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Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Suggestions wanted: world's weirdest plants
Seriously, the Indian Pipeno chlorophyll!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:10 AM, malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal
I nominate:
1. Trigger plants (Stylidiaceae - Australia). They slap pollinators
with their reproductive parts to effect pollination.
2. Resurrection plant (Selaginella)- desert species and eastern
epiphytes. Yes, they look dead until you add water.
3. Epiphytic Bromeliads (in general)
Venus fly traps would definitely appeal to middle school kids.
I nominate:
1. Trigger plants (Stylidiaceae - Australia). They slap pollinators
with their reproductive parts to effect pollination.
2. Resurrection plant (Selaginella)- desert species and eastern
epiphytes. Yes, they look
Hi there,
I'd have to go for stone plants, Lithops. They would make a great
middle school project due to fascinating adaptation and hardiness.
Cheers,
Sadie
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Benjamin Blonder
bblon...@email.arizona.edu wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm about to embark on a middle
here is a very weird plant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffid
picture:
Drosera sp. (Sun Dews) are pretty cool and weird, as are most carnivorous
plants.
I have a short video on a desiccation tolerant fern I studied a while back (
*Mohria caffrorum*). Stop-motion of it resurrecting. Looks pretty cool!
Coco de mer (I think that's the spelling). Coconut type plant
Skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, creates heat and melts the snow
around it in early spring. It smells like rotting meat to attract the flies
that pollinate it.
-Kathleen
On Aug 16 2011, Judith S. Weis wrote:
Venus fly traps would definitely appeal to middle school kids.
I nominate:
Try stone plants: http://www.botany.org/planttalkingpoints/stone.htm
Kathleen Knight wrote:
Skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, creates heat and melts the snow
around it in early spring. It smells like rotting meat to attract the
flies that pollinate it.
-Kathleen
On Aug 16 2011, Judith
If I may have another go at it:
1. How about the duckweeds, especially *Wolfia*, because it is so small and
featureless (like grains of sand).
2. Bladderworts, because of the neat way they trap arthropods, and because
they have aquatic and terrestrial species.
3. The aquatic floating ferns, like
I sent this list privately to Benjamin, but realized others might be interested:
http://images.google.com/search?q=Bursera+microphyllabiw=1015bih=569tbm=isch
http://www.loscabosinsider.com/cabo-life/plants-animals-baja/insider_boojum.htm
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SELE2
I think Pitcher Plants that grow in bogs are pretty interesting; the way
they capture water. That might interest the kids, they are odd, compared to
regular plants they're probably familiar with.
Mark
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Benjamin Blonder
bblon...@email.arizona.edu wrote:
Hi
Here's the list of notable species (weird, big, small, edible, parasitic etc) I
developed for my botany course a few years ago. I gave only the genus and
species and let the students figure out what they were.
Steve
Acacia cornigera
Adenanthera pavonina
Adansonia digitata
Aldrovanda
Seriously, the Indian Pipeno chlorophyll!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:10 AM, malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
here is a very weird plant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffid
picture:
Hi everyone,
I'm about to embark on a middle school teaching project where
students will learn about a really odd species of plant - they'll
investigate its natural history, adaptation, etc., then make a
presentation to the class on their findings.
I'd like your help with the names of some of
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