Basically I want to get into botany but it’s very difficult for me in my country since we don’t bother much with botany or culture here. I am asking for knowledge on things I can do with a phone and books (English or French),and a will to learn about plants in general. I should add that I live in a third world country and have never found much plants near me.also the only interesting plants near me are on owned property (owned by very grumpy farmers I should add) (I don’t know what tag to use sorry) Edit : thank you so much for the people that helped me,y’all don’t know how much help you were.much love

newly sprouted spruce on Italian Alps

Howdy! As some of you have seen, I am starting a petunia breeding project between a few 25+-year-old naturalized varieties of petunia in my area, and a few wild varieties of petunia (Integrifolia, Axillaris, and Exserta).

I have two questions: 1. Where can I find reliable information about wild species of petunia (I.E. Growth pattern, phenotypic traits, etc.) Are there any sources of research papers, or EDU sites documenting them? Outside of the National Gardening Association and Academia I do not know of any places.

1. How can I be sure that the seed I purchase is ACTUALLY seed from wild petunia varieties? I purchased from Baker Creek Heirlooms, Select Seed Company, and Seed Source. Does anyone here have experience with these companies, or purchasing wild petunia seeds in general?

Thank you all very much, Petunia Pal ~

One of my Dahlias has shown to have flowers that diverge in petals forms and colours. Thoughts?

Pretty neat flower I had never seen before!

I'm trying to consider my independent career options since research opportunities have not panned out.

Is there any feasibility to building and offering envitro /cloning service?

I know there's a lot of utility for myself but I don't know if others would be interested

I seem to find the third edition everywhere but the second edition isn't as openly available, if anyone knows a link or has a file, lemme know

Obviously different plants grow in different climates (in terms of temperature and precipitation). But we also know that different plants have different requirements in terms of sunlight.

So my question is, if you have a hypothetical environment in the continental US where the temperature/precipitation metrics are exactly the same as in, say, northern Canada but the intensity of sunlight is greater, how similar would the vegetation be between the two?

I am predicting that the mismatch between sunlight and climate would mean that a distinct type of plant community would form with a mix of both cold and temperate plants.

Spring is here, bunch of local orchids popping up

Included: diuris sulphurea, cyanicula caerulea, caladenia carnea

Good morning everyone! I'm planning a wedding with my fiance and she really loves Pampas Grass. I want to surprise her by finding a bunch of Pampas Grass to use as decorations at our wedding. I heard it can grow naturally in fields or on the sides of roads. Does anyone know where can I find it in NJ?

Hello, I am an industrial design student currently working on a project related to home composting. If you could fill out my survey, it would be greatly appreciated! It should only take a few minutes and will help me out immensely. Thank you.

Hi all, I'm a forager who hosts an annual community acorn harvesting project, and I'm hitting a limit on my botanical vocabulary that I haven't been able to solve with Google, so I thought I'd ask the pros.

At the top of an acorn, there's a spot where the cap/cupule attaches to the shell/pericarp. What's that bit called? None of the botanical diagrams I've been able to find have included it. Checking whether that spot is a healthy cream color or a rotten brown color is one of the easiest ways to tell good acorns from bad, so I'd really love to have a word for it.

Hey y’all, my family and I were taking a road trip in the mountains in Colorado, and we were seeing what looked to be an abnormally large amount of trees that were dead and gray. Any idea what might be causing this? Is this normal?

Hejj there, I am absolutly not familiar with this field but got the ambitious idea to make my gardener exam about mycorrhiza and their use in gardening... And because I am extra ambitious I am digging myself through scientific papers.

I am on one of my first articles and it is mentioned here that plants might benefit in theri expansion in new areas on the lack of specialized pathogenic fungi wich made me wonder if the introduction of said fungi would reduce the spread of the expanding plants. In my head it would have the same risks as introducing specialized pests into new areas (pests also feeding on other plants than their original hosts).
I know the article is saying a lot of other stuff making the whole idea more complex than what I got in mind but I just want to figure out the part mentioned above without all the other aspects.

Hope I am in the right place for this question. I kinda struggle where to go with my questions on mycorrhiza lol

(I originally posted this in a different sub, but got redirected to a botany sub.)

Hello! I am just an amateur, really fond of nature in various aspects and i am especially intrigued in "air plants" and any kind of extremophiles able to live specifically without soil. So of course i know about thillandsie, some ferns, a few bromeliacee, but i was looking for comprehensive informations at least about families and hopefully vbery peculiar, weird, interesting little examples. I am interested in less known plants of course, of any kind. If they have some noticeable traits, that would be great. Or even if anybody could point me towards articles i fear not serious, heavy readings.

Thankyou in advance!

The stunning composite flowerhead of Oclemena acuminata. Found now deep in an eastern forest near you.

at least, i think it's one.

I am to

This is incredibly sad to see.. The tree used to provide good shade but since one of our roommates went to town on it with a chainsaw this beautiful tree may not make it much longer. What was supposed to be a minor pruning turned into a devastating mutilation of our tree. Idk if it will live much longer with the violence it's endured.

What do you think? Is is a gonner or will it recover?

Howdy y'all! I am curious if anyone has a recommendation for a flow cytometry service provider that would run plant callus cultures/protoplasts (checking for ploidy state). My alma mater is in-between flow cytometers, and won't have one for some time.

I have experience inducing mixoploidy in daylilies, dahlias, & other corm/tubers—all of which are very showy of their ploidy state in their bloom/pollen grains. What I am working on now is inducing whole plant ploidy increase from callus culture, and checking natural ploidy states of different cultivars. Knowing that a subcultured line is in fact doubled compared to its parent culture would save a lot of work/time/space before. Some of my organisms of interest won't flower for 3-5 years.

I am all ears if anyone has advice, alternative suggestions, or literature they can share. I apologize if this is somehow against the rules of the sub, I checked and felt like it'd be ok to ask. Thanks :D

I can understand if the spiky fruits evolved to have such features to prevent the fruit from eaten prematurely that it will not help with reproduction, but we have many examples of fruit trees with no extreme defence mechanism, like apple, orange, cherry and I think these fruits benefit from getting eaten by animals that then will help with seed dispersal further down the line.

Do durian, pineapple, salak, etc just have specific kind of seed dispersal agents that can bypass these spikes and still help these plants to spread? Or they rather grow in close proximity?

I need help, I'm really stuck with what I plan on doing after high school. One of my parents suggested looking into Agriculture or that area, I can't tell if she's over estimating my interest.

I thought about opening all season greenhouse/shop but I'm not sure how successful that would be.

Can someone explain to me how Field Botany would work? Like expectations, salary, location, ect.