Popcorn bush, Senna didymobotrya. Spikes of yellow flowers opening from dark, blackish brown buds.

Papyrus, Cyperus papyrus. Close cropped view of stems of papyrus.

Chinese fan palm, Livistona chinensis. Large, loose cluster of berry-like black fruits on branched stem against fan-shaped leaf.

Protea cynaroides. Single flower head part open and surrounded by layered, pink bracts with soft, white, feathery edges.

Jasmine. Close view of white flowers of Jasminum polyanthum.

Cow horn, Euphorbia grandicornis. Close view of tiny yellow flowers growing along edges of spiny, fleshy leaves.

New caledonian pine, Araucaria columnaris. Close view of multiple cord-like branchlets covered in pointed, overlapping, scale-like leaves.

Fleshy, red fruit of Yew, Taxus baccata.

Fleshy, red fruit of Yew, Taxus baccata.

Flower spikes of lavender, Lavandula angustifolia Blue Cushion.

Heliconius hecale zuleika butterfly feeding on clustered white flowers of Lantana camara

Water lily. Close cropped detail of Giant water lily Victoria cruziana showing textured surface beneath water and curved rim of growing leaf.