Posts tagged “Botany”
What We Killed Thursday
Erythrina, or coral trees, are well known for their spectacular flowers and are often grown ornamentally. They’re also very important in the ecosystems they belong to. Their leaves are food for caterpillars of many moth and butterfly species. Their nectar and seeds sustain numerous bird species, including a number of hummingbirds. Coral trees are also […]
Berry Go Round #17
Welcome to the 17th edition of Berry Go Round! Before you get started here, you may want to check out the 16th edition hosted at Quiche Moraine. It’s full of exciting posts on mutualism. GrannyJ’s A garland of leaves at Walking Prescott, is a beautifully illustrated post comparing the shapes and colors of a variety […]
What We Killed Thursday
This week, I’ve got two more cycads that are extinct in the wild. When Encephalartos relictus and Encephalartos woodii were discovered by western botanists, only one of each remained. E. relictus was discovered in 1971 by J. J. P. du Preez on the eastern border of Swaziland near Mozambique. There was only one plant. du […]
What We Killed Thursday
It’s been quite a few weeks since I’ve featured an extinct plant, but the series isn’t dead yet! While I really enjoy researching and sharing what I find about extinct species, it does take more time than I had at the end of the semester. Many of the plants I feature are extinct in the […]
Panda Plant
Panda Plant, Kalanchoe tomentosa, is a close relative of Mother of Thousands. It’s called a Panda Plant because the leaves are very very fuzzy and have red tips and they supposedly resemble panda toes. Though both pandas and Panda Plants are very cute, I do not think there is any real resemblance. Mother of Thousands […]
Berry Go Round #16
I’m usually late advertising new Berry Go Round editions, and this month is a particularly good example of that – in just over a week I’ll be hosting BGR 17. Drop off your submission and then head over to Quiche Moraine for BGR 16. I enjoyed the focus on mutualism in this edition – for […]
What We Killed This Thursday
Encephalartos brevifoliolatus Originally uploaded by Haarnaald Encephalartos brevifoliolatus is a cycad species first described in 1996. By 2004, the 2 known female plants were gone and the population consisted of just 2 males. While scientists and conservationists were making arrangements to save these two plants, one was stolen and the other chopped to pieces. They […]