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Goodbye, LJ
Well, my paid account ran out several weeks ago, which is ok. This just prompted me to make a change I had been considering anyway. Livejournal is being left in the dust so I've moved on to focus on research blogging here ( Read more... ) -
Nepenthes extrafloral nectaries
It's well-known that pitcher plants like Nepenthes produce extrafloral nectaries near the pitcher, where sweet attractants are produced to lure prey to their doom. I've noticed that my Nepenthes 'Caesar' cultivar from Sarracenia Northwest produces these extrafloral nectaries everywhere along the leaves, midrib, and petioles. I took the plants ( Read more... ) -
Fireplace demolition
Adam decides to take down "only one or two bricks" in the beginning stages of figuring out what to do with the wall of brick. Here's a timelapse image of his efforts.
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Snowpocalypse
Due to Snowpocalypse 2010 (yes I know that term is already passé) and the fact that the outdoor plants are all sleeping peacefully under a fresh white blanket, I decided to spend some time trimming the indoor plants:
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Timeline of a scientific article
The last time I updated on our lab's articles in February 2009, I mentioned that I was then working on the next manuscript to be published. Today it's finally being published in PLoS ONE, an online peer-reviewed journal. Because a lot of time and effort went into this, I thought I'd review this article's history. Some may not realize what it takes ( Read more... ) -
In search of Drosera anglica
I visited Michigan's Upper Peninsula for the first time two weekends ago. Truth be told, I'd never been north of the Port Huron/Sarnia area in Michigan, so it was an adventure. The goal of said trip was to locate several species of Drosera, including the relatively rare D. linearis, the relatively abundant D. anglica, and the common D. rotundifolia ( Read more... )
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