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IMG_0020 We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Professor Steven R. Hill, Plant Systematics, Division of Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology [DBEE], Illinois Natural History Survey for the identifications in this slide show. IMG_0021 rose. A common cultivar. A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has received a name under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (the ICNCP, commonly known as the IMG_0132 Rose. IMG_0022 rose. A common cultivar. A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has received a name under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (the ICNCP, commonly known as the IMG_0039 Canna IMG_0040 Canna IMG_0023 Ornamental sweet potato - Ipomoea batatas - purple margins, variegated. IMG_0024 Probably Episcia 'acajou', a gesneriad, usually has red flowers. IMG_0025 IMG_0026 An Oxalis - common cultivar. IMG_0027 Boquet from our garden. IMG_0118 Bouquet has Turnera ulmifolia, Heliconia sp., Alpinia purpurata, Pedilanthus tithymaloides. IMG_0270 Bouquet has Heliconia sp., Alpinia purpurata, Jatropha podagrica, Plectranthus scutellarioides = Coleus blumei, Cordyline terminalis. IMG_0041 Sorrel is Hibiscus sabdariffa; the bracts are used to make a holiday beverage. In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, from the axil of which a flower or flower stalk arises; or a bract may be any leaf associated with an inflorescence. Usually bracts are green and resemble the other leaves. However, some bracts are brightly colored and serve the function of attracting pollinators, either in concert with or instead of the tepals. An excellent example of this latter type of bract occurs in the Poinsettia plant. In a general sense, tepals are elements of the perianth, or outer part, of a flower, such as petals or sepals. The term tepal is usually used when all segments of the perianth are of similar shape and color, or undifferentiated. When different types of organ can be distinguished, they are referred to as petals and sepals. A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms or flower plants. Sepals in a IMG_0062 Sorrel IMG_0064 Sorrel IMG_0072 The common Dominican tree frog is Eleutherodactylus martinicensis, related to the coqui of Puerto Rico.  They begin to peep around dusk. IMG_0074 The same little fellow. IMG_0076 Weaver bird's nest. The entrance is at the bottom, so this photo is looking up (note the bottom sides of the leaves). IMG_0077 Karambola, or star fruit. IMG_0100 IMG_0101 Heliconia IMG_0102 Not a begonia - an acanth, Hemigraphis alternata. IMG_0103 Plectranthus scutellarioides = Coleus blumei - usually just called coleus. IMG_0104 A melastome, maybe a Tibouchina. IMG_0105 Heliconia - possibly Heliconia psittacina or something similar (but resembles a Bird of Paradise). IMG_0107 Jatropha integerrima - male flowers. IMG_0108 Professor Hill wrote IMG_0109 Begonia, male flowers. IMG_0119 Yellow Heliconia - maybe Heliconia psittacina var. IMG_0120 Yellow Heliconia - maybe Heliconia psittacina var. IMG_0122 Yellow Heliconia - maybe Heliconia psittacina var.
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