Rufino Osorio

I had always assumed that honey was made only from the nectar of flowers; however, I recently learned about pine honey while surfing the int...

Euphorbia thymifolia (synonym: Chamaesyce thymifolia ) is an unassuming little annual native from Mexico to Argentina, the West Indies, an...

A Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia , has ripened its fruit in early spring. The combination of red stalks and dark purple frui...

A miscellany of photographs taken at Mounts Botanical Garden this year. Adenium obesum setting seed pods. Aechmea 'Big Harv...

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

Early last year, I collected a few seeds from a pokeweed, Phytolacca americana, that had spontaneously arisen among some saw palmetto palm...

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

Tough bumelia is a common, thorny, deciduous or evergreen shrub or small tree native to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florid...

Wild columbine is a common wildflower throughout the eastern and central portions of Canada and the United States. In eastern North Amer...

A Spanish daisy, Helenium amarum, made itself at home in my carport. It is a perky and pretty yellow annual daisy native to Florida. It is...