Posts tagged “Botany”
Berry Go Round delay
I was planning on having the 14th Berry Go Round up today, but it was eaten by wordpress. I should have it cobbled back together by tomorrow morning, so check back soon!
Oops! We did it again…
In 1979 villagers from Shantiniketan in West Bengal cut down a palm about to flower because they feared it could be a “ghost palmyra tree.” This was the last Corypha taliera alive in the wild. Years later, a cultivated specimen from an Indian botanic garden flowered and the seeds were collected. Some of the seedlings […]
Berry Go Round #13 is up!
This is old news, but if you haven’t checked out the latest edition of Berry Go Round at Watching the World Wake Up, go! My favorite entry this month was about the oldest tree on earth. I’ll be hosting the next edition of the carnival in a few weeks, so email your submissions to enchantressofnumbers […]
Threatened Thursday
Commindendrum rotundifolium, the Bastard Gumwood, was native to Saint Helena, but there are no longer any that survive in the wild. One was discovered in the wild in the 80s, but it has since been destroyed in a gale. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Edinburgh contain the only living specimens of this tree. While propagation […]
Berry Go Round 12
The 12th edition of Berry Go Round, my favorite plant carnival, is up at Foothills Fancies. If you’re too busy to go over and read the whole thing, you should at least make time for this discussion of Bursera simaruba diversity and this adorable fern-like cycad.
Extinction Thursday – New Year’s Edition
What better way to start the new year than by reminding ourselves of what we’ve done wrong? Betula szaferi is a kind of birch tree that no longer exists in the wild. Before this particular species went extinct, it hybridized with Betula pendula to form the species Betula oycoviensis, so in a way it’s survived. […]
Tagged
I was tagged an embarrassingly long time ago by Eugenie. It’s not too late to play, though, right? The Rules Link to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Write 6 random things about yourself. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them. Let each person […]