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Nepenthes (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz/) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus comprises about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mostly liana-forming plants of the Old World tropics, ranging from South China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines; westward to Madagascar (two species) and the Seychelles (one); southward to Australia (three) and New Caledonia (one); and northward to India (one) and Sri Lanka (one). The greatest diversity occurs on Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines, with many endemic species. Many are plants of hot, humid, lowland areas, but the majority are tropical montane plants, receiving warm days but cool to cold, humid nights year round. A few are considered tropical alpine, with cool days and nights near freezing. The name "monkey cups" refers to the fact that monkeys were once thought to drink rainwater from the pitchers, however this is false, the pitchers are filled with digestive fluids not water and monkeys do not drink from them.
Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens. San Marino. California.
Photographed the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth and the Garden Phlox in my sister's flower garden in the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Yellow Lily blooming in the backyard garden located in Timmins in the Township of Mountjoy located in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Common Name: garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes' (Polemoniaceae - Polémoniacées)
Other Names: Summer Phlox, Flame Pink, Garden Phlox, Fall Phlox, Perennial Phlox, Tall Phlox.
Autres noms : phlox des jardins ou phlox vivace.
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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Classificação científica
Reino: Plantae
Género: Asclepias
Ordem: Gentianales
Clado: Angiospérmicas
Clado: Eudicotiledóneas
Família: Asclepiadaceae
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
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.
Also commonly known as the African daisy, Gerbera is native to tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia.
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Subfamily:Mutisioideae
Tribe:Mutisieae
Genus:Gerbera
The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J.D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy.
Also commonly known as the African daisy, Gerbera is native to tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia.
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Subfamily:Mutisioideae
Tribe:Mutisieae
Genus:Gerbera
The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J.D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy.
Classificação científica
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Reino: Plantae
Ordem: Malvales
Género: Hibiscus
Família: Malvaceae
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Divisão: Magnoliophyta
• Giant Chin Cactus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Subfamily:Cactoideae
Tribe:Trichocereeae
Genus:Gymnocalycium
Species:G. saglionis
Origin: Gymnocalycium saglionis has a wide range and is locally abundant in Argentina (Jujuy, Catamarca, La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, Tucumán). It was Originally found in Dept. Trancas, ca. 12 km al norte de Tapia en la ruta 9 a Vipos, 700 m, Tucumán.
From my collection
Scientific classification
Clade: Monocots
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Commelinids
Clade: Angiosperms
Tribe: Tradescantieae
Order: Commelinales
Clade: Tracheophytes
Family: Commelinaceae
Subtribe: Tradescantiinae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Genus:Suaeda
Species:S. vermiculata
Synonyms: Chenopodium alexandrinum
Faro del Tostón (El Cotillo), La Oliva, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias
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.
A field of corn on a Mennonite Farm located off of Highway 101 East in Black River Matheson Taylor Township in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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• 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
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It is a perennial, herbaceous plant native to eastern North America, and has been introduced to Europe.
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (Asteraceae - Astéracées)
Common Names: New England aster, hairy Michaelmas-daisy, Michaelmas daisy.
C'est une plante herbacée vivace originaire de l'est de l'Amérique du Nord et qui a été introduite en Europe.
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
L’Acero del Canada ha foglie opposte caduche, con nervature profonde, da tri- a pentalobate e lunghe fino a 13 cm; i lobi, poco incisi, sono separati da angoli ottusi. Di colore verde scuro, d'autunno assumono sfumature di gradazioni brillanti dal giallo oro all'arancione, fino al cremisi e allo scarlatto; la muta più spettacolare avviene nella zona settentrionale dell'areale, dove c'è la giusta alternanza di giornate soleggiate e notti fredde.
Canada Maple, has opposite deciduous leaves, with deep veins, from three to five-lobed and up to 13 cm long; the lobes, slightly incised, are separated by obtuse angles. Dark green in colour, in autumn they take on shades of brilliant gradations from golden yellow to orange, up to crimson and scarlet; the most spectacular moult occurs in the northern part of the range, where there is the right alternation of sunny days and cold nights.
Les feuilles d’érable du Canada sont caduques, opposées, à nervures profondes, de trois à cinq lobes et mesurant jusqu'à 13 cm de long ; les lobes, légèrement incisés, sont séparés par des angles obtus. De couleur vert foncé, elles prennent en automne des nuances brillantes allant du jaune doré à l'orange, jusqu'au cramoisi et à l'écarlate ; la mue la plus spectaculaire se produit dans la partie nord de la chaîne, où il y a une bonne alternance de jours ensoleillés et de nuits froides.
• 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
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Apocynaceae: Dogbane family
Periwinkle - Vinca minor Apocynaceae:)
Vinca mineur (Apocynacées)
Name also: Dwarf Periwinkle, Common Periwinkle, Small Periwinkle, Myrtle, Creeping Myrtle, Running Myrtle, Greater Periwinkle
Autres noms français : Bergère, Buis bâtard, Petit sorcier, Violette des morts ou de serpent ou des sorciers, Petite pervenche, Herbe à capucine, Pucelage, Violette mineure.
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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Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvy' is an interesting mutation originated in cultivation in California, with leaves appearing to be positioned upside-down and with the flowers heavily distorted.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Saxifragales
Family:Crassulaceae
Subfamily:Sedoideae
Tribe:Sedeae
Subtribe:Sedinae
Genus:Echeveria
Species:E. runyonii
From my collection
The genus name "Lampranthus" means "shining-flowers" in Latin.
Lampranthus roseus is an evergreen plant in the Aizoaceae family.
Canada Hawkweed found blooming alongside the Gillies Promenade in the Gillies Lake Conservation Area located in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
The vine is a plant of the genus Vitis native to Asia.
In Catalonia, the Vitis vinifera species is grown in vineyards or vinyards to obtain grapes.
The fruit of several Vitis species are grown commercially for consumption as fresh grapes and for fermentation into wine.
Bluecrown Passionflower photographed on A12 Prout's Island on Sesekinika Lake in Sesekinika in the Township Grenfell in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Hybrid specimen with beautiful white flowers
My Night Blooming Cactus
Echinopsis subdenudata (Cactaceae)
They bloom one night only and than withers away.
Ne s'ouvre qu'une nuit, fane au matin.
• Peyote
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Lophophora
Species:L. williamsii
From my collection
Sunflowers
While it is so grey and rainy in Europe right now, think it's time to bring a little sunshine with those sunflowers or Helianthus, as seen and photogrpahed in the Philippines.
And ere is some background information from Wikipedia about the sunflowers:
Sunflowers are usually tall annual or perennial plants that in some species can grow to a height of 300 cm (120 in) or more. They bear one or more wide, terminal capitula (flower heads), with bright yellow ray florets at the outside and yellow or maroon (also known as a brown/red) disc florets inside. Several ornamental cultivars of H. annuus have red-colored ray florets; all of them stem from a single original mutant. During growth, sunflowers tilt during the day to face the sun, but stop once they begin blooming. This tracking of the sun in young sunflower heads is called heliotropism. By the time they are mature, sunflowers generally face east. The rough and hairy stem is branched in the upper part in wild plants, but is usually unbranched in domesticated cultivars. The petiolate leaves are dentate and often sticky. The lower leaves are opposite, ovate, or often heart-shaped.They are distinguished technically by the fact that the ray florets (when present) are sterile, and by the presence on the disk flowers of a pappus that is of two awn-like scales that are caducous (that is, easily detached and falling at maturity). Some species also have additional shorter scales in the pappus, and one species lacks a pappus entirely. Another technical feature that distinguishes the genus more reliably, but requires a microscope to see, is the presence of a prominent, multicellular appendage at the apex of the style. Sunflowers are especially well known for their symmetry based on Fibonacci numbers and the golden angle.
Quite a bit of variability is seen among the perennial species that make up the bulk of those in the genus. Some have most or all of the large leaves in a rosette at the base of the plant and produce a flowering stem that has leaves that are reduced in size. Most of the perennials have disk flowers that are entirely yellow, but a few have disk flowers with reddish lobes. One species, H. radula, lacks ray flowers altogether.Helianthus species are used as food plants by the larvae of many lepidopterans. The seeds of H. annuus are used as human food.
And ofcourse:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Helianthodae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Helianthus
Muscari armeniacum (Hyacinthaceae)
Hyacinthus botryoides
Common name: Common Grape Hyacinth.
Nom commun: Muscari botryde
Aster seeds waiting for the wind to carry them away.
les graines d'aster attendant que le vent les emporte.
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (Asteraceae-Astéracées)
Common Names: hairy Michaelmas-daisy, Michaelmas daisy.
Reino: Plantae
División: Magnoliophyta
Clase: Magnoliopsida
Orden: Dipsacales
Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Caprifolioideae
Género: Lonicera
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Endemic of Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Subfamily:Cactoideae
Tribe:Trichocereeae
Genus:Echinopsis
Species:E. calochlora
From my collection
My Echinopsis:
• Hybrid (white) flic.kr/p/2bY4PnU
• E. eyriesii flic.kr/p/2d1QjUE
• Hybrid (pink / broad petals) flic.kr/p/2d8M4w8
• Bishop's cap cactus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Astrophytum
Species:A. myriostigma
From my collection
Photographed the Tiger Lily in one of the Flower gardens on Prout's Island on Lake Sesekinika in Grenfell Township in Northeastern Ontario Canada
Lance-leaved tiger lily is native to China, but is widely cultivated in North America. It often escapes from cultivation and is quite common and widespread in New England in fields, roadsides and lawn edges. The large bulbs are edible, and the flowers are sometimes eaten in salads.
This species is distinctive for having alternate leaves with small bulbils forming in the upper leaf axils.
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Common Ninebark in full bloom found alongside the Mattagami River bank near the Bridge to Bridge Trail in Mountjoy Township in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Apocynaceae
Subfamily:Asclepiadoideae
Genus:Orbea
Origin and Habitat: Coast regions around Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
• Old Woman Cactus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Subfamily:Cactoideae
Tribe:Cacteae
Genus:Mammillaria
Species: M. hahniana
Subspecies: M. hahniana bravoae
Mammillaria hahniana, the old lady cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to central Mexico. It grows to 25 cm (10 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad. The solitary spherical stems, 12 cm in diameter, are covered in white down and white spines. Reddish purple flowers are borne in spring and summer, sometimes forming a complete ring around the apex of the plant.
From my collection