slender, hairy stem and a cluster of small, 1/2 inch ordhid-like blossoms at the top. The flower has a very sweet, honeysuckle smell and is often called wild honeysuckle or bee blossum. This one was taken in a field of bluebonnets of RR2222 in northwest Austin in April 2001.

Photo Details: Nikon N90s, Nikon 85 2.8 tilt Shift, Velvia, f11@125, Manfrotto CF4221 w/ Kirk BH-1.