The Phytophactor

With so many summer flowers withering in the heat and drought, it stands to reason that the only flowers that are looking good are aquatics....

Wow, almost missed the fact that today is a Friday, and that just wouldn't do, would it? Here's another denizen of our glasshouse, o...

In a shady tropical grotto of our greenhouse, a number of tropical plants thrive, and one of most handsome is the blue ginger ( Dichorisandr...

Well, just like that the Phactor is two days late on posting a new fabulous flower. How does that happen? Milkweeds are much under appreciat...

Several varieties of spiderwort ( Tradescantia , named after a botanist of the 1600s) are flowering in our gardens, and they are quite charm...

Well, a day late and a dollar short, but that's because the Phactor was on the road, on the town, and out of touch. Here's a nifty ...

The Phactor does not object to taxonomists who attempt to correctly classify organisms, however it nonetheless is annoying when a taxon and ...

As the garden season winds down there are fewer choices for Friday's fabulous flower, but then a favorite plant decided to bloom, so her...