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Chelsea Flower Show 2017

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Alastair Culham

The Chelsea Flower Show is without doubt one of the most famous flower shows in the world. This year, I had the chance to work with commercial and amateur gorwers of carnivorous plants to put together an educational stand for The Carnivorous Plant Society, a registered conservation and education charity.

This was the most biodiverse carnivorous plant display ever seen at Chelsea Flower Show. The major genera were represented: Utricularia, Drosera, Nepenthes, Pinguicula, Sarracenia, Genlisea, Brocchinia, Catopsis, Darlingtonia and Dionaea were all represented. We had high hopes for a medal! Continue reading →

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Plantago moorei Rahn, Holotype at RNG

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Alastair Culham

Detail of shoot tip of Plantago moorei Rahn from Holotype

The herbarium at Reading University has a large collection of plants from Tierra Del Fuego and the Falkland Islands collected by Professor David Moore quite early in his research career. Among these is a tiny plant collected in 1964 and described as a new species in his honour in 1984. Resulting from a recent request for information on this species, this blog includes an image of the Holotype of Plantago moorei held at RNG (which incorporates RU). The plant was collected in mid-Summer and has numerous very small flowers. The species is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red list. Continue reading →

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Palm trees in British Gardens

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Alastair Culham

Phoenix canariensis growing in Torbay (CC BY-SA 2.0 Torbay Palms)

With the publication of the RHS Gardening in a Changing Climate report raises questions on what will grow well in future british gardens.

Here we launch a survey of which palms are currently grown outside in the UK to get an idea of how well they are succeeding and whether any might later become established in semi-natural environments.

The Daily Mail reported “Palm trees, fake lawns… and no weeding!” while the Express says “Today’s publication of Gardening in a Changing Climate, produced by the Royal Horticultural Society in collaboration with the Universities of Reading, Sheffield and Coventry and with input from Met Office experts, will trouble the nation’s estimated 27 million gardeners.” Continue reading →

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PhD Conferences 2013-2017

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Oliver Ellingham

During my time as a PhD student at the University of Reading I have been lucky enough to attend a number of conferences, summer schools, and annual meetings and take part in various other outreach events. With a little more luck I will graduate this Summer, July 2017, and this blog post is therefore a summary of these conferences before my time as a PhD student comes to its end.

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Powdery Mildew Identification: Improving accuracy using previously untapped DNA regions

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Oliver Ellingham

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Here is the poster I will deliver at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2017 (3 – 6 April) at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Scotland.

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Microbiology Society – Annual Conference 2017

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Oliver Ellingham

Next week (Monday 3 April to Thursday 6 April) I will be travelling to Edinburgh, Scotland for the 2017 Annual Conference for the Microbiology Society; my first time North of the border into Scotland. I will be presenting the Powdery Mildew Identification poster.

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Sideritis juryi Holotype

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Alastair Culham

A photograph of the Holotype of Sideritis juryi held at University of Reading Herbarium is shown below. This species was named in honour of Dr Stephen Jury, curator of RNG for many years and now retired.

Holotype pf Sideritis juryi at RNG

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