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Plant of the Day

Sunday 8 January 2023

A slow-growing, evergreen erect tree this specimen of Cordyline indivisa (mountain cabbage tree, mountain palm) has reached an impressive height in this sheltered walled garden in Orkney. In summer there are small, white, star-shaped flowers followed by dense clusters of tiny purple-blue fruits.

Jill Raggett

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Sharing these two pics that I took by carefully trying to stabilize a phone onto the microscope

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Open-Source Dendrometers for Real-Time Plant Water Monitoring

Scientists have long sought new ways to continuously monitor how changing water availability affects plants. Traditional methods of measuring water potential, a key indicator of plant water stress, require invasive sampling that damages tissue. Now researchers have developed entirely open-source instruments capable of tracking plant water status with unprecedented high frequency and…

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What is Monocot? 

Explore the world of Monocot plants with our comprehensive guide. From stunning botanical features to essential cultivation tips, discover the beauty and diversity of monocotyledons. Whether you're a seasoned botanist or a curious gardener, unlock the secrets of these fascinating plants and enrich your botanical knowledge. Join Tutoroot for a personalised learning experience and ace your exams with confidence. 

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When 3-month-old wheat plants were examined, their root hairs were found to constitute more than 60% of the surface area of the roots (see Figure 5.7). (...) Over time, the primary and nodal root axes grow and branch extensively to form a complex fibrous root system (Figure 5.7).

"Plant Physiology and Development" int'l 6e - Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Møller, I.M., Murphy, A.

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Today's Haiku with Picture 845

Lilies lined up

Surprisingly strong

Monocotyledons

They break through the pavement. Then they bloom.

並ぶ百合

案外強い

単子葉類

(2023.07.04)

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Travelers palm...

Ravenala is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants. Classically, the genus was considered to include a single species, Ravenala madagascariensis, commonly known as the traveller's tree, traveller's palm or East-West palm, from Madagascar. It is not a true palm but a member of the family Strelitziaceae.

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n510_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Amaryllidaceae:. London,J. Ridgway and Sons,1837.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50397227

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ruscus is germinating!!!

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Anthurium

Anthurium

Anthurium flower plant is most famous in floral world. Anthurium andraeanum characteristic feature is an indoor ornamental plant with bright coloured spathe leaf. It can be propagated through seed, cuttings and tissue culture method.

Types

Anthuriums flower has more 1000 species depending upon their foliage leaves. There are tropical anthuriums, anthuriums passion pink, anthuriums chocolate, flame red, Mauritius white and sunshine orange.

Tropical anthurium

Red anthuriums flowers symbolize hospitality. It's referred as Flamingo Lily or painters palette. Tropical anthurium possesses attractive long-lasting inflorescence. Spadix is too short.

Anthurium passion pink

The pink colour plant is commonly referred to as an oilcloth flower and laceleaf. The pink colour flower calyx is too shiny to touch. Anthurium passion pink is a cut flower, potted flowering, foliage plant and an ornamental plant. Passion is a semi-terrestrial herbaceous plant. Pink flower leaves are long, tender, shiny and heart-shaped leaves.

Anthurium chocolate

This Anthuriums is a monocotyledonous plant. Air-purifying plant nasa blooms arise from the leaf axil and produce flowers on each leaf which are too attractive. Anthurium chocolate flower leaves are long, Passion requires low temperatures and is popular as a pot plant. This plant is the ornamental shade plant and flower plant.

Anthurium flame red

It has a gorgeous look for its lovely blooming. Keeping Anthurium flame red fully indoors may not produce flowers, bright light is important to produce flowering. These look like shiny dark green and heart-shaped leaves.

Anthurium Mauritius white

This anthuriums plant gets its name as its little spirit of nature. Anthurium Mauritius white flowers blooms all year round. Its splendid appearance can reduce human stress. This anthuriums flower is a rare species. Anthuriums flower plants are harvested a week. White petals resemble peace and positivity. Spathe has a gorgeous look.

Anthurium sunshine orange

Anthuriums andraeanum plant is a NASA air purifier plant. Even every leaf carries flowers which are a sunshine orange colour. Anthurium sunshine orange is an evergreen tropical shrub flower. This flower is mainly used as focal arrangement for its colourful spathe. This is one of the best vastu plants.

Soil

Love to grow in well-drained soil which can prevent the rotting of roots and stem. Anthurium andraeanum has an epiphytic aerial roots system. Anthuriums flamingo flower well grown in coconut husk.

Watering

Anthuriums requires regular watering. This is a moisture-loving plant. Flamingo flower fleshy roots absorb huge water. Prompt watering enhances shoot growth. Watered in the early morning. Maintain relative humidity ranges between 70-80%.

Sunlight

If planted as an indoor plant the pots placed near window sides (southwest direction) to getting best sunlight. If a garden plants needs bright light but not exposure to direct sunlight. Bright light enhances the bright colour spathe, velvety leaves.

Fertilizer

Application of well-decomposed organic manure at two months intervals. Flamingo flower soil mixed with manure, coco peat, and dried leaves. Add banana peels contain phosphorous, iron and calcium.

Repotting

Repot the anthuriums plant at one year intervals. After six months the plant is ready for transplanting. At the time of repotting gently remove the plant from pots without damaging the root parts.

Pruning

Prune the dried and old leaves. Remove the dried or mature flowers. Avoid over prune the plant.

Benefits

Best air purifier plants proved by NASA. Makes the environment with positivity. This plant reduces human stress. Its leaves clean the air from formaldehyde and xylene. This plant produces oxygen. Easy to propagate by tissue culture methods.

“Go green or we all will scream”

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Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa - Band I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae und Monocotyledones - Gustav Hegi - 1906 - via Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf

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Notes on the Class Battle, or, What is a Cotyledon?

The traditional class division of flowering plants is between monocotyledons, or monocots, and dicotyledons, or dicots. This is based on their morphology: based on how they look, flowering plants can generally be divided into plants with one cotyledon (“seed leaf” — part of the embryo, dicots have two parts to the seed and the plant that sprouts from it has a pair of first leaves, monocots have one part to the seed and the sprout has one first leaf.)

Gymnosperms have 2-24 cotyledons. Some species have a variable number of cotyledons.

Unfortunately, when people started looking at DNA and evolution, the neat monocot/dicot division didn’t hold up. Monocots are monophyletic (more closely related to each other than to anything else), and some dicots, the eudicots, are monophyletic, but eudicots and monocots are closer to each other than the other plants traditionally considered dicots.

So we’re going to do eight groups: the monocots, the eudicots, and...various plants traditionally considered dicots that are not eudicots.

Some of these groups are “basal angiosperms”, which diverged relatively early compared to the “core angiosperms”. We will be largely ignoring this distinction.

Many of these groups are technically orders. (The -ales suffix indicates the taxon is an order.) The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group recognize monocots and dicots as clades, but not ones with a traditional kingdom-phylum-class-etc ranking. We’re going to treat all of these groups as classes for the purpose of this tournament, because…it seems the most logical option? Because I can't find a system that divides angiosperms into classes that doesn't do the outdated monocot/dicot thing. I think things will get less messy when we get to the order battle. (If one of the orders wins, we’ll just skip that step and go to wherever the next branching is. Just like how if gnetophytes had won the phylum battle, we would have had to go straight to genus.)

75% of all angiosperm are eudicots, 23% are monocots, 2% are magnoliids, and a very small percentage are everything else. (But that very small percent includes some very cool plants, like star anise and water lilies.)

Monocot/dicot differences: monocots are less likely to be trees (although some are), monocot leaves are oblong or linear, usually with parallel veins, while dicot leaves are broad and usually have veins that spread out (pinnate or palmate.) Monocots have flowers with petals in multiples of three, whereas dicots usually have petals in multiples of four or five. Dicots are more likely to have a clear taproot than monocots. These differences are not 100% consistent and are more likely to be accurate for eudicots than dicots more broadly.

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Monokit - The Baby Rabbit Pokemon

It has a very playful and excitable demeanor. Among its favorite games to play with trainers and other pokemon involves hiding among succulent plants and hopping out and surprising anyone who comes near.

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And there's the redraw of the grass starter.

Monokit is of course based on rabbits but also agave plants and Mayahuel the Aztec goddess associated with agave. Kit is the term for a baby rabbit and mono comes from monocot or monocotyledon which is a category of plant that agave belongs to.

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