![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cactus in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/04t.jpg) Artificial waterfall in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/766/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum, Pilosella aurantiaca) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/767/jpeg/05t.jpg) Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum, Pilosella aurantiaca) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 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/08t.jpg) Waterfall in Japanese garden 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/2009/765/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close up of Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum, Pilosella aurantiaca) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 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/03t.jpg) Fern fiddlehead in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/765/jpeg/24t.jpg) Orange Hawkweed (Devil s Paintbrush, Hieracium aurantiacum, Pilosella aurantiaca) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 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/2009/717/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/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/11t.jpg) Pink water 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/17t.jpg) Orange tiger 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/2009/746/jpeg/12t.jpg) Emerging leaves of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1260/jpeg/12t.jpg) Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum, Pilosella aurantiaca) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 9, 2013
![](../../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/2013/1240/jpeg/14t.jpg) Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum, Pilosella aurantiaca) with seeds in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2013
![](../../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/2009/804/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/2010/872/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower buds of Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum, Pilosella aurantiaca, Russion name Yastrebinka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2010
![](../../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/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/05t.jpg) Pink and white phlox(?) 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/10t.jpg) Orange water lily 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/06t.jpg) Red star like flowers of Pentas lanceolata 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/2009/760/jpeg/19t.jpg) Field Hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum, Hieracium pratense, Pilosella caespitosa) in Sablino, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 13, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/790/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dianthera candicans (pink justicia) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2085/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella, Russian name Yastrebinka) on sandy soil on roadside in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/753/jpeg/09t.jpg) Hound s Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2028/jpeg/26t.jpg) Winter rosettes of mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella) in sand on a logging site near Hallojarvi (Gorynskoe) Lake near Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 27, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/879/jpeg/17t.jpg) Field Hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum, Hieracium pratense, Pilosella caespitosa) in the park. Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1057/jpeg/18t.jpg) Thelma s Pink Justicia in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/731/jpeg/11t.jpg) Some hairy berry on a bush in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, April 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2006/jpeg/02t.jpg) Common liverwort or green-tongue liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 17, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1231/jpeg/20t.jpg) Batesian cow-tongue cactus (Gasteria batesiana) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/720/jpeg/03t.jpg) "Cemetery plot", tongue-in-cheek pot graveyard, in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence. Texas, March 15, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2176/jpeg/10t.jpg) Earth Tongue (Geoglossum) mushrooms from a greenhouse on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 30, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2176/jpeg/15t.jpg) Viscid black earth tongue mushrooms Glutinoglossum glutinosum on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 30, 2017
![](../../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/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/2009/716/jpeg/02t.jpg) Pink azalea 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/2009/719/jpeg/11t.jpg) Smartweed like flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 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/2009/715/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower of asphodel in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../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/2009/792/jpeg/12t.jpg) House at a corner of Pin Oak and Gregg streets. Calvert, Texas, September 12, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1880/jpeg/19t.jpg) Some white hairy berries in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1723/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some hairy flowers in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../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/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/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/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/2009/719/jpeg/09t.jpg) Blooming yaupon holly in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 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/2016/1723/jpeg/15t.jpg) Hairy flower buds in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../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/2016/1868/jpeg/19t.jpg) Hairy leaves of Cotula potentillina in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 29, 2016
![](../../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/2009/717/jpeg/13t.jpg) Devil s shoestring (Nolina lindhemeriana) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/25t.jpg) Interior of Church of the Epiphany at 501 East Gregg Street. Calvert, Texas, December 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/07t.jpg) Florida leucothoe (Agarista populifolia) in bloom in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../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/2009/719/jpeg/18t.jpg) Chinese golden banana (Musella lasiocarpa) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/06t.jpg) Green-head coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mexican gold poppy (Eschscholzia mexicana) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/04t.jpg) Winecup flower with drops of water from a sprinkle in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bush lily (Boslelie, Clivia miniata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/651/jpeg/07t.jpg) Shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeeana, Beloperone guttata) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, June 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/26t.jpg) Small cemetery of Church of the Epiphany at 501 East Gregg Street. Calvert, Texas, December 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/815/jpeg/19t.jpg) Small cemetery of Church of the Epiphany at 501 East Gregg Street. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/16t.jpg) Candelilla plant (Desert Candle, Euphorbia antisyphillitica) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1057/jpeg/19t.jpg) Hairy leaves of Glory Bush (Princess Flower, Tibouchina semidecandra) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flower of bromeliad Billbergia nutans with drops of water in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flower of Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/08t.jpg) Buds of Japanese maple (Acer palmatum Viridis ) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bromeliad Billbergia nutans (Queen s Tears) flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/jpeg/12t.jpg) Catkin from a tree dropped on a wooden foot bridge in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
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