One of my first few sport Monstera Dels I've found. It exhibits pectoral portions of GoG variegation & a morphological mutation as well.
I plan to capture it more clearly in future 📸

#monsteradeliciosa #plantsport
#mutation #variegation #coloradoplants #planthoe #plantparent

🌿✨ Throwback to the #IAVS2024 Symposium in Greeley, Colorado!

From the inspiring sessions to the beautiful flora we spotted 🌼🌾—what a week to remember.
#vegetationscience #ecology #botany #ColoradoPlants

Globe mallow, blue herring, and California poppy. Protect public lands.

#coloradonatives #coloradowildlife #walkinginColorado #coloradoplants #nativeplants

Patty Whalen's 2010 painting of Pedicularis groenlandica, with tiny purple-pink elephant-head-shaped flowers atop long stalks and ferny fronds.

What inspired you to make this piece? This exact plant greeted me as I walked along the M. Walter Pesman Trail, also referred to as the Mt Goliath Trail, near Echo Lake Park. It was a perfect specimen for a lover of native plants! What tree lover could resist a walk among those wonderful ancient gnarling Bristlecone/Krummholz Pines of the Mt Evans Wilderness Area?

What struggles did you overcome along the way? The herbarium had moved and now wanted an appointment made to examine specimens. I always did this to review seasonal or unseen parts of any specimen I was illustrating. Also, with all those tiny elephant heads to paint, it took me longer to illustrate than any other botanical painting I had previously done!

We hope you will be inspired by RMSBA member Patty Whalen's Pedicularis groenlandica, "Elephant's Head." Swipe for a little insight from Patty about this piece. Thanks for sharing, Patty! #art #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #biophilia #natureart #realism #nativeplants #coloradoplants