May 27, 2012
thehamptonhouse: Each time I go to New York’s Botanical Garden, I never leave empty handed and when I go home I always bring something to plant. That’s right to plant! This is a rosemary plant that I purchased at the garden shop while visiting the Orchid Show this past April. Perfect for the garden! I sympathize. Taking a lunchtime stroll over to Shop in the Garden just to “check out what’s new,” you know, as part of my job, is a danger to my wallet. My office windowsill has reached peak capacity, as has the one in my apartment! And yet, I keep going back. Someday I’ll learn self restraint … someday. ~AR

thehamptonhouse:

Each time I go to New York’s Botanical Garden, I never leave empty handed and when I go home I always bring something to plant. That’s right to plant! This is a rosemary plant that I purchased at the garden shop while visiting the Orchid Show this past April. Perfect for the garden!

I sympathize. Taking a lunchtime stroll over to Shop in the Garden just to “check out what’s new,” you know, as part of my job, is a danger to my wallet. My office windowsill has reached peak capacity, as has the one in my apartment! And yet, I keep going back. Someday I’ll learn self restraint … someday. ~AR

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May 23, 2012
Ask the Garden

It’s been awhile since we opened the question line, so I figured when better than ahead of a three-day weekend when you might visit the Garden, spend time in your own garden, or just indulge in a little time outdoors. So you ask away, and we’ll do our best to get you a good answer from our staff! What are your burning Garden/gardening/plant questions?

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May 23, 2012
Pollination With Precision: How Flowers Do It

Plant reproduction is fascinating. No, really! It is! In all of its forms, from beautiful flowers that become delicious fruits, to fungi that smell like roadkill, stationary plants have come up with a myriad of ways to ensure their genetic survival into the next generation. Now, a new study has found that this process isn’t just fascinating, it’s also precise and a ” model of logistical efficiency.” To think that some people find science boring? ~AR

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May 22, 2012
A new study by researchers at Columbia University and published in the journal Tree Physiology has found that Red Oak seedlings planted in Central Park grew much faster than their siblings planted in sylvan locales like the Hudson Valley or Catskill Mountains. Why? The researchers think it has something to do with the “urban heat island.” Cities are environmentally hotter than their surrounding countrysides because of the density of buildings which trap and store heat, and it looks like this phenomenon is having an effect on urban flora. ~AR

A new study by researchers at Columbia University and published in the journal Tree Physiology has found that Red Oak seedlings planted in Central Park grew much faster than their siblings planted in sylvan locales like the Hudson Valley or Catskill Mountains.

Why? The researchers think it has something to do with the “urban heat island.” Cities are environmentally hotter than their surrounding countrysides because of the density of buildings which trap and store heat, and it looks like this phenomenon is having an effect on urban flora. ~AR

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May 15, 2012
Nurit Bloom, the Garden’s Education Marketing Manager, sent me this photo with the note “I think this is a pretty good Rock Garden shot.” I’d have to agree! If you would like to help preserve the Rock Garden, please vote for us daily through May 21 to help us win a $250,000 grant from Partners in Preservation!

Nurit Bloom, the Garden’s Education Marketing Manager, sent me this photo with the note “I think this is a pretty good Rock Garden shot.” I’d have to agree! If you would like to help preserve the Rock Garden, please vote for us daily through May 21 to help us win a $250,000 grant from Partners in Preservation!

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May 11, 2012

I can’t believe there’s a jacket out there to match the Strgonylodon macrobotrys!

Via Racked. ~AR

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May 10, 2012

A beautiful set of photographs from the Orchid Show, submitted by Regina Walker. Thank you Regina! ~AR

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May 9, 2012

lala-x:

Botanical Garden’s orchid exhibit in Manhattan ^_^

Actually, we’re in the Bronx, but who’s counting! Thanks for visiting! Looks like you had a blast.

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May 7, 2012
pnsnt: ネギボウズ Onion blossoms! Something many people might not even be aware of. Like the potato flower, they’re a common brand of bloom that the supermarket produce aisle tends to cut out of the equation. Flowers in the Allium genus have been making the rounds in culinary circles for ages, but only recently did they show up on my radar. Leek flowers, more specifically. A certain sandwich-slinging Brooklynite buddy of mine is doing brilliant things with them—pickled, chopped, and otherwise. —MN

pnsnt:

ネギボウズ

Onion blossoms! Something many people might not even be aware of. Like the potato flower, they’re a common brand of bloom that the supermarket produce aisle tends to cut out of the equation.

Flowers in the Allium genus have been making the rounds in culinary circles for ages, but only recently did they show up on my radar. Leek flowers, more specifically. A certain sandwich-slinging Brooklynite buddy of mine is doing brilliant things with them—pickled, chopped, and otherwise. —MN

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April 21, 2012

flowerfood:

Leaf textures: rue, nettle, wormwood, motherwort and sage

Yes! Love this! Leaves are so often overlooked, in favor of flowers, but a good leaf is a thing of beauty. They have texture and heft; they have various surface treatments that make water bead and roll and run in rivulets; they have variations in color and pattern. Just watch out for those nettles, they have a whole ‘nuther thing going on, too. ~AR

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April 20, 2012

sol—solis:

A few photos I took during my visit to the New York Botanical Gardens today. I had so much fun and really enjoyed the Orchid Show. Anyone else interested in seeing the exhibit I believe it ends April 22nd! 

Sad but true, the Orchid Show closes on Sunday. Catch it while you can!

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April 17, 2012

andybaker:

Spring 2012 New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show in the Bronx - These photos represent about 0.1% of what’s there this year. 

So much color! And you’re not lying, that’s just a smattering of plants. Thanks for visiting.

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April 14, 2012
dianaisadoramarlene: MYTH The Greek myth of Orchis explains the origin of the plants. Orchis, the son of a nymph and a satyr, came upon a festival of Dionysios (Bacchus) in the forest. He drank too much, and attempted to rape a priestess of Dionysios. For his insult, he was torn apart by the Bacchanalians. His father prayed for him to be restored, but the gods instead changed him into a flower. Source. Photo: Charlotte York Well, glad we got that cleared up! There are so many great myths involved in the origin of plants, which is your favorite? ~AR

dianaisadoramarlene:

MYTH

The Greek myth of Orchis explains the origin of the plants. Orchis, the son of a nymph and a satyr, came upon a festival of Dionysios (Bacchus) in the forest. He drank too much, and attempted to rape a priestess of Dionysios. For his insult, he was torn apart by the Bacchanalians. His father prayed for him to be restored, but the gods instead changed him into a flower.

Source.

Photo: Charlotte York

Well, glad we got that cleared up! There are so many great myths involved in the origin of plants, which is your favorite? ~AR

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April 13, 2012
foucaultscat: Jeanne Baret (sometimes spelled Baré or Barret) (July 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation. Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition’s naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville’s ships sailed from France. According to Bougainville’s account, Baret was herself an expert botanist. Excellent! And it sounds like she was involved in collecting the first samples of the genus of popular, colorful plants, Bougainvillea. We have many specimens of this which are currently in full “bloom” in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Why bloom in quotes? Because the colorful “petals” of the plant are actually bracts, specialized, colored leaves that look like flowers, but are not. The poinsettia is another popular plant with colored bracts. ~AR

foucaultscat:

Jeanne Baret (sometimes spelled Baré or Barret) (July 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation.

Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition’s naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville’s ships sailed from France. According to Bougainville’s account, Baret was herself an expert botanist.

Excellent! And it sounds like she was involved in collecting the first samples of the genus of popular, colorful plants, Bougainvillea. We have many specimens of this which are currently in full “bloom” in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Why bloom in quotes? Because the colorful “petals” of the plant are actually bracts, specialized, colored leaves that look like flowers, but are not. The poinsettia is another popular plant with colored bracts. ~AR

(via scinerds)

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April 10, 2012

Cherries get all the love, but is that fair? A relative of the rose, the genus Malus, which contains the apple tree and crabapples, puts on quite the springtime show, too. And don’t even get me started on Syringa, aka lilacs, which should be popping into their fragrant, purple glory at any minute! Spring, it’s a many splendored thing! What is your favorite spring flower? ~AR

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