What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
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October 2007
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Epidendrum scriptum No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Central America

		The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle fam- ily is because of recent taxonomic work one of the most confusing families I have encountered. The most recent published work (Heywood) gives the number of genera as 12 and the number of species as about 250. It has traditionally been placed in order Dipsacales and is closely related to the Valerianaceae. Some well known genera such as Viburnum and Sambucus have been moved out of the family either to Adoxaceae or to families of their own. Restricted to the northern temperate regions, it is a family of mostly shrubs and viney species with a few her- baceous ones. The leaves are typically opposite and estipulate, and the flowers are tubular and funnel- or bell-shaped, usually with five outwardly spreading lobes, while the fruits are most often ber- ries or drupes. The family's best known members are the honeysuckles. A num- ber of species have edible fruits.
Symphoricarpos albus White snowberry Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family) California

Casuarina torulosa Forest she-oak Casuarinaceae (She-oak family) Eastern Australia

Acacia iteaphylla Willow-leaf wattle Fabaceae (Pea family) South Australia

Vigna marina Beach pea Fabaceae (Pea family) Tropical Africa, Australasia, Caribbean, Mesoamerica

Cycas circinalis Queen sago Cycadaceae (Cycad family) Equatorial Africa

Brassia hybrid No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Cattleya portia var. coerulea No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Central America

Laeliocattleya hybrid No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Celtis caucasica Hackberry Ulmaceae (Elm family) Caucasus, West Asia

Brassolaeliocattleya Bryce Canyon 'Splendiferous' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Epidendrum conopseum X Brassolaelia 'Richard Mueller' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

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