Floridata's Wallpaper Picture Gallery

Picture Gallery

Welcome! Each week we add new photographs of plants, gardens, and landscapes to Floridata's Picture Gallery. You are invited to download these for use in your projects, reports and documents. Note that all images are copyrighted by Floridata.com LC and may not be used for commercial purposes without permission.

Most are approximately 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels in height.
Last update: 02/06/02

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	Roseate Spoonbill Mark photographed this immature roseate spoonbill as he was taking a break from feeding in the shallows of the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge to preen it's feathers. "Looks are everything" when scores of wading and shore bird species migrate to sunny Florida for the winter mating season! This pink hotie will warm up your computer desktop! Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)68 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 61 sec.
Plants & Flowers
	American Beautyberry One of autumn's most colorful characters is the beautyberry (Callicarpa americana). The shiny metallic purple beautyberries are a treat to look at but not to eat - unless you're a hungry bird discovering them in midwinter! Treat yourself now and download them to jazz up your computer desktop. Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)152 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 55 sec.
	Gloriosa Lily Wonderfully weird, fantastic of form and brilliantly beautiful, the gorgeous gloriosa lily (Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana') is a tropical treat that I treasure in the garden and enjoy as wallpaper on my computer desktop. - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)145 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 55 sec.
	Tiger Swallowtail on Garlic Chives This beautiful butterfly, the tiger swallowtail, is dining on a pretty plant called garlic chives (Allium tuberosum). They taste good (the chives not the butterfly :-), are easy to grow and the flowers have the scent of violets. They're also pretty as a picture - wallpaper them onto your computer desktop. Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)144 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 52 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Moonflower (Ipomoea alba) The moonflower vine is a close cousin to the morning glory and might just as well be called the evening glory. But because its huge, pure white flowers appear at day's end and virtually glow in the nighttime darkness it's easy to see how they acquired their common name. You'll enjoy a full moon arising on your computer desktop if you download this pic for wallpaper! - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)107 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 39 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Yellow Ginger Lily Dave Skinner, Floridata's expert on gingers and related species, gave me a start of this Hedychium 'Sherry Baby' two seasons ago. A couple of weeks ago it burst forth for the first time with these beautiful blushing blooms. What a knockout! Thanks Dave! - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)112 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 41 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Pitcherplant Leaf This is a closeup side view of the containerlike leaf of the white pitcherplant (Sarracenia leucophylla). Further down this page there is a photo of this plant in its habitat . This image is from Mark's carnivorous plant collection. Click to download (this image is 400x600): (JPEG format)60 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 22 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 0.7 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 3-4 minutes.
	Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula This flytrap is enjoying a dinner of fresh caught bug. While I'm not partial to insects, I feel kinda sorry for the little fellow! (Actually we suspect that this dinner was Mark's treat...) photo by Mark Harris April 2001 Click to download: (JPEG format)105 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 38 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.47 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Mandevilla Mandevilla x amoena 'Alice du Pont' Speeding past a Tallahassee motel I caught sight of an incredible curtain of brilliant pink flowers draped from a sabal palm. I returned a few days later to identify the vine as a Mandevilla hybrid called 'Alice du Pont'. All summer long Alice adorns herself with huge racemes (flower clusters) each composed of 10 to 20 flowers. What a babe! - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)173 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 63 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Scrambling Sky Flower Vine I've grown this tender tropical vine in Zone 8 for many years. Every winter it gets clobbered by freezes and every spring it pops right back. Starting in May it cranks out tons of these big blue trumpet flowers and continues until frost. It is Thunbergia battiscombei. Temperate zone gardeners can grow it in containers where it is quit comfortable. The scramblin' sky flower vine is extremely easy and beneficently (I got a new thesaurus) beautiful and I recommend it - try some if you see it offered. - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)127 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 50 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) Mark photographed this exquisite magnolia blossom as it posed just a few feet about the ground. This particular tree thrives within a hundred yards of the salty Apalachee Bay here in North Florida. These versatile beauties can survive and thrive in sand and swamp, wetland and woodland, and even in hostile parking lot and urban plantings! Invite the southern magnolia into your garden so it can astound you with its evergreen beauty and charm. - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)123 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 45 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Luffa Gourd Vine I fertilized this luffa (Luffa aegyptiaca) gourd vine with some of my famous dog compost and now it is dominating the fenceline. The luffa is known as "vegetable sponge" and is often overpriced at health food stores. Fueled by all that dog poop, my luffa vines should produce many gourd sponges by October. If they do, I will take pictures of them and write a luffa Profile for our Plant Encyclopedia (note 10/22/01: they did and Steve did the luffa profile). I will also use this ample and inexpensive supply of mildly abrasive vegetable fiber bathing accessory to provide supple, vibrant, touchability to my skin which will radiate a healthy inner glow. - Jack And here is the poem that I made to go with the picture: The lively luffa leaps the fence in quick accelerations, While tossing twirling tendrils in drunken celebration. Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)118 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 43 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
Scenery

	First Day of Summer It was late afternoon on the first day of summer when I noticed the catfish pond at Floridune take on magical glow. Such a stunningly singular sight to see the setting sun spark a superbly scintillating summer solstice scene. (yes, i'm an alliterate idiot who just wasted 15 minutes writing that but the picture is pretty you should download it to wallpaper your desktop) - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)188 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 68 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Jack's Duck Boys These two mallards are the last of two dozen ducklings that I raised several years ago. Some were eaten by varmints, and some joined flocks of wild ducks and flew off. Although they make the summertime duck circuit to points north in the summer, these guys have reliably returned to Floridune for the past several years. This handsome pair is collectively known as the Duck Boys and they excel at mooching/stealing cracked corn from the neighbors. They are seen here relaxing among the bald cypress, tupelo and yaupon holly of a flooded sinkhole called the Cypress Pond. Update 12/10/02: unfortunately Duck Boy #1 disappeared in February 2002 leaving his buddy visibly lonely and depressed until May 2002 when #2 also went missing. Both are believed to have been eaten by a hungry hawk family that moved in that spring. RIP Duck Boys. Jack Scheper March 2001 Click to download: (JPEG format)187 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 68 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.47 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
Critters
	Snowy Egret On The Hunt Mark took this beautiful shot of a solitary Snowy Egret, bathed in the soft evening light of fall, along the Black Point Wildlife Drive inside the Florida's Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)88 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 32 sec.
	Great Egret Here is a gorgeous shot from Mark Harris of the beautiful great egret (formerly called the American egret). This individual is sporting its mating plumage - in the early half of the last century the egret's plumes were coveted decorations for ladies' hats. The species was almost wiped out in Florida to supply the demand. It is now threatened, by among other things, loss of habitat. Click to download (this image is 391x600): (JPEG format)78 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 29 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 690 kbytes; download time at 28KBS is 2-3 minutes.
	Burrowing Owl On A Post This burrowing owl relaxes upon one leg while enjoying a sunbath at the end of a long day. Mark Harris March 2001 Click to download: (JPEG format)50k kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 19 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 713 kbytes; download time at 28KBS is 3-4 minutes.
	American Bald Eagle Mark Harris photographed this bald eagle flying ahead of a gathering summer thunderstorm. March 2001 Click to download: (JPEG format)56.3 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 21 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.2 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Ant Lion With Prey Mark photographed this ant lion eating a bug. Although it's of an ugly critter eating another ugly critter it is an unexpectedly beautiful image - really! Download it and see what I mean. - Jack Click to download (this image is 800x600): (JPEG format)165 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 60 sec.
	Snowy Egret A Snowy Egret concentrates on the task at hand while hunting small fish among the rocks in a jetty at Titusville Florida. A Snowy Egret is distinguishable from other members of the egret family by its yellow feet. Mark Harris February 2001 Click to download: (JPEG format)48 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 18 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 1.4 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6-7 minutes.
	Elephant Seals Mark caught these female elephant seals in the middle of a wrestling match. They came ashore on this California beach for the mating season and seem to be burning off excess energy as they wait for the boys to arrive. Mark Harris November 2000 Click to download: (JPEG format)58.4 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 22 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. 703 kbytes; download time at 28KBS is 3-4 minutes.
	Baby Redwing Blackbird Mark Harris September 2000 Click to download: Baby Redwing Blackbird (JPEG format) 54.5 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 20 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. Baby Redwing Blackbird 1.3 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6 to 7 minutes.
	Bald Eagles Haliaeetus leucocephalus Mark Harris August 2000 Click to download: Bald Eagles (JPEG format) 97.4 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 36 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. Bald Eagles 1.3 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6 to 7 minutes.
	Burrowing Owls Speotyto cunicularia Mark Harris August 2000 Click to download: Burrowing Owls (JPEG format) 42.6 kbytes - download time at 28KBS is about 23 sec. Download this .BMP version to use as "wallpaper" on PC computer desktops. Burrowing Owls 1.2 mbytes; download time at 28KBS is 6 to 7 minutes.