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Can anyone identify this wild flower. Growing in Santana do Riacho--Estrada Serra Morena Minas Gerais, Brazil? Thanks in advance!

Mistletoe berry glue bonds even nonstick Teflon and can be reactivated with heat Researchers led by Oliver Lieleg, professor of biopolymer materials at TUM, have developed an adhesive based primarily on a natural sugar mixture from mistletoe berries. Click to expand...

Time will tell whether this enormous bloom wins a prize from the American Dahlia Society. Amazing to me is that it has been grown in a fairly small pot. Saanich gardener hopes to win top spot for largest dahlia bloom

A nearly black flower with horn-like projections and flashes of reddish orange has been discovered beneath leaf litter in a mountain forest in western Thailand. The plant cannot photosynthesize, spends most of its life hidden from view, and now has a name that matches its unusual appearance: Thismia daemona , or the “devil flower.” Thismia daemona belongs to Thismia , a genus of small flowering plants sometimes called “fairy lanterns.” Unlike most plants,... Thismia daemona--newly discovered "devil flower".

Annual Fungus Amongus Festival Whistler, BC October 17-18, 2026 Walks, talks, identification, displays, tastings www.whistlernaturalists.ca View attachment 265327

Annual Cowichan Foray South Vancouver Island Mycological Society October 23-25, 2026 Membership required ($25/year) https://svims.club

Our strata has planted about 50 of these because of their beauty and drought tolerance. The result is new seedlings everywhere, difficult to control. Also, the seed head is a tiny awl and we just discovered that it burrows, moving in one direction only, into the skin and subsequent tissues of dogs, cats, all animals….why are we planting this non-native ornamental grass? Why do we encourage gardeners to plant it here?

Our strata has planted about 50 of these because of their beauty and drought tolerance. The result is new seedlings everywhere, difficult to control. Also, the seed head is a tiny awl and we just discovered that it burrows, moving in one direction only, into the skin and subsequent tissues of dogs, cats, all animals….why are we planting this non-native ornamental grass? Why do we encourage gardeners to plant it here?

Anyone got a source of free or inexpensive 1 gallon plastic pots out there? (I am going to plant all my bulbs into pots so I can move them around at will in the garden)

Anyone got a source of free or inexpensive 1 gallon plastic pots out there? (I am going to plant all my bulbs into pots so I can move them around at will in the garden)

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