Category Archives: Acanthaceae
Aphelandra and the big sex cell
Blooming now at the edge of a “tangled bank” of growth alongside our seasonal stream is an Aphelandra species, relative to the zebra plant, A. squarrosa. It is a shrub with a candle-like flower-head or inflorescence. You can see in … Continue reading
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Tagged Acanthaceae, Aphelandra, bracts, extrafloral nectaries, opposite leaves, pollen, stamen
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Mistaken identity
One more example of the treachery of identifying plants by online images. Today’s photo in Botany Photo of the Day is of Origanum ‘Barbara Tingey’. But the image looked hauntingly like the shrimp plant we have growing in front of … Continue reading
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