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…16 June had black legs and so were identified as Brachypterus glaber. “Species 700” was Tree Bumblebee, recorded on 6th July last year – see http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/12094 . It has therefore…
…pitch perfect timing so with minimum props you feel immersed within the ash forest at all seasons and in all weathers. The touching human stories are intertwined in a playful…
…on the 25th April 1915. Some of what these men went through there has been outlined a few times already in previous Botanics Stories dedicated to the memory of Fallow’s…
…you have any stories of close encounters with the Botanics sparrowhawks you would like to share or any photos please feel free to comment on this post. Alternatively or additionally…
The genus Zingiber is distributed from India to the Pacific but only a few species are known from east of Wallace’s Line, where we discovered this new species that was…
…kit, everything from testing the GPSs to making sure we have ample pencils to take down notes fr each collection. Continue to follow us on Botanic Stories and via Twitter,…
…a project going on at the moment which I mentioned in my earlier posts called Edinburgh Living Landscape. It has its own section in Botanics Stories as RBGE is a…
…that the palm had originated in Panama! ————————————————————————————————– References Salazar Allen, N. 1991. A preliminary treatment of the Central American species of Octoblepharum (Musci: Calymperaceae). Tropical Bryology 4: 85-97. https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24977…
On the first Friday of each month the Botanic Cottage hosts a drop-in session for those living with dementia and their family members, always with an RBGE inspired theme. Due…
To the north of the Redwood grove stood a great Nothofagus obliqua. This particular tree was grown from seed collected by Harold Frederick Comber on one of his expeditions to…
…able to get her listings on to our newly available Archives catalogue: they can be viewed by clicking here. We also asked her to write a post for Botanics Stories…
At this time of year parents are frantically trying to decide what to give their children for Christmas. Can I make a suggestion? As first proposed by pioneer conservationist Rachel…
Tjipetir blocks from the factory in Java around 1900’s Peter holding blocks found by Tracy Williams on a Cornwall beach Sometime ago while researching stories for the spring exhibition at…
…we’re testing – for example, one may be better than the other for recovering short bits of degraded DNA, and so be recommended for herbarium specimen sampling. ———————————– https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/25047…
A micro-conference participant jotting down notes and sketches during the Herbarium + Archives Tour Photograph courtesy of Caterina Salvi To complement her exhibition at Inverleith House, After Hortus Malabaricus: Sensing and…
Only known image of the Madras Exchange Hall Behind many of the books in the RBGE library lie interesting stories or provenances. One that has come to light during research…
…am deeply indebted to Garry Ketchen for his genealogical research into the men that appear on RBGE’s War Memorial and his kind permission to use it in these Botanics Stories….
…other key research groups currently studied at RBGE (including Begoniaceae, Sapotaceae and Zingiberaceae). Check back here at Botanics Stories to hear about the expedition. Cyrtandra pendula, collected near…
…grave in Malacca, two months later. Those who are following this series of ‘Botanic Stories’ will not be surprised to learn that a further Cleghornian angle can be added to…
Image courtesy of Caterina Salvi As a Gallery Volunteer it has been my privilege to spend a good number of hours looking at the diverse range of objects in the…