Azorella compacta. A member of the carrot family with a low growing moss like habit. Grows in high elevation and southern Chile (Patagonia)7mo ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/BotanicalPorn
Death Valley Monkeyflower - Diplacus rupicola growing directly out of a limestone wall in Death Valley. I imagine there’s some acidic bacteria that help to degrade the rock1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/BotanicalPorn
Eastern Columbine was slow to establish but 3 years later it’s really taken off1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/NativePlantGardening
The origin of the Oakland, CA street cactus (crime pays but botany doesn’t)1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/sanpedrocactus
Discussion: There is a gene in Arabidopsis called “Too Many Mouths” - TMM for short. When deleted the plant way overproduces stomata!1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/botany
Shrubby St. John’s Wort - Hypericum prolificum native to eastern North America11mo ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/NativePlantGardening
Discussion: plant roots become positively phototropic in microgravity! As opposed to earth gravity conditions where roots grow away from light2yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/botany
Best place to do LSD. I was out in this region over the summer but only had craft beer.4yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/LSD
Question: how do scientists get pictures like these with the black background and perfect lightning on the roots and shoots?2yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/botany
I’ve noticed Spotted Wintergreen frequently grows at the base of oak trees. Could Wintergreen and the oak possibly be sharing mycorrhizal fungi? I believe Wintergreen is a hemimycotroph4yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/botany
My first ever PCR gel!!! So satisfying when it works. Im a total novice. The amplicon is a Salmonella invasion protein1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/microbiology
An early example of anti-vaccine sentiment. In this case, illustrating fears of morphing into animals in relation to the Cow Pox as a vaccine against human Small Pox virus.1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/microbiology
Caterpillars on the underside of Rhodocactus leaf. I left the plant outside for one day in Delaware1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/plantclinic
Question: can someone help me understand the different between this plant (Illicium floridanum) and the genus Calycanthus? They look almost identical but are from different weird obscure families and orders2yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/botany
Why is the chromosome of bacteria generally called “circular” when it’s depicted as a dense tangle of DNA1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/microbiology
LSD doubles dendrite density every 10 micrometers of neuron. VEH is the control. The orange represents newly formed dendrite connections after exposing fruit fly neurons to psychedelics5yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/LSD
Did whisk ferns really predate bryophytes? I always assumed they came later with horsetails and clubmosses2yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/botany
HOT TAKE: I’d prefer to listen to this on acid than Pink Floyd’s The Wall any day. This is the best acid album to me for sure.1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/LSD
Worth a read for anybody looking to learn more about mosses or gain a better understanding of forests in general!4yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/Mosses
Has anybody used this textbook by Michael Simpson? If so, did you find it useful? Thanks3yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/botany
This cladogram is really confusing me. Does this suggest magnolias are not dicots? Does this also imply not all flowering plants fall under monocot or dicot?2yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/botany
Nice O and A horizons in Maryland forest. Would the A be considered an Ultisol do you think? New to soils4yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/Soil
Hey guys - I have 53 grams of extremely crushed leaves. What is the best use for these???3yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/Salvia
Not a pretty gel by any means - the same PCR reaction done with standard thermofisher taq polymerase in first 2 wells and dream taq which worked in the second two wells. Amplifying a pathogen virulence factor1yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/microbiology
Hellebore aka Lenton Rose which escaped from someone’s property and invaded the local forest. Non native to the US5yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/BotanicalPorn
Sphagnum Moss in NE US wetland. Described as a “habitat manipulator” for its ability to create new habitat and acidity wetland waters5yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/Mosses
Question about Proskee Phigaro tool for locating prophage in bacterial genomes. Why are some putative genes of a phage listed as the Reverse (-) DNA strand while majority of others are Positive (+) DNA strand? As I understand it a prophage would integrate into only one DNA strand, not both10mo ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/bioinformatics
Chicken of the Woods’ insecticide alkaloids at work protecting us from mosquitos!!6yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/mycology
American Elm? Leaf surface fuzzy to the touch. Small sapling.4yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/marijuanaenthusiasts
I believe this is a massive grape vine with some baby Asian Bittersweet leafing next to it. Thoughts? East Coast5yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/whatsthisplant
Does anything scream red flag about my friend’s PCR? I’m trying desperately to troubleshoot.. no bands9mo ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/molecularbiology
Toad spotted in Delaware. Trying to familiarize myself with the local fauna6yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/Amphibians
Marshall Mathers LP on acid last night. It never felt so good to be psychedelically pissed off7yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/LSD
Spotted in Delaware after a heavy spring rain. Trying to find out what it is!6yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/sluglife
What is this? Resembles baby praying mantis with orange stripe down it’s back. Spotted on the East Coast5yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/insects
Anyone have any info on these Grateful Dead tabs? Rainbow Owsley bears on the other side6yr ⋅ bluish1997 ⋅ r/LSD
