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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, Lincoln Center, Julliard School
A view of Manhattan from the Julliard School,
located in Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 12 May 2009 [larger view].
I posted this picture of Manhattan, which I snapped yesterday, to let you know that I am thinking of you, but I am working hard on a writing project right now. My deadline is Friday, and I am hopeful that I will deliver a good product. As you know, Friday evening, I will be visiting AMNH's sneak preview of their new mammals exhibit, so I won't be doing much…
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 12, 2009tags: homelessness, unemployment, poverty, NYC Life, social policy
A homeless woman eats dinner (it looks like "Sheba" brand cat food, doesn't it?)
Image: orphaned.
I awoke this morning at 5am, as usual, and one of the first things I heard on the morning news was Mayor Bloomberg, one of the richest men in the world, saying that the city is charging rent for the homeless to stay in a shelter. Blinking in the darkness, I thought I was listening to the Onion news report instead of NPR. Sure, I heard that Bloomberg was considering this, but never thought he was cruel enough to actually enact…
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 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].
grrlscientist | May 6, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Manhattan Roses.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
These roses are deep red on the inside and cream-colored on the outside. I find the color combination interesting, even though I am not sure if I like these roses.
grrlscientist | May 5, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Still Life, 2.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 4, 2009tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Pink Flower (Detail).
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 3, 2009tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Fields of Gold.
"In the lower 80s" in the Park Avenue median (Upper East Side of Manhattan).
Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 2, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Pink Carnation.
Photographed on the Upper Wast Side of Manhattan.
Image: GrrlScientist, 23 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 1, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Still Life with Red Roses.
Photographed on the Upper Wast Side of Manhattan.
Image: GrrlScientist, 23 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 30, 2009tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
One in a Million.
"In the lower 80s" in the Park Avenue median (Upper East Side of Manhattan).
Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view].