When you think of the tools of the modern geneticist, the lowly razor blade probably don’t come to mind. But this low-tech tool is essential to the work of Dutch geneticist and passionate gardener Ben Zonneveld, who is using it to tease apart the genetic secrets of the flower whose spectacular genetic variation caused “tulip mania” in the 1600s and has made it a star in the genetics lab in the twenty-first century. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports from Leiden, the Netherlands. Photo Credit: Ari Daniel Shapiro read moreDuration: 5:01Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 16:59:54 +0000
2013-03-20 Lower Austria, district Schwechat (just outside the city limits of Vienna)German name: Wald-GelbsternGagea lutea begins its flowering period when those of Galanthus nivalis and Scilla vindobonensis are past their peak of their flowering periods - so usually there's some overlapping, like is the case this year.Der Wald-Gelbstern beginnt erst zu blhen, wenn das Schneeglckerl und der Wien-Blaustern ihren Bltezeit-Hhepunkt bereits berschritten haben - es gibt also blicherweise eine berlappungszeit, und das ist auch heuer wieder der Fall.See also Anemone ranunculoides - siehe auch Gelb-Windrschen.
Calochortus ciscoensis Welsh & Atwood (published in 2008). Atriplex corrugata in background/left, Astragalus convallarius in back/right, Squirrel grass in front of lower/smaller flower. . Plants may include a vey faint (as above) or purple slender chevron or it may be completely lacking. Plants are bunched, usually with several flowers per stem (2 or 3 commonly, or 4-5+), long drooping leaves present at the time of flowering. May 28, 2011, 5015 ft., eastern Duchesne Co., Utah
Plant IdentificationCommon name: formosan lily, taiwan lilyBotanical Name: Lilium formosanFamily name: LiliaceaeLocation: Lidcombe, NSWDate: 12th April 2009Collector: John PoulakisHabitat: Native of Taiwan. An erect perennial herb grows up to 2 metres high. Common in drainage ditches and along roadsides.Economic significance: A highly successful invader capableof producing many offspring with a potential to become a dominant plant species in an invaded area.