Comments for Botany Blog http://botany.thismia.com Plants of the Northeastern U.S. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:46:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Chestnut blight: historical perspective by Fred Essig http://botany.thismia.com/2011/10/09/chestnut-blight-historical-perspective/#comment-2516 Fred Essig Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:41:41 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2011/10/09/chestnut-blight-historical-perspective/#comment-2516 just got the arithmetic thing - hope this will go through! Just discovered your excellent blog - great photographs and solid information! Will add a link to my blog. I focus primarily on questions of structure, function and evolution, but have a wildflower page as well. Cheers! just got the arithmetic thing - hope this will go through!

Just discovered your excellent blog - great photographs and solid information! Will add a link to my blog. I focus primarily on questions of structure, function and evolution, but have a wildflower page as well.

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Plasmolysis by paul http://botany.thismia.com/2010/02/24/plasmolysis/#comment-1950 paul Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:10:32 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2010/02/24/plasmolysis/#comment-1950 why is it so green nice why is it so green nice

]]> Comment on Perigynous flowers by Anonymous http://botany.thismia.com/2010/05/03/perigynous-flowers/#comment-1826 Anonymous Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:39:20 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2010/05/03/perigynous-flowers/#comment-1826 This is very helpful. It's excellent. Thank you. This is very helpful. It’s excellent. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid by admin http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1351 admin Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:59:34 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1351 If that is the saltcedar who posts on gardenweb I can attest to his botanical knowledge. I must admit that I'm not so good with tropical plants. Glad you were able to have it identified. If that is the saltcedar who posts on gardenweb I can attest to his botanical knowledge. I must admit that I’m not so good with tropical plants. Glad you were able to have it identified.

]]> Comment on Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid by Frustrated http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1342 Frustrated Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:03:11 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1342 Just a follow up, with the help of saltcedar (http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=69678) it was identified as 'Helicteres jamaicensis' :) Just a follow up, with the help of saltcedar (http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=69678) it was identified as ‘Helicteres jamaicensis’

:)

]]> Comment on Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid by Frustrated http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1341 Frustrated Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:25:00 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1341 Beautiful plant and photo, great discovery. I found my way here trying to identify a plant/seed pod from google. Off subject but maybe I might find help here? :D I purchased at an outdoor market some corkscrew like seed pods (unlabled, to use as a spice), having no idea what they were, thinking I could find the answer on google. So far thee only progrees I have made is finding an image of it here: http://myturksandcaicosblog.com/?p=1297 (3rd image is the seed pod). On this page they state the name is "Blind Eye Bush". On further searching I haven't been able to find any information on a plant with that name. Thanks! Beautiful plant and photo, great discovery. I found my way here trying to identify a plant/seed pod from google. Off subject but maybe I might find help here? :D
I purchased at an outdoor market some corkscrew like seed pods (unlabled, to use as a spice), having no idea what they were, thinking I could find the answer on google. So far thee only progrees I have made is finding an image of it here: http://myturksandcaicosblog.com/?p=1297 (3rd image is the seed pod). On this page they state the name is “Blind Eye Bush”. On further searching I haven’t been able to find any information on a plant with that name.

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid by admin http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1314 admin Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:04:08 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1314 Hi Jackie, Was nice of them to do that. You have a nice blog. It would appear the purple fringed orchids got started a little earlier here. I considered revisiting the area again to photograph them in full bloom but the poison sumac got me pretty good. Mike Hi Jackie,

Was nice of them to do that. You have a nice blog. It would appear the purple fringed orchids got started a little earlier here. I considered revisiting the area again to photograph them in full bloom but the poison sumac got me pretty good.

Mike

]]> Comment on Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid by Jackie Donnelly http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1297 Jackie Donnelly Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:27:41 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2011/06/29/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid/#comment-1297 I found your blog thanks to a mention on the New York Flora Association blog, and I look forward to comparing your finds with mine out here in Saratoga County. Come visit my blog Saratoga Woods and Waterways to see what's blooming out here. www.saratogawoodswaters.blogspot.com I found your blog thanks to a mention on the New York Flora Association blog, and I look forward to comparing your finds with mine out here in Saratoga County. Come visit my blog Saratoga Woods and Waterways to see what’s blooming out here. www.saratogawoodswaters.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on Spring Flowers by Matthew Knott http://botany.thismia.com/2011/05/11/spring-flowers/#comment-939 Matthew Knott Fri, 13 May 2011 02:12:06 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2011/05/11/spring-flowers/#comment-939 Beautiful photos, Professor. Enjoy the last part of the spring and the summer along with its botanical abundance! Beautiful photos, Professor. Enjoy the last part of the spring and the summer along with its botanical abundance!

]]> Comment on Dispersal of Trillium seeds by ants by admin http://botany.thismia.com/2009/09/27/welcome-to-my-botany-blog/#comment-920 admin Tue, 10 May 2011 23:32:07 +0000 http://botany.thismia.com/2009/09/27/welcome-to-my-botany-blog/#comment-920 <p>I am probably not the best person to ask but you do raise an interesting question. Past glaciations have no doubt influenced the current distribution of most northern species. While ants are the primary means by which the seeds are dispersed, deer are known to occasionally eat the fruits and distribute them over rather long distances. And although wasps and deer have been identified as alternate dispersal vectors there may be other organisms, like birds, that could occasionally disperse the seeds as well.</p> I am probably not the best person to ask but you do raise an interesting question. Past glaciations have no doubt influenced the current distribution of most northern species. While ants are the primary means by which the seeds are dispersed, deer are known to occasionally eat the fruits and distribute them over rather long distances. And although wasps and deer have been identified as alternate dispersal vectors there may be other organisms, like birds, that could occasionally disperse the seeds as well.

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