Thursday, February 23, 2023

A Short Field Trip to the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

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On February 19, 2023, the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society sponsored a field trip to the Arthur R. Marshall Lo...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

A Visit to Meke Aloha Orchids

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On Friday, July 1, 2022, Michael Manna and I visited Meke Aloha Orchids in Sarasota, Florida. Michael had been particularly keen on ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Croton punctatus — Gulf Croton

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A fully mature, densely branched plant about three years old. It is approximately 2.5 feet tall and about 3.5 feet wide. Croton punctatu...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Zephyranthes atamasca – Atamasco-Lily

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A clump of Zephyranthes atamasca, the atamasco-lily, blooming in my yard in March. It is one of the oldest plants in my collection having...
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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Flaveria linearis – Yellow Top

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A beautifully grown flowering plant of Flaveria linearis photographed in the native plant garden of Ryan Leavengood, a member of the Palm...

Manihot esculenta 'Variegata' – Variegated Cassava

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Manihot esculenta  'Variegata' photographaed at the vegetable garden of Mounts Botanical Garden, where it was being grown as an or...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Pentas lanceolata 'Gloria's Heirloom Pink'

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Pentas lanceolata 'Gloria's Heirloom Pink' Pentas lanceolata is an evergreen perennial or subshrub native to Africa and Ye...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

South Florida Field Trip - Part 4

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The last stop of our short field trip was the Navy Wells Pineland Preserve near Homestead, Florida, a little ways south of the Robert is Her...

South Florida Field Trip - Part 3

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This is the third part of a four-part series of blog posts on a short botanical field trip to south Florida. Our second stop of the field t...

South Florida Field Trip - Part 2

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This is the second part of a four-part series of blog posts on a short botanical field trip to south Florida. Our first stop of the field t...