Latin is a dead language, as dead as it can be. It killed the ancient Romans,and now it's killing me! But it's payback time. In July, The International Botanical Congress voted to relax the rules that required that al...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/27/latin-just-got-deader-botanists-turn-away-from-latin-plant-names/
We often post about endangered animals, but plants can go extinct as well. Plant species' fortunes are affected by the actions of humans and other animals. Consider the strange case of the plant pictured here known as Ca...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/01/8-endangered-plant-species/
Plants and herbs play a big part in the magic of Harry Potter. The students of Hogwarts encounter plants that scream, pulsate, spew poison, and most importantly, become ingredients in magic potions. What's more is that m...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/18/harry-potter-herbology-101/
Have you ever seen a saguaro cactus like this? This is a cristate ("crested") cactus, a result of fasciation, which is explained at TYWKIWDBI. The cactus somehow leads to an explanation of the Stevie Nicks song "Edge...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/31/fasciated-saguaro/
What if you could train plants for national security? A biologist at Colorado State University working with the Department of Defense is doing just that. Genetic engineering is making plants react to threats they never e...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/28/bomb-detecting-plants/
Over 700 paired species of fig trees and wasps have symbiotic relationships. The fig tree host wasp eggs, and the wasps pollinate the fig trees in return. But according to a new study, if the wasps don't pollinate the...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/03/fig-trees-retaliate-against-cheating-wasps/
The desert rhubarb has a remarkable ability to move water in channels down its leaves in a way that lets water penetrate much deeper than other plants can: Ecologists had been puzzling over the desert rhubarb for year...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/11/a-desert-rhubarb-a-self-irrigating-plant/
Preserved plants don't look much like their livi... ...e for over 3000 plant and flower models for their botany students. Leopold didn’t live to see the comple...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/31/glass-botany/
