{"title":"The Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eBotanical plates of Sonoran Desert species and the pollinators that depend on them. Ordered by plate number, as issued.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"plate-i-carnegiea-gigantea","title":"Plate I · Carnegiea gigantea","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tall composition with a lot of open paper around it — it reads calm above a console or a bed, and the single flower gives the eye somewhere to land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate I of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003eCarnegiea gigantea\u003c\/em\u003e (Engelm.) Britton \u0026amp; Rose — saguaro — in flower, with \u003cem\u003eLeptonycteris yerbabuenae\u003c\/em\u003e, the lesser long-nosed bat, at the bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers open after dark and are finished by the following midday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390409462126,"sku":"BP-I-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390409494894,"sku":"BP-I-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-i-carnegiea-gigantea-web.png?v=1785516834"},{"product_id":"plate-ii-datura-wrightii","title":"Plate II · Datura wrightii","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBroad leaves and two open trumpets fill the sheet, so it holds a wall on its own without needing a pair beside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate II of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003eDatura wrightii\u003c\/em\u003e Regel — sacred datura — in flower, with \u003cem\u003eHyles lineata\u003c\/em\u003e, the white-lined sphinx moth, at the throat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flower opens at dusk and closes by mid-morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390409527662,"sku":"BP-II-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390409560430,"sku":"BP-II-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-ii-datura-wrightii-web.png?v=1785516896"},{"product_id":"plate-iii-peniocereus-greggii","title":"Plate III · Peniocereus greggii","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSparse and mostly open paper — the quietest plate in the series, and the one that suits a small wall or a narrow stretch beside a window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate III of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003ePeniocereus greggii\u003c\/em\u003e (Engelm.) Britton \u0026amp; Rose — queen of the night — with its single open flower and a hawkmoth at the tube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of the year it is a handful of grey sticks leaning through a creosote bush; plants across a wide area open their flowers on the same night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390412083566,"sku":"BP-III-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390412116334,"sku":"BP-III-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-iii-peniocereus-greggii-web.png?v=1785516900"},{"product_id":"plate-iv-fouquieria-splendens","title":"Plate IV · Fouquieria splendens","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive tall canes running the full height of the sheet: a strong vertical for a narrow wall, a stairwell, or the space beside a door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate IV of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003eFouquieria splendens\u003c\/em\u003e Engelm. — ocotillo, the coachwhip — with five flowering canes and a detail study of the flower cluster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot a cactus, and not related to one: ocotillo leafs out within days of a rain and drops the leaves when the soil dries, as many as five times in a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390494986606,"sku":"BP-IV-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390495019374,"sku":"BP-IV-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-iv-fouquieria-splendens-web.png?v=1785516903"},{"product_id":"plate-v-parkinsonia-florida","title":"Plate V · Parkinsonia florida","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA branch across the upper sheet with the small cactus below — the most open composition of the nine, and an easy one to live with in a dining room or hallway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate V of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003eParkinsonia florida\u003c\/em\u003e (Benth. ex A.Gray) S.Watson — blue palo verde — in flower above a juvenile \u003cem\u003eCarnegiea gigantea\u003c\/em\u003e sheltering beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA saguaro seedling cannot survive in the open, so most saguaros on the bajada began life under a palo verde.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390511993198,"sku":"BP-V-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390512025966,"sku":"BP-V-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-v-parkinsonia-florida-web.png?v=1785516907"},{"product_id":"plate-vi-justicia-californica","title":"Plate VI · Justicia californica","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine stems and a hovering bird — light enough to sit near other art without competing with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate VI of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003eJusticia californica\u003c\/em\u003e (Benth.) D.N.Gibson — chuparosa — in flower, with \u003cem\u003eCalypte costae\u003c\/em\u003e, Costa's hummingbird, at the tube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt blooms from late fall through spring, filling the stretch when almost nothing else in the low desert produces nectar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390512058734,"sku":"BP-VI-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390512091502,"sku":"BP-VI-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-vi-justicia-californica-web.png?v=1785516917"},{"product_id":"plate-vii-agave-parryi","title":"Plate VII · Agave parryi","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tall flowering stalk above a dense rosette — the most graphic plate in the series, and the one that reads best from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate VII of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003eAgave parryi\u003c\/em\u003e Engelm. — Parry's agave, the century plant — with the full flowering stalk above the leaf rosette and a lesser long-nosed bat at the blooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name is wrong: it flowers somewhere between ten and thirty years in, not a hundred, and the rosette dies once it does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390512124270,"sku":"BP-VII-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390512157038,"sku":"BP-VII-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-vii-agave-parryi-web.png?v=1785516919"},{"product_id":"plate-viii-after-the-rains","title":"Plate VIII · After the Rains","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree plants side by side, carrying the only colour in the series: small yellow flower heads, orange-pink cups, and silver-leaved yellow daisies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate VIII of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003eBaileya\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSphaeralcea\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEncelia\u003c\/em\u003e — desert marigold, globemallow and brittlebush, three spring bloomers of the low desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesert wildflowers are conditional, not annual. Seed can wait years in the soil for the right sequence of winter rain, so a great spring is a withdrawal from a bank built over many seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390513041774,"sku":"BP-VIII-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390513074542,"sku":"BP-VIII-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-viii-after-the-rains-web.png?v=1785516921"},{"product_id":"plate-ix-encelia-farinosa","title":"Plate IX · Encelia farinosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eAI-generated, composed and corrected against Sonoran field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rounded mass of flower heads on fine stems, softer and less formal than the rest of the series — it suits a kitchen or a breakfast wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate IX of the Sonoran Desert series: \u003cem\u003eEncelia farinosa\u003c\/em\u003e A.Gray ex Torr. — brittlebush, incienso — in full bloom above its mounded foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts stem resin hardens into amber lumps and was burned as incense in the Baja California and Sonora missions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-color line work on Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm, matte. Two sizes. Frame not included. Printed to order and shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping in the United States. Bajada Press is based in Queen Creek, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bajada Press","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":54390596174190,"sku":"BP-IX-0810","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×17","offer_id":54390596206958,"sku":"BP-IX-1117","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1623\/1534\/files\/plate-ix-encelia-farinosa-web.png?v=1785516923"}],"url":"https:\/\/bajadapress.com\/collections\/the-series.oembed","provider":"Bajada Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}