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Asparagales

Camassia quamash in bloom

Camassia quamash

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 25, 2005

I missed out on my opportunity to go on the Friends of Ecological Reserves annual field trip to Trial Island on Sunday. One of the rare plants that can be seen there is Castilleja levisecta, the golden paintbrush, which I’m keenly interested in photographing (have a look at the photo in the linked page to […]

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Decaying fruit capsules of Hemerocallis thunbergii

Hemerocallis thunbergii

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 17, 2005

These are the seeds and skeletal remnants of the seed capsules of a species daylily in the Asian Garden.

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Narcissus bulbocodium in UBC's Alpine Garden

Narcissus bulbocodium

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 10, 2005

One of my favourite techniques for taking photographs of the low-growing plants in the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden is getting on my hands and knees and propping the camera on the ground to take a photo from a small animal’s perspective.

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