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Pink Poppies! and Sweet memories!

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Passiflora or Passion Flower (Bud and bloom) 

This passionate vine is used medicinally in herbal teas to treat anxiety, insomnia, nervousness, etc. Take a deep breath and take in the beauty. 

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A Zebra Longwing Butterfly on a Mexican Flame Vine Bloom at the Nicholas Conservatory!

Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)- These butterflies portray aposematism with their bright white lines that act as a warning to deter predators!

Mexican Flame vine (Pseudogynoxus chenopodioides)- Nectar source for butterflies and hummingbirds

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Beautiful Orchid bloom with prominent dorsal sepal, column, and bright labellum!

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tropical twist

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Preying Mantis, or could be an alien...

Scientific Name: Mantodea

This is my friend at work, I enjoy watching it snatch the spiders and grasshoppers I just happen to leave right by it. 

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“You lookin at me?”

Green-naped Lorikeet

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Brazilian Plume (Justicia carnea) 

Native to South America

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Ground Orchid (Spathogiottis plicata)

Native to Southern Asia and Northern Austalia

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vivid obscurity

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indeed, soon to be seeds

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the country side

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“quack”

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CAM plants are always nice.

nocturnal-stomata yo

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So clear, yet so confused

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Boom! Flower in your face!

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Little Spider on Wild Clover