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Morning Eye Candy: Of A Different Kingdom

Posted in Photography, Science on August 26 2011, by Roy Halling

Smith & Thiers described this mushroom, Boletus hortonii, honorifically for Charles Horton Peck, former New York State Botanist, who recognized the mushroom under a different name. It is a porcini in a very, very broad sense. I took the picture last week when it was fruiting at the Garden. It is widespread in the Northeast, though uncommon.

Boletus hortonii

Boletus hortonii (photo by Roy Halling)

Roy E. Halling, PhD is Curator of Mycology at the Institute of Systematic Botany at The New York Botanical Garden.

Morning Eye Candy: Ruffled and Smooth

Posted in Photography on August 25 2011, by Ann Rafalko

It seems logical for raindrops to be caught in the frilly edges of a crape-myrtle blossom, but the variegated textures of ornamental grasses can capture them, too.

Lagerstroemia 'Choctaw'

Lagerstroemia ‘Choctaw’

Drops on Grass

Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen

July Photo Contest Winners – Things are Cookin’ for August!

Posted in Around the Garden on August 10 2011, by Rustin Dwyer

densityB by Barbara Reiner
densityB by Barbara Reiner

It’s the second month of our photo contest, and a hearty congratulations to Barbara Reiner for winning our second monthly NYBG-IGPOTY photography contest. The NYBG photo judges had a tough time picking the winner this month, but in the end felt that Barbara’s rose triptych just edged out cindy {k}’s scene among the tulips for this month’s theme “American Beauty.” Barbara will receive a NYBG gift pack, which includes two All-Garden Passes, a $25 credit towards the Adult Education class of her choice, a catalog for the Library exhibition Historical Views: Tourists at the Alhambra, and the catalog from Hirschfeld’s Broadway Scrapbook. We’re also still working on getting copies of the photography book, Better Plant and Garden Photography, written by IGPOTY founder Philip Smith, over from the U.K. as well. Congratulations Barabara! Please send us an email with your contact information through this form (select website from the pull-down menu).

Head below the jump to see the rest of this month's winners.