Canadian Tiger Swallowtail feeding on the nectar from the Ninebark Shrub flowers located in the Schumacher Lions Park and Trail located in the community of Schumacher in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario

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Photographed the Pink Hibiscus in the Royal Botanical Gardens Centre's Mediterranean Garden located in the City of Burlington Ontario Canada.

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The apple is a deciduous tree, generally standing 2 to 4.5 m (6 to 15 ft) tall in cultivation and up to 9 m (30 ft) in the wild. When cultivated, the size, shape and branch density are determined by rootstock selection and trimming method. The leaves are alternately arranged dark green-colored simple ovals with serrated margins and slightly downy undersides.

Apple blossom

Blossoms are produced in spring simultaneously with the budding of the leaves and are produced on spurs and some long shoots. The 3 to 4 cm (1 to 1 1⁄2 in) flowers are white with a pink tinge that gradually fades, five petaled, with an inflorescence consisting of a cyme with 4–6 flowers. The central flower of the inflorescence is called the "king bloom"; it opens first and can develop a larger fruit

Los Angeles. California.

Pink Stargazer Oriental Lily in the flower garden located in Timmins in the Township of Mountjoy located in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada

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Photographed the Bird of Paradise flower at the Emerald island Resort located in the City of Kissimmee in Osceola County in the State of Florida U.S.A.

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• Red bottlebrush, crimson bottlebrush, lemon bottlebrush

• Árbol del cepillo, escobillón rojo, limpiatubos

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Plantae

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

Order:Myrtales

Family:Myrtaceae

Genus:Melaleuca

Species:M. citrina

Synonyms: Metrosideros citrina, Callistemon lanceolatus, Callistemon citrinus

Origin: Bottlebrushes are members of the genus Melaleuca and belong to the family Myrtaceae. They are closely related to paperbark melaleucas, which also have 'bottlebrush' shaped flower spikes. Most Bottlebrushes occur in the east and south-east of Australia. Two species occur in the south-west of Western Australia and four species in New Caledonia. Bottlebrushes can be found growing from Australia's tropical north to the temperate south. They often grow in damp or wet conditions such as along creek beds or in areas which are prone to floods.

This species is probably the best known bottlebrush and is widely cultivated. The bright red flower-spikes appear in summer and autumn. Crimson Bottlebrush grows well in wet conditions and usually reaches 4 m. Plants should be lightly pruned and fertilised after flowering. Neglected or mis-shapen plants respond to hard pruning.

Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay

One of the blooms at the Botanical garden.

Photographed the late blooming Canada Thistle flower in the field off of the Bridge to Bridge Trail in Timmins in Mountjoy Township located in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada

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Wild Common Sunflowers flowering in the backyard. Mountjoy Township City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada

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Flowering Lantana shrubs are found throughout the Alligator Alley Trail in Circle B Bar Reserve located in Polk County in the City of Lakeland Florida U.S.A.

The most common lantana is a non-native species, Lantana camara. It is easy to find in local nurseries and garden supply stores. That said, choosing the right lantana variety is not always so simple. The UF/IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Plants lists Lantana camara as invasive. This means UF/IFAS does not recommend it for North, Central, or South Florida. It quickly invades disturbed sites and is toxic to livestock. Gardeners should take care when choosing a lantana for the landscape.

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Ronde zonnedauw (Drosera rotundifolia) Spoonleaf sundew from ground perspective

White Passion Flower found in the Royal Botanical Gardens Centre's Mediterranean Garden located in the City of Burlington Ontario Canada.

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A few European Skipper were feeding on the Cow Vetch flowers at Cedar Meadows Resort and Spa in Mountjoy Township in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada

Photographed the American White Waterlily and American Bullfrog sitting on the Lily pad in the Wye Marsh located in the Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre off of Georgian Bay in the Town of Midland Ontario Canada

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Origin and Habitat: Parodia herteri has a very restricted range in Brazil, (Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay ( Rivera, Artigas, Cerro Galgo), extent of occurrence is approximately 4,500 km2.

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Subfamily:Cactoideae

Tribe:Notocacteae

Genus:Parodia

Species:P. herteri

Critically endangered species

24 years old specimen from my collection

Habitat: Grows in a a sandy and rocky soil, in grasslands or pampas at low altitude (100-400 metres above sea level). It is not abundant and several subpopulations have already disappeared. It has several ongoing major threats that have drastically reduced the species' population and its habitat. The major threats for the species are fires, agriculture, forestry, grazing and urban sprawl. The species is used as an ornamental in specialized collections, but specimens are not collected from the wild.

Genesis 5:24 King James Version (KJV)

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Photographed the Oxeye Daisy on Prout's Island on Sesekinika Lake in Grenfell Township in Sesekinika Northeastern Ontario Canada.

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Genesis 2:15

American Standard Version

15 And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Origin and Habitat: Parodia herteri has a very restricted range in Brazil, (Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay ( Rivera, Artigas, Cerro Galgo), extent of occurrence is approximately 4,500 km2.

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Subfamily:Cactoideae

Tribe:Notocacteae

Genus:Parodia

Species:P. herteri

Critically endangered species

24 years old specimen from my collection

Habitat: Grows in a a sandy and rocky soil, in grasslands or pampas at low altitude (100-400 metres above sea level). It is not abundant and several subpopulations have already disappeared. It has several ongoing major threats that have drastically reduced the species' population and its habitat. The major threats for the species are fires, agriculture, forestry, grazing and urban sprawl. The species is used as an ornamental in specialized collections, but specimens are not collected from the wild.

A flower from a bulb that can bloom in autumn, winter or spring and is in the iris family and can also be the source of saffron which is the dried stigma from the Crocus sativus which will bloom in the autumn and which is one of the most expensive spices in the world. Crocuses have symbolized 'rebirth and joy' and have also been linked to happiness and divine blessings in Asia.

Alexander Pope.

NO PHOTOSHOP.

Water lilies are a well studied clade of plants because their large flowers with multiple unspecialized parts were initially considered to represent the floral pattern of the earliest flowering plants, and later genetic studies confirmed their evolutionary position as basal angiosperms. Analyses of floral morphology and molecular characteristics and comparisons with a sister taxon, the family Cabombaceae, indicate, however, that the flowers of extant water lilies with the most floral parts are more derived than the genera with fewer floral parts. Genera with more floral parts, Nuphar, Nymphaea, Victoria, have a beetle pollination syndrome, while genera with fewer parts are pollinated by flies or bees, or are self- or wind-pollinated Thus, the large number of relatively unspecialized floral organs in the Nymphaeaceae is not an ancestral condition for the clade.

The Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens. San Marino. California.

be what you do. Rumi

Hydrangea (/haɪˈdreɪndʒiə/; common names hydrangea or hortensia) is a genus of 70–75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the Americas. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Japan, and Korea. Most are shrubs 1 to 3 meters tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to 30 m (98 ft) by climbing up trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.

Los Angeles. California.

Kniphofia belongs to Liliaceae family and is also known as red hot poker plant and torch lily. The flowers are red, orange, and yellow.

Torch lilies can reach up to 5 feet tall and attract hummingbirds, butterflies and birds because of their bright flowers and sweet nectar. The leaves are reminiscent of a lily,

Kniphofia is a native plant from South Africa and there exist over 70 known species.

Located in Marimurtra Botanical Garden, Blanes, Costa Brava (Catalonia)

Greater Burdock – Grande Bardane – (Arctium lappa)

• Ñire, Ñirre, Haya antártica

• Antarctic beech

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Plantae

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

Order:Fagales

Family:Nothofagaceae

Genus:Nothofagus

Species:N. antarctica

Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Ecclesiastes 1:2-5

King James Version

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

Tomball, Texas

Rosa wichuraiana

Kingdom:Plantae

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

Order:Rosales

Family:Rosaceae

Genus:Rosa

Species:R. lucieae

Binomial name

Rosa lucieae

Franch. & Rochebr. ex Crép.

Rosa lucieae (syn. Rosa wichurana), the memorial rose, is a species of rose native to eastern Asia.

Description

It is a woody, semi-evergreen shrub, with long trailing thorny branches of glossy green leaves, and single five-petalled white flowers with prominent yellow stamens in Summer; followed by small dark red hips. It can grow to 6 m (20 ft). It is named after the German botanist Max Ernst Wichura (1817–1866), with the suffix -iana.

Uses

While it is valued as a garden plant in its own right, R. lucieae is also a parent of several rose hybrids, notably 'Dorothy Perkins', 'Albéric Barbier', 'New Dawn' and 'Albertine'. Its vigorous, rambling habit makes it particularly suitable for forming an impenetrable barrier at ground level, or for scrambling up large trees. It has been introduced to the United States.

Species: Gymnocalycium ragonesei & Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Subfamily:Cactoideae

Tribe:Trichocereeae

Genus:Gymnocalycium

From my collection

• Yareta

Bolax gummifera is an evergreen, perennial plant forming a dense cushion of growth usually around 20 - 30cm in diameter, though older plants up to 120cm in diameter are known.

The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and possibly also as a food.

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Plantae

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Asterids

Order:Apiales

Family:Apiaceae

Subfamily:Azorelloideae

Genus:Bolax

Syn: Azorella caespitosa

Isla Bridges, Canal de Beagle, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

• Yareta

Bolax gummifera is an evergreen, perennial plant forming a dense cushion of growth usually around 20 - 30cm in diameter, though older plants up to 120cm in diameter are known.

The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and possibly also as a food.

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Plantae

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Asterids

Order:Apiales

Family:Apiaceae

Subfamily:Azorelloideae

Genus:Bolax

Syn: Azorella caespitosa

Glaciar Martial, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Trillium ovatum has several common names including Pacific trilliumm, western wakerobin, western white trillium, and western trillium.

• Yareta

Bolax gummifera is an evergreen, perennial plant forming a dense cushion of growth usually around 20 - 30cm in diameter, though older plants up to 120cm in diameter are known.

The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and possibly also as a food.

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Plantae

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Asterids

Order:Apiales

Family:Apiaceae

Subfamily:Azorelloideae

Genus:Bolax

Syn: Azorella caespitosa

Isla Bridges, Canal de Beagle, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Lilium columbianum

Galatians 5:22 King James Version (KJV)

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Pink flowered form of Gymnocalycium stenopleurum

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Subfamily:Cactoideae

Tribe:Trichocereeae

Genus:Gymnocalycium

Species:G. mihanovichii

From my collection

• Namaqua Carrion Flower

Origin and Habitat: Little Namaqualand with some doubt as to whether it occurs in Southern Namibia.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Asterids

Order:Gentianales

Family:Apocynaceae

Subfamily:Asclepiadoideae

Tribe:Stapeliae

Genus:Huernia

From my collection

• Namaqua Carrion Flower

Origin and Habitat: Little Namaqualand with some doubt as to whether it occurs in Southern Namibia.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Asterids

Order:Gentianales

Family:Apocynaceae

Subfamily:Asclepiadoideae

Tribe:Stapeliae

Genus:Huernia

From my collection

Photographed the wife's Miniature Hybrid Yellow Tea Rose Bush in the front yard flower garden located in Timmins in Mountjoy Township in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada

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• Powder puff cactus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Subfamily:Cactoideae

Tribe:Cacteae

Genus:Mammillaria

Species:M. bocasana

From my collection

Many other fruits are also wonderful in their season, but the pear at its finest can be so much more exceptional in terms of its luscious texture, richness of taste, and its fragrances reminiscent of rose water, musk, and vanilla.

Pears grow in the Alcinous' orchard, in The Odyssey:

"A LARGE ORCHARD of four acres, where trees hang

their greenery on high, the pear and the

pomegranate, the apple with its glossy burden, the

sweet fig and luxuriant olive ... Pear after

pear, apple after apple, cluster on cluster of grapes,

and fig upon fig, are always coming to perfection ..."

The Odyssey by Homer, written 800 BC

Hibiscus coccineus

Scientific classification edit

Kingdom:Plantae

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

Order:Malvales

Family:Malvaceae

Genus:Hibiscus

Species:H. coccineus

Binomial name

Hibiscus coccineus

(Medik.) Walter

Hibiscus coccineus - MHNT

Hibiscus coccineus, the scarlet rosemallow,[1] is a hardy Hibiscus species that looks much like Cannabis sativa (marijuana). It is also known as Texas star, brilliant hibiscus, and scarlet hibiscus.

The plant is found in swamps, marshes and ditches on the coastal plain of the Southeastern United States. It is native from Southeastern Virginia south to Florida, then west to Louisiana. Despite its common name "Texas Star Hibiscus", the plant is not found naturally in Texas. It dies back during the winter and grows from 7-10'. In addition to the scarlet flowering variety, a white flowering variety is also known as the white Texas star or lone star hibiscus.

• Pincushion cactus (genus common name)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Subfamily:Cactoideae

Tribe:Cacteae

Genus:Mammillaria

Species:M. boolii

Origin: Baja California Sur, Mexico

From my collection

espace Naturel Sensible de Chastel sur Murat

Hothouse

Vast array

Specialized cells

Origin: Baja California Sur, Mexico

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae

(unranked):Angiosperms

(unranked):Eudicots

(unranked):Core eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Subfamily:Cactoideae

Tribe:Cacteae

Genus:Mammillaria

Species:M. boolii

Photographed the Kiwifruit flowers in the 360 Kiwi Vineyards located in Te Puke Western Bay of Plenty in Bay of Plenty in New Zealand

Kiwifruit is native to central and eastern China. The first recorded description of the kiwifruit dates to the 12th century

during the Song dynasty.

In the early 20th century, cultivation of

kiwifruit spread from China to New Zealand, where the first commercial plantings occurred.

The fruit became popular with British and American servicemen stationed in New Zealand during World War II, and later became commonly exported, first to Great

Britain and then to California in the 1960s

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Cyclamen, Melbourne.

Can sometimes be known as the Dalmatian Iris and is a hardy flowering perennial belonging to the family Iridaceae native to Croatia. Grown from a rhizome and will adapt to many different environments.