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If you grew up American, like me, then your typical idea of “Tropical Fruit” was bananas and the occasional kiwi. When I was a kid, Pineapples were something you rarely saw in a grocery store and mangos were something mentioned in movies or songs and I just assumed they didn’t exist for real and I [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Food · Tagged Australia, Banana, cillian murphy, Don Ho, Durian, Flora of Indonesia, food, Fruit, Indonesia, Israel, Medicinal plants, Mexico, neighborhood food dispensaries, New Zealand, Passiflora edulis, Passion flower, Pear, Pitaya, Plant morphology, public transportation, Richard Sterling, Singapore, slough, Sugar-apple, Tropical agriculture
There are about 375,000 species of plants in the world today, with more being discovered on a daily basis. Plants come in all different sizes, shapes, colors, and even scents. We’ve all seen the common household plants: ferns, orchids, violets… but most of the plants on this list you’ve probably never seen in real life. [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Nature · Tagged amazon river, Australia, Balkans, Biology, bizarre plants, Botany, carnivorous plants, Crete, environment, exotic plants, Flora of Indonesia, flowers, Friedrich Welwitsch, Human Interest, John Lindley, Lithops, Lithops plant, Nepenthes, Nepenthes plant, North Carolina, Plant morphology, Pollination, Rafflesia, Rafflesia arnoldii, Rafflesiaceae, Stamford Raffles, strange plants, top 10, top 10 plants, TopTenz, United States, Victoria Amazonica, weird plants, Welwitschia plant, Wolffia
When you think of something being endangered, you probably automatically think of animals. In the entire world, there are about 5,000 endangered species of animals, and despite the importance of protecting these endangered animals; there is also an importance in protecting endangered trees all over the world. Arbor Day has just passed and this is [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Monday, May 3, 2010 at 12:01 am
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We all know that not everyone is born with the magical green thumb. Some people seem to just have the touch and ideas to keep a garden looking beautiful throughout all of the seasons, or maybe they just know how to take good care of indoor house plants. On the other hand, we also know [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under Nature · Tagged aftican violet, Botany, chinese evergreen, christmas cactus, english ivy, environment, house plant, house plants, Houseplant, Houseplant care, houseplantes, Interior design, jade plant, peace lily, philodendron, plant, Plant morphology, plants, spider plant, top 10 hard to kill house plants, zz plant