“Heartleaf Iceplant”

This seems to be a bit of a “quiet” time for a lot of the flowering plants in the greenhouses. Back in the cactus house, seeing the cacti and other “succulents” with their infrequent, brilliant flowers is just so striking! This is a Heartleaf Iceplant (Aptenia cordifolia), family Aizoaceae, the same family as Tiger’s jaw, Faucaria tigrina, http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-11-30

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Aptenia_cordifolia&rank=binomial

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

One year ago (“Station stop Dallas, Texas”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-21
Two years ago (“Assembly Room, Independence Hall”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-21

[Lee Shirley]

Excellent detail

[Rick Schies]

What a beauty

[elaine]

Beautiful