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Beauty or Beast?

Posted September 17, 2008 by Dominique Bayne, Former Senior Horticulturist

Orbea longidens

There are many weird plants out there but succulents have more than their fair share. This Orbea longidens flower is a great example to remind us that though we find many flowers beautiful, they evolved to attract specific pollinators rather than for our pleasure.

Visit this plant in the Succulent House (located in the Rock Alpine Garden) but don’t get too close.
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Tags: asclepiads, asclepias, asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, Dr. Barad, fly pollinated, longidens, milkweed, milky sap, Orbea, pollination, rock alpine garden, stapeliads, succulent, Succulent house
Posted in: At the Gardens, Rocky Mountain Gardening, What's Blooming - Comments(3)

Flowers Don’t Wave to Gardeners

Posted May 9, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education

Flowers don’t wave to gardeners. They grow, they bloom, they wave gently in the breeze, but they don’t wave to gardeners, even if gardeners wave first. They reserve their flirtatious side for pollinators. They only wave to catch the roving eye of insects.

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Tags: botanical, flowers, Gardeners, insects, J. Warren, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, P. James, pollination, pollinators, Silene maritima, Wave, wobble
Posted in: At the Gardens, Conservation & Ecology - Comments(1)

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Flowers Don’t Wave to Gardeners