The Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society and the Pelican Island Audubon Society (PIAS) sponsored a hands-on wildflower workshop at the Audubon House on 3/14/15. Thanks to PIAS Office Manager Bob Montanaro for all of these photos ...…
Category: Wildflower
Loving that Lupine
Nancy Soucy (Class of 2010) is shown above photographing sky-blue lupine (Lupinus diffusus) at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on the group walk that followed her Florida Scrub-Jay banding talk on 3/7/2015. Sky blue lupine is flowering gloriously near the…
Shiney Hiney
Pictured above is scarlet salvia (Salvia coccinea) with a carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp.) at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Treasure Coast Beekeepers President Michelle Petersen had wonderful mnemonics to share at the last session of the 2015 Florida Medical Entomology…
Where are the poinsettia flowers ?
Sales of poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are expected to exceed $26 million in 2015. Those showy red 'petals' are really bracts, and even the flowers of the commercial poinsettia are tiny. The most common native "poinsettia" -- Euphorbia cyathophora -- is…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 