Nick Desnoyer
@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social
Postdoc and level 5 Plant Programmer 🧬
Engineering new types of flowers for art and education 🌹
www.nickdesnoyer.com
Engineering new types of flowers for art and education 🌹
www.nickdesnoyer.com
Thanks! For not it’s just this post, but I’m integrating it into a website soon.
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thanks! For not it’s just this post, but I’m integrating it into a website soon.
And that's a wrap! Big thanks to marker ninja @amberhall.bsky.social for her amazing drawings every week :)
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November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
And that's a wrap! Big thanks to marker ninja @amberhall.bsky.social for her amazing drawings every week :)
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Tenth, we finished with Rosa hybrida which exhibits a beautiful blend of ANTHOCYANINS, the pH-sensitive pigment responsible for a wide range of colors!
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Tenth, we finished with Rosa hybrida which exhibits a beautiful blend of ANTHOCYANINS, the pH-sensitive pigment responsible for a wide range of colors!
Ninth, we checked out Nigella, a freaky flower with even stranger FLORAL ANATOMY where the floral organs aren’t what you think they are.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Ninth, we checked out Nigella, a freaky flower with even stranger FLORAL ANATOMY where the floral organs aren’t what you think they are.
Eighth, we visited Tulip, a famous example of how VIRAL INFECTION can create striking patterns through virus-induced gene silencing.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Eighth, we visited Tulip, a famous example of how VIRAL INFECTION can create striking patterns through virus-induced gene silencing.
Seventh, we looked at Petunia, a model system with an active TRANSPOSON SYSTEM that creates beautiful sectors and stripes where it jumps.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Seventh, we looked at Petunia, a model system with an active TRANSPOSON SYSTEM that creates beautiful sectors and stripes where it jumps.
Sixth was Aquilegia, a model system for studying WHORL EXPANSION, how the number of floral organs can evolve to expand and contract.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sixth was Aquilegia, a model system for studying WHORL EXPANSION, how the number of floral organs can evolve to expand and contract.
Fifth, we went to my favourite, Arabidopsis, famous for the ABC MODEL which describes how flowers define what floral organs go where!
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fifth, we went to my favourite, Arabidopsis, famous for the ABC MODEL which describes how flowers define what floral organs go where!
Fourth, we observed Hibiscus which displays a DEVELOPMENTAL BOUNDARY along the petals creating a bullseye pattern, seen in many flowers.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fourth, we observed Hibiscus which displays a DEVELOPMENTAL BOUNDARY along the petals creating a bullseye pattern, seen in many flowers.
Third, we headed to Antirrhinum, a classical model for bilateral SYMMETRY which can be converted to radial with just one mutation.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Third, we headed to Antirrhinum, a classical model for bilateral SYMMETRY which can be converted to radial with just one mutation.
Second, we checked out Mirabilis, which exhibit sectors of pink and yellow BETALAIN pigments.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Second, we checked out Mirabilis, which exhibit sectors of pink and yellow BETALAIN pigments.
First, we started with Mimulus to show REACTION DIFFUSION, the mechanism behind it’s spotted petals.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
First, we started with Mimulus to show REACTION DIFFUSION, the mechanism behind it’s spotted petals.
For more on the Florigene blue rose (albeit quite purple), read the story here:
suntory.com/sic/research...
suntory.com/sic/research...
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
For more on the Florigene blue rose (albeit quite purple), read the story here:
suntory.com/sic/research...
suntory.com/sic/research...
For more on the evolution of Nigella's complex petals check out this paper: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
For more on the evolution of Nigella's complex petals check out this paper: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Is this more what you would expect with spots and sectors? Looks like this line behaves better.
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Is this more what you would expect with spots and sectors? Looks like this line behaves better.