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A wide shot of a garden. In center shot are the flowers of Showy Penstemon, Penstemon spectabilis. The focus isn't great and some detail is lost, but inside the flower at picture center is textbook reddish-purple veining called "nectar guides" that seems similar to bee lines in purpose (if I'm reading this correctly). The flowers overall are mostly a violet blue corolla that flares out at the end into five lobe "petals" of a purple blue. To contrast with the nectar guides and the outer color, the throat of the flower is a lighter shade of purple. It's hard to see, with light filtering through the petals and casting a purple light inside. At the other end is a very small calyx protecting the base of the flower, connected to the green stem by a green (shuffles notes) pedicel, I think. Terminology is hard. MOVING ON. To the right of the inflorescence, or flower cluster, is a larger pair of Showy Penstemon stems displaying the lance-shaped leaves. They are arranged opposite on the stems, with toothed margins which make the species easily identifiable from its closest relatives. They vary in the completeness of the toothed margins and whether they are discrete or fused at the base, but display a regularity in leaf pairs being perpendicular to one another that seems almost mint-like that can be hard to see in other penstemons. The leaves are the same mid-green as the rest of the plant, thin, and somewhere between succulent and leathery.

A close-up picture of the inflorescence of Showy Penstemon, Penstemon spectabilis. In direct sunlight, these flowers present as a rich violet color with an almost white throat, and reddish nectar guides that seem to start at the very back of the throat. One flower is facing toward the camera, showing the near entirety of all five (pen) stamens (stemon). Some variation in coloring is seen at the mouth of each in-focus flower, showing the reddish veining of the nectar guides along with a general darkening of the lower lip in one or two of them. There are more flower buds in other stages of development and opening.

Long day yesterday! I dragged my mom to the botanic garden to show her the big project I helped the Master Gardeners implement a couple years ago and we had a good time. Let's talk Penstemons again 🧵

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Nepenthes (spathulata x spectabilis) x lowii from @carnivero as it transitions to uppers. I really couldn't be more pleased with its form and color. ❤️💜

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