Full of Flowers

Tropical plants tend to have far less allegiance to the "Seasons" than temperate plants. The Simpson's stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) was flush with fragrant flowers when we visited the South Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) on 6-11-2023 looking for Florida butterfly…

Wednesday Weeds: Delectable but Dangerous

They are not ripe yet, but they soon will be. Strawberry guava (Psidium cattlelianum) fruits supposedly taste somewhat like strawberries. Another common name, Cattley guava, honors 19th Century English horticulturalist William Cattley, as does the species name, cattleianum. The genus name, Psidium, means…