The Bean of India

The Lotus

• also called Indian lotus, sacred lotus, or, my personal favorite, the bean of India

Nutrients out of thin air

Aerial roots

• these are roots that grow aboveground

Microscopic Beach Balls?

Volvox

• let’s take some time for a little bit of aquatic botany today

What’s a Tree?

What constitutes a tree?

• we see them every day
• they line our streets

Amaryllis: To Be or Not to Be

• Amaryllis is the name of a plant genus
• these flowers grow from bulbs and are most…

Sea Forest

Giant Kelp

• this brown algae is capable of growing over two feet per day and can rapidly propagate to create kelp…

Is a berry really a berry?

The Berry

• technically speaking, a berry consists of a fleshy pulp surrounding seeds

Jelly Melon

Kiwano

• or at least that’s what it was labeled as when I came across it in the grocery store

Wasp Eaters (maybe)

Fig wasps

• figs are technically inverted flowers, so to pollinate them the wasps have to crawl…

Xero Water Necessary

Xerophytes

• an xerophyte is any plant that is adapted to survive in an environment with very…