I found a rare species not seen for several decades. I thought I'd share with other here who will share my excitement.4mo ⋅ zealouspilgrim ⋅ r/botany
Question: What is going on with this tree? The bark is rippled like sand on the beach. Several trees looked like that.1yr ⋅ NulloK ⋅ r/botany
Discussion: The inflorescence of Puya raimondii can reach 15m in height, making it the tallest in the Andes.1yr ⋅ xenmate ⋅ r/botany
Discussion: Here’s a superglue print of leaf stomata I did in a botany lab today2yr ⋅ The_Salt_Shaker ⋅ r/botany
Question: What would cause a wavy tree?? I think it’s a coastal redwood. Found in Big Sur, CA1yr ⋅ eggviking ⋅ r/botany
I’m an illustrator/biologist and I’ve been really interested in scientific illustration as a way of combining my two interests. Here is the second in my series on invasive plants of the west!4yr ⋅ weeeeeeeedboy ⋅ r/botany
Hey r/botany! A few weeks ago I asked for your help and insight with a poster I was creating about botanical fruit classification. Thanks so much for your feedback - here is the final poster!3yr ⋅ yamammiwammi ⋅ r/botany
My botany professor said we could get extra credit on our exam if we came dressed as something we've studied. I was the only one who got it by dressing as a member of marchantiophyta! Complete with archegonial head and gemma cup (full of lifesaver gummies)4yr ⋅ its_Gandhi_bitch ⋅ r/botany
question: obliterated to make 18th and 19th century navy ships, how long until giant live oaks become more common again?1yr ⋅ inthe_pine ⋅ r/botany
my last post in here about this gathered some Controversy so i redid my diagram7mo ⋅ yourangelhead ⋅ r/botany
Question: I’m interested in learning all there is to know about the Night Sky Petunias, more specifically, what are the genetics of this flower?🧬💜🔮1yr ⋅ Amberley_Levine ⋅ r/botany
Question: How is it I can’t keep a houseplant alive but this tree can grow out of a rock?2yr ⋅ InquisitiveBiped ⋅ r/botany
Question: does anyone have a spare copy of Botany in a day by Thomas J. Elpel?1yr ⋅ Shoddy-Celery-1033 ⋅ r/botany
Question: What’s one of your favorite native wildflowers that tends to be rather elusive? Mine is the the Lady Slipper!2yr ⋅ Sail_Historical ⋅ r/botany
Question: Tobacco and Tomato are both in the same family (Nightshade) so would it be possible to crossbreed them?1yr ⋅ 2-tree ⋅ r/botany
I did it again...I drew an animal entirely out of plants native to its habitat. And I came up with a name...Plantimals. It’s the best I could come up with. Thought ya’ll would enjoy! I’m still toolin’ this idea out and would love to represent the plants better in the future.4yr ⋅ weeeeeeeedboy ⋅ r/botany
Question: Is there any internationally accepted convention to describe plant features?1yr ⋅ nanosmarts12 ⋅ r/botany
Discussion: pleuriscopora found in the Willamette forest. This might be my most rare and exciting find as an amateur botanist! I could find very little on it and was hoping some more educated botanists could share some interesting tidbits on this very special plant1yr ⋅ nonoglorificus ⋅ r/botany
The enormous amount of pitch/resin on these high elevation, newly emerging Fir tree cones is pretty phenomenal. Found today on my hike in central Oregon, at 7,000 feet above sea level.2yr ⋅ judahselam ⋅ r/botany
Question: Wych elm growing out of ... itself? Can someone explain what's going on here? (in Boston)1yr ⋅ Rhododendrites ⋅ r/botany
My final Herbarium project for Plant Systematics at the University of Vermont3yr ⋅ palefrogs ⋅ r/botany
Question: What’s up with this tulip? It was the only one with red in a batch of a specific white variety that I forgot the name of2yr ⋅ Suitable-Spring-3494 ⋅ r/botany
Why does the wood on this one small section of this oak tree have tiny spirals?2yr ⋅ anokp ⋅ r/botany
question: can anyone explain strange pattern on prickly pear cactus!?1yr ⋅ Eastern-Lie8893 ⋅ r/botany
Tree moss leaf tips briefly live-stained with iodine solution ('dilute Lugol's Solution') - cell walls clearly visible along with some organelles. (40x objective) [OC]3yr ⋅ ivoidwarranty ⋅ r/botany
Question: What are the cellular structures in some flower petals that give them a sparkly appearance?1yr ⋅ cmdietz ⋅ r/botany
question: do cypress knees have any established function or still unknown?1yr ⋅ inthe_pine ⋅ r/botany
Tom Brown, retired engineer, has saved around 1,200 types of apples from extinction over 25 years.3yr ⋅ Vagabond_Tea ⋅ r/botany
I know I just posted yesterday, but todays sections turned out even better and I'm too excited. Cross section of White Ash tree stem, stained in 0.05% toluidine blue O.4yr ⋅ Gregorious99 ⋅ r/botany
question: Are these plants botanically accurate? Wouldn't like to get errors on my skin. *not an identification request*1yr ⋅ Tripping_alien ⋅ r/botany
Discussion: Tripsacum inflorescence; a closely related genus to corn1yr ⋅ PoisonedPotatooo ⋅ r/botany
question: two months ago i used half an onion for cooking and put the other half in a plastic bag in the fridge and forgot about it. how did it grow without sunlight, water, plenty of oxygen, or soil..?1yr ⋅ tmnorth22 ⋅ r/botany
170+ year-old Rhododendron falconeri in full Bloom, covered in hundreds of beautiful flowers3yr ⋅ psychomaji ⋅ r/botany
Small stunted pears with leaves growing out the bottom. More than one branch is like this, but the rest of the tree is normal.2yr ⋅ c130 ⋅ r/botany
This orchid discovered in 2020 in Madagascar looks like a dog in the second picture. (Hermans, 2020)3yr ⋅ FinchoDM ⋅ r/botany
Hey r/botany... I'm a freelance science illustrator and after learning the botanical definition of fruits I was inspired to create this graphic on comparative fruit anatomy! I'm no botanist, so would appreciate some feedback/accuracy checking? Thank you!3yr ⋅ yamammiwammi ⋅ r/botany
The Sonoran Desert has received once-in-a-generation rainfall, turning the austere desert into a “jungle” of plants.2yr ⋅ BaileyImgs ⋅ r/botany
Anti-Herbivory traits that have stuck around since the Pleistocene, why would remnant traits stick around when the defense is no longer needed? Gleditsia triacanthos - Honey Locust3yr ⋅ plantsarewhereitsat ⋅ r/botany
Calypso bulbous, an old friend that blooms on the same Redwood stump every year3yr ⋅ Whoa_calm_down ⋅ r/botany
Question: I know what this is (Fasciation), but would seeds from this flower have a chance of producing more flowers like it?1yr ⋅ dlrunner0457 ⋅ r/botany
I was reading the other day about how holly plants will change their genetics to grow leaves with spikes after detecting grazing. I found these leaves on the same plant that i thought helped demonstrate this!2yr ⋅ Yellowboxfish53 ⋅ r/botany
The Canary Island pine (Pinus canariensis) is resistant to volcanic eruptions. Context and source in comments.2yr ⋅ elxiddicus ⋅ r/botany
Native to the Osa peninsula of Costa Rica, Osa pulchra, until very recently, was thought to be almost extinct in the wild. There are a few remaining wild plants on a private estate in Costa Rica and the family has been caring for these plants for generations.3yr ⋅ KarmaJoltGaming ⋅ r/botany
The Devil’s paintbrush! I feel so good plowing ahead and find fun and unique ways of illustrating invasive weeds. And!, took the advice and added the scientific name!4yr ⋅ weeeeeeeedboy ⋅ r/botany
Question: I wanted to know from what tree does this (stemseed?) stem is from?1yr ⋅ lemon-sess ⋅ r/botany
Question: What a wild beauty! And how would you describe it morphologically/phenotypically? Ie lupinesk, conical, cone like? Found in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.1yr ⋅ Puzzleheaded_Pass947 ⋅ r/botany
Question: Can anyone tell me what these “star” structures on the underside of a basil leaf?2yr ⋅ DeltaMango ⋅ r/botany
Anyone else hear absolutely love non-vascular plants? Here is some liverwort and a little moss found near a stream in Georgia.3yr ⋅ elpato11 ⋅ r/botany
19 years , sitting in this same corner, and out of nowhere...sansevieria flowering!!!!! What a joy!3yr ⋅ Hutman70 ⋅ r/botany
question: Is this holly just overly variegated or is it infected/missing chlorophyll? Not seen it like this before.1yr ⋅ Direct_Supermarket56 ⋅ r/botany
Greenhouse at the Botanical Garden dedicated to the University of Greifswald in Germany.3yr ⋅ tilman109 ⋅ r/botany
Sacred Datura Datura wrightii native here in California, know for its poisonous/hallucinogenic properties.3yr ⋅ Last_Emergency7949 ⋅ r/botany
discussion: This doubled Pacific Trillium At Sam McDonald Park, Santa Cruz Mountains Of California.1yr ⋅ danpietsch ⋅ r/botany
Interesting lack of chlorophyll in half the leaflets of this wisteria seedling. Anyone know the cause? NB for the Mods: not a health question as I have no concern about the health of the plant just something interesting I'd never seen before and thought worth sharing3yr ⋅ coxy1 ⋅ r/botany
Question: What are the white tendrils coming from this bok choi seedling and why does the dew gather at those points?2yr ⋅ diagon-sally ⋅ r/botany
My slowly expanding collection of Kew Monographs. I just ordered the one on Echinocereus.3yr ⋅ jonny-p ⋅ r/botany
Watermelon seedling inoculated with glowing bacteria, my research on bacterial fruit blotch using bacteria transfected with fluorescent protein from a jellyfish4yr ⋅ phover7bitch ⋅ r/botany
Question: Did the seed of this strawberry fruit sprout while the fruit is still in its early development stages?1yr ⋅ coooties33 ⋅ r/botany
Question: I am interested in getting (lots of) indoor plants for my home over time. I like this look, and I’m not sure if there is a specific name for this type of botany and decorating? Thanks2yr ⋅ basilhdn ⋅ r/botany
I want to thank ya’ll so much for all the incredible feedback I received on my ‘Bad but Beautiful’ invasive weed scientific illustrations! I got my butt in gear and made a website as well as just started a Plant-of-the-Month Club!!!4yr ⋅ weeeeeeeedboy ⋅ r/botany
ELI5: What happens if people start planting these in the current environment?3yr ⋅ JesuswhyChrist ⋅ r/botany
As a plant lover from Canada, going to a tropical country is mind blowing (Jamaica)4yr ⋅ Cain777c ⋅ r/botany
Has anyone ever seen a tree do this before? Do you think they have to be genetically the same plant (a clone) to do this or not?3yr ⋅ dibbadeee ⋅ r/botany
I came across this photo of an albino milkweed plant. It was suggested that there was a chance that it was surviving by parasitism, getting its nutrients from other nearby plants. Thoughts?4yr ⋅ TedTheHappyGardener ⋅ r/botany
My hernia zebrina bloomed for the first time! This little guy started as a cutting from a kind neighbor.5yr ⋅ MonkeyBeansIsMyCat ⋅ r/botany
