C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

This flower is hibicus or Bunga Raya and its scientific name is Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., it is belongs to family Malvaceae and this photo is taken in UKM ( Kolej Pendeta Za'ba)

The Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, family Malvaceae) is an evergreen shrub native to East Asia. It is also known as China rose and shoe flower. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics and subtropics. The flowers are large, red, firm, but lack any scent. Numerous varieties, cultivars and hybrids are available, with flower colors ranging from white through yellow and orange to scarlet and shades of pink, with both single and double sets of petals. Despite their size and red hues attractive to hectar-feeding birds, they are not visited regularly by hummingbirds when grown in the Neotropics. Generalist (like Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Amazilia lactea) or long-billed species (like Stripe-breasted Starthroat, Heliomaster squamosus) may occasionally be seen to visit it however.[1] In the subtropical and temperate Americas, hummingbirds are attracted to them on a regular basis.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is the national flower of Malaysia, called Bunga Raya in Malay, sembaruthi in Tamil and mamdaram (మందారం) in Telugu. The flowers are used to shine shoes in parts of India, as well as for the worship of Devi. Hibiscus flower preparations are also used for hair care.

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A researcher collects vegetation data on kochia seedlings on the Snake River Plain in Idaho. USDA Forest Service Photo by Francis Kilkenny.

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Echinopsis kermesina (Krainz) Krainz = Echinopsis mamillosa Gürke

Echinopsis mamillosa Gürke

Sin.: Echinopsis kermesina (Krainz) Krainz, Echinopsis mamillosa Gürke var. flexilis Rausch, Echinopsis mamillosa Gürke var. kermesina (Krainz) Friedrich, Echinopsis ritteri Boed., Neolobivia ritteri (Boed.) Y. Ito, Pseudolobivia kermesina Krainz

Ref.: Backeberg, 1959a.

Hábito: Hierba suculenta.

Status: Nativa.

Prov.: SA. Paises limítrofes: BO.

Ejemplar examinado: Cárdenas 5022 (LIL).

-Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la Argentina. Cactaceae. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.-

Como parece, el río Bermejo no solo forma la frontera política entre Bolivia y Argentina, sino que también separa las formas argentinas del tipo descripto. En Bolivia, cuando las espinas son generalmente muy fuertes en apariencia, encontramos en Santa Victoria (Argentina) las formas finas tipo aguja que llamamos Echinopsis kermesina.

(Krainz) Friedr. donde en los valles y los barrancos crecen y también pueden ser de flor blanca. Todavía más hacia el sur, cerca de Iruya, las espinas medias crecen de nuevo a 10 cm de largo, pero son muy delgadas y flexibles.

— var. kermesina (Krainz) Friedr. (K. u. a. S. 1971/45) Pseudolob. kermesina Krainz (Beitr. z. Sukde. 1942/62)

- Lobivia. Rausch, W. 1985-86-

Echinopsis mamillosa Gürke, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 135. 1907.

Sin.: Echinopsis silvatica F. Ritter, Echinopsis ritteri Boed., Echinopsis herbasii Cárdenas, Echinopsis orozasana F. Ritter, Echinopsis cajasensis F. Ritter, Echinopsis hystrichoides F. Ritter, Lobivia mamillosa (Gürke) Schlumpb. Ref.: Foster (1958), Adolfo María (1966), Navarro Sánchez (1996), López (2000), Serrano & Terán (1998 [2000]). Hierba. Endémica. Andes. Bosque Tucumano-Boliviano, 1500–3000 m. Dept.: CH, CO, TA. Muestra: M. Cárdenas 5061 (US). Infra: Echinopsis mamillosa subsp. silvatica (F. Ritter) P.J. Braun & Esteves Nota: El protólogo menciona Bolivia, pero no hace ninguna referencia al ejemplar tipo ni a la localidad exacta. Nom. Vern.: Kutku.

-Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Cactaceae.2014-

Echinopsis mamillosa Gurke 1907

Echinopsis ritteri Boedeker 1932 Pseudolobivia kermesina Krainz 1942, Echinopsis kermesina (Krainz) Krainz 1961 ?Echinopsis herbasii Cardenas 1956 ? Echinopsis roseolilacina Cardenas 1957 Echinopsis silvatica F. Ritter 1965, £ mamillosa subsp. silvatica (F. Ritter) P. J. Braun & Esteves 1995

Plants solitary, flattened globose to depressed globose, glossy dark green, to 30 cm (12 in) high and 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter. Ribs 13-17, acute, deeply furrowed, distinctly tuberculate. Areoles round, to 1.2 cm (0.5 in) apart. Spines straight or curved, yellowish with brown tips. Central spines 1-4, to 1 cm (0.4 in) long. Radial spines 8-12, awl shaped, 0.5-1 cm (0.2-0.4 in) long. Flowers slightly curving funnelform, white with rose tips, 13-18 cm (5.1-7.1 in) long, to 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter. Fruits globose.

Distribution: Bolivia. Two subspecies of Echinopsis mamillosa are recognized. Subspecies mamillosa tends to be much smaller, rarely exceeding 6 cm (2.4 in) in height, and has 17 ribs and somewhat curved spines; it occurs in the vicinity of Tarija. Subspecies silvatica may reach 30 cm (12 in) in height, has 13-16 ribs, and mostly straight spines; it occurs in O'Connor province, Tarija.

-The Cactus Family. Anderson, E. 2001-

09029 E. kermesiana (Krnz) Krnz 1961/KLfg 16: (unpag). B: 10872 Pseudolobivia kermesiana Krnz 1942/BS 1942: 61,illus T: AR "San Paulo", Blossfeld, cult. SSZ (ZSS) ... E. mamillosa

Bo: semiglobose 15 cm diameter; ri:15-23; esp:4-6, minor 2,5 cm; rsp:11-16 minor 12mm; fl: 18 x 9 cm, carmine or paler, unscented.

-The New Cactus Lexicon. Hunt, D. 2006.-

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

The Singapore Botanic Gardens

The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 161-year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of Singapore's Orchard Road shopping district. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Botanic Gardens has been ranked Asia's top park attraction since 2013, by TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards. It was declared the inaugural Garden of the Year, International Garden Tourism Awards in 2012, and received Michelin's three-star rating in 2008.

The Botanic Gardens was founded at its present site in 1859 by an agri-horticultural society. It played a pivotal role in the region's rubber trade boom in the early twentieth century, when its first scientific director Henry Nicholas Ridley, headed research into the plant's cultivation. By perfecting the technique of rubber extraction, still in use today, and promoting its economic value to planters in the region, rubber output expanded rapidly. At its height in the 1920s, the Malayan peninsula cornered half of the global latex production.

The National Orchid Garden, within the main gardens, is at the forefront of orchid studies and a pioneer in the cultivation of hybrids, complementing the nation's status as a major exporter of cut orchids. Aided by the equatorial climate, it houses the largest orchid collection of 1,200 species and 2,000 hybrids.

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Located in the Billingham Beck Nature Reserve, could be a good source of seed later in the year.

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

NAME- Terry Simpson

- My name is Terry, I come to Your Health Matters. I like using the camera and taking nice photographs.

- TITLE- Leaves

- CATEGORY -Pictures taken by me

Description- Leaves on a tree blowing in the wind.

Camera- Canon EOS 1000D

Location - Leeds, UK.

More beautiful and exotic orchids:

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Fitting frame :)

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

I think buckwheat is an attractive plant. This was self-sown from last year's crop. Very good for breaking up compact ground, as well as having edible seeds.

1/350 scale from Fantastic Plastic. One for me, one for a client.

Doodling fuschiasand roses with grapes and a dragonfly.

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.

A surfboat crew out for training while Kinsford Smith International gets on with business in the background.

C of I research teams are crisscrossing Southwest Idaho to document the region’s unique and largely unknown flora, providing research opportunities for the College's undergraduates.