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| | Fried Eggs on Plants |
 | | Our most unusual specimen, seen flowering at MEMBG during May and June, is Oncoba spinosa (family Flacourtiaceae), which garden manager Rand Plewak loves to call the "fried-egg plant." Planted on an island in the recirculating stream, this small tree has branches that reach over the water to show off gorgeous white, yellow-centered flowers. |
 | | In this case, the sunny-side up eggs are actually upside-down. |
 | | At MEMBG, examples of fried eggs grade into forms with colored petals, such as the pink-flowered species of Cistus, the colorful, eye-popping poppies, and so forth. |
| www.botgard.ucla.edu /html/MEMBGNewsletter/Volume2number3/Friedeggsonplants.html (1154 words) |
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