Death Valley and parts of southern California have erupted in #wildflowers thanks to record rain that helped deliver spectacular blooms.

[cdarwin@c.im]

Death Valley and parts of southern California have erupted in #wildflowers thanks to record rain that helped deliver spectacular blooms.

In the famously arid national park,
the rare display has covered miles of the landscape in vibrant shades of yellow and purple.
Park officials announced on Sunday that Death Valley was experiencing an “above-average bloom year”
that is nearing levels of a #superbloom, a phenomenon that typically occurs once a decade.
The area most recently had a superbloom of millions of flowers in 2016,
which can only occur in “perfect conditions” with “well-spaced rainfall” and mild temperatures, the park said in a statement.

Death Valley erupts in wildflowers in sign of developing superbloom

Record rainfall in famously arid California park has caused a wildflower eruption nearing levels of a superbloom

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

[msbellows@c.im]

@cdarwin I wonder: what do the pollinators do the rest of the decade? How are there enough to make all those flowers "profitable" to the plants?