Filtered version of Acanthaceae #03 17

Lollipop Plant or Golden Shrimp Plant, Pachystachys lutea.
Native to: ??
Multiple effects applied, some overall, and some to selected areas.

Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens
March 5, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Acanthaceae #03 12

Lollipop Plant or Golden Shrimp Plant, Pachystachys lutea.
Native to: ??

Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens
March 5, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Acanthaceae #03 11

Lollipop Plant or Golden Shrimp Plant, Pachystachys lutea.
Native to: ??

Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens
March 5, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Arecaceae #07-2012M 05 Specimen 1

Burmese fishtail palm
Caryota urens
Family Arecaceae  Distribution  Asia and the South Pacific

February 17, 2012
Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
(Canon 50D)
Notocactus #01-2011M 10

Notocactus leninghausii (or more correctly, Parodia leninghausii).

February 22, 2012
Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
(Canon G12)
Notocactus #01-2011M 07

Notocactus leninghausii (or more correctly, Parodia leninghausii)

This close-up seems to show a disparity in coloration between the central small stalk and the larger flanking stalks.  But that disparity is not apparent when you see the group in real life, nor is it apparent in a wider angle group shot earlier in this sequence.  (See Notocactus #01-2011M 03, http://smu.gs/y0Bpif).  I would really like to know what it is about the way digital cameras process light, or the way the cactus needles reflect light, or the way the brain processes ocular signals that causes such a striking difference.

Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens
February 26, 2012
(Canon 50D)
Potinara ID Orchid #01-2012M 03
Potinara hybrid.  According to Wikipedia, the genus name 'potinara' denotes a hybrid among a short list of wild genera of orchids.  I didn't see any label that gave more specific information for this particular species.

February 8, 2012
Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory.
Potinara ID Orchid #01-2012M 01
Potinara hybrid.  According to Wikipedia, the genus name 'potinara' denotes a hybrid among a short list of wild genera of orchids.  I didn't see any label that gave more specific information for this particular species.

February 8, 2012
Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory.
Potinara ID Orchid #01-2012M 02
Potinara hybrid.  According to Wikipedia, the genus name 'potinara' denotes a hybrid among a short list of wild genera of orchids.  I didn't see any label that gave more specific information for this particular species.

February 8, 2012
Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory.
Potinara ID Orchid #01-2012M 01
Potinara hybrid. According to Wikipedia, the genus name 'potinara' denotes a hybrid among a short list of wild genera of orchids. I didn't see any label that gave more specific information for this particular species.

February 8, 2012
Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory.
Potinara ID Orchid #01-2012M 01
Potinara hybrid.  According to Wikipedia, the genus name 'potinara' denotes a hybrid among a short list of wild genera of orchids.  I didn't see any label that gave more specific information for this particular species.

February 8, 2012
Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory.
Potinara ID Orchid #01-2012M 01
Potinara hybrid. According to Wikipedia, the genus name 'potinara' denotes a hybrid among a short list of wild genera of orchids. I didn't see any label that gave more specific information for this particular species.

February 8, 2012
Tropical House, Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory.
See photo in original gallery.