Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / October 2005

ATP is the energy compound dose any one like to discribe the main
strucure of this molecule?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/pimp_daddy/S40-2003-05-06-637.jpg
Who can ID this plant ?
I found it on the southern Corsican coast.

For no other reason than it interests me I'm trying to get my head
around the way plants are named.
From a standing start I know that there are various naming schemes (if
that's the right word) and that different people have different ideas

I'm looking for some papers/monographies/books about the Serenoa Repens
plant. Do you know any valuable resource about it?
In particular I need documentation about its history, flowers and seeds.
Thanks.

I was reading about this species and said it was rare. How rare is it?
Do nurseries have this species? Do they mean it is rare in forests but
easy to find in nurseries?

I made a post previously but I don't think it worked or posted properly.
http://www.geocities.com/aurora_gloriae/night_vision.html
This plant/tree is driving me crazy because I don't know enough about
trees/plants to Id this.

Stunning! A neighbors crabapple tree is in bloom. It is a cultivar of
Hopi malus crabapple. Most of its leaves have fallen and I see
pink-red-white blooms. Has anyone else observed such plant activity? Is
it the global warming that has tricked the tree into the metabolism of

Found at BelMar Park in Lakewood Colorado!  The Bees and Butterflies
seem very fond of it!:
http://wolfbat359.com/idplease.html

RE: Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose- How do you do it with off the
shelf stuff ?
Appologies if this is the wrong forumn but hopefully someone can steer
me in the right direction.

Hi again folks,
Here's a link to my vote for single coolest plant I've ever seen.  I've
tentatively named "her" Lucille -- definitely a punker plant.
Obviously an Apocynad, maybe a Larryleachia???  Photographed in Goegap

Is anybody using anthocyans in a general botany lab ?  I am trying to find a
simple way to introduce my students to these so widely spread substances.
Martin

Is anybody using anthocyans in a general botany lab ?  I am trying to find a
simple way to introduce my students to these so widely spread substances.
Martin

A few years ago I found this plant near Ibadan, Nigeria, apparently
parasitic (since only non-chlorophyllous parts seem to come above the
soil surface).  It was in a mixed orchard of Theobroma cacao and Cola
nitida, so I presume it was parasitizing the roots of one or the other,

As some protoza contain chloroplasts, does this not make them more
animal than plant?