#Botanics

Project Gutenberggutenberg_org
2026-01-29
Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch.

Multiple leaflets arranged along a central rachis (stem) showing some characteristics
Serrated (toothed) margins
Lanceolate to oblong shape
Prominent venation preserved in the pressing
Typical arrangement of 9-13 leaflets on this specimen

The brown color is normal for aged herbarium specimens

https://www.botanicalcollections.be/#/en/specimen/BR0000024493932
2026-01-09

The forecast said sleet. But I've just had a walk through lovely fluffy falling snow - through the Botanics and Inverleith Park. Utterly beautiful. And, wearing thermals and a thick anorak, very cosy!

I was surprised to see curlews feeding on what must be frozen ground opposite Fettes!

(I did try taking pictures of falling snow, but they were rubbish.)

Now I'm off to the pub!

#Edinburgh #Botanics #Inverleith

A colour photograph in portrait format of two birds on grassy land with very thin patchy snow lying on some of it.

The birds are smaller than pigeons and have various shades of beige to dark brown feathers. They have very thin legs with nobbly knees.

They have very long down turned beaks which identify them as curlews.

There are several more birds in the distance - also curlews.
2026-01-05

This is good news! The glass houses have been closed for ages. I bet the ferns that were growing there which I had collected as a student have gone ...!

#Edinburgh #Botanics #GoodNews

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36z2z

優noD🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿yunod.sustainabletranslator.scot@bsky.brid.gy
2025-10-30

The autumn sun has disappeared #イマソラ #Edinburgh #Botanics #RBGE #sky

2025-09-14
A tiny pot of pink flowers my flatmate purchased for £1 at the Botanics. Pic taken in late summer 2017.

#Edinburgh #Botanics
Cute little pot of succulent plant (but a very skinny and small one) with light-green leaves (some of their tips looks a bit reddish). Two very thin stems growing out from them have lots of small pink flowers and buds. Each of the flower has a round light-green ovary that looks like a tiny marble, with many tiny stamens (with yellow anther and red filament) around. The plant is a type of sempervivum.
Landgoed Het Lankheethetlankheet@mastodon.nl
2025-08-28

#boekentip Berthe Hoola van Nooten. Wat een aparte vrouw… Het boek brengt ook stukjes van het ( koloniale) leven in Indië tot leven. #botanics #womansart #art

2025-07-12

Hogweed. Not giant. #botanics #scotland

2025-04-29

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