In July, Biologists Ella Segal and Haley Dole of Archbold Biological Station came to the greenhouse at Bok Tower Gardens to load up hundreds of Titusville Balm (Dicerandra thinicola) plants. The plants had been propagated … Read More
Hunting for Chaffseed
The Rare Plant Conservation Program has been on the hunt for extant populations of American Chaffseed (Schwalbea americana), a federally endangered plant in the Orobanchaceae family. Historically, this species occurred within fire-maintained pinelands along the … Read More
Propagation In Action: Avon Park Harebells
Crotolaria avonensis is a federally listed endangered species and a rare endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge. Its common names include Avon Park rattlebox, Avon Park harebells, and Avon Park rabbit-bells. It is known from … Read More
Persimmon Perfection
Japanese Persimmon Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki is a deciduous tree that can reach heights of 20-30’ tall and can be as equal wide. Typically grown for their fruits, which are typically described as sweet- though … Read More
Voodoo Lily Vibes
Amorphophallus konjac The best word to describe this unusual plant is “weird.” Voodoo lilies are also called snake plants and have large, divided leaves borne atop long, mottled stems (technically petioles). The fleshy colored blooms … Read More
More Beautiful with Brooksville Bellflower
In April, final tallies were made of the number of Brooksville Bellflower observed in each population in spring 2021. Brooksville bellflower, Campanula robinsiae, is a short-lived annual, germinating in early spring, flowering and seeding by … Read More
Finding Out About Pygmy Fringe Trees
Have you been out and about in the past couple of weeks and had a beautiful white fluffy shrub catch your eye? If so, you were very likely looking at a fringe tree (Chionanthus sp.) … Read More
Tip Top with Tillandsia
On your next visit, take a peek at the new and improved Tillandsia Wall, the Horticulture team recently refurbished. The team painstakingly took each line down, removed each plant, cleaned-up and re-used those plants that … Read More
Protecting Rare Tampa Vervain
This month, The Rare Plant Conservation Program assisted the Conservation and Environmental Lands Management Program of Hillsborough County in seed collection for the rare Tampa vervain, Glandularia tampensis. Hillsborough County staff recently found a previously … Read More
A Golden Opportunity for Goldenaster
In January 2021, the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) began a project to investigate how successful seed sowing may be to create new populations of Florida goldenaster, Chrysopsis floridana. We have successfully created several new … Read More