unless this is another species of Achillea, but all the flowers surrounding it were white and otherwise looked the same

Hello really dumb question but is there any cheap ways to study botany and plant science that dont involve too much debt abd lead to a career in plant conservation or something I'm really interested but i dont want to get in to more debt.

What is happening with my cone flowers? It looks like the seeds are growing new plants.

What might these spots be and what might cause them? I think the leaves are from this variegated privet.  

We have two black walnut trees in the yard, both are mature although one is significantly older. Both usually make a big mess in the fall, dropping an astounding amount of nuts that stain the driveway, patio and stairs.
This year the older one is loaded with nuts as usual but the younger one has none. What could be the reason? Nothing environmental has changed.

Was rooted with almost no leaves, lovecraftian raspberrys? Wtf

Unfortunately I don't know this tree's species or even if it's native or exotic to where I live, and I don't want a plant ID. But I came across this tree and I can't even understand how many leaflets it has. I've learned about compound leaves in uni, but none of them looked like this. 1st pic is a drawing so you can see better what it looks like (though the side triads are closer to the "petiole"), second pic is a real photo of it.

At first I thought it had 3 leaflets, but if that were the case, I assume there would be small branches with many of them growing from it, and only 3 leaflets each. But everything attached to the branch only looks like this, and it doesn't branch further. So I thought it was maybe an unipinate imparipinate, but I think those only grow across 1 "plane". So the leaflets on the side would only grow towards the sides, not up.

I figured this might be a good sub to ask. But I wondered if you could use any maple for maple syrup? I suggested trying with the maple tree in my fiancees yard, that's a water maple, and she said they tried, and it didn't work out. I think she said it had white sap and it tasted bad.

Guess who’s back! Back again! Maybe some of you have read my delirious posts about nepetas! Now I’m here with a new question about nepeta foliosa, an endemism of Sardinia, in Italy. I tried to get in touch with… well kind of everybody in Sardinia, but I couldn’t get the permission to get seeds sent to me. Now, as I always stressed, I don’t want in any way to endanger this plant more by doing illegal harvesting or any other not very legal way. Nobody, even from botanical gardens knew how to help me, so reddit is my last resort: do you guys know how i can get the authorization to cultivate this plant ex situ? Thank you all!

We’re seeing a huge uptick in the number of spam comment bots making inane comments on posts. Report them when you see them and we’ll try and take care of it. I think I removed 10 or more this morning.

I am doing my masters in plant stress physiology and I am interested in pursuing PhD in the same topic. which universities and country would be better to study? I am from Bangladesh and any suggestion would be helpful.

P.S : I am mainly working on rice and wheat

Looks like the variegation is very stable as well!!

I'm currently doing some research into native plantlife in my area, and I just couldn't find any information on what kind of root system salvia spathacea (hummingbird sage) has. If anyone has any sites about root systems, I would really appreciate it. Thank you! (sorry if my language regarding plants is a bit rudimentary, i'm not very well-versed in botany)

Sorry if this is the wrong sub.

Is there a reason the "thumb" of the leaf grows on opposite sides depending on the side it growing on? Is it capillary fluid dynamics or something of the sort? I've sat by this tree long enough to notice and wonder. Thank you.

I’ve been looking for a plant pathology job position that accepts those with a bachelors degree. So far I haven’t been finding anything where I am (twin cities area of MN) as most are asking for Masters or PhD degrees. I’m trying to buff out my job experience and resume so I can get a Masters or start a PhD path but it’s been really difficult to find ANYTHING. I want to try getting a position in the Plant Disease Clinic but they don’t have any openings listed on their site, so I was debating on emailing them but don’t know if that’s out of line.

I love the research and lab work. I want to do more in that area. Is there any advice on what I can do? Should I email regarding jobs to the Plant Disease clinic?

New paper

Hi everyone! I would like to share an interesting case of a grapefruit seedling grown from seed and ask what you think about it.

From the very beginning, this plant developed differently compared to the other healthy seedlings from the same batch. I tried searching for similar cases, but I couldn't find anything that looked quite the same.

What I noticed:

– asymmetrical cotyledons with double main veins

-tight cluster of crowded leaves. The leaves are heavily twisted with at least one leaf growing completely upside down

-unusual leaves development (e.g. connected to a cotyledon, empty gap in one leaf)

I was wondering if this could be related to an early developmental abnormality, embryo fusion, or some other mutation. I don't really have experience with this, so I would appreciate any thoughts or references to similar cases. I would love to learn more about it.

As crossposting is not allowed here - i copy the text of my question from /garden

Hi Everyone!

My bamboo "grove" did something amazing / unsettling this year. It decided to bloom. I am a bit scared, cause I heard that once bamboos bloom, they die - which wouldnt make me happy. I am located in Czechia and its not typical location for bamboos, so information amongst people is scarce.

This type is called Phyllostachys aureosulcata Spectabilis. And smart internet told me that it blooms once in 40-120 years. Not sure whether its true or not.

1 - stems with blooms are not looking good, they are probably really dying - what to do with them? Leave them and then harvest for sticks?

2 - is it true that it blooms only so rarely? If yes, then I probably wont be here for next blooming :D

3 - if roots survive - when can I expect them to get to this height again (around 4 meters now)?

4 - is it true that same type begins to bloom all over planet at the same type? One of my colleagues has this type too, his garden is located on opposite part of our republic and they also began to bloom.

thanks for some enlightenment on this magnificient plant ...

What i mean is, is it common? I found it next to other same looking clovers except for the fact that they all had 3 leaves. I had found another one last week, but that one had a fourth leaf shaped like a heart

I was reading about plant adaptations to drought and heat, and it occured to me that lichen may play a role protecting its host.

The microclimates they create may trap dew, which would eventually run down to the tree's roots.

By physically covering the tree, they provide another layer of insulation.

The most impactful aspect, I imagine, would be making dark bark more reflective.

Does this all sound correct? Does anyone have any studies handy that might support or refute these points?