Bumblebee in Foxglove, they seem to love them.

Although foxgloves are poison thanks to digitalis in all parts of the plant (once used to dilate the pupils by courtly ladies) this is now a drug used in heart arrhythmia

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"No longer confined to the Company School genre" of colonial art, "#BotanicalIllustration can serve the urgent 21st-century purpose of writes Bangalore-based artist/ Young Explorer Nirupa Rao.

Read her essay for https://t.co/eJecoigUc1.

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I'm the kind of person who needs things to percolate. I spent 6 frustrating weeks painting these hellebores over and over in my head (though 2 weeks in, I was able to do a real color study). New botanical watercolor in progress

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Botanical illustration and the park: Flore pittoresque et me´dicale des Antilles........by M E Descourtilz.......1829, BHL/NY Botanical Garden..........https://t.co/eYvQj3gq4l

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Sea holly Eryngium maritimum.

A beautiful plant related to the umbellifers/apiaceae not a holly or thistle (altho the name is Greek for thistle)

I love these plants but they are evil to illustrate!

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Rowan or mountain ash illustration in progress...Sorbus aucuparia, and the finished product.

No berries or flower to work with but the leaves are invaluable!

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Great willowherb detail (scroll across for whole plant) Epilobium hirstuta.

The seeds have silky pappas and create a froth of flying seeds in autumn

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Women and botanical illustrations in the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Article from the National Museum of Wales.
https://t.co/vYQiKho0ec

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Honeysuckle Berries
Francis Martin Russell (1820-1915)
Watercolour with pencil
30 x 22.5 cm

From the current online exhibition ‘The Flower Show’ https://t.co/ddCNO8iF61

From BADA member Sarah Colegrave

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Day 138: Hoya 🌱
This is realy cute flower~!! 💜
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Hoya symbolizes wealth and protection.
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