![](../../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/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/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/03t.jpg) Fern fiddlehead in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1231/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cone of sago palm (cikas) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/08t.jpg) Waterfall in Japanese garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/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/2013/1137/jpeg/11t.jpg) Sago palm (cikas) near Broadway Street. Galveston, Texas, January 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/440/jpeg/10t.jpg) Sago palm (cikas) in the area of Magazine Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cactus 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/2014/1458/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dry leaves of sago palm in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/17t.jpg) Orange tiger lily in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pink water lily in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/04t.jpg) Artificial waterfall in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 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/2009/717/jpeg/05t.jpg) Twin artificial waterfall in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 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/09t.jpg) Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) 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/2009/804/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/2009/716/jpeg/25t.jpg) False Day Flower (Commelinantia anomala, Tinantia anomala) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 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/2009/717/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/2008/661/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mistflower in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/13t.jpg) Sago palm (Cycas) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 17, 2012
![](../../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/11t.jpg) Red lobelia 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/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/2017/1991/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cone of sago palm(?) in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 23, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2000/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cone of sago palm(?) in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 8, 2017
![](../../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/2013/1207/jpeg/16t.jpg) Red palm weevil snout beetle Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Asian palm weevil or sago palm weevil) found near Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2021/jpeg/09t.jpg) Emerging leaves of anemone in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 12, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2022/jpeg/24t.jpg) Emerging succulent green and pink leaves in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 12, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1459/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dry bases of palm leaves in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/790/jpeg/15t.jpg) Emerging flower of ginger Jewel of Thailand (Curcuma cordata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/452/jpeg/14t.jpg) Emerging sago cone at a corner of Saint Charles Avenue and Valence Street, after rain. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 5, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/490/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dry bushes and a sago palm near Flood Street in Lower Ninth Ward. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 22, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2878/jpeg/01t.jpg) Dry Sago palm and yellow jasmine at a trail junction in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/12t.jpg) Leaves of caladium in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 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/2009/769/jpeg/20t.jpg) Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/777/jpeg/12t.jpg) Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/719/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/2009/796/jpeg/10t.jpg) Green and brown leaves of coleus in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2822/jpeg/28t.jpg) Sago palm (Cycas revoluta) in area of Hidden Forest on Little Lake Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest east from Trail Head No. 4, near Montgomery. Texas, November 29, 2020
![](../../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/2009/777/jpeg/14t.jpg) Tiger lily with bulbs at base of leaves in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/790/jpeg/08t.jpg) Violet wood sorrel blooming at fall without leaves in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/08t.jpg) Young leaves of castor beans damaged by frost in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/12t.jpg) Emerging flower from a large head of globe artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1632/jpeg/13t.jpg) Silvery-grey leaves of rabbit-head wormwood (Artemisia lagosefala) in rock garden in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2035/jpeg/17t.jpg) Emerging flowers on a maple tree in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2022/jpeg/14t.jpg) Emerging red peony shoots in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 12, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1458/jpeg/24t.jpg) Yellow flowers emerging from base of a plant in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1231/jpeg/07t.jpg) Trunk of palm in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2922/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young leaves of meadow rue in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/31t.jpg) Back lit reddish leaves in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/28t.jpg) Fresh leaves of Viburnum in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/15t.jpg) Palm leaf in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1112/jpeg/20t.jpg) Trunk of a palm tree in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1459/jpeg/02t.jpg) Palm trees on flowerbeds in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/860/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cardboard palm (Zamia furfuracea) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 15, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/29t.jpg) Back lit fresh maple leaves in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/30t.jpg) Fresh leaves of Japanese maple in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2945/jpeg/11t.jpg) Leaves of plantain lily (hosta) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fresh leaves on a linden tree in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3074/jpeg/13t.jpg) Old palm near Aquatic Garden in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1260/jpeg/05t.jpg) Honey mushrooms Armillaria borealis(?) emerging from a tree stump in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/14t.jpg) Leaves of longleaf speedwell (Veronica longifolia) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2945/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pattern of leaves of plantain lily (hosta) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/22t.jpg) Fresh leaves of a maple Acer henryi in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2879/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dry palm leaves in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2922/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower buds of rhododendron (azalea) with brown leaves in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fresh reddish leaves on a tree of rose family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1271/jpeg/29t.jpg) Emerging Shaggy Scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota squarrosa, Russian name Cheshuychatka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 18, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2879/jpeg/22t.jpg) Palm leaves damaged by freeze in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2945/jpeg/06t.jpg) Reddish leaves of barrenwort (Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum, Russian name Goryanka) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/998/jpeg/12t.jpg) Remnants of palm tree trimming left on the palm trunk in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/32t.jpg) Fresh corrugated leaves of Greek whitebeam (fan-leaved service-tree, Sorbus graeca) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1847/jpeg/28t.jpg) Emerging fairy inkcap (Coprinellus disseminatus, Coprinus disseminatus) mushrooms in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/470/jpeg/18t.jpg) Morning frost on leaves in botanical garden. Ithaca, New York, October 21, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/773/jpeg/21t.jpg) Agrimony (Agrimonia) in Botanical Garden. Odessa, Ukraine, July 4, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/773/jpeg/22t.jpg) Apple like fruit in Botanical Garden. Odessa, Ukraine, July 4, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/773/jpeg/23t.jpg) Administration building in Botanical Garden. Odessa, Ukraine, July 4, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/773/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cat sleeping near administration building in Botanical Garden. Odessa, Ukraine, July 4, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2489/jpeg/04t.jpg) Japanese garden in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/773/jpeg/25t.jpg) Gardener(?) walking near administration building in Botanical Garden. Odessa, Ukraine, July 4, 2009
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