honeybede

from The Louvre

Let the trees remind you that growth takes time ⋆˚࿔

from The British Museum

Cocharelli Codex; Italy (Genoa), early 14th century; British Library, Add MS 28841, f. 4v.

white tailed bumblebee

white-tailed bumblebee

Bombus impatiens on Eupatorium altissimum / Common Eastern Bumblebee on Tall Boneset at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

Two bees chilling in a flower :)

Prairie Sunflower (Helianthus petiolaris)

Limonero (Citrus Limon)

The Cobra Lily (Darlingtonia californica) has to be one the coolest plants. Not only does it look like a snake (complete with forked tongue) but it is carnivorous. It can be challenging to grow in cultivation because in nature it prefers to grow along stream banks which keep its roots cool even when the outside air is hot.

Hibiscus coccineus / Scarlet Rosemallow at the Coker Arboretum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC