The Phytophactor

A plant pundit comments on plants, the foibles and fun of academic life, and other things of interest.

Showing posts with label plant blindness. Show all posts

Showing posts with label plant blindness. Show all posts

Wild life? OK, so why is it just animals?

Apparently the Wildlife Photography of the year contest is only open to people who suffer from plant blindness . Plants apparently are nei...

What makes plants interesting to students?

A long time colleague used to say that it takes a certain mental and emotional maturity and sophistication to appreciate something as subtly...

Plant Endangered Species - We have met the enemy, and some of them are us.

Typical, typical, and tragically sad. The Life Lines blog about endangered species based on an article in Science points out that all major ...

Fabulous Fall Foliage

Fall color is full upon us, although it will be short lived because of the drought. Some people are so poor at discerning differences among ...

Naked, miserable, and hungry

A student has asked the Phytophactor's academic alter ego, “Why should I study botany?” To answer a question with a question, “What is i...

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