Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Roadside bloom - daylily
Roadside bloom - Columbines
Chicago Botanic Garden
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This is the sculpture of Carlos Linnaeus ... the father of Taxonomy. ... in the Chicago Botanic Garden... He is shown reaching eagerly toward the plants in his path with a collector’s enthusiasm. The prominent bird in the sculpture — a golden plover, which can fly for thousands of miles — refers to the many students of Linnaeus who traveled the globe collecting plants for him to name.
Carolus Linnaeus [1701-1778] was a 18th century Swedish botanist who perfected bionomial nomenclature, the universal system of naming plants ... that is still used today. In Linnaeus's system of naming plants, each plant is given a two-part scientific name, a binomial. the first name represents the genus and the second name identifies it's species. A cultivar refers to a variety of plant that does not grow naturally in the wild but was selected and developed for particular characteristics. Each plant also has a common name [nickname], which varies from region to region.
Below are some photographs taken at the Chicago Botanic Garden ...
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Chicago Botanic Garden
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The HUGE Chicago Botanic Garden has more than 25 gardens within it [28 to be precise] ... like the Heritage Garden, English Walled Garden, Rose Garden, Prairie Garden ...
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Gooseneck Loosestrife
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Turk's Cap Lily
Name ???
Lurie Garden, Millennium Park
Below are some photographs taken at Lurie Garden in the Millennium Park ... one of my favourite places in downtown Chicago ... apart from the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... and the "Butterfly Haven", at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
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Daylily "Chicago Apache"
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Shot in the Lurie Garden ... in July, 2007.
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Queen of the Prairie
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Shot in Lurie Garden ... in July, 2007.
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Calamint
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Shot in Lurie Garden ... in July, 2007.
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Echinacea
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Shot at Lurie Garden ... July, 2007.
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Sunday, July 8, 2007
Rattlesnake Master
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Rattlesnake Master ... are native to prairies ...
Shot in Lurie Garden ... in July, 2007.
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Oregano
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Shot in Lurie Garden ... in July, 2007.
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Shot in Lurie Garden in July, 2007.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Blazing Star
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Blazing Star are native of the prairies ...
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Drumstick Allium
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Shot in Lurie Garden ... June, 2007.
Drumstick Allium ... Allium sphaerocephalon ...
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Geranium "dilys" / Cranesbill
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Geranium
Shot in Lurie Garden ... in June, 2007.
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Geranium / Cranesbill
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Geranium / Cranesbill
Shot in Lurie garden ... in June, 2007.
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Masterwort
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Masterwort
Shot in Lurie Garden ... in June, 2007.
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