#botanics — Public Fediverse posts
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First August directions to the Botanics given. Gonna see if I can beat last year’s record (12). #edinburgh #botanics
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How an Enslaved Gardener Transformed the Pecan Into a Cash Crop
Beronda L. Montgomery on the Unsung Contributions of Black and Indigenous People to American Biology
Botanics at PG:
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The forecast said sleet. But I've just had a walk through lovely fluffy falling snow - through the Botanics and Inverleith Park. Utterly beautiful. And, wearing thermals and a thick anorak, very cosy!
I was surprised to see curlews feeding on what must be frozen ground opposite Fettes!
(I did try taking pictures of falling snow, but they were rubbish.)
Now I'm off to the pub!
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This is good news! The glass houses have been closed for ages. I bet the ferns that were growing there which I had collected as a student have gone ...!
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A stroll through Inverleith Park and the Botanics.
I love the line of trees in Inverleith Park, and they made me seek out a similar but different prospect in the Botanics. Lots of crocuses and daffodils too, though I didn't notice and forgot to look for the famous snowdrops!
I think it was my first visit to the Botanics since Storm Eowyn. There are still many trees down. It's a bit like seeing injured friends.
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English biologist & botanical artist Marianne North was born #OTD in 1830.
She was notable for her plant & landscape paintings, her extensive foreign travels, her writings, her plant discoveries & the creation of her gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
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British geneticist and plant anatomist Edith Rebecca Saunders was born #OTD in 1865.
She is best as known as the "Mother of British Plant Genetics": she played an active role in the re-discovery of Mendel's laws of heredity, the understanding of trait inheritance in plants. She also developed extensive work on flower anatomy, particularly focusing on the gynoecia, the female reproductive organs of flowers.
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What is Botanical Illustration? Learn About the History of This Scientific Art Form.
Prior to the invention of photography, botanical illustration was the only way of visually recording the world’s many species of plant life. Today, science books are full of highly detailed photographs—typically taken with a macro lens or even a microscope—allowing us to discover the fascinating forms of flora and fauna.
By Emma Taggart via @mymodernmet
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I wonder... if you were to paint a plant, what would you find most appealing?
Because today I'm very fascinated with Venus Flytraps. The shapes, the colors, the teeths... -
cant believe its alive!!! doesnt look much healthy tho: its yellowish and has a deffect on its leaf :(
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Nachdem ich die letzten Tage mal die ersten zwei Beutel der Tiny Plants gebaut habe (Bild 1), kamen heute die nächsten drei Pflanzen aus Beutel 3 und 4 dazu (Bild 2). Und ich liebe immer wieder diese zweckentfremdet Teile, wie die "Haarbürsten" (Bild 3), die blassgrünen Helme als Kannen der Kannenpflanze oder die Schmetterlinge als Blätter des dreieckige Glücksklees..
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this one looks a bit mor healthy.
its a week since the closing by the way
#jar #ecosystems #ecosystem #botanics #flora #plants #grass #isolation -
Say hello to my little friend. #edinburgh #botanics #rbge #wildlife