Photo: David Kan / Brisbane City Council, Botanic Gardens (Some rights reserved)

What would those in the know like others understand about plants? Presenting relevant links in a somewhat random fashion:

Also see: Agriculture, Gardens

Questions // Preguntas

  • What was the first movie that included a scene with a monstera deliciosa houseplant? // ¿Cuál fue la primera película que incluyó una escena con una planta de interior monstera deliciosa?

Headlines
‘Not just weeds’: how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora – Guardian

Elsewhere
American Horticultural SocietyGardening Maps@ahs_gardening

Forums
palmtalk.org

Studies
Floral reorientation: the restoration of pollination accuracy after accidents

Nurseries
Mountain States

Amaryllis
Wikipedia

Cuetlaxóchitl = Nochebuena = Poinsettia
The poinsettia’s forgotten history
Poinsettia: the Christmas flower and the racist history behind La Cuetlaxochitl
Wikipedia

Cleome
thespruce.com

Goji Berry
talkingplants.blogspot.com

Hyacinth
Wikipedia

Kalanchoe / Calandiva
Wikipedia
worldofsucculents.com

Jojoba
Jojoba seed dreams spur Narrabri farmer to plant thousands of trees – ABC
Wikipedia

Salvia
Wikpedia
gardenerspath.com

Saw Palmetto
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/saw-palmetto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenoa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_palmetto_extract

Wardian case
The History Listen
Wikipedia

Embedded Tweets

An ‘annual’ will complete its life cycle in one growing season. A ‘perennial’ should come back each year. *Should*.

Monstera
Wikipedia (toxic to dogs)
Frankenstein’s monstera – The Guardian
Monstera Deliciosa – Gastro Obscura

Plants Bingo
AcheneApiaceaeAspidistra – Biodiversity – Buddleja davidiiCrinum asiaticumEmbryophyteFlowering plant – Flora – Plants – Replanting – Roots – Seeds – Soil – Succulents

Wikipedia
Plant
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Golden Pathos / Epipremnum aureum
Purple sageLeucophyllum frutescens
Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia (African Violet)
Viola
Tradescantia (Spiderwort)Wandering DudePurple Heart
Transpiration
Dracaena trifasciata (snake plant)
Witch hazel

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