A watercolor impression of Heliconia estherae
from a photograph by Axel Dalberg Poulsen, a tropical forest botanist studying
the taxonomy and evolution of gingers.
Heliconia estherae is now known in the wild in only two municipalities in Columbia; Dr. Poulsen's photograph was taken in the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
We may not be a tropical zone here in Massachusetts,
but the daylight is lengthening:
Do you ever use SunriseSunset.com to make a free calendar for your specific location? I often do, and since it is up to the user how many types of information are included, I ask for lots of things. The last one here - "Len" - is length of daylight.
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