Bright yellow zebra-plant (Aphelandra squarrosa) flowers are blooming among vividly patterned green leaves with white veins. The lush foliage provides a vibrant and tropical feel.
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Bright yellow zebra-plant (Aphelandra squarrosa) flowers are blooming among vividly patterned green leaves with white veins. The lush foliage provides a vibrant and tropical feel.
Aphelandra Squarrosa is a native from Brazil. Dark, blackish-green glossy leaves with white veins give the zebra plant its name. Just for its foliage alone, it’s a delight to grow!
But when it blooms, it absolutely shines. From a bract that’s yellow or orange in coloration explodes many yellow blossoms. These flower spikes can reach up to 4″ in length and are beautiful.
Originating in southern Brazil, aphelandra squarrosa is truly a jungle plant. It likes the humid climate and covered conditions found in that habitat. In its natural environment, it can act as a climbing plant, but in containers it usually stays under 2′ tall.
It can be quite a feat to coax the zebra plant into flowering, with at most two flowering sessions a year. Still, even when it’s not in bloom it’s lovely, and well worth the effort!
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Decorative background Black and white with yellowish veins. High point of view.
Banded Lacewing, Glenoleon pulchellus, from the family Myrmeleontidae, I hadn't seen many, but other people have: www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_lacewings/BandedAntlion.htm
Abstract art of a four-way mirror image reflection of a photograph of white-veined dark green Aphelandra leaves. (Created using GIMP and G'MIC.)
Studio Dalio Photography and Art
I love the way aphelandra leaves look with their white veins and nubby texture.
Studio Dalio Photography and Art
License this aphelandra photo from Getty Images.
Heavily processed image from Curiosity of a rock on Mars with white veins shot throughout it. The original was a kind of pale orange with pumpkin-orange spots of dust. This image is probably closer to what you'd see if you managed to bring the rock back to Earth.
Curiosity close-up image of the Martian surface showing dust, sand, and small rocks.
Slightly enhance (I increase the color contrast) image from Curiosity of a rock with white blobs and veins.
Color-corrected and processed image of a rock as seen by Curiosity, with white veins and blobs.
Image from one of Curiosity's hazard cameras - I de-fisheyed it.
Panorama of Curiosity images showing one of its wheels (and a hole in the wheel you can see through) and white veins in the rocks.
One panorama of Curiosity images, twice. The top one is uncorrected and the bottom is color corrected (according to Photoshop, which looks accurate (so far as I can tell) to me).
Alocasia x amazonica (Araceae)
written on paper. scratched in stone. Rollie Fingers 1977
