#botany
#thicktrunktuesday 🌲🌲
This is a thick bark Tuesday photo. Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) grows in a limited region on the #NorCal coast. Its deeply crevassed bark makes a home for #insects and #spiders.
#trees of #California #nature #botany
Alt: deeply ridged gray bark of a pine tree
Soybean is an important edible oil for #consumer and industry markets. Here, Cai et al reveal a locus underlying variation in #seed oil content in #soybean, laying the foundation for improving oil content and composition.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13561
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #CropSci #PlantScience #botany
Successful #pollination➡️fertilization➡️#seed production➡️#FoodSecurity.
Guo et al. find out how SD-RLK28 positively regulates #pollen hydration on dry #stigmas in #Arabidopsis in this #JIPB #OpenAccess paper.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13547
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #CropSci #agriculture #PlantScience #botany
The Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission Report is a free weekly newsletter covering topics related to growing plants in space.
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This week we've got new NASA-funded space botany projects, edible insects and mountains of regolith!
https://emmadoughty.substack.com/p/gardeners-of-the-galaxy-mission-report-3d9
Test your #botany / #tree / #forest knowledge.
Do you recognize the tree? (grows in Europe)
Click the link to find out if you were right! If not: please do reply with the tree species you thought it was!
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https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Libanon_ceder__Cedrus_libani__Cedar_of_Lebanon__Libanon-Zeder__Cedre_du_Liban.html
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Valse christusdoorn (Gleditsia triacanthos), vruchtjong https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Valse_christusdoorn__Gleditsia_triacanthos__Honeylocust__Falscher_Christusdorn--Dreidornige_Gleditschie__Fevier_dAmerique.html
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Simultaneous Profiling of Chromatin Accessibility and DNA Methylation in Complete Plant Genomes Using Long-Read Sequencing
Current chromatin profiling techniques relying on short-read sequencing technologies fail to characterise highly repetitive genomic regions and cannot detect multiple chromatin features simultaneously. Leduque et al. performed Simultaneous Accessibility and DNA Methylation Sequencing (SAM-seq) of purified plant nuclei.
Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests
Deep inside a forest in Oregon’s Willamette Valley stands a dead “Tree of Life.” Its foliage, normally soft and green, is tough and brown or missing altogether. Nonetheless, the tree’s reddish bark, swooping branches and thick, conical base identify it as the Pacific Northwest’s iconic western red cedar.
Test your #botany / #tree / #forest knowledge.
Do you recognize the tree? (grows in Europe)
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https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Witte_abeel__Populus_alba__European_whitepoplar__Silberpappel__Peuplier_blanc.html
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Zeeden (Pinus pinaster), blad-leaf-blatt-feuille-hoja https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Zeeden__Pinus_pinaster__Maritime_pine__Igel-Kiefer__Pin_maritime.html
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Oceanic Island Bats as Flower visitors and pollinators (OA)
Oceanic islands are relatively poor in insects compared to mainland areas. Therefore, insect-eating island birds and lizards may include other food sources into their diet, e.g. nectar and pollen. Valido & Olesen explore if insect-eating island bats face a similar problem and accordingly join the birds and lizards and incorporate plant resources into their diet.
How Pitcher Plant Evolved with Tenfold Genomic Wealth
A new study by Würzburg botanist Kenji Fukushima shows the role of subgenome dominance for plants in the evolutionary development of special traits, such as a carnivorous lifestyle.
I came to UC Davis to learn plant breeding. Despite the fact the pandemic continues and despite the fact that I've explicitly stated that I need equitable online options in order to participate, I continue to be left out of the UC Davis Plant Breeding Retreat.
The vicious ableism at UC Davis, part of a university system I have paid for all of my adult life, has narrowed my academic & career options.
Trehalose: A sugar molecule involved in temperature stress management in plants (OA)
Raza et al. discuss the functions of Trehalose in mitigating temperature stress—highlighting genetic engineering approaches to modify Tre metabolism, crosstalk, and interactions with other molecules—and in-silico approaches for identifying novel Trehalose-encoding genes in diverse plant species.
Plant Fungus Has Been Caught in an Evolutionary Leap
Evolution is unfolding all around us as species tussle to survive or find ways to coexist, but it's still a relatively rare privilege to stumble across examples of life in the wild adapting right before our eyes. So you can imagine researchers' surprise when they realized a genus of fungi appears to be straddling the biological boundaries ecologists have long used to describe them.
From metropolis to wilderness: Uncovering pollen collecting behavior in urban and wild sweat bees (Halictus ligatus) ($)
Brant & Dunlap used classic ethological techniques to document and quantify pollen collecting behavior common sweat bee species, Halictus ligatus, residing in both urban and exurban habitats, and assess the role of environmental factors on behavioral differences.
Deaccessioning of the Non-Manx Herbarium in the Natural History Collection, Manx Museum
The Manx Museum, part of Manx National Heritage, is both the national museum and part of the National Trust of the Isle of Man, which is technically not a part of the UK, it is a Crown Dependency.
Bittere wilg (Salix purpurea), bloem-flower-blume-fleur-flor https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Bittere_wilg__Salix_purpurea__Purple_willow__Purpur-weide__Saule-pourpre.html
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🌱 Exploring the Influence of Phloem Resistance on Root System Architecture
https://botany.one/2023/11/exploring-the-influence-of-phloem-resistance-on-root-system-architecture/
#Botany #PlantScience
Modeling early warning signs of possible Amazon Forest dieback ($)
Deforestation of the Amazon may reach a critical point where abrupt declines in rainfall could cause widespread forest dieback.
#books shipping to new homes this morning
#Bookselling #bookstodon #ArtBooks #ExhibitionCatalog #AnselmKiefer #LangstonHughes #AfricanAmerican #Tonga @Queen #Royalty #botany #plants #CaptainCook
Climat : les plantes absorbent plus de CO2 que prévu
English auto translation: Climate: plants absorb more CO2 than expected https://botany.fyi/9AHTvH?b1
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Do you recognize the tree? (grows in Europe)
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https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Amandelwilg__Salix_triandra__Almond-leaved_willow__Immerbluhende_Mandelweide__Saule-Amandier.html
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Amandelwilg (Salix triandra), ecology https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Amandelwilg__Salix_triandra__Almond-leaved_willow__Immerbluhende_Mandelweide__Saule-Amandier.html
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The G-protein β subunit AGB1 represses abscisic acid signaling via attenuation of the MPK3-VIP1 phosphorylation cascade in Arabidopsis ($)
Although phenotypic analyses of Gβ (AGB1) mutants have implicated G proteins in abscisic acid (ABA) signaling, the AGB1-mediated modules for ABA signaling remain unclear. Xu et al. found that an AGB1 portion was localized to nucleus.
Waipā's Maungatautari to Mt Pirongia environmental project hits a milestone
Farmers, iwi and other volunteers and conservation workers are celebrating the two-year anniversary of an ecological corridor project that is enhancing wildlife and biodiversity. The initiative called the Taiea te Taiao project in Te Awamutu, would link Maungatautari and Mt Pirongia by planting along the Mangapiko Stream and its tributaries, on farms and other properties.
Amanhã, promovemos mais uma sessão do ciclo de videoconferências que cruza a Ciência e Tecnologia com as Artes e Letras.
A convidada será Berta Gilabert Hidalgo (UNAM) e o tema a ilustração botânica.
ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/04ctal-04/
#Histodons #ArtAndNature #ArtsAndScience #Illustration #Botany #BotanicalIllustration #NaturalHistory #ArteECiência #CiênciaEHumanidades #Ilustração #Botânica #IlustraçãoBotânica #HistóriaNatural
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Pagodeboom--Honingboom (Styphnolobium japonicum), bloem-flower-blume-fleur-flor https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Pagodeboom--Honingboom__Styphnolobium_japonicum__Japanese_scholartree__Japanischer_Schnurbaum--Honingbaum--Perlschnurbaum__Sophora_du_Japon.html
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No evidence of increased competitive ability among three widespread alien weeds in their introduced range ($)
It has long been hypothesised that introduced species can evolve to become better competitors, which in turn will enable some of them to become invasive. To test if there is evidence for increased competitive ability in introduced populations, Costan et al. examined the performance of three Rumex species in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Sun orchids (Thelymitra) in flower along a short stretch of track in Namadgi NP, ACT - a lot of variations in both colour and floral structures at this location. Most plants here are T. alpina but there may also be other T. nuda complex species (or hybrids) in the mix.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Thelymitra #Nature #Bloomscrolling
Buried ancient Fenland yew trees offer climate change insight
The buried remains of vast forests of ancient yew trees that once covered the Fens could shed light on the history of climate change, researchers said.
CRISPR enables sustainable cereal production for a greener future (OA)
Ahmar et al. review advanced uses of CRISPR/Cas9 and derived systems in genome editing of cereal crops to enhance a variety of agronomically important features.
Letters: Invasive weeds crowd out Colorado’s botanical gems
"I was gratified to read the article on the community and personal benefits to pulling musk thistle near Jackson, Wyo., and the subsequent letter from “Goathead Greg,” who endeavors on Denver’s urban trails. My bête noire is not musk thistle, which, as the writer points out, is a pretty noxious weed that attracts butterflies and bees, but rather Russian thistle..."
Kaki (Diospyros kaki), bast-bark-rinde-ecorse-corteza https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Kaki__Diospyros_kaki__Oriental_persimmon__Kaki__Plaqueminier.html
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Three more from #Norfolk earlier in the week - Bramble, Yarrow and Common Gorse.
#WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography
Effects of food availability on butterfly diversity and network specialization across altitudinal levels in a Mediterranean landscape ($)
Sánchez-Dávila et al. studied the variation in butterfly assemblages and their interactions with flowering plants across different altitudes in a Mediterranean mountain system.
I know #WildflowerHour is about flowers not fruits, but I couldn't resist getting a photo of these Bittersweet fruits at #RSPB #StrumpshawFen at the start of the week. Bittersweet is in the same family as the tomato and the resemblance is easy to see (but don't try to eat them!) #Norfolk #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography
Berkeley kids plant tiny forests in fight to slow climate change
On a busy street corner in South Berkeley, a small-scale revolution is taking root.
Instead of pavement or a manicured lawn there's a dense little pocket of native plants and saplings that are flourishing in rich soil in front of the Berkeley Technology Academy.
Sierappel (Malus baccata), blad-leaf-blatt-feuille-hoja https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Sierappel__Malus_baccata__Crab_apple__Siberian_crab__pommiers_microcarpes.html
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Gladiolus 'Charkov' (hybridiser unknown)
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
CaRH57, a RNA helicase, contributes pepper tolerance to heat stress ($)
RNA helicases (RHs) are required for most aspects of RNA metabolism and play an important role in plant stress tolerance. Heat stress (HS) causes the deleterious effects on plant cells, such as membrane disruption and protein misfolding, which results in the inhibition of plant growth and development. In this study, CaRH57 was identified from Capsicum annuum and encodes a DEAD-box RH.
Californische cypres (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), bloem-flower-blume-fleur-flor https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Californische_cypres__Chamaecyparis_lawsoniana__Port-Orford_cedar__Scheinzypresse__Cypres_de_Lawson.html
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Diuris sulphurea (Tiger or Hornet Orchid) near Square Rock, Namadgi NP, ACT. These are fairly typical examples of this widespread species - other plants nearby with smaller flowers and more recurved / crossed lateral sepals may be hybrids with D. semilunulata (also flowering at this location).
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Canberra #Bloomscrolling #Nature
Cameroon Says Nigerian Refugee Trees Reduce Conflicts
https://allafrica.com/stories/202311240071.html ?b1
Officials in northern Cameroon say conflicts over food, water and other resources have greatly declined due to the planting of about half-a-million trees in and around a refugee camp. U.N. officials and rights groups visited the area to collect success stories on reforestation projects that also reduce climate shocks to share during the upcoming COP 28 climate conference.
excellent, excellent lecture: "Slaving Science: Natural Historical Collecting and the British Slave Trade" by Dr. Kate Murphy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM4qUleVO84
context: biological specimens of plants, insects, birds, skeletons, etc., were crucial to early western science. those early scientists were on an encyclopedic mission (wanting to know about all kinds of stuff from all over the world) & very few people got to travel, so receiving a specimen of, like, an ostrich egg from very far away could be a huge deal for an early scientist in england.
these specimens were often pulled together into collections owned by wealthy collectors, and many of these private collections formed the starting collections of large national institutions that are for-the-most-part still around, and still educating millions of people...like the british museum.
in fact, if you ever went to a museum of natural history & saw biological specimens, you've been a part of this history (in a small way).
herbaria were important places for the development of early *botanical* knowledge. i've actually been to an herbarium! at duke university, of all places. it was a wonderful place that smelled like tea, where thousands of dried plant samples were pressed between pages of huge books.
anyway, back when western scientists were developing taxonomies & basic understandings of plant biology (like the various parts of plants & their functions), herbaria were really important.
yea, it might suck to try & understand what's going on with a flattened, dried, little patch of some grass, but at least you could look at the actual *plant* & not just a drawing.
also, herbaria still provide value in botany because you can take small samples & do genetic analysis, or whatever other kind of analysis you want. the fact that they're historic specimens means that a scientist can do historic analysis as well. so these old samples are not just relics.
how these samples ended up in western herbaria is a very interesting question. there's a colonial romantic image of a "plant hunter" on a "collecting expedition". he's (it's almost always a 'he') single-minded, dedicated, unafraid, adventurous, and *doing it for science*. it has its appeal! that's why i call it the colonial romantic - it has a romance about it, but there's a nerdy purity too. i mean, it's indiana jones, right?
but that's not how it really happened (surprise!). if you know much about how things (and people) from around the world ended up in england (and its colonies, like america), you know that it was basically always a total nightmare.
these colonials were engaged in a project of moving people, plants, animals, and specimens all around the world, like pieces on a chess board.
so, a slave ship might be carrying enslaved people, but it might also be carrying live plant specimens, live animal specimens, seeds, nuts, dried plants, fossils, butterflies, & all kinds of other stuff.
and that's what this talk is about: how, exactly early science was related to the slave-trading industry of england, specifically.
on a personal note, i live in hawai'i, a place where you can see *literally in what grows on the land and in what people are here* the effects of that colonial project of moving around people, plants, and animals. so if i ever start to wonder "hey, how did tree x end up on the island?" maybe it was brought as part of a plantation project. and if you meet a third generation japanese or filipino person on the island, their grandparents might have been brought over as workers for a plantation, part of that exact same colonial project. so all of us are still very much living in the world created by this global colonial project of places like england, spain, portugal, etc.
every time i look into how colonial powers moved plants around, i see that that movement was intimately tied to the goals and material reality of slavery, colonialism, and imperialism.
it's a hard history to look at, but it is real.
#plants #science #STS #ScienceHistory #botany #slavery #history
#Papaver rhoeas 'Amazing Greys'
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
Can impermanent carbon credits really offset forever emissions?
A team of researchers has put forth a method that they say makes it possible to compare credits for carbon from forests projects against more permanent storage solutions.
Beavers Are Ecosystem Engineers, But Hungry Wolves Limit How Far They Influence
The study found that wolves are more likely to predate the beavers that travel further away from the water on the longer feeding trails. Because of this, the wolves are directly affecting the forest structure by limiting how far the beavers travel away from the water to fell trees and forage.
Quinoa research punctures 100-year-old theory of odd little 'water balloons'
Quinoa and many other extremely resilient plants are covered with strange balloon-like "bladders" that for 127 years were believed to be responsible for protecting them from drought and salt.
Global warming impairs the olfactory floral signaling in strawberry (OA)
Using chemical analytical, electrophysiological, and behavioral approaches Duran Cordeiro & Dötterl tested whether temperature-induced shifts in floral scent of strawberry affect chemical communication with its main bee pollinators (Apis mellifera, Bombus terrestris, Osmia bicornis).
#today #plantsgiving #PlantAwareness #Botany #Gardening #NewEngland
Here's my plant list for today's feast. 44+30 botanicals in the Gin unlisted!
Potato
Squash
Apple
Blueberry
Carrot
Peas
Celery
Onion
Wheat
Rosemary
Parsley
Sage
Cloves
Cinnamon
Cassia
Turmeric
White/black Pepper
Bell pepper
Lemon
Savory
Oregano
Basil
Marjoram
Tarragon
Dill
Allspice
Thyme
Nutmeg
Soy
Sugar cane
Tapioca
Ginger
Olives
Cucumbers
Coffee
Cranberries
Raspberries
Barley
Hops
Quinine
Bay
Corn
Oats
Maple syrup
Sarah and I rode through the Moose River a few years ago. Beautiful area! https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/at-least-we-can-give-thanks-for-a-tree
#botany #trees #PinusStrobus #NewYork
"The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth."
Books by Jagadish Chandra Bose at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8388
Beautiful pink form of Thelymitra alpina (Highland sun orchid) near Square Rock, Namadgi NP, ACT. Most plants at this location had the more typical blue flowers this year -this was the only pink form I saw on my last visit to the mountains.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Canberra #Bloomscrolling #Nature
Here's more about #PlantsGiving from Chris Martine at Bucknell...
https://forthemedia.blogs.bucknell.edu/martine-invites-everyone-to-celebrate-plantsgiving/
#gardening
#allotment
#newEngland
#Plants
#Botany
Slender onion orchids - Microtis parviflora - near Genoa, VIC. Some recent reclassifications split M. parviflora into 3 x VIC species and would maybe see these plants closer to M. benthamiana? Tiny green flowers are not as showy as other local orchids but still interesting!
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Bloomscrolling #Nature
The saffron crocuses (#Crocus sativus) continue to bloom.
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
Late Leopard Orchid (Diuris semilunulata) near Square Rock, Namadgi NP, ACT. Another orchid out a little earlier than usual in the mountains this year - grows alongside Diuris sulphurea in places (with some possible hybrids of the two).
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #BloomScrolling #Canberra
Carex fraseriana, Fraser's Sedge. This really neat plant will have gorgeous puffy white blooms in the spring, but when we stumbled upon them - in an area one would perhaps expect to find American Hartstongue Fern, it was slightly confusing until a closer examination. It is endangered in some states, and tends to be uncommon, except where it likes to grow (cool, moist, rocky) and is left alone, then it covers the ground.
It was the only species in the genus Cymophyllus until it was re-transfered over to Carex; this little plant confuses many with what it is. Nature doesn't fit in boxes, and sometimes I dislike our desire to.
One of the most beautiful cultivated carobs I've ever seen for #ThickTrunkTuesday #Carob #Botany
Botanical Society of America (BSA) did a survey of members' social media use. There were only 246 responses (out of how many thousands?) and based on that they've put all their oomph into BlueSky.
Not just starting an account there but pooling invite codes to help people join BS. Disappointing. @plantscience #Botany #PlantScience
Plants are more productive on weekends thanks to cleaner air ($)
Satellite data from Europe shows that rates of photosynthesis are higher when aerosol levels in the atmosphere are lower, and there is a regular weekly cycle.
The Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission Report is a free weekly newsletter covering topics related to growing plants in space.
You can read online or subscribe to have it delivered directly to your inbox.
This week we've got Turkish space plants, simulated Mars tomatoes and insect poop!
https://open.substack.com/pub/emmadoughty/p/gardeners-of-the-galaxy-mission-report-df4
Mycorrhizal type regulates trade-offs between plant and soil carbon in forests ($)
Yang et al. conducted a meta-analysis on experimental observations of plant and soil carbon-related data worldwide. They found that plant biomass and soil carbon stock increased more under elevated CO2 than under nitrogen deposition and warming.
Highland sun orchid (Thelymitra alpina), Namadgi NP, ACT. Out fairly early this year - this species can usually be seen flowering well in Dec. but most plants had finished here by mid-Nov.
A lot of variations in the sun orchids at this location - with several other very similar T. nuda complex species (and possibly some hybrids) recorded here. The post anther lobes on this plant are a little less compressed than more typical forms growing nearby but still has the forward-pointing horn-like teeth on the apical margin often found on T. alpina.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Thelymitra #Nature
Let's hear a little chatter out there, Botany Fediverse!
What plant first caught your eye and got you into plants -and why?
Reply and boost! @plantscience #Botany #PlantScience #Gardening
Copper beard orchid (Calochilus campestris) variations at Genoa (left) and Mallacoota (right). Both forms were growing on roadside verges and wide open on a coolish, cloudy day.
Many plants at Mallacoota are very similar to the Genoa form with impressive 'moustaches' while the plants with longer/bushier beards probably have the best 'eyes' and most aggressive/annoyed facial expressions ;)
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #BloomScrolling #Nature
Zwarte walnoot (Juglans nigra), kenmerk https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Zwarte_walnoot__Juglans_nigra__Black_walnut__Schwarznuss__Noyer_noir.html
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Late-flowering purple donkey orchid (Diuris punctata) variations near Genoa, VIC. Blotched form looks a lot like a hybrid with the blotched donkey orchid (D. meridionalis ms) which has been recorded near here in the past but not for some time.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #BloomScrolling #Nature
"In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop."
Natural science and religion
American botanist Asa Gray was born #OTD in 1810. His most widely used book, Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, from New England to Wisconsin and South to Ohio and Pennsylvania Inclusive (1848), commonly called Gray’s Manual, has remained, in successive editions, a standard work in this subject.
Books by Asa Gray at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1757
Wilde peer (Pyrus pyraster), kenmerk https://www.bomengids.nl/2022/species/Wilde_peer__Pyrus_pyraster__European_wild_pear__Wildbirne__Poirier_sauvage.html
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Dipodium punctatum (purple hyacinth orchid) at Corunna, NSW. This is usually the least common of the 3 x local Dipodium spp. and often the last to flower. Out pretty early here in mid-Nov - last year I didn't see them until early Jan! First Dipodium I've seen out so far this although plenty of flowering stems up despite the very dry conditions.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Bloomscroll #Nature
Thelymitra atronitida (black-hooded sun orchid) with an unusual deeply notched post anther lobe near Mallacoota, VIC. Have seen similar forms described as possible hybrids (or peloric) but not sure if this is the same - or just a variation of the typical form.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Thelymitra #Nature
Ziziphus jujuba (Jujube) harvest. Sadly, there's a lot more fruit on the ground going to waste. The fruit can be delicious both fresh and dried.
#Crocus sativus, #saffron crocus.
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
Interesting pinker form of Thelymitra atronitida (black-hooded sun orchid) near Genoa, VIC. The column collar is also slightly lighter/browner than the black 'hood' on the more typical blue-flowering forms. Just two plants at this location - one pink and one blue.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Thelymitra #Nature
Carob trees bloom around the same time this year's pod crop is harvesting. This is one of Davis' carobs that's in bloom right now. Carobs are mostly dioecious ("two houses" from Greek), which means that some trees have male flowers and some have female flowers. A small % of trees have perfect flowers - meaning both male and female reproductive parts.
The flowers in the photo are not fully open yet.
Slender sun orchids (Thelymitra pauciflora), Gipsy Point, VIC. With this variable orchid there is always a good chance that larger populations include plants that are either a) hybrids or b) similar species that are hard to tell apart from T. pauciflora ;)
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Thelymitra #Nature
Black-hooded sun orchid (Thelymitra atronitida) near Mallacoota, VIC. A scattering of plants with open flowers at this location on a warm/humid morning - including this form with a touch of mauve on its hair tufts. Have only ever seen one flower open here before - this uncommon species tends to be very shy to flower.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Thelymitra #NaturePhotograhpy
Copper beard orchids (Calochilus campestris) near Mallacoota, VIC - colourful heathland plants with wider beards + longer dark hairs than other forms of this variable orchid growing nearby (and flowering earlier) in roadside gravel.
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Oldest raceme on my carob (which is supposedly 'Santa Fe'). Not sure I'm going to get successful self-pollination. While Oct and Nov have so far been on the warm side, I'm still not seeing enough pollinators in this semi-industrial area I live in.
Fingers crossed I get some pods! I'd feel better if it had an earlier season, as some other carobs do. #Flowers #Carob #CeratoniaSiliqua #Botany
Traveller's Palm
(Ravenala madagascariensis), a member of the Bird of Paradise family (Strelitziaceae)
Spotted in Hualalai, Hawaii
Here's a food chemist question: I was wondering why ground cinnamon in hot beverages forms a sludge/gel at the bottom of the cup. The best result Duck Duck Go had for me came from Stack Exchange - saying it was water-soluble cinnamon fiber. But that's Stack Exchange.
I tried two different searches to find papers on Google Scholar and didn't get close. What keywords would you use to find good sources for an answer? #Food #Chemistry #Botany
Yay, almost our first year of #WildflowerHour on Mastodon!
On Nov 8th @petersketch said
“Hey #botany folks, can we get #WildflowerHour going on Mastodon? Sunday evenings, 8pm UK time, post your wildflower photos”
Next week we will have seen a full year round. See you all then!
Diuris punctata - purple donkey orchid - near Genoa, VIC. This showy species can have up to 10 large flowers on a single stem but most plants have 2-4 flowers at this location. Good numbers out this year growing in roadside heathland slashed over the winter.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Diuris #Nature
Genoa River orchids - still a good range of spring-flowering species out heading into November despite the ongoing dry conditions. Large ducks, tigers (hornets), red beards and onions growing together in open heathland (plus several sun orchid species nearby).
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #EastGippsland #Nature
Purple Beard Orchid (Calochilus robertsonii) near Genoa, VIC. Less robust plants + flowers and much neater beards than other populations growing nearby at Gipsy Point/Mallacoota. Growing here with donkey and leek orchids in open heathland.
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Tailed leek orchids (Prasophyllum appendiculatum) starting to flower in Croajingolong NP, VIC. Regarded as endangered in VIC (rare in NSW) - plants are growing here in heathland near power lines which was slashed over winter. Lots of flower stems are now emerging through the stubble. Flower colour on this variable species ranges from dull green/brown to striking darker red/purple flowers.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField
One of the things I was able to do on the birdsite that there just isn't much opportunity to here is find out "current events" in carob by doing a search every week or so.
If you ever see a carob toot, please forward it to me, especially if it's not a tired carob hippie joke, but actual research or market or real life info re Ceratonia siliqua/#Carob
Please boost to get my request out there. Thanks so much! @plantscience
#Food #PlantScience #Botany
Progress photo of the oldest #Carob flower raceme on my tree. It's hermaphrodite when most carobs have either male or female flowers. Technically, this can self-pollinate, but it'll be interesting seeing if it will do it under the current conditions.
Some stamens are already past their prime. Some are fully ripe, others still on the way. Same with the pistils. If you look closely, you can see the seam on the pistil that would show up in the ripe fruit as well. @plantscience
#Flower #Botany
Autumn Hawkbit growing in ... a crack in the road on the street I live on. You only get the best exotic plant-hunting trips here on Mastodon... #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography
The one late-flowering individual of Fox-and-Cubs in a corner of my front yard is still going. It's now outlasted all the actual planted flowers except the pansies. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography
Bay Nature’s Hall of Botanical Horrors https://baynature.org/2023/10/26/bay-natures-hall-of-botanical-horrors/ by Alison Pollack
The poisoners, #vampires, underground robbers, snatchers, and two freaky #fungi.
#halloween #spooky #horror #BotanicalHorror #botany #plants #mushrooms #California
Red beard orchids (Calochilus paludosus) near Genoa, VIC. A widespread species but generally uncommon in East Gippsland. The small flowers (30mm x 15mm) open wider on warm, sunny days so they can be a bit easier to photograph then some other beard orchids!
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField