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The common patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), also known as the wadi monkey or hussar monkey, is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over semi-arid areas of West Africa, and into East Africa.
Adult males are considerably larger than adult females, which average 49 cm (19 in) in length. Adult males average 12.4 kg (27.3 lb) and adult females 6.5 kg (14.3 lb), showing a high degree of sexual dimorphism.
Reaching speeds of 55 km/h (34 mph), it is the fastest runner among the primates. The life span in the wild can be up to about 20 years.
It is found in many parts of central, western, and eastern Africa. It also has been introduced to Puerto Rico. The species avoids dense woodlands and lives in more open tropical savanna.
The common patas monkey lives in multi-female groups of up to 60 individuals (although much larger aggregations have been reported). The group contains just one adult male.The common patas monkey feeds on insects, gum, seeds, and tubers, a diet more characteristic of much smaller primates. – Wikipedia
I haven't grown these for years.
If flowering bulbs are one of natures mysteries, watching the claw-like tuber of a ranunculus produce three dozen rosette-shaped flowers must be one of natures miracles.
Have a lovely day
Tibetorchidee "Pleione x Tongariro" - tibetan orchid
Pleionen brauchen eine kalte, aber frostfreie Überwinterung als Ruhezeit und schieben im Frühjahr erst die Blüte aus einer Knolle, danach folgen einzelne Blätter, die Knolle stirbt ab und es bilden sich neue Knollen.
* Pleions need a cold but frost-free hibernation as a rest period and in spring they first push the flower out of a tuber, followed by individual leaves, the tuber dies and new tubers form.
Planta herbácea tuberosa que andava meio esquecida , voltou como destaque em muitos jardins devido seu porte imponente. Variedade que pode atingir 1,2 m de altura. Suas folhas verdes e brilhantes se destacam antes mesmo de surgir as flores, suas pétalas espetadas são um espetáculo de beleza exótica.
Out of Winter Drab, dessicated leaves and such, suddenly, as it were, sprang up a clump of Round-Leav'd Cyclamen. A joy each year to behold. I don't know about you but Olymp and I have always had a hard time getting a good photo of this, our Swinebread. The 'nose' of the small flowers faces earthward and from above you see Cyclamen as in the inset photo. But Olymp, on instruction, was able to edge under- and sideward and nose-snapped the flower; see main photo. With our faces so close to earth we felt almost like the swine which are said to root for its tubers.
Jerusalem Artichoke - Artichaut de Jérusalem
Helianthus tuberosus Asteraceae - Hélianthe tubéreux Asteracées
Other Names: Tuberous sunflower, Earth Apple, Sunroot, Sunchoke, Topinambour. The root tubers are edible.
Jerusalem Artichoke plants can grow quite tall. This plant growing in my backyard was about 10 feet tall!
Noms communs: truffe du Canada, Soleil vivace, poire de terre.
Les tubercules sont comestible. Les plants de topinambour peuvent pousser assez hauts. Cette plante qui poussait dans mon jardin mesurait environ 10 pieds de haut!
Jerusalem Artichoke - Artichaut de Jérusalem
Helianthus tuberosus Asteraceae - Hélianthe tubéreux Asteracées
Other Names: Tuberous sunflower, Earth Apple, Sunroot, Sunchoke, Topinambour. The root tubers are edible.
Jerusalem Artichoke plants can grow quite tall. This plant growing in my garden was about 10 feet tall!
Noms communs: truffe du Canada, Soleil vivace, poire de terre,
hélianthe
Les tubercules sont comestible. Les plants de topinambour peuvent pousser assez hauts. Cette plante qui pousse dans mon jardin mesurait jusqu'à 10 pieds de haut!
The first accounts by European travelers in North America in the seventeenth century call this Lotus by a Native American name: Chechinquamin. It orginates from the Missouri-Mississippi rivers but since then also grows on the eastern seaboard, e.g. in Maine. The entire plant including its tubers and stems is edible. It was one of the nutrient foodstuffs of many Native American peoples. It's seeds, too, were a delicacy; hence the name: Pond Nut.
It's a pretty flower even in the rain and mist of the Hortus this afternoon.
*Crispy fried of chaucha potatoes, sweet potatoes, plantains. (US$ 3)
*Andean fried cereals, fine herbs and tzatziki sauce. (US$ 4)
Beautiful Dahlia [ Orange Duet ]
Photo from last year's bloom in about August.
These were grown from Tubers in our Greenhouse, taking about 4 weeks to sprout but they need watering regularly
A beautiful flower of the orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva, Asphodelaceae previously Xanthorrhoeaceae), an invasive exotic species, growing in White River Marsh State Wildlife Area, Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
Hemerocallis fulva is of Asian origin but is now naturalized and invasive in many temperate regions. Originally introduced for its aesthetic qualities the plant's pretty flowers, young leaves and tender tubers are edible.
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A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Cockatoos are recognisable by the prominent crests and curved bills. Their plumage is generally less colourful than that of other parrots, being mainly white, grey or black and often with coloured features in the crest, cheeks or tail. On average they are larger than other parrots; however, the cockatiel, the smallest cockatoo species, is a small bird. Cockatoos prefer to eat seeds, tubers, corms, fruit, flowers and insects. They often feed in large flocks, particularly when ground-feeding. Cockatoos are monogamous and nest in tree hollows. Some cockatoo species have been adversely affected by habitat loss, particularly from a shortage of suitable nesting hollows after large mature trees are cleared; conversely, some species have adapted well to human changes and are considered agricultural pests. R_7015
A delightful wildflower in the Ottawa area, a relative of the Sunflower, the Sunchoke has a tuber that is edible and quite amazing raw in salads or cooked like a potato.
I am not a highly skilled photographer at the best of times, and weaker still with wildflowers, but this species was a continuing delight in my excursions this fall and I wanted to record it. I hope this does it justice.
Jerusalem Artichoke - Artichaut de Jérusalem
Helianthus tuberosus Asteraceae - Hélianthe tubéreux Asteracées
Other Names: Tuberous sunflower, Earth Apple, Sunroot, Sunchoke, Topinambour. The root tubers are edible.
Jerusalem Artichoke plants can grow quite tall. This plant growing in my backyard was about 10 feet tall!
Noms communs: truffe du Canada, Soleil vivace, poire de terre.
Les tubercules sont comestible. Les plants de topinambour peuvent pousser assez hauts. Cette plante qui pousse dans mon jardin mesurait environ 10 pieds de haut!
These flowers resemble a string of small hearts, hence the romantic common name, Chain of Love. In its native Mexico, the underground tubers are used as food.
Coral Vine, Antigonon leptopus
Biscayne Park, FL
A Peony tuber was sent to me as a gift 3 years back, I couldn't get to ask the color of it. So when it flowered this year, it was a real surprise! I love it!!
Of late Flickr is acting strangely, I couldn't open or comment when I want to. Does anyone face any difficulty like mine?
Many thanks to all those who view, fav or comment my pictures. I very much appreciate it.
C’è una musica
in me
che esce in fiume
dai miei pori.
E’ potente,
è un manto,
è la bocca grande di un albero
su cui migrano stormi di uccelli in volo,
è un uragano che scivola sulla tempesta
di un oceano di notte.
[Essenza: Tuberosa]
There’s a music
in me
that goes out in a river
from my pores.
It’s powerful,
it’s a mantle,
it’s the big mouth of a tree
on wich flocks of flying birds migrate,
it’s an hurricane sliding on the storm
of a nighty ocean.
[Essence: Tuberose]
to be continued...
Une petite punaise de l’asclépiade (Lygaeus kalmii) sur mon Asclépiade tubéreuse en pleine floraison.
Cet hémiptère appartient à la famille Lygaeidae, qui comprend également une espèce nommée la grande punaise de l’asclépiade (Oncopeltus fasciatus). Cette dernière, comme son nom le suggère, est de taille un peu plus grande (13-18 mm) que la petite punaise de l’asclépiade (10-12 mm). Bien que colorées de noir et d’orange, les deux espèces se distinguent aisément : les ailes antérieures de la petite punaise de l’asclépiade sont marquées d’un X orange bien visible. Ce n’est pas le cas de la grande punaise de l’asclépiade. Par ailleurs, la petite punaise de l’asclépiade peut s’observer plus au nord que sa consœur, cette dernière n’étant pas en mesure de survivre aux rigueurs de l’hiver.
Lygaeus kalmii est polyphage et se nourrit, en plus de l'Asclépiade commune (Asclepias syriaca), de divers végétaux et même d'insectes morts ou vulnérables. Elle serait portée au cannibalisme; elle se nourrit des insectes piégés par la sève collante de l'asclépiade ou vulnérables comme la chenille du Monarque. En effet, la punaise tolère la cardénolide, une toxine nocive pour plusieurs insectes et présente dans toutes les parties de l'asclépiade. Elle peut non seulement la consommer directement sans danger mais aussi se nourrir des insectes qui en ont mangé. Leur alimentation rend les punaises elles-mêmes toxiques, leurs couleurs vives servent justement à en avertir les oiseaux.
L’Asclépiade tubéreuse (Asclepias tuberosa) ou Orange Milkweed, en anglais, mesure environ 20 à 60 cm de hauteur. Contrairement aux autres asclépiades dont les feuilles sont opposées sur la tige, les feuilles de cette espèce sont disposées en alternance sur la tige. Ses inflorescences en ombelles se distinguent aussi par leurs fleurs éclatantes jaune-orangé. Cette espèce aime les sols calcaires et ne tolère pas l’ombre. On la retrouve dans les milieux ouverts, rocheux et secs, comme les rivages calcaires et les alvars.
Les asclépiades regroupent plus de 140 espèces inventoriées. Carl von Linné nomma le genre d’après le dieu grec de la médecine Asclépios, cette plante possédant de nombreuses vertus en phytothérapie. Elles représentent des plantes très importantes d'un point de vue écologique, fournissant du nectar à de nombreuses espèces de pollinisateurs, tout en étant la plante hôte de certains insectes comme le papillon monarque (Danaus plexippus) dont elle est la source exclusive de nourriture pour les larves de papillons monarques (Danaus plexippus) en Amérique du Nord. Les espèces du genre asclépias produisent des cosses. Ces cosses contiennent des filaments mous connus sous le nom de soies, chacune d'entre elles étant rattachée à une graine. Lorsque la cosse mûrit, elle s'ouvre et les graines sont disséminées par le vent.
A tropical tuber crop grown primarily in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the tropical Pacific islands. Because of its production potential and popularity as a vegetable in various cuisines, it can be raised as a cash crop. In Tamil it is called kaaraa karunai kizangu (காறாக்கருணைக் கிழங்கு). Mercer Botanic Gardens, Houston, Texas.
A large-bodied, small-headed, slaty-gray gamebird perfectly lined with rows of hundreds of white spots. The distinctive head sports a strange bone-like casque and naked warty facial skin, which is colored white, blue, or red depending on geographic location. Young birds are brown and are almost always found with adults. It is common throughout its range, and large flocks roam the savannas, digging for invertebrates and tubers. Guineafowl often behave like lunatics, charging around issuing a loud and distinctive “kek-kek-kek-kraaaaaaah” alarm. It also calls a distinctive, plaintive “kuuuh-keeerk”. Crested Guineafowl differ from Helmeted Guineafowl by being darker and having a plumed crest on top of the head. (eBird)
This image is indicative of the majority of my views of this bird. They usually walked, or sometimes ran, away from us. I'm lucky the head can be seen at all!
Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda. February 2017.
Sagittaria is a genus of about 30 species of aquatic plants whose members go by a variety of common names, including arrowhead, duck potato, katniss, Omodaka (沢瀉 in Japanese), swamp potato, tule potato and wapato (or wapatoo. ) Most are native to South, Central and North America, but there are also some from Europe, Africa and Asia. American Indians ate the tubers of this wildflower. The name of Shubenacadie, a community located in central Nova Scotia, Canada, means "abounding in ground nuts" (i.e., broadleaf arrowhead) in the Mi'kmaq language.
The tubers of Sagittaria latifolia and Sagittaria cuneata have long been an important food source to indigenous peoples of the Americas. The tubers can be detached from the ground in various ways: with the feet, a pitchfork, or a stick, and after digging up, the tubers usually float to the surface. Ripe tubers can be collected in the fall and are also often found then floating freely. These tubers can be eaten raw or cooked for 15 to 20 minutes. The taste is similar to potatoes and chestnuts, and they can be prepared in the same fashions: roasting, frying, boiling, and so on. They can also be sliced and dried to prepare a flour. Other edible parts include late summer buds and fruits.
Arrowhead, Sagittaria latitfolia, Katniss
Founder's Pool, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
A Peony tuber was gifted to me 3 years back, I couldn't get to ask the color of it. So when it flowered this year, it was a real surprise! I love it!
Many thanks to all those who view, fav or comment my pictures. I very much appreciate it.
Le dahlia commun (Dahlia x) disponible pour les jardins est quasiment toujours un hybride de Dahlia pinnata et Dahlia coccinea. C'est une vivace arbustive tubéreuse, originaire des hauts plateaux du Mexique, mais le tubercule, racine tubéreuse renflée, est non rustique : en deçà de -6 à -8°C, le froid lui sera fatal.
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. Dahlias are members of the Asteraceae (synonym name: Compositae) family of dicotyledonous plants, its relatives include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia. There are 49 species of dahlia, with flowers in almost every hue (except blue), with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants.
Dahlias were known only to the Aztecs and other southern North American peoples until the Spanish conquest, after which the plants were brought to Europe.
The tubers of some varieties are of medicinal and dietary value to humans because, in common with species of Inula and many other flowering plants, they use inulin, a polymer of the fruit sugar fructose, instead of starch as a storage polysaccharide.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pale purple waterlily and tiny white dewdrops.
Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, duck-potato, Indian potato, or wapato. This plant produces edible tubers that were extensively used by the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Founder's Pool, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
I was given two dahlias tubers for my birthday back in May. It took a long time for them to get going but my patience has been rewarded. I was surprised how they changed colour, starting off whitish and now a peachy pink.
“I bought a big bag of potatoes and it's growing eyes like crazy. Other foods rot. Potatoes want to see.”― Bill Callahan, Letters to Emma Bowlcut
Our Daily Challenge: "Tubers/Root Vegetables" theme
Crazy Tuesday: "Textures" theme
HCT
The little toothwort tubers are edible and taste like radishes. In the old days, "pepper-root" was used to spice up ham sandwiches at lunch time when working out in the farm fields. The tuber is tan and sitting just to the right of those white toothwort blossoms.
Small yellow Winter Aconite at Laurelwood Arboretum in Wayne, NJ.
Usually crocus is the harbinger of warmer weather to come, but this brightly yellow flower - the Winter Aconite (Eranthus Hyemalis) beats even that early riser. Winter Aconite plants frequently come up through the snow, don’t mind a small amount of frost and will open their buttercup like flowers at the earliest chance.
Unlike tulips and crocus, winter aconite bulbs aren’t actually bulbs at all but tubers. These fleshy roots store moisture and food for the plant’s growth and hibernation over the winter just like a bulb does. They should be planted late in the fall at the same time you dig in the other spring-flowering bulbs.
Read more at Gardening Know How: Learn About The Care Of Winter Aconite Plants www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/winter-aconite/...
Dahlias were originally brought from South America to Spain for their edible tubers, which look like fingerling potatoes. These were pulled out of the ground recently at Wright-Locke Farm, for storage over the winter.
Helianthus Tuberosus, one of its characteristics is the tendency to always turn the head towards the sun.
Dactylorhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family Orchidaceae. Its species are commonly called marsh orchids or spotted orchids, Dactylorhiza were previously classified under Orchis which has two round tubers. Quoted from Wikipedia
La tuberosa azul, lirio africano o agapanto africano (Agapanthus africanus), es una especie de la subfamilia Agapanthoideae de las amarilidáceas, aunque, según el sistema de clasificación, puede encontrarse incluida en la familia Alliaceae e, incluso, Liliaceae. Procede, en origen, de Sudáfrica, si bien se ha extendido mucho debido a que se utiliza como planta ornamental.
Descripción
Se trata de una planta herbácea, perennifolia, rizomatosa. Posee un tallo corto que porta varias hojas alargadas, arciformes, de 10 a 35 cm (centímetros) de longitud y de 1 a 2 de ancho, además de un estipe floral de 25 a 60 cm de longitud, que se ve coronado por una umbela de 20 a 30 flores de color violeta brillante o blanco, cada flor, hermafrodita y actinomorfa, de 2,5 a 5 cm de diámetro.
It’s that time of year when the garden begins to ready itself for shorter days and cooler nights. The last of the monarch butterflies have finally left, the hummingbirds long gone, leaving just the bees, who fall asleep in between the petals after a busy day.
This past spring my sister and I planted 84 dahlia seedlings I started from seeds in addition to the tubers I already had. This photo captures some of the glorious colors and shapes, each one perfectly beautiful.
We’re expecting a frost soon and a hard freeze next week.
Then it will be time to dig up the tubers and store them for winter…and start the process all over again.
OPHRYS APIFERA
OFRIDE DELLE API
Orchidaceae. Erbacea perenne tuberosa, con fusti eretti alti 20-60 cm.
Le foglie basali in numero variabile da 2 a 4, sono oblungo-lanceolate ; quelle cauline amplessicauli.
L'infiorescenza è una spiga lassa, lunga fino a 25 cm che porta da 2 a 12 fiori. I tepali laterali esterni ovali, ottusi e patenti,sono di colore variabile dal rosa al bianco, segnati da striature verdi. Quelli interni, molto più corti, sono generalmente verdi o, talvolta, rosati. Il labello di colore rosso brunastro con macchie gialle è trilobato, con alla base due protuberanze pubescenti. Fiorisce da maggio a luglio.
Prati aridi, radure boschive, cespuglieti, preferibilmente su substrato calcareo dal piano a 1000 m di altitudine.
Propria delle regioni mediterranee, in Italia è presente in quasi tutto il territorio, assente in zone alpine di alta quota e nelle pianure alluvionali.