Peanut Leechy Gallery: Lianas

Lianas are so good for mandalas!

Simple horizon

And here’s another take:

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Peanut Leechy Gallery: leafloads

–Philodendron is all about leaves, paternity leaves and center froggy kids.

Mirroring leaves, backframe.

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Peanut Leechy Gallery: Leefy DIY

Who said there was no fall in the tropics?
You can create it!

Artificial seasonnality

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Peanut Leechy Gallery: out of the blue.

Fernsea, a German edition…

Out of the blue.

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Species otw: an angel is passing by

This is an orchid species once more this week. From IITA Image Library.

Aerangis biloba, the angel orchid

Two things quite appealing: the pinkish stains at the end of the first whorl petals, & the very long nectary. Awkmoth pollination most certainly.

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Peanut Leechy Gallery: a matter of choice

Forests are made of these. Mosaics. Grins and tones, tones of greens. Tropical rainforests at best!

Today you get four at the same time. Which one do you prefer?

#1 : Leafy center

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Plant species of the week: Dracula morleyi

A marvelous orchid:

Dracula morleyi

Yep, a vampire like flower, guess why? Interpreted as a fungal mimick. Other pixes follow from clicking to flickr…

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Plant Species of the week: Lemna minor

Lemna minor are common plants worldwide, which doesn’t mean they aren’t cute nor very interesting. Seeds Aside has a special affection to these plants, they were kept in glasses during childhood.

Lemna minor, with an inflo on close up.

Especially interesting in this shot is the close-up featuring an inflorescence. It doesn’t look like there’s any other plant flowering in the neighbourhood, so it may rely on either very driven pollinators… or selfing.

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Peanut leechy gallery

This is #1. Please ask me to stop whenever creepy.

Say, the turtle. Riverine, riparious, reaching. Asidium green. Below, flushing scenery.

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