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6. Tacca chantrieri André DIOSCOREACEAE One of the so-called ‘bat flowers’, with brownish flowers surrounded by pairs of paler, petal-like bracts and drooping, thread-like bracteoles. This species occurs from Meghalaya…
…and more resilient to change. Air pollution sensitive fruticose (bushy) lichen Usnea subfloridana growing on the Azalea branches In the 1970’s there were no bushy lichens in the Royal Botanic…
20. Rhaphidophora glauca (Wallich) Schott ARACEAE This is a climbing member of the aroid family. It resembles a smaller form of the familiar Swiss-cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa), a popular house-plant…
…My starting point – the information about the men on the memorial published in the Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, v.21 – as we’ll see below, some of…
Photo: Mike Sutcliffe @britishlichens.co.uk Welcome to the world of the small! Let us take you on a tour of the lichens you can find here at the Royal Botanic Garden…
…Fern House decant begins – Botanics Stories Stories from the Biomes: The Fern House Decant – Botanics Stories Postcards from the Biomes: The Last Fern to Leave – Botanics Stories…
We are enjoying the autumn colour here at the botanic gardens but the leaves are now falling thick and fast. We do not want to miss out on this precious…
…it was described by William Wright Smith, Regius Keeper. He named after Robert Harrow, curator at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 1902 – 1931. Sorbus harrowiana Sorbus harrowiana…
…Collector of Saharunpur in April 1840. He had already been corresponding with Hugh Falconer, Superintendent of the Saharunpur Botanic Garden, and the pair must have had many discussions on botany…
…the collection. In our current series of virtual Digivol expeditions we are exploring the Lilliaceae family. Sign up as a volunteer at https://volunteer.ala.org.au and search for Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh….
…Inverleith House Gallery at RBGE until September and is not to be missed! Our Schools’ team were at Logan Botanic Garden for a week in April to welcome 367 children…
Hug a tree at the Botanics on 1st December at 12 noon and help break a world record. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is putting out the call for people…
…in the past two decades. July 25th and Cambridge Botanic Garden recorded the hottest day ever recorded in the UK at 38.7°C. A month of magnificent Hydrangea flowering. Did the…
…check first. Here is a list of five we grow in the Edible Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Borage – has a mild cucumber flavour. The flowers look…
A new Postcards from the Biomes following the move of the last fern to leave the Ferns and Fossils Glasshouse at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh….
Rhododendron horlickianum Kingdon-Ward 9403 I have a fair interest in Rhododendron because the are such a ubiquitous Scottish garden plant, but at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh we have a world…
…of four to cover Edinburgh Botanics and all of the regional gardens. Apart from being great fun and engaging visitors with biological recording the Bioblitz events help garden managers to…
…in the British Isles” notes “it has little or no merit for gardens but is interesting botanically.” Where better a place to cultivate than in a botanic garden? The botanical…
Help Make The Filo Pastry Tree at Logan Botanic Garden Woodland Trust Scotland’s Tree of the Year. Please help us to win this award by voting for the tree at…
…be possible to cultivate at Logan botanic gardens if sheltered in the glasshouse overwinter? I know it is not of conservation value but, it is an interesting fruit which I…