Papaver rhoeas L. #botany #Papaveraceae #plantsci #Lankester #PlantBlindnesss #PlantAwareness #angiosperms Indurot UCC+I UniOvi Universidad Oviedo EPMieres

Xanthosia rotundifolia (Southern Cross) from the south-west of Western Australia #Apiaceae #ozplants

sooooo chuffed our Wollemia nobilis Cones have started to open and I’ve got fresh seeds to sow .

Reminiscent of an Andy Warhol print…summer in my garden is having one last hurrah..how glorious are these Zinnias?!?

Naked ladies Amaryllis belladonna. Seen yesterday in San Sebastian, Spain

Acanthus sennii getting a little earlier each year as advised. A hardy miracle from Ethiopia

Do you recognize these Tilia americana flowers? Tilia (32 spp.) is a mostly temperate lineage in the #Malvaceae. Bee die-offs under some Tilia spp. (eg. T. tomentosa) suggest toxic nectar, but nectar analyses have not found toxins or indigestible sugars. The mystery continues…

Jef Koon's puppy in front of Guggenheim museum Bilbao

Palm pic of the week. Fibrous trunks of Trachycarpus fortunei 'Wagnerianus'

Colourful kangaroo paws gardensbythebay #wildflowerhour #flowers #beautiful

Lovely old Cordylines in Bilbao, Spain

Esto es solo un detalle de lo que puedes encontrar en la parte histórica de La Concepción, vegetación subtropical frondosa y llena de frescor #jardin #plantas #malaga #garden #plants #andalucia #verano #arbol #trees #palmeras #palms #felizsemana

Taking a little time this afternoon making these little chaps look as handsome as possible! Paph hermanii Phrag Lovely Lynne Paph tonsum Paph tigrinum x spicerianum The RHS Orchid Committee The RHS British Paphiopedilum Society The British Orchid Council Eric Young Orchid Foundation The Mathers Foundation AOS Kew Gardens

The entire order Zingiberales is characterized by supervolute ptyxis. Bananas, gingers, heliconias & cannas all have their leaves rolled up in bud. It is easy to see in the red-margined leaf of Canna indica ‘Musifolia’ (#Cannaceae). #ptyxis #Zingiberales #morphology

Architectural plants and French architecture #Biarritz

Colourful border in Biarritz, France Ville de Biarritz #Biarritz

The leaves of Nelumbo nucifera have involute ptyxis: both margins are rolled inward toward the center. It’s easy to see on emerging leaves. #ptyxis #morphology #Nelumbonaceae

Crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia 'Tuskegee' coming into flower

Bee in a passion flower

Largest leaves in the garden (Tetrapanax 'Rex')