Cycads and Palms

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Here are a few cycads and palms from our trip to San Antonio

Pritchardia schattaueri, the lands of papa pritchardi or Schattauer's loulu, is a species of palm tree in the genus Pritchardia that is endemic to mixed mesic forests on the southwestern part of island of Hawaiʻi, near Kona. It is officially listed as a Critically endangered species.

San Antonio Botanical Garden Lucile Halsell Conservatory 

Cycad family (Zamiaceae)

Palm family (Arecaceae)  

Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)
male cone

Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)

Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)

Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)

Neanthe Bella Palm (Chamaedorea elegans)
Parlor Palm

Zombia Palm (Zombia anntillarum)

Zombia Palm (Zombia anntillarum)

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The Mystery of Cycad Pollination

• Cycad Pollination
• Beetle Pollination of Cycads in the Mesozoic

Dallas Arboretum

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FAMILY | ORCHIDACEAE

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botanical photography | orchids 

Tyler, Texas is well known for the beautiful azaleas and roses throughout the city. Even in mid-March when these photographs were taken, we found gardens open for tours. The full blooming azaleas should have started (April) and be ongoing. 

A conservatory had several orchids blooming. Unfortunately, I did not capture cultivar names for any of the beautiful orchids.

  

Many orchids are perennial epiphytes, which grow anchored to trees or shrubs in the tropics and subtropics.

Outside it's natural environment, the orchid industry, is one of the high value-added production systems in modern agricultural. To produce healthy orchid plants in the best commercial cultivation system growers must learn how to create environmental conditions that are suitable for growth of orchid plants, meaning a high temperature and high moisture, with minimum risks of outbreaks of orchid diseases and pests. These orchids are grown in a well regulated conservatory.

   

San Antonio Botanical Garden

The  Lucile Halsell Conservatory complex features an epiphyte exhibit room displaying orchids, bromeliads and other plants typically found in a tropical rain forest canopy.

  

ORCHID SOCIETIES.                                 

American Orchid Society, Coral Gables, Florida
The San Francisco Orchid Society (SFOS)

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Gerritsen, Mary E, and Ron Parsons. The American Orchid Society Guide to Orchids and their Culture 

Rittershausen, Sara, Peter Bull, and Peter Anderson. Happy Orchid: Help It Flower, Watch It Flourish. , 2019. Print.

Hachadourian, Marc. Orchid Modern : Grow, Design, and Craft with 100 Easy-Care Varieties. Timber Press, Incorporated, 2019. Print.

Stern, William L. Orchidaceae. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Print.

Zotz, Gerhard. Plants on Plants – the Biology of Vascular Epiphytes. , 2018. Print.

Kirby, Stephen, Toshikazu Doi, and Toru Otsuka. Rankafu: Orchid Print Album, Masterpieces of Japanese Woodblock Prints of Orchids. , 2018. Print.

Award winning.

Bateman, James (1811-1897), Sarah Anne Drake (1803–1857), Augusta Innes Withers, and Maxim Gauci (lithographer-9 North Crescent, Bedford Square)

Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala 

Affiliated:  John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist

A monumental, lavishly illustrated botanical book by James Bateman, published in parts between 1837 and 1843, featuring large, hand-colored lithographs of orchids from Central America. It is famous for its enormous size, detailed illustrations by artists like Sarah Drake and Augusta Innes Withers, and its role in the 19th-century "orchid fever," though Bateman never traveled to the region himself, instead hiring collectors. The work is considered a masterpiece of botanical art and is now in the public domainConsidered one of the finest and most ostentatious flower books ever produced, with modern reprints available for enthusiasts. C

 

Order  Asparagales 

Orig published April 14, 2018

What does a Butterfly See?

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Well, the butterfly does not see as much as the mantis shrimp but they have more color receptors than humans. What does a butterfly see?

The warmth of dappled light through the palms.

The unfurling fronds of ferns

 The bright pink shades and fuzzy texture of chenille.

Woven edges

The blooms of pseuderanthemum reticulatum

The beautiful flowers of palms, cycads, and bromeliads.

The butterflies are not only beautiful, so is their environment in the rainforest and their tropical homes.

The blue morpho

“Butterflies in the Garden, the Mayan Experience” is at the  Fort Worth Botanic Garden Conservatory. The Rainforest Conservatory hosts more than 700 species of plants along with over 1000 exotic butterflies (until April 3). I have toured at least four butterfly exhibits in the United States and Canada and this is one of the best.

Select species of butterflies and their visible spectrum

Adaptive evolution of color vision as seen through the eyes of butterflies,  Francesca D. Frentiu, Gary D. Bernard, Cristina I. Cuevas, 

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