Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 25, 2019
UBC Botanical Garden’s forums have been operating for almost eighteen years. The most frequented part of the forums is the plant identification section, which frequently has worldwide participation in solving these mysteries. Lila Pereszke from Hungary identified the plant in today’s images, which was photographed by the Scotland-dwelling Sheila during her travels to Mauritius!
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 29, 2017
This is salmonberry’s third appearance on Botany Photo of the Day. Tamara wrote a comprehensive entry on fruit-colour polymorphism in 2015. And, coincidentally, I posted my own scan of a double-flowered plant a decade ago: Rubus spectabilis Double-Flowered Group. Comparing the two scans, I think you’ll see the patience and skill with which Laara accomplishes […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 30, 2010
Often lumped with Dicentra (in this case, as Dicentra scandens), the genus Dactylicapnos has recently been reasserted as taxonomically valid. According to the Flora of China, Dactylicapnos is a group of scandent (vine-like) herbaceous annuals and perennials, containing twelve species from the western Himalayas to China. Dactylicapnos scandens is distributed widely throughout the region, occurring […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 23, 2009
This ethereal-looking plant is quite typical of lowland plants growing in the tropical and subtropical zones of the paleotropics, from West Africa to the Pacific Islands. Reaching heights of 30 cm, this spectacular plant is a famine food for the Wolof people but requires special preparation as the toxicity level of the tuber is such […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on January 6, 2009
Jack-o-lantern fungus is seen here in daylight although its splendour really grows after sunset. The gills on the underside of these orange fruiting bodies glow an eerie green in the dark!
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on November 1, 2007
This is a member of a group of plants that represent a classic case-study in botany about adaptive radiation, hybridization and evolution.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 10, 2007
Creeping fuchsia is native to the North Island of New Zealand, where it is sparsely distributed and sometimes considered threatened. JPierre originally posted this taxon as Fuchsia procumbens var. kirkii, a name which I’m uncertain was ever scientifically published (Fuchsia kirkii Hook. f., though, was published but is now typically considered a synonym of Fuchsia […]
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