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Tag: Flowers and Plants

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Celeste Caeiro, Whose Flowers Gave a Name to a Revolt, Dies at 91

November 17, 2024November 18, 2024Phil DavisonComments Off on Celeste Caeiro, Whose Flowers Gave a Name to a Revolt, Dies at 91

In Portugal in 1974, she spontaneously gave red carnations to soldiers on their way to ending a dictatorship in what became known as the Carnation Revolution.

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Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Pollinator Friendly Habitat

September 5, 2024September 6, 2024Catrin EinhornComments Off on Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Pollinator Friendly Habitat

The sites fight climate change and can help with another global crisis: the collapse of nature. But so far, efforts to nurture wildlife habitat have been spotty.

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Horticulturist Carlos Magdalena Is Saving Rare Flowers From Extinction

August 20, 2024August 20, 2024Silvana PaternostroComments Off on Horticulturist Carlos Magdalena Is Saving Rare Flowers From Extinction

Carlos Magdalena, whose botanical adventures have shades of Indiana Jones, was a driving force in saving the world’s smallest water lily and finding the largest one. He has been called the “plant messiah.”

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As Botanists Drop a Racist Plant Name, Some Fear Scientific Confusion

August 1, 2024Clarissa BrincatComments Off on As Botanists Drop a Racist Plant Name, Some Fear Scientific Confusion

The International Botanical Congress voted to change a scientific name belonging to hundreds of plant species because it was offensive in southern Africa.

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Emperor Naruhito to Visit London’s Kew Gardens, Which Has Links to Japan

June 25, 2024June 27, 2024MEGAN SPECIAComments Off on Emperor Naruhito to Visit London’s Kew Gardens, Which Has Links to Japan

Emperor Naruhito is touring the famous botanic gardens this week as part of a state visit to Britain with his wife, Empress Masako.

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Wanted in South Korea: Imperialism-Free Cherry Blossoms

March 29, 2024John Yoon, Mike Ives, Hisako Ueno and Chang W. LeeComments Off on Wanted in South Korea: Imperialism-Free Cherry Blossoms

Activists want to replace a variety of cherry tree associated with the Japanese colonial era with one they say is Korean. The science is messy.

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Long Before Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops, There Were Hallucinogenic Seeds

March 21, 2024RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Long Before Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops, There Were Hallucinogenic Seeds

A nearly 2,000-year-old stash pouch provides the first evidence of the intentional use of a powerful psychedelic plant in Western Europe during the Roman Era.

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Polluted Flowers Smell Less Sweet to Pollinators, Study Finds

February 8, 2024Emily AnthesComments Off on Polluted Flowers Smell Less Sweet to Pollinators, Study Finds

The research, involving primroses and hawk moths, suggests that air pollution could be interfering with plant reproduction.

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Tragedy, Resilience and a Miracle at Chile’s Burned Botanical Garden

February 5, 2024John Bartlett, Jack Nicas and Cristóbal OlivaresComments Off on Tragedy, Resilience and a Miracle at Chile’s Burned Botanical Garden

Wildfires destroyed 98 percent of Chile’s national botanical garden and killed a worker and her family. But there were signs of hope in the ashes.

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A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo

January 20, 2024January 20, 2024Mike Ives and Hasya NinditaComments Off on A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, hailed pinanga subterranea, a palm native to the island, as a discovery, but it has long been known to local Indigenous people.

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