![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/06t.jpg) Shoot of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/07t.jpg) Young leaves of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/12t.jpg) Emerging leaves of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young tightly spaced leaves of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/08t.jpg) Waterfall in Japanese garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cactus in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fern fiddlehead in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/04t.jpg) Artificial waterfall in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/09t.jpg) Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/05t.jpg) Twin artificial waterfall in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/10t.jpg) White flower of lily family in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming mountain laurel (Sophora secundiflora) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pink rose in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/25t.jpg) False Day Flower (Commelinantia anomala, Tinantia anomala) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/17t.jpg) Orange tiger lily in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/804/jpeg/06t.jpg) Replica of an old barn in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, November 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pink water lily in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/804/jpeg/07t.jpg) Angel s trumpet (Brugmansia) in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, November 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gregg s tubetongue (Hairy Tube tongue, Justicia pilosella, Siphonoglossa pilosella) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/26t.jpg) Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei, Norops sagrei, Bahamian Anole) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/804/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ladybug on a flower umbel of Japanese Aralia (Fatsia japonica) in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, November 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/804/jpeg/10t.jpg) Galls of wasp Belonocnema kinseyi on underside of a fallen live oak leaf in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, November 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/804/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bat-face cuphea (Bunny Ears, Cuphea llavea) in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, November 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/15t.jpg) Back-lit central part of a flower of Butterfly Iris (African iris, Dietes) in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cylindrical cluster of flowers of Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), with spindle-like bilobed yellow spots on the middle upper petals, in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/18t.jpg) Shoot of Horsetail (Scouring-bush, Equisetum hyemale), with fused minute leaves forming sheaths at regular intervals along the stem, in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2046/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hairy fiddlehead of fern in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 22, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mistflower in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/11t.jpg) Red lobelia flower in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/08t.jpg) Topiary dinosaur in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pink water lily in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blue sage flower in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pink and white phlox(?) in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/10t.jpg) Orange water lily in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/06t.jpg) Red star like flowers of Pentas lanceolata in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/12t.jpg) Small red flowers of Stachytarpheta (porterweed) in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pentas lanceolata (Penta starla) flowers in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fiddlehead of fern in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fiddlehead of bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/29t.jpg) Fiddlehead of royal fern (Osmunda regalis)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2045/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fiddlehead greens of a fern in Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 21, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2037/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fiddlehead greens of a fern near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spring flowers blooming in Rock Garden in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2037/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fiddlehead greens of a young fern near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1421/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fiddlehead of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) in Menkovo, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 4, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2000/jpeg/11t.jpg) Texture of fern in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2000/jpeg/26t.jpg) Leaf of fern in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2000/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fern leaves in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2000/jpeg/28t.jpg) Fine leaf of fern in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/769/jpeg/20t.jpg) Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/767/jpeg/02t.jpg) Garden form of avens (Geum) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/777/jpeg/12t.jpg) Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/777/jpeg/16t.jpg) Masses of flowers of Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1415/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fern leaf in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1595/jpeg/17t.jpg) Fern fiddleheads in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1426/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fern in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1458/jpeg/19t.jpg) Some fern like plant in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1461/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fern leaves in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/02t.jpg) Lily in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1440/jpeg/15t.jpg) Brown fern in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1426/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fern leaf in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1434/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fern leaves in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1623/jpeg/22t.jpg) Fern like leaves in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1723/jpeg/07t.jpg) Some fern(?) in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/03t.jpg) Ornamental lettuce in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/02t.jpg) Pink azalea in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/11t.jpg) Smartweed like flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower of asphodel in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/07t.jpg) Asphodel flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/17t.jpg) Blooming cherry like tree in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1723/jpeg/01t.jpg) Maiden fern in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2083/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fern with white leaves in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fern leaf in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1427/jpeg/18t.jpg) Carpet of fern like leaves in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2182/jpeg/16t.jpg) Osmundastrum asiaticum fern in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2063/jpeg/03t.jpg) Reddish fern leaves in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1259/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fern leaves (fronds) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mother fern (Woodwardia orientalis) with bulblets in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1460/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mother fern (Woodwardia orientalis) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/26t.jpg) Shoot of maple tree in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/01t.jpg) Squaw-weed flowers in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/09t.jpg) Blooming yaupon holly in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/25t.jpg) Red sage (Salvia microphylla) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pink and white azalea in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blooming rhododendron (azalea) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1131/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fern leaf damaged by frost over a stream in Hamilton Pool Preserve, west from Austin. Texas, January 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/13t.jpg) Devil s shoestring (Nolina lindhemeriana) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of Claret cup cactus in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/12t.jpg) Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/19t.jpg) Round leaf of fern in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1624/jpeg/22t.jpg) Malformed crested form of a fern in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/23t.jpg) Branching fern leaf in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1596/jpeg/04t.jpg) Field of Ostrich fern in back area in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/22t.jpg) Back lit fern leaf in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1991/jpeg/01t.jpg) Details of a fern leaf in a greenhouse in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 23, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/24t.jpg) Hairy fern leaf in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1112/jpeg/19t.jpg) Maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/05t.jpg) A flower with drops of water from a sprinkle in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/22t.jpg) Hyacinth orchid (Bletilla striata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
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