I thought this mixture of coleus (the red leaves) and yellow calceolaria (slipper flower) growing together was lovely. Having a purple salvia nearby to drop its fallen flowers on the top just sets it off...

Taken at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC.

Hashtags:
#Gardening #Plants #Calceolaria #Coleus #Photography #Canada #ButchartGardens

RT @NaufragoToni
#𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 52 (1791)
S. Chile to S. Argentina. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
P. N. Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile.
Original photo by 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒉 2007
#Calceolariaceae

Congrats to @botanicolas and Shweta Basnet for their great talks today! #EspindoLab 💪🏼 #Entomology #UMD

@botanicolas: bait development and sequencing for the #plant genus #Calceolaria 🧬 [keep an eye out for the publication!!]

#Fulbright post-doc @shwetabasnett@twitter.com: relationships between #floral traits, #pollinators and #climate for Rhododendron across two continents (#Himalayas and the #Appalachians) 🐦 🐝 🦋 [also keep an eye out for her paper!]