I had thought Florida was an anomaly of sorts ... Idaho’s blooming Syringa or mock orange, Oregon’s grape plant and Missouri’s dotted hawthorne blossom were believed to protect against ...

The Florida semaphore cactus, on the other hand, has a dull gray, fleshy stem and can grow to reach a lofty 6 feet, bearing small, scale-like, reddish-orange flowers. Finally, the aboriginal prickly ...

Florida enjoys a tropical climate ... tubular, blazing red or orange flowers. Hamelia patens belongs to the coffee family ...

The brilliant orange flower of the African tulip tree has been in Hawaii for a long time. The landscaping plant was first introduced in the mid-1800s. -- FOREST and KIM STARR photo An African ...

Its flashy red or orange wings make the Florida leafwing butterfly ... effective camouflage in its pine rockland habitat in South Florida. This butterfly, whose only known host plant is the pineland ...