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Smoke Trees! (Psorothamnus spinosus)

November 2017

$25.00 – $1,600.00

The biologist Edmund C. Jaeger, Sc.D. (1887-1983), in his 1957 publication, A Naturalist’s Death Valley, wrote that Smoke Trees can be found in Death Valley National Park, in a place that he identified as Smoke Tree Canyon in the Owlshead Mountains. I found many healthy specimens of this charming, essentially leafless species—reminiscent of crucifixion thorns used on Jesus Christ—when I did the long hike to get there. And that included examples of the enchanting royal-purple blossoms! Smoke Trees are most comfortable in the Sonoran Desert all the way down to Mexico; therefore, much further North in Death Valley in the Mojave Desert, they’ve reached their Northernmost distribution. Here’s Jaeger: “Due to its rarity and isolation few Death Valley visitors ever see this delicate, silvery-blue-green spiny plant. This is without doubt the most northern point of occurrence of this charming species” (A Naturalist’s Death Valley, revised 5th edition, 1979, p. 35, Jaeger, Edmund C.). This scene also has specimens of  Desert Holly (Atriplex hymenelytra) and Desert Fir (Peucephyllum schotti), the latter also known as Pigmy Cedar.

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All purchased – from this website – and delivered photographic compositions from Death Valley are guaranteed to have been:

  1. Printed on Epson medium using Epson printers and Epson-authorized inks, using high resolution settings; printers: Epson P5370, Epson ProStylus 7880, Epson SureColor P9570.
  2. All compositions were printed by the photographer himself, Martin J. Blahnik; and all of them were carefully scrutinized by him to be defect-free when released for delivery to the purchaser.
  3. To protect the purchaser’s investment, it is important to consider image lamination soon after delivery.
  4. Prices and image sizes listed on this website are approximate; final prices and image sizes will be mutually agreed upon in email exchanges between the purchaser and the photographer Blahnik.
  5. Dr. Blahnik guarantees to remain fair-minded and timely in addressing any purchaser concerns or questions; email: [email protected].
  6. Within 10 days of purchaser receiving a delivered composition where defects are identified, photographer Blahnik will accept return delivery and reprinting of the identical composition for the purchaser, with purchaser paying delivery costs back and Dr. Blahnik paying delivery costs of the image to the purchaser.
  7. Any disputes arising are to be resolved via the business email between purchaser and Martin Blahnik – again: [email protected].
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