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Inflorescences of Pulicaria dysenterica

Pulicaria dysenterica

Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 18, 2018

Last Friday, the UBC Horticulture Training Program students were treated to a lecture about Eurasian medicinal plants and a tour of the physic garden with Ukrainian botanical pharmacologist Anastasiia Dushyna. Pulicaria dysenterica was not one of the plants highlighted on the tour, but it likely would have been, had we been growing it in the […]

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Flowers of Tulipa 'Sorbet'

Tulipa ‘Sorbet’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 7, 2018

Instead of counting sheep to fall asleep, plant enthusiasts should count tulip cultivars. There are upwards of 2400 cultivars listed in the RHS Horticultural Database. It is doubtless that there are many more, including some that have been lost to cultivation.

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Fruits of Momordica balsamina

Momordica balsamina

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 11, 2018

The ripe and unripe fruits of Momordica balsamina (aka balsam pear) are photographed alongside each other for today’s image. Not only am I a big fan of the vibrancy and contrast in this picture, but the seemingly too-perfect appearance of the stinkbug–as if it were placed there–adds more life to the image.

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Tetradium glabrifolium flowers and honeybee

Tetradium glabrifolium

Published by Daniel Mosquin on October 11, 2017

I started this entry as I sat underneath this tree in UBC Botanical Garden on a sunny, warm afternoon. Not bad for a place to do some work! I was left with no choice but to get some pictures after noticing the beautiful light hitting the tree and illuminating the flowers, leaves, and bees.

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Urospermum dalechampii and Tettigonia viridissima

Urospermum dalechampii

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 18, 2017

Urospermum dalechampii is known by the common name smooth golden fleece or Mediterranean daisy. It is in the daisy or sunflower family, aka the Asteraceae. A perennial species, it typically reaches 25-40cm (10-15 in.) in height each year. The hermaphroditic flowers are 5 cm (2 in.) wide, and appear between March and August (in its […]

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Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri in bloom

Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 30, 2015

I have always thought of the evening primroses as particularly romantic plants. Many of the Oenothera have richly-scented blooms that open in twilight. Their light-coloured petals make them gleam in the dusk light like rising moons. John Rusk’s photo captures the romance of Hooker’s evening primrose perfectly!

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Helichrysum splendidum and wool-carder bee

Helichrysum splendidum

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 27, 2015

In early July, I was wandering through the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden looking for bees. I was joined by Bailey Wilson, a summer intern who is cataloguing the native pollinators that use the Garden. This Helichrysum splendidum bush was the perfect place to start looking at the different ways that bees use some […]

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