A few items in the National Botanical Garden, Washington, D.C from last week.
Apr 30, 2017 08:37:59 #
This is a relatively small building in D.C. but they often have some interesting plants and they have rooms representing desert, rainforest, and other climates.
Amaryllis
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Castor plant in the hall of deadly plants
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Digitalis (Foxglove) - another medicine and/or dangerous plant.
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In what I call the "Ouch Section"!
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Soft and furry....
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Not sure what kind of flower!
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Apr 30, 2017 08:57:29 #
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Apr 30, 2017 12:04:12 #
Super series, Steve. Most of these are plants I have never seen and all of them are beautiful. You skills brought out the best in them!
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May 2, 2017 08:09:09 #
Thanks for looking, everyone. FYI:
The castor plant puts out beans that are used to make castor oil - not used much any more as a laxative. This plant is also used to extract ricin, one of the most poisonous substances in the world - used sometimes by terrorists. The prickly plant is a euphorbia - in the Crown of Thorns family. And foxglove is a common biennial found in many English gardens. A tea made from this plant was first used to treat "dropsy" (congestive heart failure) over 200 years ago. Digitalis is still used for that purpose today.
The castor plant puts out beans that are used to make castor oil - not used much any more as a laxative. This plant is also used to extract ricin, one of the most poisonous substances in the world - used sometimes by terrorists. The prickly plant is a euphorbia - in the Crown of Thorns family. And foxglove is a common biennial found in many English gardens. A tea made from this plant was first used to treat "dropsy" (congestive heart failure) over 200 years ago. Digitalis is still used for that purpose today.
May 13, 2017 22:05:10 #
sb wrote:
This is a relatively small building in D.C. but they often have some interesting plants and they have rooms representing desert, rainforest, and other climates.
beautiful job on all the flowers steve...the foxgloves and the amarylis are awesome!
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