Druid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 · @druid
1292 followers · 5685 posts · Server toot.wales

My new (old) has just arrived! "Welsh Ferns" by H. A. Hyde and A. E. Wade. I've been searching for this for a long time and eBay recently notified me one had come up. It also contains a really nice surprise... a previous owner has put several pressed samples of the inside! 😊

#book #ferns #fern #frondodon #welsh #Wales #cymru #botony #plants

Last updated 1 year ago

NorCal_Lynne · @NorCal_Lynne
458 followers · 8028 posts · Server mstdn.social

Aspidium angulare. Anna Atkins and Anne Dixon, 1853. The Getty Museum.

#Gardening #botony #Art #Photography #fernfriday

Last updated 1 year ago

Kenny · @kennyc
266 followers · 855 posts · Server mastodon.social
NorCal_Lynne · @NorCal_Lynne
393 followers · 5528 posts · Server mstdn.social

Lastrea focnisecii. Anna Atkins and Anne Dixon, 1853, England. The Getty Museum.

#Photography #botony #fernfriday

Last updated 2 years ago

Iraina Clark · @irainaakadigsitediva
1 followers · 6 posts · Server nerdculture.de

Thinkin about these poisonous plants today :blobcatblackwhite:

#botony #plants #dictonary #poison

Last updated 2 years ago

L. Rhodes · @lrhodes
1571 followers · 885 posts · Server merveilles.town

When a raindrop strikes the modified leaf atop the pitcher plant Nepenthes gracilis, the lid jolts downward and flings into digestive juices below any insect attracted by its nectar. "This is the only case we know where a plant actually exploits [external energy] for a purpose," says study co-author Ulrike Bauer. scientificamerican.com/article

#carnivorousplants #botony

Last updated 2 years ago

PMK · @PMK
105 followers · 96 posts · Server photog.social

These Images were made with a Pentax K1 and a Pentax FA 50mm f2.8 macro lens with 2 flashes on a Lepp photo bracket;

#florespondence #macro #photo #flowers #botony #photography

Last updated 4 years ago