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)
Caricaceae #01 05

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America

Study of the underside of a leaf.

February 26, 2012
Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
(Canon Powershot G12)
Caricaceae #01 06

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America

Study of the underside of a leaf.

February 26, 2012
Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
(Canon Powershot G12)
Caricaceae #01 00

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America

Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
February 22, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Caricaceae #01 03

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America
This was shot 'blind', hold the camera up as far as my arms would reach and eye-balling the angle I had the lens aimed, guessing at what would include the most of the tree.  It will give you some idea of the actual height of the tree.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
February 22, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Caricaceae #01 01

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America
This tree is potted in a raised bed on the mezzanine of the Tropical House part of the conservatory.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
February 22, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Caricaceae #01 02

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America

Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
February 22, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Lamiaceae #01 06

Q-tip Plant. Clerodendrum quadriloculare
Family:  Lamiaceae (formerly Verbenaceae)

This is a bloom at the top of the shrub, taken from the south upper walkway in the Tropical House.  It seems to be infested with wooly aphids.

Conservatory of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens,
Ann Arbor, Michigan,
February 26, 2012
Caricaceae #01 01

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America
This tree is potted in a raised bed on the mezzanine of the Tropical House part of the conservatory.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
February 22, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Caricaceae #01 01

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America
This tree is potted in a raised bed on the mezzanine of the Tropical House part of the conservatory.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
February 22, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
Caricaceae #01 01

Carica papaya 'T. R. Hovey', Dwarf Papaya
Native to North America
This tree is potted in a raised bed on the mezzanine of the Tropical House part of the conservatory.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
February 22, 2012
(Sony nex-5)
See photo in original gallery.