Flowers
grrlscientist | May 26, 2009tags: 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…
grrlscientist | May 25, 2009tags: 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…
grrlscientist | May 24, 2009tags: 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…
grrlscientist | May 23, 2009tags: 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…
grrlscientist | May 22, 2009tags: 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.
grrlscientist | May 21, 2009tags: 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!
grrlscientist | May 20, 2009tags: 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!
grrlscientist | May 19, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 18, 2009tags: 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.
grrlscientist | May 17, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 16, 2009tags: 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!
grrlscientist | May 15, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 14, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 13, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 12, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 11, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 10, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 9, 2009tags: 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.
grrlscientist | May 8, 2009tags: 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].
grrlscientist | May 7, 2009tags: 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].