I was so excited that this Disa orchid was flowering, but sadly it’s infested with thrips 😭
Disa Issy Klein ‘#2’
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
Good afternoon. Statuesque native 🌱 Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) mdc.mo.gov/discover-nat... beginning to bloom. This one tops off at 7 feet. It's competing with sunflowers for sun.
Here's Begonia ampla, a Trailing-Scandant type of species Begonia from Upper Guinea, Africa. Found at tree bases, climbs up into trees. Ovate, succulent green foliage. Blooms: white w/ red streaks. Origin: J. D. Hooker. Published: 1871. Likes high humidity: humid grow tent or greenhouse.🌱 #begonias
Yesterday, I posted about eastern N. America’s Lilium grayi, a hummingbird-pollinated species. Western N.A. (where there are more spp. of hummingbirds) also has bird-pollinated species, such as L. bolanderi (📷: Annie Zell CCBYNC4). #Lilium #pollination #Liliaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Here's cute Begonia speluncae, (the "Cave Begonia"), a little known Rhizomatous type of species Begonia from Borneo found on shaded vertical rock faces around cave mouths to 130 m & restricted to limestone. Petite rounded fresh green foliage. Blooms: white. Origin: Ridley. Published: 1906. #begonias
Even at the genus level, we see sibling genera that are disjunct across E North America & E Asia. One of the best examples is Taxodium in E North America & Glyptostrobus in E Asia. 📷1: T. distichum var. imbricarium, ENA. 📷2: G. pensilis, Isidro Martínez CCBYNCSA2, EA. #Cupressaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Hey, St. Louis area houseplant gardeners
6 pm Tomorrow, Thursday, June 11th, St. Louis County Public Library class at Mid-County Branch
🌱 Cultivating Carnivorous Plants
presented by St. Louis Carnivorous Plant Society
Register www.slcl.org/events/culti...
Ach,fast wieder vergessen.
Die Kartoffeln machen sich richtig gut.
#Garten 🌱
#Kartoffeln 🥔
You say potatoe i say potato.
Orchids
Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊
Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊
🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴
Let’s look at Lilium, one of my favorite genera. I love variations on the basic floral plan. Pollination is especially interesting (but not as well studied as you’d hope). Lilies offer nectar from the grooves on the tepals. 📷: L. ‘Baferrari’ with yellow nectar grooves. #Liliaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴
State of St. Louis
State of St. Louis
Good morning. Orange 🌱 Asiatic Lilies to brighten up Hump Day.
