Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 18, 2018
Last Friday, the UBC Horticulture Training Program students were treated to a lecture about Eurasian medicinal plants and a tour of the physic garden with Ukrainian botanical pharmacologist Anastasiia Dushyna. Pulicaria dysenterica was not one of the plants highlighted on the tour, but it likely would have been, had we been growing it in the […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 7, 2018
Instead of counting sheep to fall asleep, plant enthusiasts should count tulip cultivars. There are upwards of 2400 cultivars listed in the RHS Horticultural Database. It is doubtless that there are many more, including some that have been lost to cultivation.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 11, 2018
The ripe and unripe fruits of Momordica balsamina (aka balsam pear) are photographed alongside each other for today’s image. Not only am I a big fan of the vibrancy and contrast in this picture, but the seemingly too-perfect appearance of the stinkbug–as if it were placed there–adds more life to the image.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on October 11, 2017
I started this entry as I sat underneath this tree in UBC Botanical Garden on a sunny, warm afternoon. Not bad for a place to do some work! I was left with no choice but to get some pictures after noticing the beautiful light hitting the tree and illuminating the flowers, leaves, and bees.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 18, 2017
Urospermum dalechampii is known by the common name smooth golden fleece or Mediterranean daisy. It is in the daisy or sunflower family, aka the Asteraceae. A perennial species, it typically reaches 25-40cm (10-15 in.) in height each year. The hermaphroditic flowers are 5 cm (2 in.) wide, and appear between March and August (in its […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 30, 2015
I have always thought of the evening primroses as particularly romantic plants. Many of the Oenothera have richly-scented blooms that open in twilight. Their light-coloured petals make them gleam in the dusk light like rising moons. John Rusk’s photo captures the romance of Hooker’s evening primrose perfectly!
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 27, 2015
In early July, I was wandering through the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden looking for bees. I was joined by Bailey Wilson, a summer intern who is cataloguing the native pollinators that use the Garden. This Helichrysum splendidum bush was the perfect place to start looking at the different ways that bees use some […]
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