Botany demonstrations (9 images)
I like to capture images that can be useful for educators, seeing as I'm a teacher myself. This gallery features images demonstrating something botanically related. Enjoy!
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![An amaryllis ([Hippeastrum] sp. cultivar) inflorescence pictured just as its flower buds are emerging from their sheath. There are three red and green flowers easily visible. These flowers are growing from a scape, a leafless stem that is used to support flowers. The three emerging buds are surrounded by two spathes, bracts (modified leaves) that surround the flowers as they develop (and then stay present as the flowers bloom). This image was taken outdoors using natural lighting on an intact plant growing in my yard; no flowers were destroyed in the making of this image :)](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ot6rL3xIlcc/t/200/I0000ot6rL3xIlcc.jpg)
Opening Day: Three Amaryllis flower buds...
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Guttating oat grass
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Guttating oat grass field closeup
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Guttating oat grass and spider silk with scale bar
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Home on the range with scale bar
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Home on the range with scale bar: detail crop
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Insect eggs on the bottom of a basil leaf
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![A young developing amaryllis ([Hippeastrum] sp cultivar) flower just starting to emerge from its sheath. Amaryllis flowers grow on a scape, a long leafless stem, and develop inside spathes, bracts (modified leaves) that surround an inflorescence (cluster of multiple flowers). The two spathes are just starting to split open, revealing a bit of red from one of the flowers. This image was captured outside using natural light, with a reflector used to angle light on to highlight the texture of the flower bud's tip. No flowers were harmed in the production of this image.](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00002STtllhM17k/t/200/I00002STtllhM17k.jpg)
Hidden within: Amaryllis flowers peeking out
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![Three young developing amaryllis ([Hippeastrum] sp cultivar) inflorescences can be seen growing on their scapes, long leafless stems that support them. Amaryllis inflorescences contain multiple flowers that develop inside spathes, bracts (modified leaves) that surround the young flowers. The two spathes are just starting to split open on the closest flower, revealing a bit of red from one of the flowers. The two flower stalks in the background are blurred out of focus. This image was captured outside using natural light; no flowers were harmed in the production of this image.](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OeKQE41y7zw/t/200/I0000OeKQE41y7zw.jpg)
Teamwork: Three amaryllis flower stalks growing