A good day for daylilies!

My mum’s birthday today. Somehow it’s been four years already since she passed. This popped up last night as a recommendation and I had to play it. Something very magical about this reharmonisation, thank you Takashi Yoshimatsu.

It’s been sulking so much this year but finally. Happy Hibiscus Monday.

What is a stipule? Variably described as simply an outgrowth or an independent organ comparable to leaves, they're important for plant #Taxonomy and ID! Read this months #EditorsChoice to find out more about them! academic.oup.com/botlinnean/art… The Linnean Society of London Oxford Journals

Lovely Disocactus hybrid

Two quite different colours of the superbly glorious flame lily, Gloriosa superba #Colchicaceae #lily

Ismene ‘Sulphur Queen’ flowering despite the weather

It must be summer, lilies are just opening

Phalaenopsis equestris var. alba just opened, as I’ve left for IBC 2024 in Madrid! #IBC2024 looking forward to a jam-packed week of botany!

Thank you Terezie Mandakova for a wonderful start to the symposium! Hope to see you again soon! 😀 x.com/terimandakova/…

Second flowering of Epiphyllum oxypetalum, wonderful scent

Now official, I’ve moved back to London and today is my first day at Birkbeck, University of London! Researching all things botanical🌿🌱🪴 - potential postdocs or PhD/MRes students do feel free to get in touch! Birkbeck School of Natural Sciences Birkbeck, Faculty of Science Birkbeck, University of London

JOB ALERT. I’ve have been waiting to offer this for ~10 years. We’re hiring an Expeditionary Botanist to lead our expeditions, enrich our collections, support our conservation collaborations, and inspire through teaching and engagement. Please RT! 1/6 botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/j…

It’s that wonderful time of year when the autumn amaryllids come out to play. This is x Amarine tubergenii ‘Emanuelle’ first flowers, about 3 years after planting!

The first autumn #Crocus popped up!

Disocactus anguliger has the most buds ever this year, intoxicating scent, just opening its first few flowers #cactus #epiphyllum

What do honey possums, mice and dunnarts have in common? They all pollinate Australian #Banksia! New research published in our journal highlights the role of rodents & other non-flying mammals in their pollination...a 🧵(1/4) academic.oup.com/botlinnean/adv… Stanislaw Wawrzyczek Rob Davis

Very excited to be presenting a public lecture for The Linnean Society of London here in Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh on Thursday, 28 November 6-8 pm I will be talking about the evolution of botanical spirals Free to attend and all welcome! eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-origin-a…

🌱 Announcing TREES! 🌍 The NERC-funded Doctoral Landscape Award led by UCL & partners will train future environmental scientists through interdisciplinary research and a commitment to EDI & sustainability. 🔗 Learn more: trees-dla.ac.uk

Come and join our lovely research group! We are looking for a postdoc (developmental modelling) and a technician to join an European Research Council (ERC) and UK Research and Innovation funded project exploring the repeated evolution of flower patterns across the Angiosperms. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/?unit=u002…