BGuthrie Photos: DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2012) -- Fantastical Landscapes

DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2012) -- Fantastical Landscapes:

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1. BOTX1_121125_050.JPG: US Botanic Gardens @ Christmas time. (This was my Christmas card this year.)
2. BOTX1_121125_372.JPG: The Botany of Poinsettias: Unlike most flowers, the colorful display of a poinsettia (Euphorbio pulcherrima) is not supplied by petals, but by modified leaves called bracts. The small yellow structures at the center of the bracts are the flowers. The plant's common name refers to Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. Minister to Mexico, who sent seeds and samples of the plants back to the United States in the late 1820s. The poinsettia is native to the deciduous tropical forest of the Pacific coast of lower Mexico. There it is a large, lanky shrub reaching up to 30 feet in height, where it blooms in late fall after the end of the rainy season.
3. BOTX1_121125_377.JPG: The Modern Poinsettia: During the 1800's, the poinsettia was a greenhouse curiosity often used as a short lived, but distinctive, red cut flower. It wasn't until the 1920s and 30s that additional colors were discovered and brought into trade. Varieties that retained leaves during and after bloom were later developed, leading to a market for potted poinsettias. In the 1960s, the introduction of varieties that produced bushy, compact plants led to mass production and marketing. Radiation exposure of poinsettia tissue in the 1980s led to a proliferation of new color and growth forms available today. Breeders continue to develop long-lasting poinsettias and more than 100 new cultivars are in development.
4. BOTX1_121125_384.JPG: Beyond the Poinsettia: In Europe, the end of the year was traditionally celebrated by feasting and drinking. These ancient traditions continue into the present. In the mid-19th century, Victorian sentimentality combined with the new art of advertising led to many new traditions, such as decorating, gift giving and exchanging holiday cards. As the variety of plants in the marketplace has increased, people have found ways to include many exciting floral and fruiting plants into the holiday season. Bromeliads: Bromeliads refer to a large family of plants that contain more than 3,000 individual species. Bromeliads come in many different shapes and sizes from the diminutive Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) to the delicious pineapple (Ananas comosus). Kalanchoe: Kalanchoe has become a popular plant during the holidays because of its ease of growing and beautiful winter flowers. However, its leaves contain toxins that have been known to poison cattle in its native ranges in southern Africa and Australia. Cyclamen spp.: Just like a potato, Cyclamen grows from an underground storage organ called a tuber. In its native Mediterranean climate, the tuber serves as a storage organ for the plant that allows Cyclamen to conserve resources during the many dry months of the Mediterranean summer. Pepper (Capsicum annuum): Many ornamental varieties of the edible pepper plant (Capsicum annuum) have been developed in recent years. Botanically speaking, the fruit of a pepper is a berry since it derives from a single ovary.
5. BOTX2_121125_111.JPG: They have to clean the tracks periodically
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2012 photos: Equipment this year: My mainstays were the Fuji S100fs, Nikon D7000, and the new Fuji X-S1. I also used an underwater Fuji XP50 and a Nikon D600. The first three cameras all broke this year and had to be repaired. Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Shepherdstown, WV, Richmond, VA, and Williamsburg, VA), a week-long family reunion cruise of the Caribbean, another week-long family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with lots of in-transit time in Ohio and Indiana), and my 7th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including side trips to Zion, Bryce, the Grand Canyon, etc). Ego strokes: I had a picture of Miss DC, Ashley Boalch, published in the Washington Post. I had a photograph of the George Segal San Francisco Holocaust memorial used as the cover of Quebec Francais (issue 165). Not being able to read French, I'm not entirely sure what the article is about but, hey! And I guess what could be considered to be a positive thing, my site is now established enough that spammers have noticed it and I had to block 17,000 file description postings for Viagra and whatever else.. Number of photos taken this year: just below 410,000.
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