Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on February 10 2016, by Matt Newman
Flurries outside, sparks of burgundy and sunshine yellow inside. The Indian clock vine is creating elegant chandeliers in the Conservatory’s Aquatic House.
Indian clock vine (Thunbergia mysorensis) in the Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on January 13 2014, by Ann Rafalko
I have always wondered which attribute of this beautiful vine caused people to start calling it the “clock vine.” If anyone knows, please tell us in the comments below!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Thunbergia mysorensis
In the Aquatic Plants Gallery of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on February 2 2012, by Matt Newman
Also known as the Indian clock vine, brick and butter, and the lady’s slipper vine. I suppose the moniker is up to the imagination of the viewer.
Thunbergia mysorensis — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen