Anza Borrego

Superbloom at Anza Borrego Desert. Photo was taken at June Wash while surveying Petalonyx linearis for CAPR seed collection. […]

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Lilium humboldtii

Lilium humboldtii (Humboldt lily) growing in a canyon in the Otay Mountain Wilderness in San Diego County […]

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Harrisia fragrans on a summer night

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden maintains an ex situ collection of the globally critically imperiled Harrisia fragrans (fragrant prickly-apple cactus) from across its range on Florida’s east coast. The first flowers on our Ft. Pierce population opened after dark last summer in 2022. […]

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Harrisia fragrans in flower at the midnight hour

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden maintains an ex situ collection of the globally critically imperiled Harrisia fragrans (fragrant prickly-apple cactus) from across its range on Florida’s east coast. The first flowers on our Ft. Pierce population opened after dark last summer in 2022. […]

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