Blue Flossflower
Filed in Flowers, 20 March, 2009, 2:03 pmAgeratum houstonianum or Ageratum mexicanum
This flower is also commonly known as Bluemink.
This one was found on the fringes of an out building at the Raulston Arboretum. Looked like a lovely weed at the time. The corymb that is in focus in the picture above shows the flower cluster with florets that once blooming will have thin, [...]
Carpenter Bee
Filed in Bees, 18 March, 2009, 4:21 pmXylocopa virginica
The bee above was hanging out on some Goldenrod in the Raulston Arboretum. Looks like she made friend with a Leatherwing Beetle. The last one is totally nom nomming all sloppy like in some pollenicious goldenrod.
Baby Grasshoppers
Filed in Bugs, 10 March, 2009, 4:02 pmI don’t have much to say about these, other than +awwww+.
Last summer, just a few months after we moved into our house, the lilies by the porch were overtaken with hundreds of teeny tiny little green hoppers for a day. I have no idea what species they are, but since the weather has been in [...]
Butterfly Bush
Filed in Flowers, , 3:51 pmBuddleja davidii
This particular bush is called Buddleia (Buddleja and Buddleia are both used, the latter being the more common term) “Attraction” and is the type that is closest to having red flowers. This lovely specimen, along with the battered moth pal, were photographed at the Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC.
Ginger Flowers
Filed in Flowers, 3 March, 2009, 1:03 pmTop = Shell Ginger Flower = Alpinia zerumbet
Bottom = Red Ginger Flower = Alpinia purpurata
Neither of these are the same plant we regularly use for belly aches, but the flowers are awesome. These photos were both taken at Pinecrest Park in S. Miami very early one summer morning. The angle of the sun and the sticky/suffocating/wet [...]
