Diogenes' Lantern
A personal favorite. Diogenes' Lantern, Calochortus amabilis, is endemic to northern California, growing in the mountains north of the San Francisco Bay Area from 100 to 1,500 meters elevation.
This fairy lantern is a common member of California oak woodland and chaparral communities, often found growing alongside yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus), elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata), and royal larkspur (Delphinium variegatum). It thrives in areas receiving over 75 centimeters of annual rainfall followed by dry, hot summers, growing in diverse soil types from serpentine rock to yellow clay.
Native California tribes, including the Mendocino, Pomo, Kashaya, and Yuki peoples, traditionally harvested the starchy bulbs of various Calochortus species, eating them raw or roasted, as they provided an important food source similar to potato tubers.
Each print is made by the artist using archival quality pigment ink on Moab's Entrada Rag Bright 300 paper.
A personal favorite. Diogenes' Lantern, Calochortus amabilis, is endemic to northern California, growing in the mountains north of the San Francisco Bay Area from 100 to 1,500 meters elevation.
This fairy lantern is a common member of California oak woodland and chaparral communities, often found growing alongside yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus), elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata), and royal larkspur (Delphinium variegatum). It thrives in areas receiving over 75 centimeters of annual rainfall followed by dry, hot summers, growing in diverse soil types from serpentine rock to yellow clay.
Native California tribes, including the Mendocino, Pomo, Kashaya, and Yuki peoples, traditionally harvested the starchy bulbs of various Calochortus species, eating them raw or roasted, as they provided an important food source similar to potato tubers.
Each print is made by the artist using archival quality pigment ink on Moab's Entrada Rag Bright 300 paper.
A personal favorite. Diogenes' Lantern, Calochortus amabilis, is endemic to northern California, growing in the mountains north of the San Francisco Bay Area from 100 to 1,500 meters elevation.
This fairy lantern is a common member of California oak woodland and chaparral communities, often found growing alongside yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus), elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata), and royal larkspur (Delphinium variegatum). It thrives in areas receiving over 75 centimeters of annual rainfall followed by dry, hot summers, growing in diverse soil types from serpentine rock to yellow clay.
Native California tribes, including the Mendocino, Pomo, Kashaya, and Yuki peoples, traditionally harvested the starchy bulbs of various Calochortus species, eating them raw or roasted, as they provided an important food source similar to potato tubers.
Each print is made by the artist using archival quality pigment ink on Moab's Entrada Rag Bright 300 paper.
