Beautiful Flowers and Plants

Drosera (Sundews)

Drosera, commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which the plants grow. Various species, which vary greatly in size and form, can be found growing natively on every continent except Antarctica.
Both the botanical name (from the Greek δρόσος: drosos = "dew, dewdrops") and the English common name (sundew, derived from Latin ros solis, meaning "dew of the sun") refer to the glistening drops of mucilage at the tip of each tentacle that resemble drops of morning dew. (Wikipedia)

Drosera rotundifolia

Leaf of Drosera rotundifolia growing in culture

Drosera rotundifolia

Drosera rotundifolia (sticky)

Drosera anglica

Carnivorous leaves of Drosera anglica.

Drosera anglica

Drosera anglica with leaf bent around a fly

Drosera tokaiensis

Drosera tokaiensis habit (Location type from Kansai)

Drosera derbyensis

Drosera derbyensis, from the petiolaris complex

Drosera capensis and Drosera menziesii

Leaf and tentacle movement on Drosera capensis

Left: The leaf of a Drosera capensis "bending" in response to the trapping of an insect.
Right: Habitus of a Drosera menziesii

Drosera longiscapa and Drosera chrysolepis

Left: Drosera longiscapa habitus (juvenile plant)
Right: Drosera chrysolepis (plant)

Drosera ramellosa

Tentacles of Drosera ramellosa

Drosera ordensis

Cultivated Drosera ordensis

Drosera madagascariensis

Drosera madagascariensis in culture

Drosera anglica with prey

The plants are sundews (Drosera anglica), insectivorous plants which use the sticky tentacles covering their leaves to attract, trap, and digest insect prey.

Drosera felix and Drosera nitidula (Flower buds)

Left: Drosera felix flower buds
Right: Drosera nitidula flower buds

Flowers of Drosera spatulata

Left: Flower of Drosera spatulata Euro Track, near dam above The Basin, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
Right: Flower of Drosera spatulata Flowerheads are raceme-like and to 15-flowered. Flowers have 5 green sepals, 5 white to pink petals

Flowers of sundew and Drosera su drosera

Left: Dewthread (or threadleaf) sundew
Right: Drosera su drosera

Drosera pallida blossoms

Flowers of Drosera adelae

Left: Flower of Drosera adelae, Tentacles of Drosera prolifera
Right: Flower of Drosera adelae

Flowers of of Drosera prolifera

Flower of Drosera prolifera, Tentacles of Drosera prolifera

Kohleria

Kohleria is a New World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The plants are generally tropical herbs or subshrubs with velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting colors. (Wikipedia)

Flowers of Kohleria amabilis var. bogotensis

Flowers of Kohleria amabilis var. bogotensis at Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini, Genova Pegli

Kohleria sp.

cultivar: Kohleria 'Napoleon V' flowering

Kohleria 'Napoleon V' flowering in the Boltz Conservatory of Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin

Kohleria cultivars

Left: Kohleria ‘HCY's Jardin de Monet’
Right: Kohleria 'Sunsine'

Kohleria hirsuta

Left: Kohleria hirsuta
Right: Kohleria hirsuta var. hirsuta. Taken in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Kohleria hirsuta var. hirsuta

Left: Kohleria hirsuta var. hirsuta at the botanical garden Berlin-Dahlem
Right: Close-up view of Kohleria hirsuta var. hirsuta

Kohleria tigridia

Left: Kohleria tigridia La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
Right: Kohleria tigridia

Kohleria tigridia: This exotic flowering plant, found in the rainforests of Costa Rica, is a rare species of Gesneriaceae. It has velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting color.

Kohleria warszewiczii

Left: Kohleria warszewiczii
Right: Link: flickriver.com: Kohleria warszewiczii

Kohleria

Kohleria peruviana

Left: Kohleria peruviana in botanical garden in Uppsala
Right: Kohleria peruviana The University of Helsinki Botanical Garden at Kaisaniemi

Kangaroo paw plants

Kangaroo paw is the common name for a number of species, in two genera of the family Haemodoraceae, that are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. These perennial plants are noted for their unique bird attracting flowers. The tubular flowers are coated with dense hairs and open at the apex with six claw-like structures: from this paw formation the common name "kangaroo paw" is derived. (Wikipedia)

Anigozanthos manglesii (Kangaroo Paws)

Anigozanthos manglesii, commonly known as the red-and-green kangaroo paw or Mangles kangaroo paw, is a plant species endemic to Western Australia, and the floral emblem of that state. The flower has become symbolic of the region. The display between August and November is remarkable for the high standing flowers occurring in urban and coastal regions. The species is not threatened, but is protected under state legislation. A license is required for collection from the wild. It is desirable as a cut flower, possessing an unusual form and striking colours that last well. (Wikipedia)

Anigozanthos manglesii (Kangaroo Paws)

Anigozanthos manglesii (Kangaroo Paws) Taken in scrub land in Tom Bateman reserve, Thornlie Perth, WA.

Anigozanthos manglesii

Anigozanthos manglesii photographed near a shopping centre in Eaton, Western Australia..

Green Kangaroo Paws, (Anigozanthos manglesii)

Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii)

Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii) in flower

Kangaroo Paw Flower

Kangaroo Paw Flowerr

The Red and Green Kangaroo Paw - Anigozanthos manglesii

Left: TThe Red and Green Kangaroo Paw - Anigozanthos manglesii The quaint, furry kangaroo paw is confined to West Australia and is so-called because of the resemblance of its hairy flowers to kangaroo paws. The flowers are borne at the top of a long woolly stem, often 2 to 3 feet high. There are ten species all endemic to the west. This species is the floral emblem of West Australia.
Right: Anigozanthos manglesii photographed near a shopping centre in Eaton, Western Australia.

Left: Link: www.flickr.com Anigozanthos manglesii or common Kangaroo Paw.
Right: Kangaroo Paw Flower

Anigozanthos manglesii , Red and Green Kangaroo Paw , Kangaroo Paw

Anigozanthos manglesii , Red and Green Kangaroo Paw , Kangaroo Paw close up of flower feature that gives it its name

Kangaroo Paw Taken at Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia in Oct 2007.

Red and green kangaroo paw

Anigozanthos manglesii

Macropidia fulginosa (Black Kangaroo Paw)

Left: Anigozanthos manglesii photographed near a shopping centre in Eaton, Western Australia.
Right: Red and green kangaroo paw flower

Illustration of Anigozanthos manglesii

Left: Anigozanthos manglesii, Painitng of by Constance Miller, 1912.
Right: Anigozanthos manglesii, Painitng of by Ellis Rowan, 1880.

Anigozanthos flavidus

Anigozanthos flavidus is a species of plant found in Southwest Australia. It is member of the Haemodoraceae family. It is commonly known as the tall, yellow, or evergreen, kangaroo paw. The specific epithet, flavidus, refers to the yellow flowers of this plant.
A member of the genus Anigozanthus (kangaroo- and cats-paws) that has an evergreen clump of strap-like leaves, up to 1 metre long and 0.2 m wide, growing from an underground rhizome around 0.5 m in diameter. The rhizome allows the species to regenerate after drought or fire. Each plant may produce over 350 flowers, on up to 10 long stems, these appear during the summer of the region. Pollen is distributed by birds as they plunge into the flowers to reach the nectaries. Flowers are frequently yellow and green, but may present in shades of red, pink, orange, or brown. It is found along roadsides, along creeks, and in forests and swamps, and other unshaded winterwet habitat. (Wikipedia)

Anigozanthos flavidus

Anigozanthos flavidus Belgium. National Botanic Garden, Meise.

Anigozanthos flavidus

Left: Anigozanthos flavidus
Right: Anigozanthos flavidus Cultivated in Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane. cultivar "Orange Gem", hybrid Anigozanthos flavidus x pulcherimus

Anigozanthos flavidus

Left: Anigozanthos flavidus, photographed in Albany, Western Australia. The habitat is a roadside gutter.
Right: Anigozanthos flavidus (Kangaroo paw) Flowers at Kula Experiment Station, Maui, Hawaii

Anigozanthos flavidus (Kangaroo paw), Flowers

Anigozanthos flavidus (Kangaroo paw) Flowers at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui, Hawaii.
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Anigozanthos flavidus (Kangaroo paw), Flowers & Seed capsules

Anigozanthos flavidus (Kangaroo paw) at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui, Hawaii.
Left image: Flower Right image: Seed capsules

Anigozanthos flavidus, Entire plant

Left: Anigozanthos flavidus, Entire plant in Albany, Western Australia.
Right: Kangaroo paw flowers, Entire plant Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui.

Anigozanthos flavidus (evergreen kangaroo paw)

Anigozanthos flavidus

Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos flavidus)

Anigozanthos flavidus ardín Botánico de Barcelona.

Anigozanthos flavidus cv. Yellow Jumper

Anigozanthos flavidus cv. Yellow Jumper in San Francisco Botanical Garden - San Francisco, California

Anigozanthos flavidus

Illustration of Anigozanthus flavidus

Illustration of Anigozanthus flavidus
Left image: by Sydenham Edwards (1809) taken from Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Right image: from the Magazine of Botany, vol 5 page 271 was published by Joseph Paxton in 1838

Other species of Anigozanthos

Anigozanthos humilis (cat's paw)

Left: Anigozanthos humilis
Right: Anigozanthos humilis - Common Catspaw
Anigozanthos humilis is a species of Anigozanthos in the family Haemodoraceae, known as common cat's paw or catspaw. This flowering perennial plant is endemic to Southwest Australia and widespread in its open forests.
The species has a basal rosette of long strap-like leaves, emerging at the soil's surface from a rhizome beneath. A raceme of flowers appear at the terminus of long stalks, giving the plant a height up to one metre. The tuberous form of the flower bud is yellow, becoming orange then red at the opening. (Wikipedia)

Anigozanthos rufus 'Red Kangaroo Paw' flower

Left: Anigozanthos rufus 'Red Kangaroo Paw' flower in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, 2010
Right: Anigozanthos rufus in the Jardin botanique du Val Rahmeh, Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Unidentified Anigozanthos

These plants are likely Anigozanthus flavidus

Anigozanthos (kangaroo paw)

Anigozanthos (kangaroo paw) Photographed at Pooraka, north of Adelaide, South Australia.

A kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos?)

A kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos?) in the Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore..

'Kangaroo Paw'

Left: 'Pink Kangaroo Paw
Right: Kangaroo Paw

Kangaroo Paws

Left: Kangaroo Paws Right: Kangaroo Paws

Kangaroo Paw

Kangaroo Paw flowers

Left: Kangaroo Paw
Right: Anigozanthos 'Bush Pizzazz' in a Sydney nursery.

Red Kangaroo Paw plant

Left: Red Kangaroo Paw plant
Right: Red Kangaroo Paw plant

Yellow Kangaroo Paw plant

Kangaroo Paw plant The tubular flowers are coated with dense furry hairs and open at the apex with a claw-like structure, hence the name “Kangaroo Paw.”

Yellow Kangaroo Paw

Green Kangaroo Paw

Left: Green Kangaroo Paw
Right: Green Kangaroo Paw

Anigozanthos cultivars

Unnamed cultivar of Anigozanthos

Unnamed cultivar of Anigozanthos on sale in a garden centre in England in April.

Anigozanthos 'Bush Ochre'

Anigozanthos 'Bush Ochre' cultivated, Wilson Botanic Park, Berwick,Victoria, Australia.

Anigozanthos "Yellow Gem"

Left: Anigozanthos "Yellow Gem" at the Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia.
Anigozanthos "Yellow Gem"

Anigozanthos 'rambubona'

Anigozanthos 'rambubona' in a Sydney nursery.
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Anigozanthos "Pink Joey"

Anigozanthos "Pink Joey" - Kangaroo Paws

Anigozanthos 'Bush Pearl'

Anigozanthus ‘Little Joey’

Sunset Kangaroo Paw

Macropidia fuliginosa (Black kangaroo paw)

Macropidia fuliginosa, the sole species of genus Macropidia, is a perennial rhizomatous flowering plant. Commonly known as the black kangaroo paw, it is endemic to Southwest Australia, specifically from Perth to Geraldton in the north of the region. (Wikipedia)

Black Kangaroo Paw

Left image: Black Kangaroo Paw
Right image: A Black Kangaroo Paw flower taken at King's Park, Perth in August 2011.

Flowers of Macropidia fulignosa

Black Kangaroo paw

Flowers of Macropidia fulignosa

Black Kangaroo paw

Black Kangaroo paw Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia

Black Kangaroo paw (Macropidia fuliginosa)

Black Kangaroo Paw (Macropidia fuliginosa)

Black Kangaroo Paw (Macropidia fuliginosa)
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Iris Flowers

Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris. Some authors state that the name refers to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also very widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is 'flags', while the plants of the subgenus Scorpiris are widely known as 'junos', particularly in horticulture. It is a popular garden flower. (Wikipedia)

Iris Flower

Iris 'Sharpshooter', in the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Spain.

Purple Iris Flower

Purple Iris Flower by the Lake in Bay Area, California

Iris Flowers

Iris Flowers From the collection of the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University (main area on the Sparrow Hills).
Left: Iris 'Broadway' Right: Iris 'Different World'

Iris Flowers

Left: Iris barbata elatior 'Barocco' (Iris germanica), cultivar, Jardin des iris, Jardin des Plantes, Paris
Right: Iris Flower

Iris Flower

Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)

Iris sibirica, commonly known as Siberian iris or Siberian flag, is a species in the genus Iris. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, from Europe and Central Asia. It has long green grass-like leaves, tall stem, 2–5 violet-blue, to blue, and occasionally white flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. (Wikipedia)

Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)

Flowering Siberian Iris Photograph of a flower of the Siberian Iris

Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)

Left: Iris sibirica in "Urochyshche Bobrovnya" zakaznik, Muromets island, Kiev, Ukraine
Right: Photograph of a flower of the Siberian Iris

Iris sibirica (Siberian iris) flowers

Iris sibirica, Siberian Iris Blue

Iris sibirica 'Steve'

Iris sibirica, Siberian Iris Shaker's Prayer

Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)

Iris tectorum (Japanese roof iris)

Iris tectorum (also known as roof iris, Japanese roof iris and wall iris) is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Limniris. It is a rhizomatous perennial. It is native of China, Korea and Burma, with lavender-blue, bluish-violet, purple-blue, blue-lilac or sky blue flowers. There is a white form as well. It is a compact plant and is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. (Wikipedia)

Iris ensata (Japanese water iris)

The term "Japanese iris" encompasses three species of Irises cultivated in gardens or growing wild in Japan: hanashōbu (Iris ensata), kakitsubata (Iris laevigata) and ayame (Iris sanguinea). Of these three species, I. ensata is the one most commonly referred to as "Japanese iris" outside Japan.(Wikipedia)

Iris ensata (Japanese water iris)

Blooming irises in Lake Kagurame, Beppu, Oita, Japan

Iris ensata (Japanese water iris)

Yagyu Iris Garden in Nara, Nara prefecture, Japan

Iris ensata, 'Arctic Fancy' cultivar

Iris ensata, 'Arctic Fancy' cultivar Photo taken in Bed 3 of the Pond garden at the Chanticleer Garden, near Philadelphia.

Iris ensata cv. Azumakagami

Iris graminea

Iris graminea,is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Limniris and in the Series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial, with purple or violet blue flowers almost hidden by grass like narrow leaves, and a plum scented fragrance. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It has several common names, including Grass-Leaved Flag,Grass leaved Iris, Plum Iris and Plum tart Iris (because of the scent). This species is native to temperate areas of Central and Southern Europe. with a distribution ranging from Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia to the Caucasus (mountains) in Asia. (Wikipedia)

Iris graminea

Iris graminea Iris graminea

Iris graminea

Iris graminea, Piani di Praglia, Genova, Italy
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Iris graminea

Iris graminea Iris graminea

Iris graminea

Left image: Iris graminea
Right image: Illustration of 1.Iris sibirica & 2.Iris graminea

Iris germanica (German Iris, Bearded iris)

Iris x germanica is the accepted name for a species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae commonly known as the Bearded iris or the German iris. It is one of a group of hybrid origin.(Wikipedia)

Iris Germanica

Iris Germanica, Limburg, Netherlands

Iris Germanica

Iris squalens, Tauberland, Germany

Iris Germanica

Left: A purple Iris (Purple-IrisPenu), Southern California
Right: Iris germanica, the German Iris

Iris germanica

Left: Iris germanica (Purple bearded Iris), Wakehurst Place, UK.
Right: Iris germanica, Iridaceae, German Iris flower.

Tulip

The tulip is a Eurasian and North African genus of perennial, bulbous plants in the lily family. It is a herbaceous herb with showy flowers, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted.
The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, throughout the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan) and Iran, north to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China. The tulip's centre of diversity is in the Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains. It is a common element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation.
A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens or as potted plants.(Wikipedia)

Tulip flowers

Tulip

Tulip with variegated colors

Tulip with variegated colors in Dupont Circle in Washington DC.
Variegated colors produced by Tulip Breaking Virus.

Ice Cream Tulips

Tulipa Little Princess

Left: Tulipa Little Princess
Right: Tulipa Little Princess

Tulipa cultivars

Left: Double Late Tulip 'Monsella'
Right: Single late Tulip ('Queen of Night')

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

A single yellow tulip in a field of red tulips

A bed of tulips

A bed of tulips during the Ottawa Tulip Festival (2006). Major's Hill Park, Ottawa.

Field of tulips

Field of tulips)

Fuchsia

The Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) about 1696–1697 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier, during his third expedition to the Greater Antilles. He named the new genus after the renowned German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566). (Wikipedia)