Orchids: Masters of Deception

…Darwin’s hunch was justified when such a moth was later discovered. Orchids are now known to use astonishingly bizarre tricks in order to stick their sacs of pollen onto insects….

Edward Avery McIlhenny

…standing timber on this property was sold to one of the large saw-mills operating in southern Louisiana, and cutting began that year. In order to get the great logs out…

Egbert Hamilton Walker

…good order and evidence of care he finds there, largely the work of Egbert Walker over many years.” Egberts taxonomic research centered on the Myrsinaceae of eastern Asia… He received…

Spreading the Herbarium Gospel

…if Williston collected any herbarium specimens. Fortunately, the online database where we catalog our specimens (sernecportal.org) also searches other herbaria consortia across North America, including the Mid-Atlantic Herbaria Consortium. Searching…

Arbor Renovation Party at the Dead Mule

…There is also a pay lot directly behind the Dead Mule with free parking on Sundays. For more parking info visit www.parkonthehill.com Registration: Register online here or on-site Sunday, June…

Joachim Heinrich Schuette

…USA).1 A search of online herbarium portals in 2021 revealed Schuette’s specimens can also be found in the holdings of MO (Missouri Botanical Garden), ILL (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign),…

Walking with Walter and William

…publication of his flora. His herbarium was taken to England by Fraser and eventually purchased by the British Museum of Natural History [BM] where it still exists. Since his death,…

Charles “Chuck” Lewis McCartney, Jr.

…and getting a Christmas card from him with one of his beautiful photos on it.”” (2) SOURCES: Obituary: Charles Lewis McCartney, Jr. 20 October 2020. Cherokee Scout [newspaper]. https://www.cherokeescout.com/obituaries/charles-lewis-mccartney-jr ….

Josiah Hale

…http://www.tulane.edu/~darwin/Herbarium/Herbarium/Herbarium%20History.htm http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/archives/RIDDELL.html Torrey and Gray (1842) A Flora of North America 2: 304. Small (1898) Studies in the botany of the southeastern United States XV. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 25(12):…

New Species of Foamflower

…a new Tiarella to your plant list! SOURCES: “Stolon” com https://www.dictionary.com/browse/stolon accessed on 23 January 2022. Nesom, G. L. Taxonomy of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae) in the eastern USA. Phytoneuron 2021-31: 1–61….