MONTEREY BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN
RECENT EVENTS
IN THE NEWS: Look to this Page for Recent Articles of Botanical Interest
04/04/2007 - Rare, Ancient Tree Soon for Sale at Nurseries: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/04/HOGF9OUH2T1.DTL
11/27/2007 - Tree of Life for Flowering Plants Reveals Relationships Among Major Groups:
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/34385/Tree_of_life_for_flowering_plants_reveals_relationships_among_major_groups.html
12/15/2007 - Prairie Revival: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/9203/description/Prairie_Revival
01/17/2008 - Giant Exploding Palm Tree Discovered in Madagascar: http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0117-palm.html
01/01/2009 - Biotech's Green Gold?: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v27/n1/full/nbt0109-15.html
01/27/2009 - Billion year revision of plant evolution timeline may stem from discovery of lignin in seaweed:
02/02/2009 - Chocolate has been a Delicacy North of Mexico for a Thousand Years: http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0202-hance_chocolate.html
02/18/2009 - Researchers Detail Role of Apples in inhibiting Breast Cancer: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125742.htm
03/25/2009 - Earliest Evidence of Domesticated Maize (Corn) From 6,700 B.C.: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323212037.htm
08/11/2009 - Giant 'Meat-Eating' Plant Found: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8195000/8195029.stm
10/05/2009 - The Amazing Maze of Maize Evolution: http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/49154/The_amazing_maze_of_maize_evolution.html
11/30/2009 - World's Smallest Orchid Discovered in Ecuador: http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1130-hance_orchid.html
01/10/2010 - World's Oldest Living Things: http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_sussman_the_world_s_oldest_living_things.html
01/21/2010 - Blueberry Juice Improves Memory in Older Adults: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100120121552.htm
02/24/2010 - DNA sequencing unlocks relationships among flowering plants: http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/52828/_DNA_sequencing_unlocks_relationships_among_flowering_plants.html
08/27/2010 - Black Rice rivals blueberries as source of healthful antioxidants: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100826093202.htm
09/01/2010 - Medicinal Plants Face Extinction: http://www.naturalnews.com/029621_medicinal_plants_extinction.html
01/15/2011 - Bioactive compounds in Berries can reduce high blood pressure: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110114155241.htm
01/16/2011 - Green Super Rice is Coming: http://www.biology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2011/green-super-rice-is-coming.html
03/08/2011 - Eating Apples extends lifespan of test animals by 10 percent: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110302121702.htm
04/09/2011 - Fishy Fat from Soy is Headed for US Dinner Tables: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/72501/title/Fishy_fat_from_soy_is_headed_for_U.S._dinner_tables
04/17/2011 - Ancestors of Land Plants Revealed: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/04/17/ancestors.land.plants.revealed
04/29/2011 - Tropical Blueberries extremelyt high in healthful antioxidants: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110427101405.htm
05/03/2011 - 'Apple a Day' advice rooted in science: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110412131923.htm
05/04/2011 - New evidence that caffeine is a healthful antioxidant in coffee: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110504095630.htm
07/14/2011 - Latin American Blueberries found to be 'extreme superfruits': http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714120857.htm
12/13/2011 - Nature's Medicine Cabinet Could Yield Hundreds of New Drugs:
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/71243/Natures_medicine_cabinet_could_yield_hundreds_of_new_drugs.html
01/09/2012 - Newly Discovered Carnivorous Plant Devours Underground Worms: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0109/Newly-discovered-carnivorous-plant-devours-underground-worms
01/18/2012 - Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120118143624.htm
02/17/2012 - Origin of Photosynthesis Revealed by a 'Living Fossil': http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/12840/origin-photosynthesis-revealed-living-fossil
02/21/2012 - The Real Caveman Diet:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2012/02/the_real_caveman_diet_what_did_people_eat_in_prehistoric_times_.html
02/22/2012 - Russians Revive Ice Age flower from Frozen Burrow: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46456116#.T0PKOBzBRmY
02/27/2012 - Analyzing Complex Plant Genomes with the Newest Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Techniques: http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/73225/Analyzing_complex_plant_genomes_with_the_newest_next-generation_DNA_sequencing_techniques.html
02/28/2012 - Florida Woman Sets Fire to 3500 Year Old Bald-Cypress: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/28/10533663-florida-woman-charged-with-setting-fire-to-3500-year-old-cypress-tree
02/29/2012 - Norway Seed Bank hits 740,000 Seed-Sample Mark: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46579942#.T074bRzBSA4
03/07/2012 - Eating Blueberries, Blackberries, Strawberries and other berry fruits benefits the brain: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120307145825.htm
03/25/2012 - Popcorn: The snack with even higher Antioxidant-Levels than fruits and vegetables: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120325173008.htm
05/06/2012 - Cypress Speciation Due to Continental Drift: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47315301/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T6c8PxwTDD8
05/31/2012 - Dark Chocolate could prevent heart problems in high-risk people: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531200822.htm
07/16/2012 - Cache Crop: - Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cache-crop-rodents-megafauna-seed
09/21/2012 - Transparent Soil Lets Researchers Study Plant Roots: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2012/09/transparent-soil-lets-researchers-study-plant-roots
10/02/2012 - An Apple a Day lowers level of blood chemical linked to hardening of the arteries: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121002143220.htm
10/03/2012 - New Fanged Dwarf Dinosaur from Africa Ate Plants: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121003094127.htm
11/17/2012 - Giant Reed seen as Biofuel - or Another Kudzu Disaster: http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/giant-reed-seen-as-biofuel-or-another-kudzu-disaster
11/26/2012 - Bioengineered Marine Algae Expands Environments Where Biofuels can be Produced: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121126142850.htm
11/28/2012 - Tiny Algae Shed Light on Photosynthesis as a Dynamic Property: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121128132253.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbotany+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+Botany%29
12/01/2012 - Giant Sequoia takes over as World's Second Biggest Tree: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/01/15600980-giant-sequoia-takes-over-as-worlds-second-biggest-tree#comments
12/07/2012 - What Happens to Plant Growth when you Remove Gravity?: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121206203148.htm
12/08/2012 - Fears over Indonesia's Thirst for Palm Oil: http://phys.org/news/2012-12-indonesia-thirst-palm-oil.html
12/25/2012 - German Scientists seek to Clone perfect Christmas Tree: http://news.msn.com/science-technology/german-scientists-seek-to-clone-perfect-christmas-tree
01/14/2013 - Strawberries, Blueberries may cut heart attack risk in Women: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130114152954.htm
2/08/2013 - Largest Coast Redwoods Being Cloned: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540/vp=50737946�
02/19/2013 - Caffeine linked to low birth weight babies: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130218201513.htm
3/19/2013 - Teenager Creates Algae-Powered Biofuel in her Bedroom Lab: http://iq.intel.com/iq/29461828/teen-creates-algae-powered-biofuel-in-her-bedroom-lab-1?dfaid=1&crtvid=0;
05/06/2013 - European Commission to criminalize nearly all seeds and plants not registered with government: http://www.naturalnews.com/040214_seeds_European_Commission_registration.html
6/03/2013 - 400-year-old Plants Embedded in Glacier Revived by Scientists: http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/400-year-old-plants-embedded-glacier/2013/06/03/id/507626
06/21/2013 - England, Meet your New Giant Sheep-Eating Plant: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/england-meet-your-new-giant-sheep-eating-plant
06/26/2013 - African medicinal plants may stop tumor growth from multi-drug resistant cancers: http://www.naturalnews.com/040947_cancer_treatment_African_plants_medicinal_herbs.html
07/12/2013 - Horticultural Artists Grow Fantastical Scenes at the Montreal Botanical Garden: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/horticultural-artists-grow-fantastical-scenes-at-the-montreal-botanical-garden-10309583/
10/02/2013 - New fossils push the origin of flowering plants back by 100 million years to the early Triassic: http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/89601/New_fossils_push_the_origin_of_flowering_plants_back_by_100_million_years_to_the_early_Triassic.html
11/01/2013 - Weird Forests Once Sprouted in Antarctica: http://www.livescience.com/40893-weird-ancient-antarctic-forests.html
11/19/2013 - Tomato + Potato = TomTato: http://news.msn.com/science-technology/new-at-the-nursery-tomato-plus-potato-equals-tomtato
12/19/2013 - The Origin of Flowers: DNA of storied plant provides insight into the evolution of flowering plants: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/12/19/the.origin.flowers.dna.storied.plant.provides.insight.evolution.flowering.plants
02/03/2014 - Greenhouse 'time machine' sheds light on corn domestication: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140203093837.htm
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SEED REPRODUCING PLANTS
Gymnosperms (naked seeds)
Pinophyta
Cordaitales Order (all families believed extinct since the Triassic era)
Pinales Order
Pinaceae Family (Pine)
Arctopityaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Cheirolepidiaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Emporiaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Majonicaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Ullmanniaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Utrechtiaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Araucariaceae Family (Araucaria)
Podocarpaceae Family (Yellow-wood)
Phyllocladaceae Family (Celery Pine)
Sciadoptiyaceae Family (Umbrella Pine)
Cupressaceae Family (Cypress)
Cephalotaxaceae Family (Plum-yew)
Taxaceae Family (Yew Family)
Vojnovskyales Order (all families believed extinct)
Voltziales Order (all families believed extinct)
Czekanowskiales Order (all families believed extinct)
Cycadophyta
Cycadales Order
Cycadaceae Family
Ginkgophyta
Ginkgoales Order
Ginkgoaceae Family
Gentophyta
Gnetales Order
Gnetaceae Family
Ephedriaceae Family
Welwitschiaceae Family
Welwitschia Genus; Welwitschia mirabilis specimen in nursery
This is a unique species native to the West Coast of Africa along a narrow strip from southern Angola through the northern half of Namibia. It is sometimes referred to as a "living fossil", because it has changed very little over eons. It is the only species in its Genus, which is the only Genus in the family Welwitschiaceae, which is the only family in the Order Welwitschiales. It was discovered by the Western world by Friedrich Welwitsch in 1859. It has twocotlydeons (first leaves on seed-bearing plants), and then followed in growth by only two more permanent leaves, perpendicular to the cotlyedons. Those two leaves are what is visible on the surface, and they never stop growing while the plant lives. They simply grow longer and longer, with them slowly getting wider as the plant ages.
Surprisingly to some, the plant is related to the conifers and the cycads, because it reproduces sexually by cones. It has both male cones and female cones on separate plants, i.e. each plant is either male or female. Its strange form is likely derived from primitive conifers, one family of which changed to adapt to desert life by reducing the 'trunk' to just the single pair of double leaves. All other species in the various families of the Welwitschiales Order have since gone extinct, leaving this long-lived and slow-growing species as a botanical oddity.
Welwitschia plants with cones in native habitat. Note how the leaves simply grow longer from their base, much like fingernails.
Bennettitales Order (Order believed extinct since the Cretaceous era)
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Angiosperms (Magnoliophyta) [note: The # of families are in parentheses ( ); sub-families not mentioned]
[note: Nursery specimens are listed following the phylogenetic listing below]
Amborellaceales Order
Amborellaceae Family
Nymphaeales Order
Cabombaceae Family
Hydatellaceae Family
Nymphaeaceae Family
Austrobaileyales Order
Austrobaileyaceae Family
Schisandraceae Family
Trimeniaceae Family
Mesangiospermae
Ceratophyllales Order (1 family)
Chloranthales Order (1 family)
Eudicotyledoneae
Basal Eudicots
Ranunculales Order (7 families)
Sabiales (1 family)
Proteales (2 families)
Trochodendrales (1 family)
Buxales (1 family)
Core Eudicots
Gunnerales Order(2 families)
Pentapetals
Dilleniales Order (2 families)
Superasterids
Berberidopsidales Order (2 families)
Caryophyllales Order (34 families)
Santalales Order(7 families)
Asterids
Cornales Order(6 families)
Ericales Order(22 familes)
Euasterids I
Euasteridales I Order (4 families)
Garryales Order (2 families)
Solanales Order (5 families)
Gentianales Order (5 families)
Lamiales Order(21 families)
Euasterids II
Euasteridales II Order (6 families)
Aquifoliales Order (5 families)
Apiales Order (7 families)
Dipsacales Order (7 families)
Asterales Order (11 families)
Superrosids
Saxifragales Order(14 families)
Rosids
Vitales Order (1 family)
Geraniales Order (4 families)
Myrtales Order (14 families)
Crossosomotales Order (10 families)
Picramniales Order (1 family)
Malvids
Sapindales Order (9 families)
Huerteales Order (4 families)
Brassicales Order (15 families)
Malvales Order (12 families)
Fabids
COM Clade
Zygophyllales Order (2 families)
Celastrales Order (2 families)
Oxalidales Order (7 families)
Malpighiales Order (42 families)
N-Fix Clade
Fabales Order (4 families)
Rosales Order (9 families)
Fagales Order (7 families)
Cucurbitales Order (7 families)
Magnoliidae
Cannellales Order (2 families)
Piperales Order (5 families)
Laurales Order (7 families)
Magnoliales Order (6 families)
Monocotyledoneae
Monocot Clade
Acorales Order (1 family)
Alismatales Order (13 families)
Petrosaviales Order (1 family)
Dioscoreales Order (3 families)
Pandanales Order (5 families)
Liliales Order (10 families)
Asparagales Order (14 families)
Commelinid Clade
Dasypogonales Order (1 family)
Arecales Order (1 family)
Commelinales Order (5 families)
Poales Order (16 families)
Zingiberales Order (8 families)
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SEED REPRODUCING PLANTS
Gymnosperms (naked seeds)
Pinophyta
Cordaitales Order (all families believed extinct since the Triassic era)
Pinales Order
Pinaceae Family (Pine)
Arctopityaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Cheirolepidiaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Emporiaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Majonicaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Ullmanniaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Utrechtiaceae Family (all genera believed extinct)
Araucariaceae Family (Araucaria)
Podocarpaceae Family (Yellow-wood)
Phyllocladaceae Family (Celery Pine)
Sciadoptiyaceae Family (Umbrella Pine)
Cupressaceae Family (Cypress)
Cephalotaxaceae Family (Plum-yew)
Taxaceae Family (Yew Family)
Vojnovskyales Order (all families believed extinct)
Voltziales Order (all families believed extinct)
Czekanowskiales Order (all families believed extinct)
Cycadophyta
Cycadales Order
Cycadaceae Family
Ginkgophyta
Ginkgoales Order
Ginkgoaceae Family
Gentophyta
Gnetales Order
Gnetaceae Family
Ephedriaceae Family
Welwitschiaceae Family
Welwitschia Genus; Welwitschia mirabilis specimen in nursery
This is a unique species native to the West Coast of Africa along a narrow strip from southern Angola through the northern half of Namibia. It is sometimes referred to as a "living fossil", because it has changed very little over eons. It is the only species in its Genus, which is the only Genus in the family Welwitschiaceae, which is the only family in the Order Welwitschiales. It was discovered by the Western world by Friedrich Welwitsch in 1859. It has twocotlydeons (first leaves on seed-bearing plants), and then followed in growth by only two more permanent leaves, perpendicular to the cotlyedons. Those two leaves are what is visible on the surface, and they never stop growing while the plant lives. They simply grow longer and longer, with them slowly getting wider as the plant ages.
Surprisingly to some, the plant is related to the conifers and the cycads, because it reproduces sexually by cones. It has both male cones and female cones on separate plants, i.e. each plant is either male or female. Its strange form is likely derived from primitive conifers, one family of which changed to adapt to desert life by reducing the 'trunk' to just the single pair of double leaves. All other species in the various families of the Welwitschiales Order have since gone extinct, leaving this long-lived and slow-growing species as a botanical oddity.
Welwitschia plants with cones in native habitat. Note how the leaves simply grow longer from their base, much like fingernails.
Bennettitales Order (Order believed extinct since the Cretaceous era)
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Angiosperms (Magnoliophyta) [note: The # of families are in parentheses ( ); sub-families not mentioned]
[note: Nursery specimens are listed following the phylogenetic listing below]
Amborellaceales Order
Amborellaceae Family
Nymphaeales Order
Cabombaceae Family
Hydatellaceae Family
Nymphaeaceae Family
Austrobaileyales Order
Austrobaileyaceae Family
Schisandraceae Family
Trimeniaceae Family
Mesangiospermae
Ceratophyllales Order (1 family)
Chloranthales Order (1 family)
Eudicotyledoneae
Basal Eudicots
Ranunculales Order (7 families)
Sabiales (1 family)
Proteales (2 families)
Trochodendrales (1 family)
Buxales (1 family)
Core Eudicots
Gunnerales Order(2 families)
Pentapetals
Dilleniales Order (2 families)
Superasterids
Berberidopsidales Order (2 families)
Caryophyllales Order (34 families)
Santalales Order(7 families)
Asterids
Cornales Order(6 families)
Ericales Order(22 familes)
Euasterids I
Euasteridales I Order (4 families)
Garryales Order (2 families)
Solanales Order (5 families)
Gentianales Order (5 families)
Lamiales Order(21 families)
Euasterids II
Euasteridales II Order (6 families)
Aquifoliales Order (5 families)
Apiales Order (7 families)
Dipsacales Order (7 families)
Asterales Order (11 families)
Superrosids
Saxifragales Order(14 families)
Rosids
Vitales Order (1 family)
Geraniales Order (4 families)
Myrtales Order (14 families)
Crossosomotales Order (10 families)
Picramniales Order (1 family)
Malvids
Sapindales Order (9 families)
Huerteales Order (4 families)
Brassicales Order (15 families)
Malvales Order (12 families)
Fabids
COM Clade
Zygophyllales Order (2 families)
Celastrales Order (2 families)
Oxalidales Order (7 families)
Malpighiales Order (42 families)
N-Fix Clade
Fabales Order (4 families)
Rosales Order (9 families)
Fagales Order (7 families)
Cucurbitales Order (7 families)
Magnoliidae
Cannellales Order (2 families)
Piperales Order (5 families)
Laurales Order (7 families)
Magnoliales Order (6 families)
Monocotyledoneae
Monocot Clade
Acorales Order (1 family)
Alismatales Order (13 families)
Petrosaviales Order (1 family)
Dioscoreales Order (3 families)
Pandanales Order (5 families)
Liliales Order (10 families)
Asparagales Order (14 families)
Commelinid Clade
Dasypogonales Order (1 family)
Arecales Order (1 family)
Commelinales Order (5 families)
Poales Order (16 families)
Zingiberales Order (8 families)
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(Our Nursery species below are to be sorted into the above phylogenetic system based on their Order, Family, Genus and Species.)
African Baobab (Adansonia Genus; Malvaceae Family; Malvales Order; Rosids Division; Eudicotyledon Clade) in native habitat. These are the oldest living trees, with ages of 5,000+ years. There are eight species of Baobab, one native to Africa (below), one native to Australia, and six native to Madagascar.
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Grandidieri's Baobab (Adansonia Genus) in native habitat in Madagascar. This species is currently 'on order' and will soon be in our nursery. It is a close cousin to the African Baobab, being in the same genus.
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Indian Rubber Tree (Ficus Genus; Moraceae Family; Rosales Order; Rosids Division) in native habitat; this tree is fully tropical and requires indoor growth in temperate regions. It has aerial roots that grow to the ground, securing the tree and allowing it to spread. It is a close relative of the Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis), not yet in our nursery.
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Ficus benjamina (Ficus genus), (aka Ficus, aka Weeping Fig) as seen in a garden in India; this plant is a common indoor plant in temperate regions.
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Common Fig (Ficus genus) or Ficus carica is a widely cultivated fruit tree that grows well in temperate regions. Below is a close-up of maturing fig fruits from the Black fig variety.
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Saber Fig (Ficus genus)
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Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron Genus; Cupressaceae Family; Pinales Order; Pinophyta Division; Gymnosperm Clade) growing in native habitat in Mariposa Grove in the Sierra Nevadas.
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Northern California Black Walnut (Juglans Genus; Junglandaceae Family; Fagales Order; Rosids Division; Eudicotyledon Clade), also used as the root-stock for the English Walnut of commercial cultivation.
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English Walnut (Juglans Genus), grafted onto Northern California Black Walnut (NCB Walnut) root-stock. Our grafting stock derives from very-large-nut trees.
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Apple (Malus Genus; Rosaceae Family; Rosales Order)
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Pear (Pyrus Genus; Rosaceae Family)
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Cherry (Prunus Genus; Rosaceae Family)
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Peach (Prunus Genus)
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Apricot (Prunus Genus)
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Plum (Prunus Genus)
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Blackberry (Rubus Genus; Rosaceae Family)
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Grape (Vitis Genus; Vitaceae Family)
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Strawberry (Fragaria Genus; Rosaceae Family)
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Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera Genus; Cactaceae Family; Caryophyllales Order; Core Eudicots Division; Eudicotlyedon Clade)
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Argentine Opuntia Cactus (Opuntia Genus; Cactaceae Family
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Balloon Cactus (Parodia Genus; Cactaceae Family
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Yellow Tower Cactus (Parodia Genus)
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Notocactus Uebelmannianus (Parodia Genus)
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Notocactus Leninghausii (Parodia Genus)
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Hamatocactus Hamatacanthus (Thelocactus Genus, Cactaceae Family)
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Old Lady Cactus (Mammillaria Genus, Cactaceae Family)
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Strawflower Cactus (Mammillaria Genus)
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Thimble Cactus (Mammillaria Genus)
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Blue Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus Genus, Cactaceae Family)
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Chamaelobivia Cactus (Echinopsis Genus, Cactaceae Family)
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Lobivia Leucomalla (Echinopsis Genus)
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Trichocereus Grandiflorus (Echinopsis Genus)
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Stenocereus Pruinosus (Stenocereus Genus, Cactaceae Family)
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Tulip (Tulipa Genus; Liliaceae Family; Liliales Order; Monocotyledon Clade)
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Lily (Lilium Genus; Liliaceae Family)
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Daffodil (Narcissus Genus; Amaryllidaceae Family; Asparagales Order; Monocotyledon Clade)
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Gladiolus (Gladiolus Genus; Iridaceae Family; Asparagales Order)
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Asparagus (Asparagus Genus; Asparagaceae Family; Asparagales Order)
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Artichoke (Cynara Genus; Asteraceae Family; Asterales Order; Asterids Division; Eudicotlyedon Clade )
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Rose (Rosa Genus; Rosaceae Family)
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Croton (Croton Genus; Euphorbiaceae Family; Malpighiales Order; Rosids Division)
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Bromeliad (Cryptanthus Genus; Bromeliaceae Family; Poales Order; Commelinids Division; Monocotyledon Clade)
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Sempervivum (Sempervivum Genus; Crassulaceae Family; Saxifragales Order; Core Eudicots Division; Eudicotlyedon Clade)
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Sedum (Sedum Genus; Crassulaceae Family)
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Ice-Plant (Carpobrotus Genus; Aizoaceae Family; Caryophyllales Order)
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Pumpkin (Cucurbita genus; Cucurbitaceae Family; Rosids Division)
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Chocolate (Theobroma Genus; Malvaceae Family
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Blueberry (Vaccinium Genus; Ericaceae Family; Ericales Order; Asterids Division)
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Azalea (Rhododendron Genus; Ericaceae Family)
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Rhododendron (Rhododendron Genus)
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Gooseberry (Grossularia Genus; Grossulariaceae Family; Saxifragales Order; Core Eudicots Division)
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Currant (Ribes Genus; Grossulariaceae Family)
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Rhubarb (Rheum Genus; Polygonaceae Family; Caryophyllales Order)
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Lilac (Syringa Genus; Oleaceae Family; Lamiales Order; Asterids Division)
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Potato (Solanum Genus; Solanaceae Family; Solanales Order; Asterids Division)
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Corn (Zea Genus; Poaceae Family; Poales Order; Commelinids Division)
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Poinsettia (Euphorbia Genus; Euphoriaceae Family;
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Maple (Acer genus; Sapindaceae Family; Sapindales Order; Rosids Division
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Castor 'Bean' (Ricinus Genus; Euphorbiaceae Family)
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Anise (Pimpinella Genus; Apiaceae Family; Apiales Order; Asterids Division)
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Radish (Raphanus Genus; Brassicaceae Family; Brassicales Order; Rosids Division)
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Lupine (Lupinus Genus; Fabaceae Family; Fabales Order; Rosids Division)
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Date (Phoenix Genus; Arecaceae Family; Arecales Order; Commelinids Division)
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Tangerine (Ctirus Genus; Rutaceae Family; Sapindales Order; Rosids Division)
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Orange (Citrus Genus)
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Grapefruit (Citrus Genus)
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Rutabaga (Brassica Genus; Brassicaceae Family; Brassicales Order; Rosids Division)
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Avocado (Persea Genus; Lauraceae Family; Laurales Order; Magnoliids Division; Angiosperm Clade)
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Ginger (Zingiber Genus; Zingiberaceae Family; Zingiberales Order; Commelinids Division)
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Carnation (Dianthus Genus; Caryophyllaceae Family; Caryophyllales Order)
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Horse-Radish (Armoracia Genus; Brassicaceae Family)
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Jicama (Pachyrhizus Genus; Faboideae Sub-Family; Fabaceae Family)
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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Genus; Convolvulaceae Family; Solanales Order)
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Garlic (Allium Genus; Amaryllidaceae Family)
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Kohlrabi (Brassica Genus)
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Cabbage (Brassica Genus)
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Portulaca (Portulaca Genus; Portulacaceae Family; Caryophyllales Order)
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Swiss Chard (Beta Genus; Amaranthaceae Family; Caryophyllales Order)
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Lavender (Lavandula Genus; Lamiaceae Family; Lamiales Order)
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Zinnia (Zinnia Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Sage (Salvia Genus; Lamiaceae Family)
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Oregano (Origanum Genus; Lamiaceae Family)
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Four O'Clocks (Mirabilis Genus; Nyctaginaceae Family; Caryophyllales Order)
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Nasturtium (Tropaeolum Genus; Tropaeolaceae Family; Brassicales Order)
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Snapdragon (Antirrhinum Genus; Plantaginaceae Family; Lamiales Order)
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia Genus; Papaveraceae Family; Ranunculales Order; Eudicots Division)
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Columbine (Aquilegia Genus; Ranunculaceae Family; Ranunculales Order)
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Larkspur (Delphinium Genus; Ranunculaceae Family)
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Stringbean (Phaseolus Genus; Fabaceae Family)
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Convolvulus (Convolvulus Genus; Convolvulaceae Family; Solanales Order)
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Marigold (Tagetes Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Beet (Beta Genus; Amaranthaceae Family)
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Coleus (Solenostemon Genus; Lamiaceae Family)
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Dahlia (Dahlia Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Spider Plant (Chlorophytum Genus; Asparagaceae Family)
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Sensitive Plant aka Mimosa (Mimosa Genus; Fabaceae Family
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Heuchera (Heuchera Genus; Saxifragaceae Family)
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Moonflower (Ipomoea Genus; Convolvulaceae Family;
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Borage (Borago Genus; Boraginaceae Family; Boraginales Order; Asterids Division)
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Catnip (Nepeta Genus; Lamiaceae Family)
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Salvia (Salvia Genus; Lamiaceae Family)
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Thyme (Thymus Genus; Lamiaceae Family)
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Torch Lily aka Red-Hot-Poker (Kniphofia Genus; Xanthorrhoeaceae Family; Asparagales Order)
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Chinese Lantern (Physalis Genus; Solanaceae Family)
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Passion Flower (Passiflora Genus; Passifloraceae Family; Malpighiales Order)
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Petunia (Petunia Genus; Solanaceae Family)
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Love-In-A-Puff (Cardiospermum Genus; Sapindaceae Family)
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Mallow (Malope Genus; Malvaceae Family)
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Cypress Vine (Ipomoea Genus)
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Lettuce (Lactuca Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Cabbage (Brassica Genus)
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Hyacinth Bean (Dolichos Genus; Fabaceae Family)
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Pak Choi (Brassica Genus)
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Statice (Limonium Genus; Plumbaginacaeae Family; Caryophyllales Order)
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Blanket Flower (Gaillardia Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Siberian Wallflower (Erysimum Genus; Brassicaceae Family)
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Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Sweet William (Dianthus Genus)
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Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Prairie Coneflower (Echinacea Genus)
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Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Blue Flax (Linum Genus; Linaceae Family; Malpighiales Order)
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Foxglove (Digitalis Genus; Plantaginaceae Family)
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Baby's Breath (Gypsophila Genus; Caryophyllaceae Family)
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Catchfly (Lychnis Genus; Caryophyllaceae Family)
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Okra (Abelmoschus Genus; Malvaceae Family)
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Mother-In-Law's-Tongue (Sansevieria Genus; Asparagaceae Family)
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Pothos (Epipremnum Genus; Araceae Family; Alismatales Order; Monocotlyedon Division)
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Peperomia (Peperomia Genus; Piperaceae Family; Piperales Order; Magnoliids Division
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Canna Lily (Canna Genus; Cannaceae Family; Zingiberales Order)
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Schefflera (Schefflera Genus; Araliacaeae Family; Apiales Order)
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Bugleweed (Ajuga genus; Lamiaceae Family)
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Aluminum Plant (Pilea Genus; Urticaceae Family; Rosales Order)
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Ivy (Hedera Genus; Araliaceae Family)
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Scotch Moss (Sagina Genus; Caryophyllaceae Family)
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Sea Pink (Armeria Genus; Plumbaginaceae Family)
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Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera Genus; Onagraceae Family; Myrtales Order, Rosids Division)
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Munro Globemallow (Sphaeralcea Genus; Malvaceae Family)
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Aloe Vera (Aloe Genus; Xanthorrhoeaceae Family)
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Ox-Tongue (Gasteria Genus; Xanthorrhoeaceae Family)
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'Fang' Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe Genus; Crassulaceae Family
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Hollyhock (Alcea Genus; Malvaceae Family)
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Saguaro Cactus (Camegiea Genus; Cactaceae Family)
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Fishhook Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus Genus; Cactaceae Family)
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Dessert Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia Genus; Cactaceae Family)
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Santa Rita Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia Genus)
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Christmas Cholla Cactus (Cylindropuntia Genus; Cactaceae Family)
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Cane Cholla Cactus (Cylindropuntia genus)
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Cardon Cactus (Pachycereus Genus; Cactaceae Family)
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Parsnip (Pastinaca Genus; Apiaceae Family)
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Yam (Dioscorea Genus; Dioscoreaceae Family; Diocoreales Order; Monocots Division)
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Turnip (Brassica Genus)
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Mango (Mangifera Genus; Anacardiaceae Family; Sapindales Order)
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Lemon (Citrus Genus)
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Lime (Citrus Genus)
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Onion (Allium Genus)
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Elephant Garlic (Allium Genus)
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Pencil Tree (Euphorbia Genus; Euphorbiaceae)
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Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia Genus; Cupressaceae Family)
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Balloon Flower (Platycodon Genus; Campanulaceae Family; Asterales Order)
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Geranium (Pelargonium Genus; Geraniaceae Family; Geraniales Order; Rosids Division)
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Celosia (Celosia Genus; Amaranthaceae Family)
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Bells of Ireland (Moluccella Genus; Lamiaceae Family)
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Bachelor Button (Centaurea Genus; Asteraceae Family)
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Cup and Saucer Vine (Cobaea Genus; Polemoniaceae Family; Ericales Order)
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Fuji Dawn (Viola Genus; Violaceae Family; Malpighiales Order)
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Angel's Trumpet (Datura Genus; Solanaceae Family)
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Persons wishing to donate plants to our Nursery are encouraged to do so. We can accommodate most plants, but prefer 1-2 gallon pots, or seeds, to ensure survivability upon transplant from our Nursery into the main garden collection. Go to the Contact Us page for more information.
Additionally, persons are encouraged to purchase Memorial Garden plants, which will be planted both as landscaping species, as well as in the Main Garden.
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Types of Orchids that will be displayed in the Crystal Palace or outdoors if temperate. These are presently on order for our nursery.
Both Wild and Hybrid will be available, with large numbers available for sale (in person or mail order) in the Gift Shop Nursery.
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Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), artist; from: Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 74: Orchidae
Note: This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
