Flowers

tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Dahlia, Dahlia hybrid. Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side on West 81st street as I was walking to the post office. Image: GrrlScientist, 26 May 2009 [larger view]. Dahlias comprise a genus with at least 36 species of bushy plants that are native to the western regions of Central and South America. There are more than 20,000 named cultivars of these plants in captivity, which are the result of both hybridization and chromosomal duplication: Dahlias are octoploid -- possessing eight copies of each homologous…
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Purple petunia, (Petunia x hybrida). Photographed while walking to the library along Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. Sorry, this isn't the best picture I've ever taken. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 May 2009 [larger view]. Petunias are trumpet-shaped flowers produced by plant species in the genus, Petunia. Petunia species are native to South America. The precise relationships between and among petunias are still not clear, and the entire family, Solanaceae, is reclassified as new information…
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Wild rose, Rosa acicularis. Photographed while walking to the library along Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 22 May 2009 [larger view]. After I snapped this picture, an unnamed person approached me and yelled at me for photographing -- flowers! I know this sounds shocking, and I was certainly confused, but apparently no one -- NO ONE -- is allowed any joy, not even one second of joy, not one second, if they haven't paid for it. Not in NYC, anyway. As one of tens of…
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Pansy, Viola hybrid, purple and yellow cultivar. Photographed while waiting for the bus on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 18 May 2009 [larger view]. I really like the coloring of this particular cultivar, possibly because it closely resembles its wild ancestors (although its giant size dwarfs its wild ancestors). I also think the blue/purple veins on the middle petals (upper yellow colored petals) make an interesting contrast to the reddish-brown veins on the bottom petals (lower yellow…
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day White dahlia, Dahlia hybrid/cultivar, in the early morning sunshine. Photographed while waiting for the bus on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 18 May 2009 [larger view]. If you look closely, you'll see lots of black specks on those white petals .. this is genuine Manhattan air pollution -- soot -- the same crap that coats the insides of your lungs and tries to kill you with every breath you take.
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Flossflower, also known as Bluemink or Ageratum, Ageratum houstonianum. Photographed while waiting for the bus on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 18 May 2009 [larger view]. These tiny bushy plants are members of the sunflower family and are native to the west coast of Central and South America. It's amazing that something so small is related to something that is as large as a sunflower!
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Pansy, orange cultivar, Viola hybrid. Photographed while waiting for the bus on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 18 May 2009 [larger view]. Isn't it amazing what selective breeding (artificial selection) can give rise to over a few thousand generations? How much more amazing is natural selection that gives rise to new forms over millions of years!
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Pansy, purple cultivar, Viola hybrid. Photographed while waiting for the bus on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 18 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Yellow orchid, Oncidium species. Photographed on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 18 May 2009 [larger view]. There are several hundred recognized Oncidium species, but the experts reclassify plants in this group often, so I am not sure which species this is. Additionally, Oncidium species have been freely hybridized in captivity.
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Treasure flower, also known as the South African daisy, Gazania rigens. Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Lantana, Lantana camera. Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 16 May 2009 [larger view]. I have always been fascinated with these flowers because, as the individual blossoms age, their color changes. So each plant can have flowers with many different colors, even on the same stem!
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Monkey Flower, Mimulus hybrid? Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day New Guinea Impatiens, Impatiens hawkeri. Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 12 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Yellow Hibiscus, Hibiscus rosasinensis. Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 12 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Yellow rosebud. Photographed on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day White Ranunculus, Ranunculus asiaticus. (You can also see some lilac blossoms on the left and more ranunculus on the right). Photographed on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC. Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Geranium, Geranium manculatum. Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Lilacs. Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view]. When I lived in beautiful Seattle, there were lilac bushes in my yard, and mostly everywhere else, too. So every day, I would cut fresh lilac flowers for my little house (which I shared with 46 lories) and the entire place smelled glorious. It is the smell of lilacs that mean spring to me.
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day Zinnias. Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].