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Posted in Photography on March 3 2011, by Plant Talk
In anticipation of opening day of The Orchid Show: On Broadway, we decided to dedicate this week’s “Morning Eye Candy” posts to the cast of characters that will play both starring roles and bit parts in the Garden‘s ode to all things orchid and Broadway.

(photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Previously Featured Cast Members of The Orchid Show: On Broadway:
The Director
The Leading Lady
The Leading Man
Posted in Photography on March 2 2011, by Plant Talk
In anticipation of opening day of The Orchid Show: On Broadway, we decided to dedicate this week’s “Morning Eye Candy” posts to the cast of characters that will play both starring roles and bit parts in the Garden‘s ode to all things orchid and Broadway.

(photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Previously Featured Cast Members of The Orchid Show: On Broadway:
The Leading Lady
The Leading Man
Posted in Photography on March 1 2011, by Plant Talk
In anticipation of opening day of The Orchid Show: On Broadway, we decided to dedicate this week’s “Morning Eye Candy” posts to the cast of characters that will play both starring roles and bit parts in the Garden‘s ode to all things orchid and Broadway.

(photo by Mark Pfeffer)
Previously Featured Cast Members of The Orchid Show: On Broadway:
The Leading Lady
Posted in Photography on February 28 2011, by Plant Talk
In anticipation of opening day of The Orchid Show: On Broadway, we decided to dedicate this week’s “Morning Eye Candy” posts to the cast of characters that will play both starring roles and bit parts in the Garden‘s ode to all things orchid and Broadway.

(photo by Mark Pfeffer)
Posted in Photography on February 27 2011, by Plant Talk

Quercus velutina – Black Oak (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on February 26 2011, by Plant Talk
The pattern formed by the panes of glass in the Conservatory bring a little bit of Manhattan’s grid to the winding, wending paths of the Garden.

Enid A. Haupt Conservatory (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on February 25 2011, by Plant Talk
All the complicated details
of the attiring and
the disattiring are completed!
A liquid moon
moves gently among
the long branches.
Thus having prepared their buds
against a sure winter
the wise trees
stand sleeping in the cold.
(photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on February 24 2011, by Plant Talk
What you see are teeny, tiny proto ferns. Ferns have a two-stage lifecycle, and these little gametophyte-stage ferns will soon produce sporophytes that will grow into the beautiful, fanned greenery we’re more used to seeing.

Fern Gametophytes (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on February 23 2011, by Plant Talk
It may look soft and fuzzy, and maybe even a wee bit cute, but this little cactus in the Deserts of the Americas house in the Conservatory is none of the things. Except maybe a little cute.

(photo by Ann Rafalko)
Posted in Photography on February 21 2011, by Plant Talk
Witch-Hazel isn’t just an effective folk remedy, it’s also a beautiful, early-blooming plant that can provide fabulous color to your late-winter garden.

Hamamelis mollis (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Orange Peel’ (Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Hamamelis vernalis (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)