Morning Eye Candy: Streamers & Starfish

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 17 2013, by Matt Newman

Whether it grabs you as reminiscent of a whispy starfish or a snarl of streamers, this wine-hued curiosity is worth a second look. You won’t catch Herrania balaensis growing beyond the borders of Ecuador, and even there it’s a rarity.

Herrania balaensis var. pouess — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen