Rufino Osorio

Stephen Packard, prairie plant expert extraordinaire, has written a blog post on the discovery of the prairie white-fringed orchid ( Platan...

Hibiscus poeppigii is a dwarf, shrubby perennial that bears small 1-inch long brilliant red flowers pollinated by bees and hummingbirds. I...

Hibiscus furcellatus is a large, coarse, shrubby perennial or shrub that bears ornamental, large, dark pink flowers pollinated by hummingb...

Hibiscus dasycalyx , the Neches River hibiscus, is an endangered hibiscus that naturally occurs in the floodplains of the Angelina, Neches,...

Hibiscus aculeatus is a perennial hibiscus native to the southeastern United States coastal plain in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georg...

Wild-coffee is a member of the madder family (Rubiaceae), this is the same family to which coffee, ixoras, and gardenias belong. It is a c...

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Gaillardia pulchella has several common names, including "indian blanket" and "firewheel." Gaillardia pulchella is...

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...

In January of this year, I visited Frenchman's Forest, a natural area in northern Palm Beach County. At that time, we had severe drought...