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Smith College Botanic Garden

I discovered this location through my friends in the New England Oddities Photography Meetup group. I've gone a couple times now. Currently, this gallery has my photos from 2010,2011 annd 2012
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  • X-Ray - Business End

    X-Ray - Business End

    An early X-Ray tube on display along with a collection of X-Ray photos of flowers and plants. We're looking at the business end here.

  • X-Ray Tube - Side-on

    X-Ray Tube - Side-on

    An early X-Ray tube.

  • Pale Yellow Flowers

    Pale Yellow Flowers

    Some kind of pale yellow flowers.

  • Flower, I Cu

    Flower, I Cu

    Some kind of metal sculpture of a flower.

  • I Cu two

    I Cu two

    Another of those lovely copper flowers.

  • What a Pistil

    What a Pistil

    Very low light and tripods not allowed... shallow depth of field? Paper thin.

  • Little Apples

    Little Apples

    Ok, they're not apples - apparently, the name tag says Ardisia Crenata... common name s include "Spiceberry"

  • Greek Statue

    Greek Statue

    Looking down from on top of a greek-style statue.

  • Sad Girl

    Sad Girl

    This girl looks a bit sad, dontchyathink?

  • Tazmanian Tree Fern.

    Tazmanian Tree Fern.

    Tazmanian tree fern... seriously.

  • Purple n Green

    Purple n Green

    Some pretty little purple flowers.

  • Texture!

    Texture!

    Those leaves have a world of texture to them.

  • Purples

    Purples

    Light purple bits inside of a big purple leaf structure.

  • Pink n Green

    Pink n Green

    Kind of preppy, eh?

  • Odd Little Berries

    Odd Little Berries

    I'm horrible at plant identification, but I liked the way these berries looked.

  • Pineapple

    Pineapple

    I wonder if someone will eat it when its ready.

  • Red n Purple

    Red n Purple

    So very brightly colored.

  • Pretty Flower

    Pretty Flower

    No idea what this flower is... other than pretty.

  • Watercolor Flowers

    Watercolor Flowers

    I did some simplifying on this so it looked like a watercolor painting.

  • Leafy Lines

    Leafy Lines

    I was struck with all the strong lines here.

  • Open Wide

    Open Wide

    Looks like it's opening wide and sticking out its tongue.

  • Purple Trumpet

    Purple Trumpet

    Kind of reminds me of the business-end of a trumpet.

  • Yikes PINK!

    Yikes PINK!

    This was a VERY pink plant

  • Froggie

    Froggie

    Cute little ceramic frog in the fish pond.

  • Cousin It

    Cousin It

    This cactus reminded me of Cousin It.

  • Spike!

    Spike!

    Very spiky.

  • Nursing Cacti?

    Nursing Cacti?

    For some reason, I keep picturing this as a mother nursing its young... Somehow, I don't think cacti breast feed.

  • Lil' Urchins

    Lil' Urchins

    These cacti reminded me of little sea urchins.

  • Elephant's Foot

    Elephant's Foot

    This is a South African plant known as an Elephant's Foot.

  • Fuzzy Leaves

    Fuzzy Leaves

    I just loved the fuzzy leaves.

  • Loves the Light

    Loves the Light

    This cactus appears to love this light fixture.

  • Fire Red?

    Fire Red?

    Red flowers, red fire alarm... contented spider.

  • Gloom

    Gloom

    Slightly overcast day lent itself to a deliberately gloomy photo of the outside of the greenhouse.

  • Flowering Cacti

    Flowering Cacti

    These little cacti had some pretty bright flowers. Big ones compared to their size as well.

  • Temple of Gloom

    Temple of Gloom

    The light fixture up top kind of made this remind me of a cathedral or something.

  • Don't Fence Me In

    Don't Fence Me In

    Apparently, these little plants don't much care what side of the fence they're on - each side is equally green.

  • Mossy Fountain

    Mossy Fountain

    This fountain wasn't running, but it was still pretty.

  • Deep Purple

    Deep Purple

    Another flower I know nothing about, but it's terribly pretty.

  • Tentacles!

    Tentacles!

    This cactus reminds me of some kind of insane octopus.

  • Blue n Yellow

    Blue n Yellow

    This was just a beautiful flower. Again, no idea what it was.

  • Red n White

    Red n White

    This flower had a lot going on.

  • Cool SIgn

    Cool SIgn

    123... easy as GATC

  • Fresh Air

    Fresh Air

    The walls and light fixtures and windows were all white washed, so this glimpse of biick structure through the window looks quite colorful.

  • REALLY Purple

    REALLY Purple

    Very deep purple.

  • Yellow Bud

    Yellow Bud

    Bright yellow plant budding.

  • Color Blast

    Color Blast

    Unbelievable variety of color in this plant

  • No Touch

    No Touch

    This plant really seems to be saying "do not touch"

  • Pink Dot

    Pink Dot

    I love the pink dot on the end of the leaf.

  • Oddest Blossom

    Oddest Blossom

    This was one of the oddest plants I saw that day.

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