Models of the Obama White House, the Obama home in Chicago and the house Michelle Obama grew up in are on display at holiday train shows at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington. Holiday train shows are also held in other gardens around the country, with each show featuring trains running past miniature versions of local landmark buildings. Other locations for the holiday train shows include the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, Frederik Meijer Gardens... Read Full Story
www.how-to-take-care-of-orchids.com – There are tons and tons of orchid varieties which occur naturally in the wild. People have been amazed by the beauty of this rare flower. Orchids appear to be delicate but these plants are quite resilient and are able to adapt to various terrains and environment. A lot of people do not consider growing an orchid at home due to the fact that they find it too complex to take care of. Orchids are easy to grow in contrast to their origin….
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[Image: 55 of Europe’s most common plant pests in a wall poster found via the Scandinavian Fishing Year Book ]. Sara Redstone is Plant Health and Quarantine Officer for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, home of the world’s largest collection of living plants. In addition to screening and isolating all incoming or outbound plant material, she is currently overseeing the design and construction of a new quarantine facility for the gardens. As part of our ongoing series of quarantine-themed... Read Full Story
Botanists at Kew Gardens have collected seeds from 10 percent of the world's wild plants, their first goal in a long-term project to protect all endangered species, they said on Thursday. Seeds from a wild, pink banana are among the latest additions to the collection at Kew, designed to guard against dwindling diversity. The banana from China, musa itinerans, is an important staple for wild elephants and is also useful for breeding new types of the fruit, but is under threat as its jungle... Read Full Story
Botanists at Britain's Kew Gardens have collected seeds from 10 percent of the world's wild plants, their first goal in a long-term project to protect all endangered species, they said Thursday. Seeds from a wild, pink banana are among the latest additions to the collection at Kew, southwest London, designed to guard against dwindling diversity. The banana from China, musa itinerans, is an important staple for wild elephants and is also useful for breeding new types of the fruit, but is... Read Full Story
While many of the events and activities lined up to mark the occasion focused on the gardens' historical emphasis, there has also been a strong focus on how Kew can be relevant in the 21st century and beyond. Challenges of funding — Kew is part funded by public money — and changes in climate are likely to be dual themes that will affect what the organisation does and how it does it. It could be a daunting task, but new Kew chairman Marcus Agius relishes the challenge. As group chairman of... Read Full Story
Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Natural History Museum believe that carnivorous behaviour in plants is far more widespread than previously thought, with many commonly grown plants -- such as petunias -- at least part way to being "meat eaters." A review paper, Murderous plants: Victorian Gothic, Darwin and modern insights into vegetable carnivory, is published (4 December 2009) in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Carnivorous plants have caught the... Read Full Story
«At the UK’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens , you’ll find more than 250 plant and fungi species discovered by their botanists, including: giant rainforest trees , gorgeous rare orchids , spectacular palms , minute fungi , wild coffee species , and even ... Read Full Story
By Jerry Anthony Caring for orchids is actually an ancient custom, as people have been growing and harvesting orchids for hundreds of years. With so many different species of orchids growing in so many different climates, the different types of care are too numerous to mention. However, there are a number of general care tips and techniques that will hold true for most of the orchid species that are commonly grown. Growing orchids, as growing any plant successfully, is a task that can be... Read Full Story
