![](../../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/2009/746/jpeg/12t.jpg) Emerging leaves of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/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/2009/746/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pink rose in Zilker Botanical Gardens. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cactus 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/2009/717/jpeg/04t.jpg) Artificial waterfall 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/2009/717/jpeg/08t.jpg) Waterfall in Japanese garden 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/05t.jpg) Twin 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/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/2009/717/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/2009/804/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bat-face cuphea (Bunny Ears, Cuphea llavea) 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/2009/746/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/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/10t.jpg) Orange 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/09t.jpg) Pink water lily 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/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/2017/2045/jpeg/10t.jpg) Horsetail (Equisetum) in Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 21, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/940/jpeg/07t.jpg) Horsetail (Equisetum) in Pavlovsk Park, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1424/jpeg/11t.jpg) Horsetail (Equisetum) east from Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1417/jpeg/02t.jpg) Plastic flowers with horsetail plants (Equisetum) in Nikolskoe Cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1600/jpeg/02t.jpg) Horsetail (Equisetum) in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2049/jpeg/21t.jpg) Horsetail (Equisetum) on Angliyskaya Alley in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 24, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1460/jpeg/27t.jpg) Shoot of glory bush (Tibouchina) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/07t.jpg) Some vegetative shoot in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 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/2009/709/jpeg/04t.jpg) Photographers lining to shoot a model in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2046/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young leaves on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 22, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/939/jpeg/10t.jpg) Young leaves on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 14, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2035/jpeg/12t.jpg) Young leaves on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3608/jpeg/22t.jpg) Shoot of Chinese Privet bush (Ligustrum sinense) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1963/jpeg/16t.jpg) Yellow leaves on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 4, 2016
![](../../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/2009/753/jpeg/21t.jpg) Trumpet like flowers on a bush of Abelia(?) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1953/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spirea bush with fallen maple leaves in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 26, 2016
![](../../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/2009/717/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on a shoot of prickly pears cactus 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/2016/1824/jpeg/08t.jpg) Mat forming plant Androsace sempervivoides in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1824/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flowers of mat forming plant Androsace sempervivoides in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1824/jpeg/10t.jpg) Flowers of mat forming plant Vitaliana primuliflora in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/699/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming barberry like bush Oregon Grape (Mahonia bealei) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, January 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/731/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blooming bush of rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, April 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/730/jpeg/19t.jpg) Greenish-purple flowers of Strawberry bush (Euonymus americana) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, April 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/13t.jpg) Blooming bush of Chinese witch hazel (Loropetalum chinense "Plum delight") in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../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/2009/796/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/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/2014/1474/jpeg/22t.jpg) Shoot of bush morning glory (Ipomoea carnea)(?) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1657/jpeg/08t.jpg) Malformed white birch bolete mushroom (bog bolete, Leccinum holopus) with a swollen stem damaged by gall-forming fungus near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/677/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pink turk s cap with long projecting fused stamen column in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/727/jpeg/05t.jpg) Statue of Bevo with sawed-off horns (t.u. mascot, Texas longhorn cow, a mascot of University of Texas at Austin) at Aggieland Outfitters on George Bush Drive near Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/938/jpeg/24t.jpg) Daphne mezereum (Russian name Volchye Lyko), with flowers on bare stem in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 14, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/813/jpeg/06t.jpg) Statue of t.u. mascot Bevo with sawed-off horns (Texas longhorn cow, a mascot of competing sport teams from University of Texas at Austin) near Aggieland Outfitters store on George Bush Drive near Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2000/jpeg/05t.jpg) Some red shoot in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1595/jpeg/04t.jpg) Shoot of garlic in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/630/jpeg/09t.jpg) Turks cap flower with bright red twisted closed petals and long projecting fused stamen column in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 9, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/676/jpeg/07t.jpg) Turk s cap (Malvaviscus drummondii) with bright red twisted closed petals and long projecting fused stamen column in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2013/jpeg/18t.jpg) Shoot of a tulip in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 2, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/25t.jpg) Some green shoot in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/21t.jpg) Green shoot in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1417/jpeg/26t.jpg) Horsetail and fern leaves in area of Novaya Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1991/jpeg/09t.jpg) Shoot of Opuntia cactus in greenhouses of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 23, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/740/jpeg/08t.jpg) Shoot of araucaria(?) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2024/jpeg/20t.jpg) Reddish bud on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 21, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2052/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow flowers on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2035/jpeg/18t.jpg) Yellow flowers on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1947/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spirea bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/952/jpeg/08t.jpg) Yellow flowers on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 28, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1415/jpeg/15t.jpg) White flowers on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1415/jpeg/06t.jpg) Some pinkish flowers on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2084/jpeg/12t.jpg) Some flowers on a bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1940/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spirea bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1458/jpeg/05t.jpg) Bush with white flowers in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1822/jpeg/28t.jpg) Shoot of Red Stem Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) near train station of Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/735/jpeg/13t.jpg) Shoot of Water Ash (Hop Tree, Ptelea trifoliata) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 17, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1595/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow flowers on a bush of forsythia in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2046/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow flowers on a bush of forsythia in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 22, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1415/jpeg/11t.jpg) Yellow flowers on acacia like bush in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2014
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