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Trillium albidum in the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden

Trillium albidum

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 11, 2005

The trilliums in the Alpine Garden and Native Garden (BC Rainforest Garden) are in full glory this week.

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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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Male catkin of Salix acutifolia 'Blue Streak'

Salix acutifolia ‘Blue Streak’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 9, 2005

Keeping with the theme of subtle flowers, here’s a photo of a catkin from a male willow in the garden. Thanks to Andy Hill, one of UBC Botanical Garden’s horticulturists, for pointing out that I needed to take a photo of these catkins. Willows are often difficult to identify, for a number of reasons: individual […]

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Decaisnea insignis in early spring

Decaisnea insignis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 8, 2005

This is the kind of photo that keeps me taking pictures. A sharp eye will note that the image is just a touch out-of-focus. It’s acceptable for the web, but not useful for a print, as it is clearly out-of-focus at its original size (roughly 15x the area of this one). I’m going to have […]

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Close-up of Acer pictum subsp. okamotoanum flowers

Acer pictum subsp. okamotoanum

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 6, 2005

Maple flowers. The buds measure just under five centimeters. One of the reasons I love macro photography is it forces me to examine plants for the beauty or subtleties that are often very easy to overlook.

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Melliodendron xylocarpum blooming in UBC Botanical Garden in the spring.

Melliodendron xylocarpum

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 5, 2005

Welcome to the first entry in UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research’s Botany Photo of the Day!

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