« Previous Day: Centropogon nigricans |
Main
| Next Day: Asphodelus aestivus »
Nov 5, 2009: Arctostaphylos columbiana
Nov 5, 2007:
Schefflera delavayi
Nov 5, 2006:
Sparassis crispa
Nov 5, 2005:
Camellia sasanqua 'Setsugekka'
August 28, 2008 : Xanthosoma mexicanum
Interested in subscribing? Visit the main Botany Photo of the Day page and fill out the form in the upper right corner!
Plant Family / Families: Araceae
Scientific Name and Author: Xanthosoma mexicanum Liebm.
Name Location: western Panama
Thank you again to Mary F., aka miconia @ Flickr, for sharing today's photograph (original via the Flickr BPotD Group Pool). Much appreciated! Mary's weblog, A Neotropical Savanna is a must-read.
Mary's comments with the photograph include details on where this plant was found: "Growing spontaneously in an orchard in western Panama, 800 m elevation." This plant was the second one she has discovered so far this year. She wrote an extensive weblog post about the first Xanthosoma mexicanum she encountered. In fact, I don't think I have much to add to what she's written, so I do suggest following the link for more information. I'll only pipe in that the distribution of the species is from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil.
For more photographs of the genus, commonly known as elephant's ears by some, see Xanthosoma on AroidPictures.fr.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 28, 2008 10:32 PM
Read recent comments on all BPotD Entries
Comments
Posted by: Annie G. at August 29, 2008 12:44 AM
Always learning something on this site. Thank you Mary for sharing your knowledge.
Posted by: Carole Miller at August 29, 2008 2:14 AM
Excellent! I commend all the information and details she provided on her blog also!
Posted by: CWick at August 29, 2008 6:16 AM
elephants ears are known as as invasive
plant in parts of florida
fine picture have been to marys site
will go back thank you
Posted by: elizabeth a airhart at August 30, 2008 2:51 PM
Unusual plant growing in the wild. thank you for that great link.
Ewa
Posted by: Ewa at August 30, 2008 10:26 PM
What happened to this site??? I look forward to the daily posts, but since spring your postings have been spotty sometimes going for days without any postings.
Posted by: Aida Jofre at September 7, 2008 6:23 AM
if thats invasive...sign me up
Posted by: Scott McGillivray at September 11, 2008 10:13 PM
when i first saw one(it was in a vase) i thought it looked like a small siece of corn inside of iceberg lettuce
Posted by: pika7 at January 30, 2009 1:40 PM
Please share your comments about the photograph(s) and accompanying write-up. Telling a story about the subject of the photograph(s) is also much appreciated! If you have a gardening question, the best place to ask is on the UBC Botanical Garden Forums. Thank you!
Post a comment
XML Feeds: Atom | RSS 2.0 | RSS 1.0 | What is RSS? | RSS Tools
Botany Photo of the Day and all associated images are licensed under a Creative Commons License except when otherwise specified in the accompanying written entry.
About Botany Photo of the Day | Submit Your Photos via Flickr | Submit Your Photos via UBCBG's Discussion Forums
Botany Photo of the Day is a project of the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, located in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. UBC BGCPR is a department of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems within The University of British Columbia.
All those interested in the pollinator thread, definitely follow the link (and scroll down a bit) to learn about yet another pollinator.