Rufino Osorio

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

Pentas lanceolata 'Gloria's Heirloom Pink' Pentas lanceolata is an evergreen perennial or subshrub native to Africa and Ye...

Earlier this year, I photographed the fruits of the notoriously invasive Brazilian-pepper ( Schinus terebinthifolius ). While studying the ...

A small, trailing, groundcovering plant known as Pilea glauca is readily available on the internet. See, for example, the online store of ...

Zeuxine strateumatica growing in a lawn and living up to its common name, lawn orchid. Zeuxine strateumatica is a small orchid native t...

Jost Van Dyke's indian-mallow is a highly endangered Caribbean shrub or small tree known from three islands in the British Virgin Isl...

Warning: Antigonon leptopus is listed as a Category 2 invasive pest plant by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. It is included here on...

I kept two potatoes too long in the fridge and they began to sprout. This past weekend, I planted them in the yard to see what happens. Mos...

The image above shows my preferred technique for propagating plants from cuttings. I use small plastic cups that are 2 inches (5 centime...

A dwarf agave with rosettes less than 12 inches wide toughs it out in pure Florida sand. My guess is that it is one of the many forms of A...

Jatropha integerrima is a drought tolerant shrub from Cuba in the euphorbia family (Euphorbiaceae). It is very common in south Florida ga...

Cosmos sulphureus, a short-lived annual native to the American tropics, is attractive to many insects. UPDATE: The United States Depart...

Day-lily flowers are usually bright and showy, but they last but a single day. On Saturday, May 26, 2012, I stopped briefly at the gar...

Ipheion uniflorum 'Alberto Castillo' is a small, South American bulbous plant in the onion family. Flowers are typically some s...

On Saturday, February 26, 2011, Ryan Leavengood and I visited the home of fellow Florida Native Plant Society member, Michael Manna. The fol...