Description: Original illustration of a large pink lotus blossom with a yellow center. The technically term is Nelumbo nucifera, but it has many common names such as Indian Lotus, the Sacred Lotus, and the Bean of India. It's one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It's is an aquatic perennial, but not a waterlily.
Description: My illustration of the fascinating pink-orange shrimp plant. Justicia brandegeeana commonly known as the shrimp plant is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. The flowers are the white part and look like the end of the tail. They extend from layers of red bracts, which look like the tail.
Description: Original illustration of a Tacca chantrieri, commonly known as the Bat Flower. The common name comes from the fact that is it looks like a bat’s face or a bat in flight. Coloring varies from maroon to brown to black, but there is also a white species. The flowers have long whiskers trailing downward from the center. The triangular parts in the center will open into smaller flowers, which make the plant look rather creepy to me. I read these are popular garden flowers, but there is very little information about them. They may or may not be orchids. -- But they are pretty cool.
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