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University of Reading Community Open Event, Monday 20 May 2013, Harris Garden & Tropical Glasshouse, Whiteknights campus
Programme 1800 Arrivals and refreshments (Guests are requested to enter the University via the Pepper Lane entrance and follow signs to car park 13. The entrance to the Harris Garden will be signposted.) Refreshments will be served upon arrival in … Continue reading
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IPM – Total Pest Counts August-November 2012
Following two terms worth of data gathering for my final year project I have got an idea of the diversity of pests and their rate of spread int he tropical greenhouse. Below are two figures with the compiled total counts … Continue reading
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10000 views reached on 30 April 2013
This blog was originally established to report on developments during our tropical glasshouse refurbishment, paid for by the Annual Fund, however it has proved popular and received a steady stream of readers. On 30th April 2013 we reached the 10-thousandth … Continue reading
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Musaceae – GIANT HERBS not trees!
When we talk about plants and people, the “Banana family” or Musaceae is one of the prominent ones. Although it has a long history and prominent role in human and wildlife diet, the puzzle of the origin and evolutionary theory … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Crops, Palaeotropics, Students
Tagged apple banana, banana, banana flower, banana fruit, bananas, Musaceae, pink banana, yellow banana
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A look into the Carnivorous world- Nepenthaceae
“The pitchers of Nepenthes possesses extraordinary power of digestion” … “The fact that a plant should secrete, when properly excited, a fluid containing an acid and ferment, closely analogous to the digestive fluid of an animal, was certainly a remarkable … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Australia, Low Nutrient Environments, Madagascar, Palaeotropics, Students
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Pandanus amaryllifolius – The only Pandanus with fragrant leaves
P. amaryllifolius is one of the plants that is capable of evoking nostalgic memories of South-East Asian life solely by its scent. Pandanaceae is a paleotropical monocot family that comprises 4 genera (ie. Pandanus, Freycinetia, Martellidendron and Sararanga). Pandanus is … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Cooking, Asian Pandan, food flavour, medicial plants, medicinal plant, Medicine, Pandan, Pandanaceae, Pandanus, Scented Plants, Thai Pandan, William Roxburgh
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Ipomoea batatas – Sweet Potato or When is a potato not a potato?
Many of you will be familiar with the knobbly, red-skinned, orange-fleshed, vegetable known as sweet potato but you might be surprised to learn that it is more closely related to the parasitic thread-like dodders than it is to our familiar … Continue reading
Cyperus papyrus L., post 2 of 2, taxonomy and distribution
Cyperus papyrus is a tall and graceful plant. It looks stunning in the Tropical Greenhouse with a tropical blue sky behind it, which, even in October, Reading obligingly provided, to prove the point. It’s up to 5m tall, with almost globular … Continue reading
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Brassavola nodosa
A little Introduction The sweetly scented Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl. more commonly known as Lady of the Night orchid, belongs to the rather extensive Orchidaceae family, and is part of the Brassavola genus, which contains approximately 21 species. The majority of the Brassavola species grow on … Continue reading
Manihot glaziovii & Manihot esculenta – Two shrubs with history
There are 98 known species of Manihot which are native to the neotropics, between Arizona and Argentina according to Rogers and Appan (1973). Manihot (often referred to as Cassava) are in the Euphorbiaceae family, also known as the spurge family, which contains 300 genera, and … Continue reading
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Tagged cassava, manihot esculenta, manihot glaziovii
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