Sunday, September 19, 2010

Florida tasselflower
Turnera subulata
American beautyberry

Momordica charantia (Bitter Melon)

Pink Roses
Trumpet Flower

Firecracker fern (White)

Japanese Honeysuckle
Building a new home
Lizzard on a tree
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver Spider
Lunch!







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  1. UnknownJanuary 6, 2013 at 12:45 PM

    Atom,

    Do you know what the name of the yellow flowering plant is with the Bee on it?

    Thanks
    Eric

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    1. WaltMay 14, 2014 at 9:24 AM

      I am so sorry I took so long to answer your reply I am sure you even forgot about it once again I am so sorry but here is your answer about the yellow flower: The Bitter Gourd, Momordica charantia, will never with a popularity contest with most people. Though it is a plant that serves us well with many parts edible and medicinal uses it also is bitter and smells like an old, wet, rubber gym shoe. Not exactly a match made in botanical heaven. The leaves can be cooked as a green, and the water used as a tea that controls blood glucose. The bitter fruit is edible cooked and red arils around the seed –the arils not the seed — are edible and nearly all lycopene. And the fragrant blossoms can be used for flavoring.

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