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(Brazoria truncata var. pulcherrima). East-Central Texas.
Brazoria truncata var. pulcherrima is a rare mint endemic to xeric sandylands of a handful of counties in East-Central Texas.
Brazoria truncata var. pulcherrima was one of my 2017 biodiversity goals. To read more about these goals and my pursuit of this species check out my blog by clicking here.
A particularly large, light-green clone. This is my plant with some species of Geometrid moth taking a rest on it.
1 fish drawing (3 x 25 cm.)
Repository: Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Call number: ARC 209-232
Beautiful dead leaf mantis, Deroplatys truncata from Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo. orionmystery.blogspot.com/2011/07/maliau-basin-part-ii.html
More cool tropical mantids: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/03/mantis.html
Shot at Leeton. Native warm-season annual or short-lived perennial erect, hairless, tufted C4 grass usually less than 50 cm tall and forming a dense low crown; sometimes short stolons are present. Stems are unbranched and flattened, with a kneelike bend near their base. Flowerheads are digitate, with 6-9 widelyspreading branches, each 4-20 cm long. Spikelets are 2-flowered (sometimes 3), blunt-tipped and black when mature; the upper awn is much longer than the spikelet. Flowers from spring to autumn. Mostly found where ground cover is relatively low, such as along roadsides, in drier native pastures and heavily grazed situations. Native biodiversity. Readily colonises bare ground, areas subject to compaction and shallow soils. Relatively short-lived, it makes rapid growth after warm-season rain and provides a quick green pick; young growth is readily eaten, but becomes fibrous and unpalatable with age; productivity is low. Tolerant of set stocking and close grazing, it is better suited to sheep than cattle due to the low height of its foliage. Favoured by grazing systems that maintain low ground cover. It shows little response to increased fertility.
Schlumbergera truncata
Christmas cactus
cacto de Natal, flor de maio, flor de seda
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Note the family name Heteromyzidae - until recently it was Heleomyzidae, but the former name is now accepted by the AFD as having priority.
Schlumbergera truncata (Haw.) Moran, Cactaceae
[P] Flor de maio obtida de semente. Semeado em Setembro/2004. Cruzamento entre plantas de flor branca e salmão. (Curitiba-Pr-Brasil)
[E] Christmas cactus obtained from seed. Planted in September/2004. Parent plant flowers are white and salmon. (Curitiba-Pr-Brazil)
Size approx 38cm.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
(unranked): Protostomia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Subphylum: Conchifera
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Subfamily: Strombinae
Genus: Lambis
Subgenus: Lambis
Species: L. truncata
Subspecies: L. T. sebae
(Uploading some more botanical photos from the recent hike in Tasmania)
Telopea truncata
Tasmania Overland track
Day4: Pelion to Kia Ora - 9km
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Schlumbergera truncata, Zygocactus or more commonly Christmas Cactus. "She" is still blooming almost three months now!
A long-lived plant that keeps on giving!
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