THE RARE, CURIOUS AND JUST PLAIN AWESOME WITHIN THE UCONN GREENHOUSES December 31, 2014 ANT PLANTS, LIKE THIS MYRMECODIA SPECIES, HAVE SWOLLEN STEMS IN WHICH ANTS LIVE – THIS ONE T THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT / STORRS GREENHOUSES… Continue Reading
WHAT’S IN BLOOM THIS DECEMBER December 28, 2014 A DAPHNE MEZEREUM ‘ALBA’ OPENS A FLOWER NEAR OUR GREENHOUSE WALK, RESPONDING TO THE MILD WINTER TEMPERATURES THIS DECEMBER. IT WILL BLOOM SPORADICALLY –… Continue Reading
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL December 25, 2014 Merry Christmas everyone! While picking camellias from the greenhouse for our Christmas Eve dinner,- I thought that I might share some images from our… Continue Reading
THE CHRISTMAS CACTUS AND ITS LITTLE SECRET ABOUT FLOWERING December 15, 2014 It’s a Schlumbergera party! And it seems that I have been focusing on inviting only the newer varieties ( most in the S. truncata… Continue Reading
BUSY LIKE AN ELF…LITERALLY. December 10, 2014 I feel as if I need to post something, as my Holiday break closes in. So here are a few random images from the… Continue Reading