And that is not a sore throat, either. It’s a Aristolochia arborea, a pipe vine. Macro Monday
Tag: Heidelberg Botanical Garden
As Bold as Houses
Lens-Artists Challenge: Bold
A Giant Curl
A typical fern, you might think. A close-up or even a macro, you might think.
It’s not so, this is an angiopteris pruinosa bootfarn – and this is not a macro. Unfortunately I couldn’t use anything for a scale in the greenhouse of the botanical garden but this farn curl about to be unfurled is as big as plate.
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Evening Flower
This is a Hesperantha coccinea or a scarlet river lily. For Flower of the Day and Floral Friday
Vegan or not Vegan?
Sometimes known as Lady’s slipper vine this Thunbergia mysorensis (yes, just like Greta) is a native of Southern India (not like Greta). I thought it might be an insect-eating plant but the ants (which I only noticed on the computer screen at home) have a different opinion.
Macro Monday
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Hearts on a String
Midweek Monochrome
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Pavonia Strictiflora
A native of Brazil, I saw this one in a hothouse at the Heidelberg Botanical Garden.
For Floral Friday and Flower of the Day
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