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Eucryphya glutinosa Native to the Southern Hemisphere the Eucryphia are a mass of white this year. In the border south of the herbarium E. glutinosa shows a delicate wave to…
Kniphofia ensifolia ssp ensifolia Kniphofia ensifolia ssp. ensifolia: Temperate South Africa. Spikes of hot orange tubular flowers loved by wasps. Large clump growing south of the herbarium. Watsonia pillansii: Eastern…
…held in the Herbarium. We now know it to be D. elegans from the free filament in the floral structure of the anthers. Leguminous, light purple flowers with red oxide…
…To verify it to species level in the herbarium a seed pod is needed. The good news is that there are a multitude of terminal flower buds ready to open….
…the Herbarium car park was collected in Nepal on a ridge north of Kumatoang, and has sprouted late extension growth. The leaves are just turning green from the juvenile bronze….
I saw a Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on the Camellia in front of the glasshouse range on 6 March. Heather McHaffie saw a bumblebee on the rhododendron beside the herbarium…
…Davidian to describe this species from Kingdon-Ward’s voucher specimen which is held at the Herbarium the Arnold Arboretum. This plant is therefore one of those rare examples of a living…
…he was knighted in 1903. From his time in India he amassed a sizable personal herbarium of around 20,000 collections which were donated to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It…
…without a doubt is was wonderful. Over all we collected over 160 collections about 50 collections were living material 30 were seed collections and over a 100 herbarium sheets. I…
…Private Alan Menzies, killed at Loos, 25th September 1915. In addition there is a memorial tablet, unveiled in 1925, set on the wall in the Herbarium reception area as a…
…much press attention for decimating crop yields and threatening global food security. A specimen of rust fungi from the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. In order to complete…
Looking into the cabinets of the RBGE herbarium never fails to turn up a surprise. Today I was looking for specimens that might have come from the almost entirely destroyed…
…herbarium specimen is also collected, the location is recorded using GPS and a description of the habitat and associated species is made. This data is stored in our database. When…
…as it will give the audience a chance to see behind the scenes in our library, archive and herbarium, and meet some of the authors and staff who contributed to…
…species was determined as L.croceovelutinus. A specimen and accompanying field notes have now been stored in the herbarium for future reference. The cap colour change following application of 10% KOH…
…multiple sets) for the RBGE herbarium, especially in the genera Rhododendron and Primula. We have now databased 9,595 of these specimens. These can be found on our website by searching…
…a large slice of tree trunk, felled by Forrest and his collectors in 1931 – it may even be our largest herbarium specimen? The slice of tree trunk – just…
…in a collaboration between RBGE and Harvard University Herbarium. The name means “few stamens”, as the male flowers have between 4 and 8 stamens, not 40-60-odd as in most other…
…to boost in 1904 by recommending herbarium clerk George Forrest for a Chinese plant collecting expedition. Forrest went on to complete seven successful expeditions to Yunnan in SW China, becoming…
…who went on to write the first Flora of Nepal. The original material was collected in Nepal and formed part of the large East India Company Herbarium distributed by Natanial…