Sachs Museum at Missouri Botanical Gardenさんのイラストまとめ

#GraftingTheGrape German physician & botanist Leonhart Fuchs wrote the herbal DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM COMMENTARIJ INSIGNES in 1542. Illustrator Albrecht Meyer created all of the woodcut illustrations; while not used today, Vitis alba was the name given to 🍇 used to make white wine.

#MobotToYou #NymphsOfTheGarden Nymphaea alba was frequently used by Joseph Latour-Marliac in his hybridization of hardy water lilies, which captivated painter Claude Monet. As a result, N. alba is the parent of many hardy hybrids. https://t.co/xCre9CefQD [NYMPHEAS, Monet📸@LACMA]

The only plant identified (with a label) in @MobotMuseum's #BotanicalMural is named for @mobotgarden's original botanical advisor, George Engelmann, Opuntia engelmannii (Engelmann's prickly pear cactus) https://t.co/iplNokzux6

Constance Sayas wanted to depict an iconic plant of the American West for #AmericasFlora and she chose #Yuccaharrimaniae (Spanish bayonet) https://t.co/lWoVFDjUFe

Botanical artists often fall under the spell of the plant they are capturing in their artwork, such as milly acharya's TRUMPET VINE https://t.co/rauuAr8auX #AmericasFlora #Campsisradicans