#plant photos

[shelovesplants]

Persian shield 💜🌿

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

[interstellar-photography]

Really love this photo still.

[sauljudgeman]

[diagic]

More from Sunday 08-2023

[kentuckyplants]

On a recent trip to visit a glade habitat in Bullitt county, KY, I got a chance to see some very interesting plants that can grow in this extreme environment! Glades are areas of shallow soils and exposed bedrock, so not many large woody plants can grow there easily.

As a result of the extreme selective pressures, you can often find narrowly endemic plants here that may have evolved to grow only in these intense environments. They experience extreme temperature fluctuations, limited soil depth and nutrients, and often scarce water availability.

The plants pictured here are:

1. Endodeca serpentaria

2. Ptelea trifoliata

3. Ruellia humilis

4. Croton monanthogynus

This area is one of the only places in the world where the critically endangered and federally listed Kentucky gladecress (Leavenworthia exigua laciniata) can be found. This species' entire range is only 2 counties in northwest Kentucky.

[melody-tcg]

Posting a few photos I shot, lmk if you wanna see any more of my very amateur photography

[rjalker]

me uploading 14 observations of american sweetgum seedlings knowing probably most people won't be able or willing to identify them because the baby leaves are different from the adult leaves like source: trust me

Here's the baby leaves:

[ID: A slightly blurry photo of a white hand reaching into a plant pot, holding a small seedling, with light green leaves that each have three short, serrated points. End ID.]

And here's the adult leaves:

[ID: A photograph of a white hand pulling the top of a sapling towards the camera to better show the leaves, which are light green, and shaped like five pointed stars, with the bottom two points almost flat. End ID.]

I thought I had at least one observation of a seedling that was old enough to have both kinds, but I guess not? I'll have to keep an eye out for that next year I guess!

[sheltiechicago]

Unearthly Plant Photos by Tom Leighton Highlight Nighttime Chemical Processes

Otherworldly in appearance, Tom Leighton’s photographs center on stems and leaves that emit a luminous glow, unveiling their delicate structures and highlighting their chemical processes. His Variegation II series reveals the nightlife of foliage—Leighton focuses on plants from Cornwall, some of which he grows in his garden and others farther afield—and examines what humans might have been able to see if our night vision had evolved.

The ongoing project also explores the possibilities of color manipulation. After photographing the plants, Leighton digitally strips back their characteristic greenish hues, using dreamy fluorescent colors to represent the photosynthesis process.

[tryingnottopanic]

Camellia (i think) (its one of the animal crossing bush flowers) taken in Portland

[stxrgurl]

Photo taken : 09/10/23

Photo posted : 04/11/23

Dang, it’s been a while. Also happy new year!!

[shelovesplants]

Pink aloe 🪴🌸

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

There are people sledding down this dune.

[grapeperfume]

[greenisthebestthingever]

[diagic]

Dead of Summer 08-2021