Flowers of San Francisco Botanical Garden

August 3, 2011

Fuchsias at SF Botanical Garden

The San Francisco Botanical Gardens has a beautiful collection of fuchsias. There are about 110 species of fuchsias, most of which inhabit South America, with some species in Central America and the New Zealand area. You might have read that Father Charles Plumier discovered them, but of course the first person to discover them did so thousands of years earlier. They resemble ballerinas, or to my eye, Six-wired Birds of Paradise.

Fuchsia andrei

Fuchsia boliviana 'Alba' - White Bolivian Fuchsia

Fuchsia denticulata

Fuchsia fulgens

Fuchsia fulgens 'Variegata'

Fuchsia harlingii

Fuchsia hatschbachii x 'corallina'

Fuchsia microphylla ssp microphylla

Fuchsia regia var. Alpestris

Fuchsia sanctae-rosae

Fuchsia 'Berg Nimf'

Fuchsia 'Blush Fardent'

Fuchsia 'Fanfare' - Fanfare Fuchsia

Fuchsia 'First Success'

Fuchsia 'Ms. W. P. Wood' - Ms. W.P. Wood Fuchsia

Fuchsia 'Rhys' Rhody

Fuchsia 'Ruddy Rodney' - Ruddy Rodney Fuchsia

Fuchsia 'Wood Violet'

Red fuchsia

Red fuchsia

アカバナ科のフクシア属（ホクシャ、フューシャ）

July 25, 2011

Magnolias at SF Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Gardens has the largest Magnolia collection outside of Asia. Magnolias come in both evergreen and deciduous varieties, the evergreen ones primarily inhabiting southeast United States while the deciduous ones come mostly form Asia. These trees have an ancient lineage, being on of the first flowering plants. Their reproduction style is similar to conifers, and as they evolved before many angiosperm-pollinating insects evolved (such as bees and butterflies), they are traditionally pollinated by beetles.