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NEW! Beauty of Botany Educational Posters The Botany Art and Photo Studio offers samples of its output for sale through the Studio. Posters are produced one at a time in the Studio, using archival pigmented inks on premium semi-gloss paper. Prints have a generous margin for framing (approximate image size is noted with each poster). Prices include shipping (Fed Ex, tube). Presently we only sell via our order form. New items will be added to this page at intervals. Proceeds fund the UW-Botany Studio's educational outreach projects.

CLASSROOM POSTERS
	Tropical Rain Forest poster features species growing in the UW-Botany Greenhouses. It serves as a brief introduction to the diversity of shape and color found in tropical plants.Text by UW-Botany Greenhouses and Garden Director Mo Fayyaz briefly describes tropical plant communities. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 24x36.
	Desert Plants poster shows the wonderful diversity of form and color of arid-region plant species in the UW-Botany "Hot House." Text by UW-Botany Greenhouses and Garden Director Mo Fayyaz defines desert conditions and how plants have adapted to them. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 24x36.
	Carnivorous Plants poster captures the unique forms and colors of insect-eating plants that are residents in the UW-Botany Greenhouse "bog place". Text by UW-Botany Greenhouses and Garden Director Mo Fayyaz briefly explains the modifications and natural history of these plants. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 24x36.
	Wisconsin Prairie Wildflowers, a selection of colorful blooms from the UW-Madison Arboretum prairies. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 13x19.
	Morels poster shows the structure of this prized edible mushroom and briefly discusses its natural history. Illustration by Kandis Elliot. 13x19.
	Mycorrhizal Fungi poster illustrates the natural history of fungi (here, an amanita mushroom) and their beneficial relationship with the roots of plants. Text by Diane Derouen, UW-Botany laboratory manager; illustration by Kandis Elliot. 13x19.
	Artichoke is a re-drafted poster prepared from an historical botanical illustration (the flower) and a modern photograph (the bud). Elements of the illustration were reworked to create a blended style that is both visually pleasing and botanically informative. Illustration by Kandis Elliot. 13x19.

ARBORETUM FLOWERS AND SCENES
	Aureolaria grandiflora, large-flowered yellow false foxglove. Photos by Claudia Lipke, layout by Kandis Elliot. 13x19.
	Symphyorichum oolentangiense (Aster azureus), sky-blue aster. Photos by Claudia Lipke, layout by Kandis Elliot 13x19.
	Angelica atropurpurea, common great angelica. Photos by Claudia Lipke, layout by Kandis Elliot. 13x19.
	Dalea candida, Dalea purpurea, white and purple prairie-clovers. Photos by Claudia Lipke and Kandis Elliot, layout by Kandis Elliot. 13x19.
	Wild Roses. Photos by Claudia Lipke, layout by Kandis Elliot. 13x19.
	Orchids. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 13x19.
	Silphiums. A collage of the most symbolic flowers of the prairie: Compass Plant, Prairie Dock, Cup plant and Rosinweed. Photos by Claudia Lipke and Kandis Elliot, layout by Kandis Elliot. 13x19.
	Green Prairie, UW-Madison Arboretum. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 24x36.
	Autumn Prairie, UW-Madison Arboretum. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 24x36

SEASONS ON CAMPUS
	Snowy day on Bascom Hill, UW-Madison campus. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 13x19.
	Crocus in early spring on the south side of Birge Hall, UW-Madison campus. Each year these little flowers repeat a welcome display for winter-weary eyes. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 13x19.
	Bur Oak below the Human Ecology building shades a bench and woodland flower garden featuring a surprising number of species in this little space. The oak was planted around 1930 as a 10-inch diameter tree. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 13x19.
	Frost coats the harbingers of spring in the new Botany Garden. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 13x19.
	Spring in full bloom in the new Botany Garden. Photos and layout by Claudia Lipke. 13x19.

THE TITAN ARUM

The UW-Botany department has raised 3 Amorphophallus titanum bulbs to flowering, a rare event for this rare and endangered species. Kandis Elliot creates a memorial photopainting for each bloom. See our new Posters page for other Arum posters.

big bucky

Big Bucky. This was the first Amorphophallus titanum to bloom at the UW-Madison, in 2001. It set records for height of both inflorescence and infructescence. This illustration portrays the growth stages, bloom, leaf and fruit, and includes a map of the arum's native habitat, Sumatra. It also shows the full Moon, under which the arum began to open its record-setting bloom. Illustration by Kandis Elliot. 20x24.

Titan Two

Titan Two was the second titan arum to bloom at the UW-Madison, in 2002. This portrait includes an infrared image showing the mammal-like heat generated by the plant. Illustration by Kandis Elliot. 20x24.

Little stinker

Little Stinker was the last of the UW-Madison's three Amorphophallus titanum bulbs to bloom, in 2004. It was the smallest, but most ornate of the UW's arums. Illustration by Kandis Elliot. 20x24.

twin titans

The Twin Titans. Both Big Bucky and Titan Two bloomed for their second times in 2005, just a few weeks apart. This portrait of the two arums shows the genetic difference between these sister arums. The second blooms for both were nearly identical in size and appearance to their first blooms. Illustration by Kandis Elliot. 20x24.

little stinker 07

Little Stinker blooms again. Our smallest and cutest titan arum bloomed for its second time in July 2007. Morning sunshine filled its bell with light. Illustration by Kandis Elliot. 20x24.

This site was updated September 17, 2008

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