Sunday, March 5, 2017

El Paso: UTEP: Purple Grape Extravaganza


Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.


What a visual and olfactory feast when walking on the UTEP campus in March!


Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.


For some, the feast included the taste of nectar, as below.




Another admirer, human, told me she thought the flowers smelled like grapes.

Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.


The lavishness of the Texas mountain laurel displays was almost obscene. Come look at me! Touch me! Smell me!

I succumbed.

Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.


Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.


Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.



The violet carpenter beetles gorged on the sweet banquet.

Violet carpenter beetle on Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

Violet carpenter beetle on Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

Violet carpenter beetle on Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

Violet carpenter beetle on Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.






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