I'm Frank McDonough, Botanical Information Consultant here at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. My job is to answer your questions about plants and just about everything related to them.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Spooky Aloe Trail in the Light of a Partial Eclipse
If you liked 'Nightmare Before Christmas' and 'Beetlejuice' you'l love our Aloe Trail. All that's missing are the sand worms.
Early Blooms on Arboretum Magnolias
Labels:
confused plants,
early bloom,
Magnolias,
strange happenings
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Floss Silk Tree (Ceiba speciosa and friends) Tour
One of my favorite Ceiba pix |
Tour Related Links:
- Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany
- All the fascinating genera of the family Bombacaceae
- Bombacaceae (Bombax family) - 114 images at PlantSystematics.org images, phylogeny, nomenclature for (Bombacaceae)
- Bombacaceae (Bombax family) - 114 images at PlantSystematics.org images, phylogeny, nomenclature for (Bombacaceae)
- Use the above links to Bombacaceae on the Plantsystacatics.org site to see its relation to other families in its order (Malvales).
- Bombacaceae (plant family) -- Encyclopedia Britannica
- The EB's treatment of this economically important plant family.
- Friday Flower – “Palo Borracho” | Beetles In The Bush
- Find out how an entomologist feels about Ceibas.
- The Ceiba Foundation
- A conservation organization dedicated to both preserving the tree and its environment.
- Ochroma pyramidale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- A Ceiba relative that is the source of balsa wood.
- Rare exotic tropical plants and seeds
- A possible source of Adensonia seeds and plants.
- B and T World Seeds
- A French firm that sells thousands of types of seeds.
Seed and Plant Sources
Ceiba speciosa and its' shadow of fallen petals -this one is located on Tallac knoll up above the Herb Garden. |
Video:
How To Tell the Difference Between the Four Arboretum Ceiba speciosa (was Chorisia speciosa) Introductions.More Pretty Pictures
Seedling Ceiba speciosa |
Seedling Ceiba speciosa |
Ceiba speciosa 'Los Angeles Beautiful' |
Labels:
Adensonia,
Adensonia seeds,
Bombacaceae,
Bombax,
Ceiba speciosa,
Chorisia speciosa,
Floss Silk Tree,
Frank McDonough,
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden,
Video
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Monthly Plant Information Class Highlights
Fall is Coming, and Here's a Preview from Falls Past
LED Garden Lighting Links:
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Labels:
fall color,
LED Lighting,
Plant Information Class
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