Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / December 2005

I came across a few images of an exotic flower identified as "Parrot
Flower"
You can view those images in at the following links ...
http://www.mahiram.com/gossip/printthread.php?t=8832&pp=40

I was given a glass of juice which was very good. The person showed me
a shrub (4 to 5 feet high), that the fruit came from. Can anyone help
me identify it? The leaves are about 4 to five inches long and grouped
in three. There is a fruit that looked like a nickle sized bulb that is

Hi ya'll,
I live in dreary Olympia Washington - I love it here truely - but boy
is it dark. Does anyone have any advise on plants that can actually
exists on interior lighting?

Hi, i hope somone can help me here. Im an undergrade student trying to write
a webpage covering some of the most important steps in angiosperm
divilopment. I cant find a description of the nuclear end cellular type of
endosperm formation, does anyone know of a webpage or article ...

Could someone please help me identify this plant...
http://www.user.shentel.net/eddie180/FP/100_0846e.jpg
This is a viney plant in an arboretum in Northern Virginia growing
on a tree. We thought it might be mistletoe, but it had red berries.

After I saw this photo of an enormous flower (
http://www.igman.com/misc/fertilizers-on-your-front-lawn )I had to ask
myself if this plant was for real? Or, was this plant engineered by
humans, and carefully fertilized by super potent miracle grow and other

Hello people,
Can you help identify this one? A Hibiscus perhaps? Found in the
Himalayas
http://www.spandan.com/6-05-039.jpg

An article is available that describes the use of a common organic
material in increasing the growth rate of many varieties of vegetable
and flowering plant. The web site URLis:
    http:hstrial-dhamilton1.homestead.com/Plant Growth.html.

Hello Bob,
Thank you for your message.  I would like the labs to be experimental and essay-based.  The students should be able to address their questions by working in the lab or greenhouse (the NH weather can be a bit brutal).  I find that students who are involved with their own ...

Hello Bob,
Thank you for your message.  I would like the labs to be experimental and essay-based.  The students should be able to address their questions by working in the lab or greenhouse (the NH weather can be a bit brutal).  I find that students who are involved with their own ...

I recently published a second online article on plant misconceptions:
Hershey, D.R. 2005. More misconceptions to avoid when teaching
about plants. An ActionBioscience.org original article.
http://actionbioscience.org/education/hershey3.html

I recently published a second online article on plant misconceptions:
Hershey, D.R. 2005. More misconceptions to avoid when teaching
about plants. An ActionBioscience.org original article.
http://actionbioscience.org/education/hershey3.html

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I am a new assistant professor at a small liberal arts college in New
Hampshire.  I am teaching an upper-level (3xx) Plant Biology course in
the spring; I will use the Raven et al. text.  I am interested in
designing an inquiry-based laboratory course.  That being said, I have

I am a new assistant professor at a small liberal arts college in New
Hampshire.  I am teaching an upper-level (3xx) Plant Biology course in
the spring; I will use the Raven et al. text.  I am interested in
designing an inquiry-based laboratory course.  That being said, I have