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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.
This variety of dahlias is called tubers, for the shape of the blossom, I'm sure, though I've also heard them called pompons! That seems very fitting to me! Again, this was taken at the Point Defiance Park, located in Tacoma, Washington. Hope you enjoy!
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma, Washington
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💀 Out of the depths of hell 💀
A new bundle of evil bursting into life; 'twas the season!
It's part of a very noxious¹, perennial climbing weed (white bryony) which has a tuber root looking very much like a long turnip; hence its endearing French pseudonym: "Navet du diable" (Devil's turnip). How absolutely shocking! ( ツ)
¹ All parts of the plant, including the root, are highly poisonous and
as few as twelve of its berries, would be enough to kill a child.
This puts it almost on a par with the deadly nightshade where only
two to four of its berries would achieve the same result.
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Take care, my friends, and many thanks for calling,
Colin ... (ツ)
Back to photo page : ⍖ Navet du diable - 😈 - Devil's turnip ⍖
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.
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.
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!
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. 57079
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!
Interestingly, the feathers around the beak are drawn forward signifying a relaxed state. 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. 62529
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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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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!
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.
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!!
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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
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.
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...
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.
While shooting pictures of tubers on the Kishwaukee River, this eagle flew up, landed in a tree and watched the tubers with us.
see on Explore 2023/01/11
Il ciclamino (nome scientifico Cyclamen L. 1753) è un genere di piante spermatofite dicotiledoni appartenenti alla famiglia delle Primulaceae, dall'aspetto di piccole erbacee tuberose e dai delicati fiori rosati.
Il nome del genere (Cyclamen) deriva dalla parola greca kyklos (= cerchio), forse in riferimento alle radici tuberose rotonde. Questo genere di piante era conosciuto fin dall'antichità. Plinio nei suoi scritti lo indica con diversi nomi volgari: “Rapo”, “Tubero” e “Umbilico della terra”.
I fiori sono zigomorfi, pentameri (calice e corolla con 5 elementi) e tetraciclici (formati da quattro elementi: calice – corolla – androceo - gineceo). Del fiore la parte persistente è il calice a sostegno del frutto.
Formula fiorale:
K (5), C (5), A 5, G (5)
Calice: il calice è gamosepalo ed è formato da 5 lacinie triangolari.
Corolla: la corolla è simpetala (o gamopetala); i 5 lobi della corolla sono lunghi quanto il fiore e sono ripiegati all'indietro o comunque ritornano in direzione del peduncolo e in alcune specie possono essere auricolati. I colori della corolla possono essere lilla chiaro, violetto purpureo, bianco rosato o semplicemente bianco. Nelle specie coltivate spesso si possono avere dei fiori doppi (a doppi petali) con margini increspati, dentellati o crenulati di notevole effetto estetico.
Androceo: gli stami sono 5 a disposizione opposta ai petali della corolla.
Gineceo: l'ovario è supero formato da 5 carpelli saldati tra di loro; lo stilo è unico con uno stimma semplice e sporge dalla corolla.
Tratto da Wikipedia Cyclamen
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La begonia elatior o begonia de flor es una planta tuberosa, de hojas carnosas y verdes con flores en tonos blancos, amarillos, rosas o naranjas que veremos desde primavera hasta finales de otoño.
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!
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Londolozi Game Reserve
Kruger National Park
South Africa
The greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas, due to a declining habitat, deforestation and poaching.
Their habitat includes mixed scrub woodlands (the greater kudu is one of the few largest mammals that prefer living in settled areas – in scrub woodland and bush on abandoned fields and degraded pastures, mopane bush and acacia in lowlands, hills and mountains.
Their diet consists of leaves, grass, shoots and occasionally tubers, roots and fruit (they are especially fond of oranges and tangerines).
During the day, greater kudus normally cease to be active and instead seek cover under woodland, especially during hot days. They feed and drink in the early morning and late afternoon, acquiring water from waterholes or roots and bulbs that have a high water content. Although they tend to stay in one area, the greater kudu may search over a large distance for water in times of drought.
Predators of the greater kudu generally consist of lions, hyenas, and hunting dogs. Although leopards and cheetahs also prey on greater kudus, they are unable to bring down a bull, and consequently target the more vulnerable cows and offspring.
Greater kudus have a life span of 7 to 8 years in the wild, and up to 23 years in captivity. They are evaluated as low risk in the IUCN Red List of endangered species. Wikipedia
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.
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.
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
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 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 flowers as well as the leaves come from tubers below the ground.
Tanto las flores como las hojas provienen de tubérculos subterráneos.
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/...
Plebejus argus
I maschi sono di color azzurro-blu con sfumature e riflessi viola-porpora. Margine delle ali nero di estensione variabile e sfrangiatura bianca. La femmina è bruna con macchie arancioni, a forma di mezzaluna, disposte ad arco ai margini delle ali. Rovescio delle ali marrone chiaro o grigio (colore di fondo più sbiadito nei maschi) con caratteristiche macchie nere e fascia submarginale arancione. Le macchie nere marginali, sul rovescio dell'ala posteriore, presentano centro azzurro-grigio o verde brillante.
Asphodelus ramosus
ASFODELO MEDITERRANEO
Xanthorrhoeaceae. Pianta eretta perenne, di 50-100 cm, munita di un apparato radicale rizomatoso, costituito da numerosi piccoli tuberi irregolari fusiformi e di un robusto fusto centrale cilindrico,privo di foglie, dal quale si diramano molte ramificazioni laterali nella metà superiore. Le foglie,tutte basali, partono dal rizoma ipogeo,larghe 2-4 cm e lunghe fino a 70 cm, sono nastriformi, intere, coriacee, totalmente glabre a sezione triangolare appiattita, leggermente carenate, . I fiori numerosi sono distribuiti su di una infiorescenza piramidale racemosa, con un peduncolo di 5-7 mm, situati all'ascella di brattee più o meno arrossate, lunghe quanto il peduncolo. Le corolle bianche con una stria rossastra centrale sono formate da 6 tepali liberi e carnosi. Gli stami, provvisti di filamenti bianchi di 10-15 mm con antere aranciate, superano i tepali . Fiorisce marzo-maggio
Cresce dal mare alla montagna fino a 1200 m su incolti,garighe, pascoli aridi, terreni sassosi