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These beautiful Fortnight Lilies, also called African Irises, are easy to find scattered all over campus. Use the "previous" and "next" links below to control the slideshow.
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This striking Bamboo Orchid grows in UCLA's Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden.
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The botanical garden has a surprise guest. This 3-to-4-inch-long crawdad was spotted crawling along the edge of the garden's recirculating creek.
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A tree near the Student Activities Center shows off its blooms.
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The stripey bark of a Mindinao Gum Tree in the botanical garden reflects an eye-catching palette of colors.
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A crouching squirrel seeks refuge in Lantana.
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Squirrels and crawdads aren't the only wildlife on campus. These visitors enjoy a game of dodge ball Tuesday in front of Glorya Kaufman Hall.
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Japanese Lanterns droop lazily in the afternoon sun in the botanical garden.
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These aloe form a tangle of squiggly, spiny succulents and enliven a sunny section of desert at the botanical garden.
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Swirling masses of purple Snail Vine flowers decorate a vine-covered fence around the University Lab School.
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A dragonfly rests delicately on a plant and brings a splash of color to the botanical garden.
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Purple flowers with their fuzzy red buds vie for space with white roses west of the Anderson School of Management.
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Turtles stretch their necks to catch the summer sun by a creek in the botanical garden.
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For people who don't share the turtles' love of sun, a shaded bench under this Seussian-looking Dragon Tree provides a cool respite in the desert garden.
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Sunny-side-up flowers border a staircase between an engineering building and Ackerman Union.
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Vivid orange Clivia grow in several places on campus.
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These orange Day Lilies grow behind Anderson.
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A stand of bamboo growing in the botanical garden filters in light, and apparently serves as a tempting place to carve your name. Resist the temptation!
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Pink Amaryllis, with the amusing common name of Naked Lady, in the botanical garden.
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This sea hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus), a lemon-petaled flower with a dark center, merits a glance or two from visitors to the botanical garden.
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Atop the new Bombshelter, a low-water rooftop garden basks in the sun, with flowered Blue Chalk Sticks stretching upward.
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These unusually deep purple "Dark Storm" Agapanthus blooms grow on the north side of the Mathematical Sciences Building.
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A Surinam Powder Puff tree puts out a pink ball of a bloom in the botanical garden.
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Lantana, here in cheerful yellow and pink, can be spotted in various colors across campus.
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These towering Agapanthus steal the spotlight from some attractively layered hedges. The purple flowers stand more than five feet tall. Perhaps Bruins in the nearby botany building lent a hand.
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A budding cactus flower in the botanical garden.
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Honeysuckle mingles sociably with Morning Glory on the west side of Anderson.
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This Distictis red trumpet vine grows on a fence bordering the practice golf course north of the soccer field.
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A starry Columbine in the botanical garden.
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Pink Angel's Trumpet grow like lanterns from a tree in the botanical garden.
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A Paradise Moon Hibiscus is the star in one corner the botanical garden.
