Rocks, roses and parasites — a rose that’s not a rose Rocks, roses and parasites or, to be more precise, rock-roses and a plant that parasitises them. I might be…
Pollination, prisoners, pitchers & pipes — Aristolochia, a fascinating plant Pollination, prisoners, pitchers & pipes is a nice example of alliteration but each of those words is there for a…
Orchis — the naughty boy of Greek Mythology — is the reason that orchids are called orchids In the Greek Mythologies, Orchis was the son of a nymph and a…
the hourglass worries me not, for its fading sand falls not upon glass, but upon the gilded beach, that reaches under the liquid petticoats, of your beloved ocean …