Photo of a multi-stemmed Dracaena growing in a courtyard garden. Each stem bears a head of stiff linear leaves. One stem has a terminal branched infructescence of green fruits.
While in Florida, I visited UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center. I was much impressed with this plant, which I'm told is Dracaena concinna (#Asparagaceae). The leaves are stiff but not spine-tipped. #TropicalBotany #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
Composite plate of photos of the variations in color of the aptly named C. multicolor. García-Mendoza, A. J., D. Sandoval Gutiérrez & C. Chávez Rendón. 2023. Una especie nueva de Calochortus (Liliaceae) de Oaxaca, México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 130: e2188. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21829/abm130.2023.2188
Here’s the latest member of the genus, Calochortus multicolor, described from Mexico just last year. Image from García-Mendoza et al. 2023. Una especie nueva de Calochortus (Liliaceae) de Oaxaca, México. Acta Bot Mex 130: e2188 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of two flowers with broad, hairy, pale lavender inner tepals, the bases of which have dark lavender spots.
Calochortus tolmiei. Scott Zona CC BY NC 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Alt: Photo of a flower with three broad inner tepals, pale lavender. The tepal bases are yellow with reddish-brown markings.
Calochortus superbus. Scott Zona CC BY NC 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a star-shaped flower with pointed tepals. The bases of the tepals are yellow and hairy. The tips are reddish brown. The stamens are large and erect. The anthers are reddish brown.
Calochortus obispoensis, a serpentine endemic. Kevin Bertolero CC BY 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a yellow flower. The surface of the inner tepals is covered with hairs.
Calochortus monophyllus. John Game CC BY 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a purple flower with a white center with hairs.
Calochortus macrocarpus. J Brew CC BY-SA 2.0 0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a bright orange flower with hairs and dark spots in the center.
Calochortus kennedyi. Jim Morefield CC BY-SA 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
Photo of three nodding yellow flowers. The inner tepals are fringed.
Calochortus amabilis. Scott Zona CC BY NC 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a nodding white flower.
I’m taking a break, so this week I’m just posting pretty pictures of Calochortus, a superb genus of nearly 100 taxa from western North America. This is Calochortus albus. Scott Zona CC BY NC 2.0 #Liliaceae #Calochortus #TeamMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
Photo of a dense, green globose inflorescence and green, grassy leaves.
#Thurniaceae (Poales) are a family of 2 genera & 4 spp. Thurnia is native to n. South America & Prionium is found in S. Africa. Crazy disjunction! This is Thurnia sphaerocephala by Olivier Fortune CCBYNC4 via iNaturalist (I'll post Prionium later). #TeamMonocot #OddMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
Close-up photo of a hand holding a spike of green, sessile flowers. Each flower has fleshy green perianth parts and six spreading stigma lobes that are fuzzy.
#Maundiaceae are monotypic. Just one species: Maundia triglochinoides of e. Australia. The perianth is green & small, but the stigmas are fuzzy & prominent. Wind-pollinated? : Zac Holt CC0 via iNaturalist. #TeamMonocot #OddMonocot #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
