CPC2022

CPC 2022 National Meeting Photo Contest

Seeds of Florida Brickell-bush (Brickellia mosieri)

These seeds are from plants of Florida Brickell-bush (Brickellia mosieri), a perennial herb in the Asteraceae. It is endemic to Miami-Dade County where it is only found in the globally imperiled pine rockland ecosystem fragments outside of Everglades National Park. It was federally listed as endangered in 2014 with critical habitat designated in 2015.  […]

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Life under the Lights

A long way from its native home in Southern Ontario, this beautiful purple flower is better known as ‘crooked-stem’ or ‘zig-zag’ aster (Symphyotrichum prenanthoides), named for its distinctive stem. Unfortunately, due to habitat destruction, including the clearing of forests and alteration of waterways, this species has been unable to zig-zag its way out of becoming […]

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Night over the Gulf..

Blooming Harrisia aboriginum captured by diligent long-time volunteers Wade and Carol Collier. They spent days watching the advancement of buds on the plants at a public beachfront location and then returned at night when the flowers appeared ready to open. They were rewarded with this beauty in bloom, as if one of the night stars over […]

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Beauty in the Night…

Night-blooming flower of Harrisia fragrans, sister taxa to Harrisia aboriginum and also endemic to Florida. I spent 2 hours after hours at Selby Gardens between 10pm and midnight photographing this remarkable bloom.  […]

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Putting Magnify In Magnificent 🧐

To appreciate the scale of this endeavor, the leaf in this shot is about the size of your thumbnail! Cute as a button, you’ll need a hand lens to appreciate the flower of Lepanthes rupestris. This orchid native to Puerto Rico was recently collected and seed banked at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. […]

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