I am not going just give you a pat and say the work is great:

 They are both sharp and in focus, well exposed which are both pluses.

  My monitor shows simply red as orange. My monitor
is fairly accurate so maybe you could reconsider the one
name to simply scarlet?.

 The composition needs work, if your just going for a matter of fact
representation they might be ok for certain use, but they could be
cropped a lot more closely to provide visual interest. Its one of the
hardest aspects of imaging and even pro's constantly work at it.

Jay, we live a few miles west of you on the other side of I-10 and have
probably photographed this same area (Lost Dutchman SP?).  Anyway, I
liked the out of focus background and I think you have the general idea
down well, but what I didn't like was your light.  To me it was too
contrasty.  When we shoot things like this we always carry either a 36"
diffusion panel that folds up for easy carrying or a small diffusion
tent that we can set up around the entire flower.  This knocks down the
highlights and increases the light in the shadows, providing very
pleasing light like on a lightly overcast "cloudy bright" day.  If you
don't want to get too fancy you can just carry a sheet of slightly
frosted plastic and have someone hold it between the subject and the
light source (sun), the closer to the flower the better.  You can also
shade the background to make it a bit darker.  Just my 2 cents worth
...

Bill

Thank you both for your suggestions.

Jay