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Yellow fringed orchid, Platanthera ciliaris, is a terrestrial orchid native to eastern North America. It grows in acidic bogs, wet meadows, pine barrens, savannas, and other open, moist habitats, producing a summer spike of vivid yellow-orange flowers with deeply fringed lips. The flowers are pollin...
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a perennial milkweed native to prairies, open woodlands, and meadows across eastern and southern North America. It is easily identified by its bright, flat-topped clusters of vibrant orange flowers that bloom throughout the summer. Unlike other milkweed species...
Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis), also called jewelweed, is a native North American annual of moist woods, wetlands, and streambanks. It bears pendant orange flowers spotted with reddish-brown on translucent, watery stems. The plant is known for its explosively dehiscent seed capsules that...
Café del tiempo is a Spanish iced coffee preparation associated particularly with Valencia. It is typically served as freshly made espresso accompanied by a glass containing ice and a slice or piece of citrus, allowing the drinker to pour the coffee over the ice. Lemon is common, although orange may...
Orange hawkweed, Hieracium aurantiacum, is a perennial herb in the daisy family, native to Europe and introduced to North America and other regions. It forms a basal rosette of hairy leaves and usually sends up a leafless, hairy flowering stem topped by clusters of vivid orange to reddish-orange flo...
Natsudaidai, also called the Japanese summer orange or natsumikan, is a citrus plant known botanically as Citrus natsudaidai. It was first cultivated in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, and produces aromatic yellow or orange fruit that matures on the tree into the following year; the fruit is also repre...
Crocosmia is a genus of corm-forming perennial plants in the iris family, Iridaceae, native to southern Africa. The plants produce narrow, arching leaves and branched stems bearing brightly coloured, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers. Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora is a widely grown garden hybrid r...
Trumpet vine is the common name for Campsis radicans, a deciduous, woody perennial climber native to the eastern and southeastern United States. It attaches with aerial rootlets and produces clusters of long, trumpet-shaped orange to red flowers in summer. The flowers provide nectar for hummingbirds...
Montbretia is a traditional name associated with Crocosmia, especially the garden hybrid Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora. These cormous perennials produce narrow, sword-shaped leaves and branching sprays of warm-colored flowers, commonly orange, red, or yellow, during summer. The plants spread through un...
Marigold commonly refers to annual flowering plants in the genus Tagetes, which is native to the Americas. The plants have divided, aromatic foliage and produce rounded flower heads in yellow, orange, red, or bicolored patterns. Tagetes species are widely cultivated as bedding plants, container plan...
