Gay roses in Arizona, April 2009

An Arizona friend discovered in early April that two very different roses, displaying different colors, have bloomed from the same stem in his rose garden.

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Glorious golden mini-callas!

These are mini-calla lilies, photographed last week in the Los Angeles Flower Market. The mini-calla was developed in the 1940s by Gebhard Prechtl on his Montebello, California flower farm. You’ll find them a-plenty on the sales floor of the LA Flower Market, open to the public from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday-Saturday ($2 admission).