Flowering plants survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid – and may outlive us: Zamurovic Brothers/Shutterstock If you looked up 66 million years ago you might have seen, for a split second, a bright light as a mountain-sized asteroid burned through the atmosphere and smashed into Earth. It was springtime and the literal end of an era, the …
Plants are flowering a month earlier – here’s what it could mean for pollinating insects: Rusana Krasteva / shutterstock Plants are flowering about a month earlier in the UK due to climate change. That’s according scientists at the University of Cambridge, who recently analysed the first flowering dates of 406 species and found a link …
Southern Africa’s Namaqualand daisies are flowering earlier: why it’s a red flag: Climatic drivers over the past 80 years have resulted in flowering season starting in late winter instead of spring. In late August each year, the normally barren landscape of the Namaqualand, along the western boundary of South Africa, is transformed into a vista …
A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 10 of “Paxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants” (1838) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: paxtonsmagazineo05paxt Title: Paxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants Year: 1838 (1830s) Authors: Paxton, Sir Joseph, 1803-1865. Subjects: Botany–Periodicals Flowers–Periodicals. Publisher: London: W. S. Orr and Co. …
Check out this Paternoster image: Image from page 8 of “Paxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants” (1842) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: paxtonsmagazineo09paxt Title: Paxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants Year: 1842 (1840s) Authors: Paxton, Sir Joseph, 1803-1865. Subjects: Botany–Periodicals Flowers–Periodicals. Publisher: London: W. S. Orr and …
Jacarandas in parts of South Africa are flowering earlier: why it’s a warning sign: Jacaranda trees in Pretoria. Shutterstock In September each year, South Africa’s Gauteng province turns purple. The cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria are well covered with trees – and jacarandas (Jacaranda mimosifolia), with their purple blooms in late spring, are a prominent …
Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2017-10-13 10:00:00 in United States This exhibition will highlight the variety of flowering plants commemorated on US postage stamps during the past 50 years and will explore artistic themes that emerged during this period. For example, the artwork will portray a …