Sunday, July 26, 2020

A Gallery of Bromeliads

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Last week I talked about the diversity of the bromeliads, plants in the family Bromeliaceae ( link ).  Here are photos of a bunch of them, a...
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Sunday, July 19, 2020

Bromeliads! The Plant Family Bromeliaceae

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Bromeliad is the name of a plant family, Bromeliaceae,  turned into a common name. The family is almost entirely native to the New World and...
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Sunday, July 12, 2020

Ecosystem Recovery--River Edges Flooded in 2013

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In September, 2013, the Big Thompson River flooded, sweeping down its channel from Estes Park to Loveland, Colorado and out onto the plains,...
Sunday, July 5, 2020

Plant Story--Golden Banner, Thermopsis rhombifolia

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It is a bright spot under the trees of the Rocky Mountains, that patch of yellow flowers of golden banner, Thermopsis rhombifolia. This is a...
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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Bali Dye Garden--Fiber Plants of Tropical Asia

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On a trip to Asia, I visited Bali and had the opportunity to visit the Threads of Life Dye Garden in Ubud. They grew dye plants of the regi...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Plant Story--Spiderwort, Tradescantia

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Spiderwort, Tradescantia (spiderwort and dayflower family, Commelinaceae), is a native wildflower. The flowers come in shades from blue to w...
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Sunday, June 14, 2020

Estes Park, Colorado, June 2020

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Sheep Meadow, Rocky Mountain National Park                             We stayed at home from March 14 to May 31, 2020. Rocky Mountain Nati...