Morning Eye Candy: Bam!
Posted in Photography on February 11 2011, by Plant Talk
Bamboo, that is, in the Conservatory where it’s easy to forget about winter. At least for a little while!
(photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Photography
Morning Eye Candy: The Hanging Garden
Posted in Photography on February 10 2011, by Plant Talk
No, not the one that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. This hanging garden is of a more modest, but nonetheless impressive scale.
The Hanging Baskets House of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Tiny Orchids
Posted in Photography on February 9 2011, by Plant Talk
Like a chorus of laughing faces, the Arpophyllum spicatum, is covered in miniscule, nearly-neon pink flowers.
Arpophyllum spicatum in the Conservatory (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Demure
Posted in Photography on February 8 2011, by Plant Talk
What a tongue-twister of a name for such a dainty flower.
Rosenbergiodendron longiflorum in the Conservatory (Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Like In a Movie
Posted in Photography on February 7 2011, by Plant Talk
These Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) branches look like they’re all lit up for a scene.
Icy Branches (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: A Good Witch
Posted in Photography on February 6 2011, by Plant Talk
Chinese witch-hazel, Hamamelis mollis, provides a rare touch of color to the winter garden.
Yellow Streamers (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Arid
Posted in Photography on February 5 2011, by Plant Talk
In the desert, inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
(photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Morning Eye Candy: Crystallized
Posted in Photography on February 4 2011, by Plant Talk
More scenes from the ice storm.
All photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Frozen
Posted in Photography on February 3 2011, by Plant Talk
Ice storms are good for no one. Not for people. Not for birds. Not for cars. And certainly not for plants. But boy, they sure can be pretty.
Ice-Coated Bamboo (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Afternoon Eye Candy: Even the Birds Are Fed Up
Posted in Photography, Wildlife on February 2 2011, by Plant Talk
It’s been a hard winter, and even though Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow today, we’re with our feathered friends. After this latest winter storm, we’re not quite sure spring is on the way, either. (Even though, let’s be honest, we know it’ll be here before we know it!)
One Obviously Exasperated Robin (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Even the Turkeys Had to be Careful About Where They Walked
(photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)