Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 20 2013, by Matt Newman
Tropical Paradise is up and running in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory! And the blueberries–neotropical blueberries, sure, but still relatives!–are cast in stunning colors. Keep an eye out for them, but as always, please look–don’t touch. (As it turns out, not everything that sounds like food really is.)
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 18 2013, by Matt Newman
When Bird Walk leader Debbie Becker makes the claim that winter is the best season for bird-watching, there’s no equivocation. Wayne Cahilly, our institutional mapping specialist, knows this. While hoping to capture the dawn sun filtering through the dome of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, he found this Red-tailed Hawk waiting patiently for breakfast to scurry past. The resulting photographs are worth sharing.
Photos by Wayne Cahilly
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
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 16 2013, by Matt Newman
The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 15 2013, by Matt Newman
A dainty future star, waiting for its exhibition to come around in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 14 2013, by Matt Newman
Green on green is nothing special in the plant world, at least up until you find a flower of such description. At that moment, things sway into the realm of magical. It all begins March 3rd–mark your calendars!
Paph. venustum — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 13 2013, by Matt Newman
Today marks the last day of 2012’s Holiday Train Show, and while it’s bittersweet to see the trains leave station for the last time until next winter, we’re happy to have given so many thousands of people a few holiday memories to tuck away. Until next season!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 12 2013, by Matt Newman
To prove that even succulents can boast the brightest colors, Echeveria is always willing to step up to bat. You might even catch a few flaunting their stuff in the arid landscape houses of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
Echeveria leucotricha — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 11 2013, by Matt Newman
It’s 40 degrees and, for now, we can see the sun, but we’re still ringing in the weekend with snowflakes. Happy Friday, everybody!
Exostema lineatum — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 10 2013, by Matt Newman
It’s seldom we get to show off the other raptor residents of the NYBG, but with the Great Horned Owls and the Red-tailed Hawks so ready to snap up the spotlight, it’s not too surprising. Thankfully, Pat Gonzalez has her eye out when everyone else is preoccupied; this Cooper’s Hawk seems all too willing to strike a regal pose for her lens.
Photo by Patricia Gonzalez