Flowers

Crested Pigeon: A Stocky Pigeon with an Amazing Conspicuous Thin Black Crest

Family: The crested pigeon (Geophaps tophotes) is a member of the pigeon family Columbidae in the genus Ocyphaps. Habitat: In most parts of their range, crested pigeons live in dry,...

Secrets of the Seashore

From dramatic wave-battered rocky shores to gently flowing brackish creeks and lagoons. Britain’s coastline provides over 5000 miles...

What is innovative sustainable forest management?

What is innovative sustainable forest management?  Innovative sustainable forest management is crucial for maintaining the ecological, economic, and social...

Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)

At least 80 other species of birds play unwitting host to the egg and young of the Pallid...

White-breasted Robin – A Fascinating Bird of the Robin family Petroicidae

Family and Genus: The white-breasted robin (Eopsaltria georgiana) belongs to the Australasian robin family Petroicidae as well as...

Caleana major – Unique and Strange Shape Plant

Caleana major is a species of orchid, commonly known as the Flying Duck Orchid or Large Duck Orchid. It is native to Australia and...

Flying Duck Orchid Flowers Resembling a Duck in Flight

Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana) is a small orchid that can be found in eastern and southern Australia and New Zealand. This is a terrestrial...

The Gorgeous Silver Lace Vine Flower

Silver Lace Vine is vigorous twining vine is unusual because it blooms profusely in later summer, usually August. The flowers are 6 inch clusters,...

The Pelargonium (geranium)

Pelargonium is annual, tender perennial zones 9–1. The part of the plant used: Z fresh 3 fresh, dried with a height of approximately 2...

Lilac or Syringa – Flowering Woody Plants in Olive Family

Most lilac is not very graceful; they get tall and leggy, and their leaves are a magnet for mildew in late summer. But their...

Bromeliad – The Most Exotic Houseplant

Bromeliad fascinating plants are among the most exotic houseplants a gardener can grow and among the easiest. Not a genus in themselves, but a...

Mayapple – A Charming Plant if Used in a Right Way

Mayapple is a very charming plant if used in the right way. In late spring each plant sends up what looks like two little,...

Polaskia chende (Roland-Gosselin) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak 1978

Polaskia chende looks like tree cacti, branching terminally to 4 m (13 feet) high with distinct trunks to 80 cm (31 in) high and...

Polaskia: A Tree-Like Cacti

Polaskia is named after Charles Polaski, an amateur American. In 1905, Robert Roland-Gosselin described two large cacti that grow in the dry, cactus-rich area...

Fritillaria Imperialis – A Commonly Grown Plant

Two types of fritillaries are very commonly grown in gardens. They’re like Mutt and Jeff. Fritillaria meleagris (checkered lily) has flowers shaped like little...