Flowers

How Los Angeles Traffic Can Complicate the Aftermath of a Car Accident

Drivers in Los Angeles often plan their days around traffic conditions. According to census data, the average commute time to work in Los Angeles County is 30.4 minutes. INRIX...

Five Important Spices of Life

You are stressed out and the nasal congestion troubles you, and toothaches and indigestion plague the system. You...

Long-eared Owl Sound

LONG-EARED OWL SOUND / CALL  The males (boomers) make a deep hooting noise. Females (Kleeers) make a trilling, multi-note...

Red-vented bulbul Call

The red-vented bulbul call consists of a variety of chirps and whistles and is highly vocal, as most...

Feral Pigeon – Exploring the Facts and Woes of Urban Nomads

Family: Originally from the Northern Hemisphere, the Feral Pigeon (Columba Zivia) is a descendant of the wild rock...

The Lovely Rounder Shape Grape Hyacinth Flower

We can count on this bulb to bloom at the same time as my daffodils and tulips. It provides me with some blue accents...

Pholisma Sonorae – The Most Bizarre Wildflower

It is commonly observed that nature is extremely strange. The naked eyes sometimes nonplus the human beings. In North America, the flower Pholisma sonorae...

Decorate Home and Garden with Balloon Flower

Balloon Flower or Platycodon grandiflorus is a fine old-fashioned plant with flowers the shape of open bells, some single and some double, in colors...

Gladiolus Flowers are Popular For Bright Color

Gladiolus, or glads as they’re sometimes nicknamed, are popular flowers. They're tall, brightly colored red flower spikes that are showy in the garden and...

Periwinkle – A Perpetual Flower That Can Bloom Throughout the Year

Periwinkle is also called “Myrtle”. This popular ground cover is about six inches tall. It sends out runners over the soil surface that root...

Freaky Flowers – Echinopsis Cacti Showing Incredible Colors

A montage of a dozen types of “Echinopsis cactus” flowers blooming and showing off their incredible colors. Echinopsis cactus flowers bloom overnight and last...

Quiabentia (Britton & Rose 1923)

Within the genus Quiabentia, there are two species: one found in Brazil and the other in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. There was early and lingering...

Polaskia chichipe: Elegant cactus that resembles a columnar tree

Habitat: The Polaskia chichipe succulent cactus grows in xerophytic shrubland. Plants are treelike, branching more or less terminally to form distinct crowns up to...

Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelmann) Orcutt 1926

Description: George Engelmann named the barrel-cactus variation Ferocactus cylindraceus in 1853. This unusual cactus poses a threat to plant collectors due to its exquisite...

Ferocactus emoryi (Engelmann) Orcutt 1926

Family: Ferocactus emoryi is a species of the family Cactaceae in the order Caryophyllales. Genus: It is a barrel cactus in the genus Ferocactus. Habitat: Ferocactus...