Plant World:Butter bean or Yellow Bean

Butter Beans or Yellow beans
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Is a Yellow colored bean often called yellow beans,Butter beans or yellow wax bean is a common bean grown worldwide  for its taste and color.the skin of the fresh pod of the yellow bean has tiny hairs that feels a little rough.The hairs also cling on to hair, soil, and dust.It has a waxy texture with a little bit of sweetness.And has a classic bean taste, that can  also be eaten raw, fried, cooked, or for making

That plant has a leave
made up of three
heart shaped leaves.
the yellow pods if left
on the plant will dry 
and produce big black
seeds or beans.It's 
strange yellow 
color makes it a 
attractive looking bean.It is rich in protein,sugars, calcium,vitamin C and
fiber.
Greenhouse 
Image on theLeft:
Yellow beans or butter beans can clearly be seen why  they have they name.
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Image below:Close up of a yellow or butter bean

Yellow beans.....

Butter beans.....

Yellow bean or butter bean flower

Flowers

Yellow bean or butter bean plant

Plant World:Watermelon

WaterMelon
(Citrullus lanatus)
Is a plant in the Cucurbitaceae family, which produces 
Large green fruits with  Sweet, juicy,Red edible fresh.
Originated form South Africa,it is one of the most common 
types of melon.The watermelon has been grown for its 
sweet red juicy fresh which is the best  thing to eat in summer.
The Fresh Colors ranges from Yellow, Red, Pink, and orange.
The fruit has Thin green skin with Dark Green stripes.
Skin color ranges form Light Green With Dark Green stripes, 
Dark Green with no stripes, Dark green with very dark stripes.
In China, Watermelons are mostly hybrids so they are 
seedless and are larger than other watermelons.China also 
grow a small and medium size watermelons which are the 
normal varieties,which have Light green with Drak Green stripes  
They Often Have dark green skin with very dark green 
stripes or Completely very Dark green on the entire fruit.
The Fruit Is So heavy, that The Plant has to place the 
fruit on the ground to grow.In Result, the part of the 
watermelon skin which is facing the ground is yellow.
The plant has separate male and female flowers just 
 like other plants of the Cucurbitaceae family.In Japan, 
a Framers grow Triangular,square, watermelons 
sometimes with faces on them!The farmers grow them
 by putting a cubic a  triangular glass around the 
developing fruit.The Cubic or triangular glass may 
also have faces in order to make the watermelons 
in the shape. In Taiwan Watermelons are Large  
and Oval with light skin and dark green stripes.
Another variety in Taiwan is a medium size oval dark 
green skin with very Dark stripes known as "Black Beauty
watermelon of Taiwan".Also a Light green with faint stripes variety
can be found.The worldwide variety is the light green skin 
with Dark Green Stripe watermelon.
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Fact!
A watermelon contains about 6% sugar and 92% water by weight.
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Wikipedia watermelon

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Nutrition information

Watermelon, raw (edible parts)

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy	127 kJ (30 kcal)
Carbohydrates	7.55 g
- Sugars	6.2 g
- Dietary fiber	0.4 g
Fat	0.15 g
Protein	0.61 g
Water	91.45 g
Vitamin A equiv.	28 μg (3%)
Thiamine (Vit. B1)	0.033 mg (3%)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2)	0.021 mg (1%)
Niacin (Vit. B3)	0.178 mg (1%)
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.221 mg (4%)
Vitamin B6	0.045 mg (3%)
Folate (Vit. B9)	3 μg (1%)
Vitamin C	8.1 mg (14%)
Calcium	7 mg (1%)
Iron	0.24 mg (2%)
Magnesium	10 mg (3%)
Phosphorus	11 mg (2%)
Potassium	112 mg (2%)
Zinc	0.10 mg (1%)

Images and  variety gallery
Strange yellow skin watermelon Known as 
Diana watermelons.




Yellow Fresh watermelon



Taiwan watermelons
Black beauty watermelon of Taiwan

 Black beauty watermelon of Taiwan(Yellow fresh type)   

                       

Light Green Skin Watermelon of Taiwan



China watermelons


Black Watermelons

 Black Watermelon

 Black Watermelon

 Black Watermelon skin

Black Watermelon flesh

Black Watermelon flesh

Watermelons
Square watermelons from Japan



Triangular Watermelons(Japan)(With face)
 

Heart shape watermelon

   


Conjoined watermelons



Watermelon Plant


Male Flower            Flowers

Female flower

Ordinary Watermelon

Mini China Watermelons

Watermelon skin

Plant World:How To Grow Air Plants

How to Grow Air plants
Air Plants are very easy to grow and grows slowly.
In the Wild, air plants have roots that cling on to the tree for support.The roots don't suck nutrients from the host,but only for support!.The roots also DON"T suck water. Instead The leaves absorb water,sunlight and nutrients!!!They like humid and shady places but have no problem growing in sunny conditions too! The best thing to do is to spray mist on your air plant using Mineral water.If you are growing the Air plant Direct sunlight,Spray mist or give it a bath and let it dry out  every 2 days.They grow slowly and will only flower after one or 3 years(depending on your air plant size).
If the conditions right,your air plant will flower in spring to summer after it if one or two years old.small ones grow faster and will flower every year in spring to summer at a certain age.The mother plant dies after flowering,but it produces 12-1 buds that pop out of the dying mother plant which are called"pups".Each  "Pups" will grow bigger and bigger until it becomes a new air plant!!If the conditions are right,The "Pups" 
will flower next year in spring and will also produce "pups" of their own."pups" look like bulbs that stick out of the mother plant.The plant doesn't need to flower to produce "pups".It can produce it anytime in its life.But mostly, Air Plants Produce "pups"when the mother plant flowers,or dies.
 Organic Gardening
Here is an image of how a "Pup"  looks like(Non flowering and flowering mother image):

Plant World:Air Plant

Air Plant
(Tillandsia species)
Air Plant is a Genus of over 600 species which is related to the Bromeliaceae Family which also includes the Pineapple!!It  is found in in the forest and Trees in the 
forests, mountains, and deserts, of Central and South America, and Mexico and the southern United States in North America.Also found in street trees parks.e.t.c. Big species live in the forest live in swamp forest  in Florida,South America, and Central America.Tillandsia species are often known as Air plants.They are not parasitic depending only on the host for support.Water, nutrients and sunlight are all absorbed form  the leaves. The roots are used as anchors only. They are one of the most strangest plants in the world with roots that only are used for clinging on to the plant.They are covered with silver hairs to reflect the Intense Tropical sunlight.After flowering,the whole mother plant dies while the mother plant may send 12 to one bulb-like shoots or "pups" that pop out of the mother plant and continue to grow and multiply.The mother plant also produce seeds that grow into new air plants too.
Links:Wikepdia-Air Plant
Types(Wikepdia)
Gardening
Images and species:
Air Plant Gardern and Varieties(click the image to see Up close!)   

 

Known as the "King of Air Plants"  Tillandsia xerographica,is one of the biggest air plants in the world and also has impressive siver leaves and bright orange yellow flowers.It lives in The central America and Mexico
 
Flowers of the Tillandsia xerographica. 
  
Spanish moss(Tillandsia usneoides)
is actually a type of air plant! it thrives in the Oak trees
in the south eastern United states
Links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_moss(Incl-udes a story)
Up close of a Spanish Moss
(Notice that the leaves are connected to a plant...


Spanish Moss gorwing in a tree

Spanish Moss

Fruit with winged seeds

Wild Air plants growing in the forest swamps of Florida


Ordinary common type(Tillandsia aeranthos)