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These rampant beauties are specimens of Echinoposis strigosa and reside in the Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden.
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Maybe you think it's spring — I don't, I just looked out through ice-glazed windows at half a foot of new snow — and you're thinking about the garden. Here's an idea: you don't need to take a trip to the Galapagos to study evolution, you can do it right in your backyard. The New York Botanical…
OK, this is less than subtle.
This is some sort of Anthurium, and also resides in the Haupt Conservatory at the NY Botanical Garden. The spadix is characteristic of the family Araceae (arums).
These meat puppets are some sorta Sarracenia, and reside in the Haupt Conservatory at the NY Botanical Gardens.
Check out The International Carnivorous Plant Society's web site for more tasty tidbits.
Darwin did a LOT of stuff. It is amazing how often one can trace some basic bit of modern scientific knowledge to an observation or experiment Darwin while travelling on the Beagle, later on in his bathtub, or in his back yard. The NYT has a nice piece on one example of this.
IN 1860, while…
I have heard of them called "dildo cactus"