Norm Douglas
@ringstem.bsky.social
Botanist and evolutionary biologist.
Outside of Phyllanthaceae, what else has phyllanthoid branching?
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Outside of Phyllanthaceae, what else has phyllanthoid branching?
Those are completely bizarre. I had no idea they turned into pads with wax fingers.
October 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Those are completely bizarre. I had no idea they turned into pads with wax fingers.
Same.
I also try to indoctrinate them into holding their hand lenses up close to their eyeballs, instead of holding them at arm’s length.
I also try to indoctrinate them into holding their hand lenses up close to their eyeballs, instead of holding them at arm’s length.
September 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Same.
I also try to indoctrinate them into holding their hand lenses up close to their eyeballs, instead of holding them at arm’s length.
I also try to indoctrinate them into holding their hand lenses up close to their eyeballs, instead of holding them at arm’s length.
Rays on Ray Day, right?
(That's a wild pattern BTW, messes with my brain)
(That's a wild pattern BTW, messes with my brain)
September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Rays on Ray Day, right?
(That's a wild pattern BTW, messes with my brain)
(That's a wild pattern BTW, messes with my brain)
Ask Winfield Joad.
September 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ask Winfield Joad.
Did you see it here in Gainesville? We saw a bunch at Selby Garden in Sarasota last month. Cycad feeders…
August 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Did you see it here in Gainesville? We saw a bunch at Selby Garden in Sarasota last month. Cycad feeders…
Now $5,900. That’s 3X the growth of median household income.
June 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Now $5,900. That’s 3X the growth of median household income.
University of Arizona was ~$950 per semester in-state when I started in ‘91.
June 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
University of Arizona was ~$950 per semester in-state when I started in ‘91.
Making woodpeckers is the main thing Quercus hemisphaerica is good for.
May 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Making woodpeckers is the main thing Quercus hemisphaerica is good for.