Uploads from Linda DV, tagged meiseplantentuin

Dactylorhiza sp.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:56:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.

Dactylorhiza (as named by Necker ex Nevski, 1937), commonly called marsh orchid or spotted orchid,[1] is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). Dactylorhiza were previously classified under Orchis which has two round tubers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylorhiza

Kolkwitzia amabilis. Beauty bush.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:47:00 -0700

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Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

Kolkwitzia amabilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, the only known species in the monotypic genus Kolkwitzia. It is a deciduous shrub known by the common name beauty bush. The Latin amabilis means "lovely".
The plant is an arching, spreading shrub, with light brown flaky bark and graceful arching branches, which can grow higher than eight feet tall. It is usually as wide as it is tall. The plant blooms in late spring. Its light pink flowers, dark pink in the bud, are about one-inch long and bell-shaped ("tubular campanulate"); they grow in pairs, as with all Caprifoliaceae, and form showy, numerous sprays along ripened wood. Its leaves are opposite, simple, and ovate, from .5 to 3 inches long, entire or with a few sparse shallow teeth. Its fruit is a hairy, ovoid capsule approximately .25 inches long
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkwitzia_amabilis

Kolkwitzia amabilis. Beauty bush. Flower detail macro.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:47:00 -0700

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Liriodendron tulipifera 'integrifolium'

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:33:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Liriodendron tulipifera — known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddle-tree, and yellow poplar — is the Western Hemisphere representative of the two-species genus Liriodendron, and the tallest eastern hardwood. It is native to eastern North America from Southern Ontario and Illinois eastward across southern New England and south to central Florida and Louisiana. It can grow to more than 50 m (165 feet) in virgin cove forests of the Appalachian Mountains, often with no limbs until it reaches 25–30 m (80–100 feet) in height, making it a very valuable timber tree. It is fast-growing, without the common problems of weak wood strength and short lifespan often seen in fast-growing species. April marks the start of the flowering period in the southern USA (except as noted below); trees at the northern limit of cultivation begin to flower in June. The flowers are pale green or yellow (rarely white), with an orange band on the tepals; they yield large quantities of nectar. The tulip tree is the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera

wildflower on black

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:24:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.

Lamprocapnos spectabilis. Dicentra spectabilis

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:24:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.

Lamprocapnos spectabilis, known commonly as old-fashioned bleeding-heart, Venus's car, lady in a bath, Dutchman's trousers, and lyre-flower is a rhizomatous perennial plant native to eastern Asia from Siberia south to Japan. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Lamprocapnos. It is a popular ornamental plant for flower gardens in temperate climates, and is also used in floristry as a cut flower for Valentine's Day. It usually has red heart-shaped flowers with white tips which droop from arching flower stems in late spring and early summer. White-flowered forms are also cultivated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprocapnos

Aquilegia vulgaris

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:12:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Aquilegia vulgaris (European columbine, Common columbine, Granny's nightcap, Granny's bonnet) is a species of columbine native to Europe. It is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.2 m tall, with branched, thinly hairy stems. The leaves are pinnate, with the basal leaflets themselves trifoliate. The flowers, in various shades of purple, blue, pink and white, are pendent or horizontal with hooked spurs, and appear in early Summer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia_vulgaris

Forget-me-not

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:11:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.

Myosotis (/ˌmaɪ.əˈsoʊtɪs/;[1] from the Greek: "mouse's ear", after the leaf) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae (or Cynoglossum family)[2] that are commonly called Forget-me-nots. Its common name was calqued from the French, ne m'oubliez pas and first used in English in c. 1532. Similar names and variations are found in many languages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forget-me-not

Aquilegia chrysantha

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:12:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Aquilegia chrysantha (Golden Columbine) is a perennial herbaceous plant native to the southwestern United States from extreme southern Utah to Texas and northwestern Mexico.

Leaves have three leaflets with three lobes and grow from the base and off the flowering stems.

Flowers grow on a long stem above the leaves and have five pointed yellow sepals and five yellow petals with long spurs projecting backwards between the sepals. At the center of the flower are many yellow stamens.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia_chrysantha

damselfly

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:05:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Deutzia reflexa

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:58:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Deutzia (/ˈdjuːtsiə/ or /ˈdɔɪtsiə/)[1] is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to eastern and central Asia (from the Himalayas east to Japan and the Philippines), and Central America and also Europe. By far the highest species diversity is in China, where 50 species occur.

The species are shrubs ranging from 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in–13 ft 1 in) in height. Most are deciduous, but a few subtropical species are evergreen. The leaves are opposite, simple, with a serrated margin. The flowers are produced in panicles or corymbs; they are white in most species, sometimes pink or reddish. The fruit is a dry capsule containing numerous small seeds. Identification of the species is very difficult, requiring often microscopic detail of the leaf hairs and seed capsule structure.

Deutzia is named after the 18th century Dutch patron of botany, Johann van der Deutz.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutzia

Muscari comosum

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:09:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Leopoldia comosa (syn. Muscari comosum) is a perennial bulbous plant. Usually called the Tassel Hyacinth, it is one of a number of species and genera also known as Grape Hyacinths. It is found in rocky ground and cultivated areas, such as cornfields and vineyards,[2] in south-east Europe to Turkey and Iran,[3] but has naturalized elsewhere. Other common names include Tufted Grape Hyacinth, Hairy Muscari and Edible Muscari.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldia_comosa

damselfly

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:40:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Liriodendron tulipifera 'integrifolium'

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:41:00 -0700

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Kolkwitzia amabilis. Beauty bush.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:22:00 -0700

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Agelena sp. (A. labyrinthica ?)

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:17:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Labyrinth spider

Agelena labyrinthica makes funnel webs in the vegetation on the ground. Lives mainly in sunny grasslands.
www.eurospiders.com/Agelena_labyrinthica.htm

Rhabdomiris striatellus

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:52:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Rhabdomiris striatellus is a bug found widespread through the palearctic ecozone and common in Europe. The species is partial to oak trees.[1] The body of the insect reaches 7–9 millimetres (0.3–0.4 in).[2] The body is yellow to reddish brown and has yellow veins and dark stripes on its wings. The bug can also be much darker and similar to its relative, Miris striatus. The larvae suck flowers and fruits while the adults prey on aphids and the larvae of other insects.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomiris_striatellus

seeds

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:39:00 -0700

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National botanic garden of Belgium.
Meise.

Anemone coronaria, Mr Fokker

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:30:00 -0700

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National botanic garden of Belgium.
Meise.

Anemone coronaria (poppy anemone, Spanish marigold, "dağ lalesi" in Turkish, "Calanit" in Hebrew, "Shaqa'iq An-Nu'man" in Arabic) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anemone, native to the Mediterranean region.
Anemone coronaria is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 20–40 cm tall (rarely to 60 cm), with a basal rosette of a few leaves, the leaves with three leaflets, each leaflet deeply lobed. The flowers are borne singly on a tall stem with a whorl of small leaves just below the flower; the flower is 3–8 cm diameter, with 5-8 red, white or blue petal-like tepals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemone_coronaria

Branta canadensis youngsters

nobody@flickr.com (Linda DV) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:35:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.

The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) is a goose with a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body. Native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, it is occasionally found in northern Europe, and has been introduced to other temperate regions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Goose