Thursday, October 28, 2010

Zebra plant

ZEBRA PLANT (APHELANDRA SINCLAIRIANA), CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 25, 2010

Pentax K10D
Tamron SP AF 90mm DI Macro
1/125 sec. f8
ISO 400

This familiar house plant, a member of the acanthus family, comes from Brazil and requires high humidity to thrive and bloom. I captured it in the Botanic Garden's tropical greenhouse.

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