Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Elsewhere on the Web

Plant Chaser: Look Jane Look
Summary: Somewhere in the Philippines, a Dyckia 'Platyphylla' blooms. Includes some surprisingly neat close-up photos of the true flowers.

The Scientist Gardener: Better Chemistry Through Breeding
Summary: About the genetic and chemical basis for the colors of peppers and other plants, with pretty pictures.

Cactus Blog: Bitter Root
Summary: Pretty pictures of Lewisia cvv.

One of my Lewisia pictures, from long ago.

Freewill Applicator: On Corporate Law
Summary: Probably best explained by the first two sentences:
Corporate law is the story of made-up characters and their relationships. And it is the story of the real people whose duty is to do what the imaginary characters need.
And then it kinda goes on from there. Nothing to do with plants, but I liked it.

The Variegated Thumb: Plant Find: The Cucumber Orchid
Summary: Zach has a Dockrillia cucumerina now, a plant I'd never heard of before and wouldn't believe in if he didn't have pictures.

The Consumerist: Don't UPS Drivers Realize Customers Have Security Cameras?
Summary: Please don't send me plants via UPS ever, thanks.

The Planetary Society Blog: A dog-bone-shaped asteroid's two moons: Kleopatra, Cleoselene, and Alexhelios (via Bad Astronomy)
Summary: There's an asteroid orbiting the sun that's shaped like a dog bone and has two moons. The main point of interest is the animation showing the three objects together.

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And one entire blog:

Fuzzy Foliage
Summary: Blog about gesneriads in general, but Saintpaulias in particular. If you have questions about the African Violet Society of America, this is the person to ask. Or at least a person to ask.


2 comments:

Paul said...

I guess same goes for FedEx?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoCYePvJJmE

Paul said...

Thanks for the astronomy link! I enjoyed that.

I have a Dockrillia cucumerinum myself. Got it for the foliage. The flowers are large for the size of the plant (each leaf is only about 0.5 - 0.75 inches)

A picture link is attached, if I did it correctly. And if not:

http://www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchidtalk/cattleyas-vandas-dendrobiums-bloom/17545-dockrillia-cucumerinum-happy-dance-time.html