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Jewel of the woodland garden, this elegant, easy-to-grow species is found throughout southwestern China. A whorl of numerous narrow leaflets with slender drip-tips and undulating edges crowns each tall stately stem. Conjuring mysterious images of a cobra poised to strike, the otherworldly inflorescence is borne from a petiole beneath the foliage. It is defined by a purplish brown and greenish white-streaked spathe with an elongated hood that tapers to a pendulous, very long, threadlike tip. Clustered, bright scarlet berries create a colorful grand finale. Fertile, humus-rich and evenly moist soil will keep the Cobra Lily charmed.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, ascending to erect, slender herb, 15-50 cm tall. Leaves are very finely divided into linear or threadlike segments that are less than 1 mm wide. Flowerheads are umbels in the leaf axils; they have small flowers with very small (about 0.3 mm long) white petals. Fruit are small and strongly ribbed; these are longer lasting and more likely to be noticed than the flowers. Flowering is from late winter to early summer. A native of America, it occurs in disturbed pastures, gardens and waste places. It is more abundant in moist areas, but is also found in drier areas during wet years. An indicator of disturbance and bare ground. It is a minor component of many pastures and regarded as an insignificant weed. It is relatively unpalatable to stock and only grazed when there is little else on offer. It may taint milk when present in sufficient quantities. Control can be achieved by maintaining strong dense pastures.
Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine
Cypress Vine, with its tiny red flowers and delicate fern-like leaves, is a marvelous thing to have on a fence. Belonging to the same genus as the morning glory, the dainty red flowers bloom in the morning. The leaves are 3-4 in long and feather-like, finely divided pinnately into threadlike segments. The scarlet red (rarely white) flowers are tubular, about 1.5 in long, and flare out at the mouth into a five-pointed star. It is a hummingbird favorite. This annual plant produces hundreds of flowers--and thousands of seeds--usually insuring its presence from year to year. Particularly in warm locations, Cypress Vine can become invasive. However, as an annual it can be controlled if unwanted plants are removed before they set seed. Flowers of India
The flowers are greenthreads, Thelesperma filifolia. (The leaves are green and threadlike, which I suppose is where the common name comes from.) Searight Park, Austin.
Pequeño árbol siempreverde, de hasta 15m de altura y 1m de diámetro. Corteza de color gris-ceniciento, rica en saponina. Hojas alternas, casi sésiles, glabras, de forma elíptica a aovada, ápice agudo, base obtusa, de color verde lustroso claro, bordes casi enteros, con 4-8 dientes. Lámina de 2-5 x 1-3cm. Flores verde blanquecinas, hermafroditas, pentámeras, de forma estrellada, de 1-1,4cm de diámetro, reunidas en corimbos. Cáliz compuesto por 5 sépalos, corola compuesta de 5 pétalos alternos a los sépalos. Androceo compuesto por 10 estambres; Gineceo compuesto por 5 ovarios, cada uno con un estilo filiforme y un estigma. El fruto en cápsula de forma estrellada, en su interior muchas semillas aladas. Especie nativa del centro de Chile. En Iturraran se encuentra en las zonas 4 y 6.
Small evergreen tree, up to 15m high and 1m in diameter. Bark ashy-gray, rich in saponine. Leaves alternate leaves, almost sessile, glabrous, elliptical to ovate, apex acute, base obtuse, shiny green light, borders almost entire, with 4-8 teeth. Blade 2-5 x 1-3cm. Flowers whitish green, hermaphrodite, pentamerous, star-shape, 1-1,4 cm in diameter, gathered in corymbs. Calyx consisting of 5 sepals, corolla consisting of 5 petals alternate whit sepals. Androecium consisting of 10 stamens; gynoecium consisting of 5 ovaries, each with a threadlike style and a stigma. The fruit in star-shaped capsule, inside many winged seeds. Native species of central Chile. In Iturraran it is in zones 4 and 6.
This Citrine Calcite formation is an incredible crystal formation found in Germany. The depth of colour is remarkable, and the crystals are in elongated strands that are densely packed. It is quite fragile - if you were to rub the outside, small shards would come off.
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos or Mexican aster, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens.
Description
In natural habitat
Cosmos bipinnatus is an annual that is often considered half-hardy, although plants may reappear via self-sowing for several years. The plant height varies from 2–6 ft to (rarely) 9 ft (0.61–1.83–2.74 m). The cultivated varieties appear in shades of pink and purple as well as white. The branched stem is usually densely to occasionally occupied by fine, split up, rough trichomes, some specimens are completely hairless. The petiole itself is inconspicuous, winged, 10 (rarely to 15) mm long, sometimes the leaves are almost sessile.
The partial leaves are linear-filiform to narrow linear with a width of 0.5 to 1 (rarely to 1.7) mm; the tips are pointed, hardened, but not particularly sharp. Its foliage is finely cut into threadlike segments. When flowering, the plant can become top heavy. This problem is alleviated when grown in groups, as the bipinnate leaves interlock, and the colony supports itself.
The achenes become blackish, are smooth or short-bristly. Their shape is spindle-like. They are rounded off into a short, 0.5 to 1.7 mm long, but distinctly pronounced rostrum. The inner achenes are up to 18 mm long, their yellowish beaks are 4 to 5 (rarely to 10) mm long. A pappus is missing or it consists only of two to three awn-like, 1-3 mm large bristles.
Flowers
The very conspicuous cup-shaped inflorescences have a diameter of usually 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) and contain tongue and tubular flowers, which are surrounded by bracts. There are usually 8 outer bracts, and they are ovate to lanceolate-tail-shaped, 7-15 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. The inner bracts are ovate-lanceolate and 8-12 mm long. They are translucent with many black stripes and a clear edge up to 1 mm wide, sometimes with yellowish or pink pigments, the tip is ciliate. The sprout leaves have gold-yellow, thread-like tips and protrude between the tubular flowers. The broadened base of these spreader leaves is translucent, provided with a yellow line. During flowering, the plant can sag under its weight. This problem can be solved by grouping the feet together so that the leaves hang together.
The mostly eight ray florets are pink to violet or white colored, at the base may show noticeable stains caused by anthocyanin. The tongues are reversely ovate shaped, have a length of usually 20-35 mm and a width of usually 12-20 mm. The tips are almost dull and have three broad, wavy teeth. Below that, they are greatly rejuvenated. In the center of the flower baskets is a large number of tubular flowers (also called disc florets), whose overgrown petals are yellow, turn white in the lower part and reach a length of 5-6 mm. The anthers are brownish-black and about 3 mm long, at the tips are short-triangular, translucent attachments with a length of 0.5-0.8 mm. The branches of the stylus are short and rather dull, with a length of .5 mm.
Distribution
This plant is native to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica. Since it is used as an ornamental plant in many countries and prone to sedimentation, it is an invasive plant in many areas of the world. It has naturalized in scattered locations across North America, South America, the West Indies, Italy, Australia, and Asia, where it is a garden escape (introduced species) and in some habitats becoming a weed.
Cultivars
Cultivars of Cosmos bipinnatus in cultivation today include:
Apollo Series
'Apollo Carmine' agm
'Apollo Pink' agm
'Apollo White' agm
'Daydream' features a pink inner ring on a white background
Double Click Series features semidouble to fully double flowers that resemble Japanese anemones (Anemone japonica)
'Double Click Cranberries'
'Double Click Rose Bonbon'
'Double Click Snow Puff'
'Double Click Vari Extra'
'Rubenza' agm
'Sensation', also known as 'Early Sensation', is a widely available mix of tall varieties
'Sensation Pinkie' agm
Sonata series
'Velouette'agm
'Versailles', developed for the cut flower trade, are shorter than the species, with heights remaining below three feet
'Versailles Dark Rose'
'Vesailles Tetra'
(those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit).
Cultivation
Germination takes between 7 and 10 days at the optimal temperature of 75 °F (24 °C); flowering begins between 60 and 90 days after germination
It prefers a soil pH between 6.0 and 8.5, reflecting its native habitat in the alkaline regions of Central America
Flowering is best in full sun, although partial shade is tolerated
Excessive rain can cause cultivation problems, due to the delicate nature of the stems. Heavy rain can cause breakage. Cosmos bipinnatus can tolerate heat as long as adequate moisture is provided, however, it does not handle droughts, strong winds or cold temperatures well. Snails, slugs and aphids have a taste for Cosmos bipinnatus. Successfully cultivated plants can mature 2 to 4 feet (0.61 to 1.22 m) x 12 to 18 inches (300 to 460 mm).
They are not tolerant of frost, but can be grown outdoors in a temperate climate with a warm to hot summer and are therefore called half-hardy in British gardening literature.
Pollinators
The flowers of Cosmos bipinnatus attract birds and butterflies, including the monarch butterfly. It can be part of butterfly gardening and pollinator/honey-bee habitat gardens.
Yucca filamentosa
Stink bugs seem to especially like this plant, they are all over it! (Click on the photo to enlarge it.). It gets its species name from the threadlike filaments along the leaf margins.
En botánica un zarcillo es un tallo, hoja o pecíolo especializado del que se sirven ciertas plantas trepadadoras para sujetarse a una superficie o a otras plantas.
In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support, attachment and cellular invasion by parasitic plants, generally by twining around suitable hosts.
For about a week, the floor of this ancient woodland was thick with Herb Paris. I am informed it is a good indicator of an unmanaged wood, and shows it has been that way for centuries.
And now for the science bit:
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Paris quadrifolia (Herb Paris, True Lover's Knot) is a Eurasian species of the genus Paris in the family Melanthiaceae, although authorities formerly regarded it as part of the Liliaceae family. It is related to Trillium, with which it can be confused. Trillium, however, is generally 3-merous (3 leaves per whorl, 3 petals etc.), whereas Paris quadrifolia is 4-merous.
Paris quadrifolia has solitary flowers with four or more very narrow greenish filiform (threadlike) petals and green petaloid sepals. The flower is borne above a single whorl of four or more stem leaves. It prefers calcareous soils and lives in damp and shady places, especially old established woods and streamsides. It occurs locally in temperate and cool areas throughout Europe and northern Asia from Spain to Yakutia and northern China, but is absent in the wild from the Americas, Africa and the southern hemisphere. In Britain it is more frequently found in the east of the country, but it is uncommon throughout its range.[1][3][4]
Each plant only produces one blueberry-like fruit, which is poisonous, as are other tissues of the plant.[5] Paris quadrifolia poisonings are rare, because the plant's solitary berry and its repulsive taste make it difficult to mistake it for a blueberry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_quadrifolia
Flowering in late spring or early summer, herb paris is an attractive woodland plant with broad, spreading leaves and unusual, wispy flowers.
The scientific and common names for herb paris are derived from the Latin par, meaning pair, referring to the symmetry of the pairs of leaves and floral parts (not the city Paris, as has commonly been assumed and the reason why paris is sometimes capitalised in its common name) and quadrifolia meaning four leaves. The leaves are positioned in opposed pairs, and the flowers are wispy and inconspicuous and have a crown of golden-yellow stamens, making Paris quadrifolia a distinctive woodland plant.
cientific name:
Paris quadrifolia L.
Common name:
herb paris, true lover’s knot, devil-in-a-bush (English); cwlwm cariad (Welsh, meaning ‘love knot’)
Conservation status:
Not assessed at an international level; Least Concern in the UK, according to IUCN Red List criteria.
Habitat:
Moist woodland and other damp, shady places, on calcareous soils.
Key Uses:
Ornamental.
Known hazards:
All parts are poisonous; ingestion can induce diarrhoea, headache, nausea, vomiting, stomach ache and vertigo.
Class:
Equisetopsida
Subclass:
Magnoliidae
Superorder:
Lilianae
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Melanthiaceae
Genus: Paris
www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/paris-quadr...
Flowerheads are large (to 12 cm) umbrella-shaped structures, which are surrounded by divided bracts with threadlike segments. Flowers are white or pinkish and about 2.5 mm wide; the petals are often uneven in size. Fruit are 3–4 mm long and ribbed, with rows of short hairs. Flowering is from spring to autumn.
Rough stonework at Pontefract Castle in West Yorkshire.
Every nook and cranny can hold a delight, I spotted these rather forlorn looking cobwebs nestled in the cracks, The HDR works wonderfully with thw stonework.
Please view large. I love the hues of purple in these. Ageratum houstonianum, the Flossflower, is a cool-season annual plant often grown as a bedding plant in gardens. The flowers are usually blue (though sometimes white, pink, or purple), the heads borne in dense corymbs. The ray flowers are threadlike, leading to the common name (from Wikipedia).
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Polyp #1
Mixed Media
2010
4' x 6'
A sedentary animal characterized by a fixed base, column like body, and a free end with mouth and tentacles. Polyps tend to be cylindrical in shape and elongated along the axis of their bodies.
The external form of the polyp varies from species to species. The column may be long and slender, or may be short, causing the body to appear almost disk-like. The tentacles at the ends of the column, may be long and threadlike, or short, looking more like knobs or warts. The tentacles may be simple and unbranched, or their patterns may appear feathery.
Polyps tend to reproduce asexually by the method of budding. In many cases the buds do not separate from the parent but remain in continuity with it, forming colonies which can grow quite large. Minute differences in the method of budding create the variations witnessed in the colonies. The reef-building corals are an example of polyp colonies.
Materials used:
Various tubes such as: toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, gift wrapping tubes, etc.
Epsom salt, table salt, oatmeal. Acrylic paint and various fabric dyes. Various types of yarn, fabric softener sheets, cotton fill, cotton swabs, and various other pieces of fabric. Also used is paper, tissue paper, and plaster.
I dont know what kind of hair kiras have in the past but I noticed its like a threadlike thing. I got her hair done. And have some modelling h2t!
Polyp #1
Mixed Media
2010
4' x 6'
A sedentary animal characterized by a fixed base, column like body, and a free end with mouth and tentacles. Polyps tend to be cylindrical in shape and elongated along the axis of their bodies.
The external form of the polyp varies from species to species. The column may be long and slender, or may be short, causing the body to appear almost disk‑like. The tentacles at the ends of the column, may be long and threadlike, or short, looking more like knobs or warts. The tentacles may be simple and unbranched, or their patterns may appear feathery.
Polyps tend to reproduce asexually by the method of budding. In many cases the buds do not separate from the parent but remain in continuity with it, forming colonies which can grow quite large. Minute differences in the method of budding create the variations witnessed in the colonies. The reef‑building corals are an example of polyp colonies.
Materials used: Various tubes such as: toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, gift wrapping tubes, etc.
Epsom salt, table salt, oatmeal. Acrylic paint and various fabric dyes. Various types of yarn, fabric softener sheets, cotton fill, cotton swabs, and various other pieces of fabric. Also used are paper, tissue paper, and plaster.
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Carnivorous or insectivorous plant - The black blobs are the bladder-like traps of Utricularia gibba L. Lentibulariaceae. CN: [Malay - Lumut ekor kuning (referring to U. flexuosa Vahl syn. U. aurea Lour.], Bladderwort, Conespur bladderpod, Fibrous bladderwort, Humped bladderwort, Floating bladderwort. Found globally and the widest range among the Utricularia spp. The upper corolla lip that is larger than the lower corolla lip; very small with only threadlike stolons and numerous 2-tipped leaves; classified as suspended and affixed aquatic plant. Aquatic weed.
Synonym(s):
Many; refer to The Plant List www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2446981
Ref and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2446981
zipcodezoo.com/Plants/U/Utricularia_gibba/
www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5666.html
6-prong crown setting rings. The parameters:
*copper band - no more than 1/2"wide (not sure what that is in centimeters)
*textured
*6-prong crown setting
*faceted stone - blue
*liver of sulpher
However you want to interpret this into a ring, can be technical, can be purely conceptual in some form.
So my stone is green, but if you mix blue with yellow you get green, so I'm sure that there is some blue in there somewhere.
Crown setting -- I don't know if difficult is the right word, but stressful is definitely in the running. Trying to get 6 equal prongs kept my brain and my compass busy for awhile. And sawing was interesting. So after all the figuring and sawing I had to solder it on and hope I didn't melt it or something.
The stone is a green spinel, more than I really wanted to spend for a stone in a ring I have never made before, but when I was at the rock shop searching for the perfect uncut stone, and I couldn't find one, this one just jumped into the setting and fit perfectly! It's mystical qualities are that it "refreshes the emotional, increasing compassion, love, forgiveness, self-esteem and the relaxed and easy affection for others."
The writing on the band is from "Lost Goddesses of Early Greece A collection of pre-Hellenic Myths" by Charlene Spretnak.
The part I used is from the myth of Athena and reads:
"...Long before there were palaces, the Goddess had appeared to a group of women gathering plants in a field. She broke open the stems of blue-flowered flax and showed them how the threadlike fibers could be spun and then woven. The woof and warp danced in Her fingers until a length of cloth was born before them. She told them which plants and roots would color the cloth, and then She led the mortal from the field to a pit of clay..."
Would I make another crown setting? Yes
Should we do this ring formula thing again? Definitely
Does someone have an idea for parameters for the next one?
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Nerine is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. They are bulbous perennials, some evergreen, associated with rocky and arid habitats. They bear spherical umbels of lily-like flowers in shades from white through pink to crimson. In the case of deciduous species, the flowers may appear on naked stems before the leaves develop. Native to South Africa, there are about 30 species in the genus. Though described as lilies, they are not significantly related to the true lilies Lilium, but more closely resemble their relatives, Amaryllis and Lycoris. The genus was established by the cleric and Amaryllidaceae specialist William Herbert in 1820. Nerines have been widely cultivated and much hybridized worldwide, especially Nerine bowdenii, N. sarniensis and N. undulata (previously known as N. flexuosa). The hybrid cultivar 'Zeal Giant' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The other 20 species are rarely cultivated and very little is known regarding their biology. Many species are threatened with extinction due to the loss or degradation of their habitat. Species of Nerine are herbaceous flowering plants that grow from bulbs. Their leaves are linear, obviously flat in some species and appearing threadlike in others. Their flowers are borne in an umbel on a solid leafless stem (scape). Individual flowers are either radially symmetrical (actinomorphic) or have one plane of symmetry (zygomorphic). Each flower has six narrow red or pink tepals joined at the base to form a short extended or recurved tube. The free parts of the tepals are generally wavy. There are six stamens that are inserted in the base of the petals and frequently protrude from the flower. The stamens can be straight or curved with thin filaments and oblong anthers that attach to their filament at the back (dorsifixed). The inferior ovary has one to many ovules. The style is threadlike and has a three-lobed stigma. The fruit is a capsule. Many species of Nerine have petals with wavy edges, such as Nerine humilis. Profusion of flowers in Nerine filifolia, note the filiform leaves of this species.
Nerine species can be either evergreen or deciduous; the deciduous species can either grow during the winter or the summer. The growth cycle thus defines three groups. There is a strong association between a species' growth habit, the shape of its leaves and the amount of DNA in its cell nuclei. The largest group of 12 species contains the evergreen nerines that retain their leaves throughout the summer and winter (N. angustifolia, N. appendiculata, N. filamentosa, N. filifolia, N. frithii, N. gaberonensis, N. gibsonii, N. gracilis, N. masoniorum, N. pancratioides, N. platypetala and N. rehmannii). Their leaves are narrow and they have the smallest amount of DNA per nucleus (18.0â24.6 pg). Four deciduous species grow in the winter and do not have any leaves during the summer (N. humilis, N. pudica, N. ridleyi and N. sarniensis). They have wide leaves and more DNA per nucleus (25.3â26.2 pg). A final group of seven species only grow during the summer and have no leaves in the winter (N. bowdenii, N. duparquetiana, N. krigei, N. laticoma, N. marincowitzii, N. pusilla and N. undulata). They have wide leaves and the most DNA per nucleus (26.8â35.3 pg). The earliest published name for the genus was Imhofia, given by Lorenz Heister in 1755. The later name Nerine, published by William Herbert in 1820, was widely used, resulting in a decision to conserve the name Nerine and reject the name Imhofia. The genus name derives from the Nereids (sea-nymphs) of Greek mythology that protected sailors and their ships. When Herbert chose the name of these nymphs for the first species of the genus, Nerine sarniensis, he alluded to the story of how this South African species arrived on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel. It is said that a ship carrying boxes of the bulbs of this species destined for the Netherlands was shipwrecked on Guernsey. The boxes of bulbs were washed up on the island and the bulbs became established and multiplied around the coast.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Introduced, cool-season, annual, ascending to erect, slender herb, 15-50 cm tall. Leaves are very finely divided into linear or threadlike segments that are less than 1 mm wide. Flowerheads are umbels in the leaf axils; they have small flowers with very small (about 0.3 mm long) white petals. Fruit are small and strongly ribbed; these are longer lasting and more likely to be noticed than the flowers. Flowering is from late winter to early summer. A native of America, it occurs in disturbed pastures, gardens and waste places. It is more abundant in moist areas, but is also found in drier areas during wet years. An indicator of disturbance and bare ground. It is a minor component of many pastures and regarded as an insignificant weed. It is relatively unpalatable to stock and only grazed when there is little else on offer. It may taint milk when present in sufficient quantities. Control can be achieved by maintaining strong dense pastures.
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 1275, the galaxy located in the center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster. The red threadlike filaments are composed of cool gas suspended by a magnetic field.
Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Introduced, cool-season, annual, ascending to erect, slender herb, 15-50 cm tall. Leaves are very finely divided into linear or threadlike segments that are less than 1 mm wide. Flowerheads are umbels in the leaf axils; they have small flowers with very small (about 0.3 mm long) white petals. Fruit are small and strongly ribbed; these are longer lasting and more likely to be noticed than the flowers. Flowering is from late winter to early summer. A native of America, it occurs in disturbed pastures, gardens and waste places. It is more abundant in moist areas, but is also found in drier areas during wet years. An indicator of disturbance and bare ground. It is a minor component of many pastures and regarded as an insignificant weed. It is relatively unpalatable to stock and only grazed when there is little else on offer. It may taint milk when present in sufficient quantities. Control can be achieved by maintaining strong dense pastures.
Polyp #1
Mixed Media
2010
4' x 6'
A sedentary animal characterized by a fixed base, column like body, and a free end with mouth and tentacles. Polyps tend to be cylindrical in shape and elongated along the axis of their bodies.
The external form of the polyp varies from species to species. The column may be long and slender, or may be short, causing the body to appear almost disk-like. The tentacles at the ends of the column, may be long and threadlike, or short, looking more like knobs or warts. The tentacles may be simple and unbranched, or their patterns may appear feathery.
Polyps tend to reproduce asexually by the method of budding. In many cases the buds do not separate from the parent but remain in continuity with it, forming colonies which can grow quite large. Minute differences in the method of budding create the variations witnessed in the colonies. The reef-building corals are an example of polyp colonies.
Materials used:
Various tubes such as: toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, gift wrapping tubes, etc.
Epsom salt, table salt, oatmeal. Acrylic paint and various fabric dyes. Various types of yarn, fabric softener sheets, cotton fill, cotton swabs, and various other pieces of fabric. Also used is paper, tissue paper, and plaster.
6-prong crown setting rings. The parameters:
*copper band - no more than 1/2"wide (not sure what that is in centimeters)
*textured
*6-prong crown setting
*faceted stone - blue
*liver of sulpher
However you want to interpret this into a ring, can be technical, can be purely conceptual in some form.
So my stone is green, but if you mix blue with yellow you get green, so I'm sure that there is some blue in there somewhere.
Crown setting -- I don't know if difficult is the right word, but stressful is definitely in the running. Trying to get 6 equal prongs kept my brain and my compass busy for awhile. And sawing was interesting. So after all the figuring and sawing I had to solder it on and hope I didn't melt it or something.
The stone is a green spinel, more than I really wanted to spend for a stone in a ring I have never made before, but when I was at the rock shop searching for the perfect uncut stone, and I couldn't find one, this one just jumped into the setting and fit perfectly! It's mystical qualities are that it "refreshes the emotional, increasing compassion, love, forgiveness, self-esteem and the relaxed and easy affection for others."
The writing on the band is from "Lost Goddesses of Early Greece A collection of pre-Hellenic Myths" by Charlene Spretnak.
The part I used is from the myth of Athena and reads:
"...Long before there were palaces, the Goddess had appeared to a group of women gathering plants in a field. She broke open the stems of blue-flowered flax and showed them how the threadlike fibers could be spun and then woven. The woof and warp danced in Her fingers until a length of cloth was born before them. She told them which plants and roots would color the cloth, and then She led the mortal from the field to a pit of clay..."
Would I make another crown setting? Yes
Should we do this ring formula thing again? Definitely
Does someone have an idea for parameters for the next one?
Panorpidae are a family of scorpionflies. This family contains more than 350 species. They are 9–25 mm long.
These insects have 4 membranous wings and also have threadlike antennae. Their elongated faces terminate with jaws that are used to feed on dead and dying insects, nectar, and rotting fruit. While in larvae form, they scavenge by consuming dead insects on ground.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, ascending to erect, slender herb, 15-50 cm tall. Leaves are very finely divided into linear or threadlike segments that are less than 1 mm wide. Flowerheads are umbels in the leaf axils; they have small flowers with very small (about 0.3 mm long) white petals. Fruit are small and strongly ribbed; these are longer lasting and more likely to be noticed than the flowers. Flowering is from late winter to early summer. A native of America, it occurs in disturbed pastures, gardens and waste places. It is more abundant in moist areas, but is also found in drier areas during wet years. An indicator of disturbance and bare ground. It is a minor component of many pastures and regarded as an insignificant weed. It is relatively unpalatable to stock and only grazed when there is little else on offer. It may taint milk when present in sufficient quantities. Control can be achieved by maintaining strong dense pastures.
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos or Mexican aster, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens.
Description
In natural habitat
Cosmos bipinnatus is an annual that is often considered half-hardy, although plants may reappear via self-sowing for several years. The plant height varies from 2–6 ft to (rarely) 9 ft (0.61–1.83–2.74 m). The cultivated varieties appear in shades of pink and purple as well as white. The branched stem is usually densely to occasionally occupied by fine, split up, rough trichomes, some specimens are completely hairless. The petiole itself is inconspicuous, winged, 10 (rarely to 15) mm long, sometimes the leaves are almost sessile.
The partial leaves are linear-filiform to narrow linear with a width of 0.5 to 1 (rarely to 1.7) mm; the tips are pointed, hardened, but not particularly sharp. Its foliage is finely cut into threadlike segments. When flowering, the plant can become top heavy. This problem is alleviated when grown in groups, as the bipinnate leaves interlock, and the colony supports itself.
The achenes become blackish, are smooth or short-bristly. Their shape is spindle-like. They are rounded off into a short, 0.5 to 1.7 mm long, but distinctly pronounced rostrum. The inner achenes are up to 18 mm long, their yellowish beaks are 4 to 5 (rarely to 10) mm long. A pappus is missing or it consists only of two to three awn-like, 1-3 mm large bristles.
Flowers
The very conspicuous cup-shaped inflorescences have a diameter of usually 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) and contain tongue and tubular flowers, which are surrounded by bracts. There are usually 8 outer bracts, and they are ovate to lanceolate-tail-shaped, 7-15 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. The inner bracts are ovate-lanceolate and 8-12 mm long. They are translucent with many black stripes and a clear edge up to 1 mm wide, sometimes with yellowish or pink pigments, the tip is ciliate. The sprout leaves have gold-yellow, thread-like tips and protrude between the tubular flowers. The broadened base of these spreader leaves is translucent, provided with a yellow line. During flowering, the plant can sag under its weight. This problem can be solved by grouping the feet together so that the leaves hang together.
The mostly eight ray florets are pink to violet or white colored, at the base may show noticeable stains caused by anthocyanin. The tongues are reversely ovate shaped, have a length of usually 20-35 mm and a width of usually 12-20 mm. The tips are almost dull and have three broad, wavy teeth. Below that, they are greatly rejuvenated. In the center of the flower baskets is a large number of tubular flowers (also called disc florets), whose overgrown petals are yellow, turn white in the lower part and reach a length of 5-6 mm. The anthers are brownish-black and about 3 mm long, at the tips are short-triangular, translucent attachments with a length of 0.5-0.8 mm. The branches of the stylus are short and rather dull, with a length of .5 mm.
Distribution
This plant is native to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica. Since it is used as an ornamental plant in many countries and prone to sedimentation, it is an invasive plant in many areas of the world. It has naturalized in scattered locations across North America, South America, the West Indies, Italy, Australia, and Asia, where it is a garden escape (introduced species) and in some habitats becoming a weed.
Cultivars
Cultivars of Cosmos bipinnatus in cultivation today include:
Apollo Series
'Apollo Carmine' agm
'Apollo Pink' agm
'Apollo White' agm
'Daydream' features a pink inner ring on a white background
Double Click Series features semidouble to fully double flowers that resemble Japanese anemones (Anemone japonica)
'Double Click Cranberries'
'Double Click Rose Bonbon'
'Double Click Snow Puff'
'Double Click Vari Extra'
'Rubenza' agm
'Sensation', also known as 'Early Sensation', is a widely available mix of tall varieties
'Sensation Pinkie' agm
Sonata series
'Velouette'agm
'Versailles', developed for the cut flower trade, are shorter than the species, with heights remaining below three feet
'Versailles Dark Rose'
'Vesailles Tetra'
(those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit).
Cultivation
Germination takes between 7 and 10 days at the optimal temperature of 75 °F (24 °C); flowering begins between 60 and 90 days after germination
It prefers a soil pH between 6.0 and 8.5, reflecting its native habitat in the alkaline regions of Central America
Flowering is best in full sun, although partial shade is tolerated
Excessive rain can cause cultivation problems, due to the delicate nature of the stems. Heavy rain can cause breakage. Cosmos bipinnatus can tolerate heat as long as adequate moisture is provided, however, it does not handle droughts, strong winds or cold temperatures well. Snails, slugs and aphids have a taste for Cosmos bipinnatus. Successfully cultivated plants can mature 2 to 4 feet (0.61 to 1.22 m) x 12 to 18 inches (300 to 460 mm).
They are not tolerant of frost, but can be grown outdoors in a temperate climate with a warm to hot summer and are therefore called half-hardy in British gardening literature.
Pollinators
The flowers of Cosmos bipinnatus attract birds and butterflies, including the monarch butterfly. It can be part of butterfly gardening and pollinator/honey-bee habitat gardens.
Morro Bay
Bayshore Bluffs Park
Aug 5 2009
Mycelium
The typically white threadlike vegetation portion of a fungi.
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Carnivorous or insectivorous plant - Habitat; old tin-mining lake with receding water line. Utricularia gibba L. Lentibulariaceae. CN: [Malay - Lumut ekor kuning (referring to U. flexuosa Vahl syn. U. aurea Lour.], Bladderwort, Conespur bladderpod, Fibrous bladderwort, Humped bladderwort, Floating bladderwort. Found globally and the widest range among the Utricularia spp. The upper corolla lip that is larger than the lower corolla lip; very small with only threadlike stolons and numerous 2-tipped leaves; classified as suspended and affixed aquatic plant. Aquatic weed.
Synonym(s):
Many; refer to The Plant List www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2446981
Ref and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2446981
zipcodezoo.com/Plants/U/Utricularia_gibba/
www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5666.html
For about a week, the floor of this ancient woodland was thick with Herb Paris. I am informed it is a good indicator of an unmanaged wood, and shows it has been that way for centuries.
And now for the science bit:
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Paris quadrifolia (Herb Paris, True Lover's Knot) is a Eurasian species of the genus Paris in the family Melanthiaceae, although authorities formerly regarded it as part of the Liliaceae family. It is related to Trillium, with which it can be confused. Trillium, however, is generally 3-merous (3 leaves per whorl, 3 petals etc.), whereas Paris quadrifolia is 4-merous.
Paris quadrifolia has solitary flowers with four or more very narrow greenish filiform (threadlike) petals and green petaloid sepals. The flower is borne above a single whorl of four or more stem leaves. It prefers calcareous soils and lives in damp and shady places, especially old established woods and streamsides. It occurs locally in temperate and cool areas throughout Europe and northern Asia from Spain to Yakutia and northern China, but is absent in the wild from the Americas, Africa and the southern hemisphere. In Britain it is more frequently found in the east of the country, but it is uncommon throughout its range.[1][3][4]
Each plant only produces one blueberry-like fruit, which is poisonous, as are other tissues of the plant.[5] Paris quadrifolia poisonings are rare, because the plant's solitary berry and its repulsive taste make it difficult to mistake it for a blueberry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_quadrifolia
Flowering in late spring or early summer, herb paris is an attractive woodland plant with broad, spreading leaves and unusual, wispy flowers.
The scientific and common names for herb paris are derived from the Latin par, meaning pair, referring to the symmetry of the pairs of leaves and floral parts (not the city Paris, as has commonly been assumed and the reason why paris is sometimes capitalised in its common name) and quadrifolia meaning four leaves. The leaves are positioned in opposed pairs, and the flowers are wispy and inconspicuous and have a crown of golden-yellow stamens, making Paris quadrifolia a distinctive woodland plant.
cientific name:
Paris quadrifolia L.
Common name:
herb paris, true lover’s knot, devil-in-a-bush (English); cwlwm cariad (Welsh, meaning ‘love knot’)
Conservation status:
Not assessed at an international level; Least Concern in the UK, according to IUCN Red List criteria.
Habitat:
Moist woodland and other damp, shady places, on calcareous soils.
Key Uses:
Ornamental.
Known hazards:
All parts are poisonous; ingestion can induce diarrhoea, headache, nausea, vomiting, stomach ache and vertigo.
Class:
Equisetopsida
Subclass:
Magnoliidae
Superorder:
Lilianae
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Melanthiaceae
Genus: Paris
www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/paris-quadr...
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Carnivorous or insectivorous plant - Habitat; old tin-mining lake with receding water line. Utricularia gibba L. Lentibulariaceae. CN: [Malay - Lumut ekor kuning (referring to U. flexuosa Vahl syn. U. aurea Lour.], Bladderwort, Conespur bladderpod, Fibrous bladderwort, Humped bladderwort, Floating bladderwort. Found globally and the widest range among the Utricularia spp. The upper corolla lip that is larger than the lower corolla lip; very small with only threadlike stolons and numerous 2-tipped leaves; classified as suspended and affixed aquatic plant. Free floating but anchored by roots to the bottom of the shallow water at the lake. Aquatic weed.
Synonym(s):
Many; refer to The Plant List www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2446981
Ref and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2446981
zipcodezoo.com/Plants/U/Utricularia_gibba/
www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5666.html
Pequeño árbol siempreverde, de hasta 15m de altura y 1m de diámetro. Corteza de color gris-ceniciento, rica en saponina. Hojas alternas, casi sésiles, glabras, de forma elíptica a aovada, ápice agudo, base obtusa, de color verde lustroso claro, bordes casi enteros, con 4-8 dientes. Lámina de 2-5 x 1-3cm. Flores verde blanquecinas, hermafroditas, pentámeras, de forma estrellada, de 1-1,4cm de diámetro, reunidas en corimbos. Cáliz compuesto por 5 sépalos, corola compuesta de 5 pétalos alternos a los sépalos. Androceo compuesto por 10 estambres; Gineceo compuesto por 5 ovarios, cada uno con un estilo filiforme y un estigma. El fruto en cápsula de forma estrellada, en su interior muchas semillas aladas. Especie nativa del centro de Chile. En Iturraran se encuentra en las zonas 4 y 6.
Small evergreen tree, up to 15m high and 1m in diameter. Bark ashy-gray, rich in saponine. Leaves alternate leaves, almost sessile, glabrous, elliptical to ovate, apex acute, base obtuse, shiny green light, borders almost entire, with 4-8 teeth. Blade 2-5 x 1-3cm. Flowers whitish green, hermaphrodite, pentamerous, star-shape, 1-1,4 cm in diameter, gathered in corymbs. Calyx consisting of 5 sepals, corolla consisting of 5 petals alternate whit sepals. Androecium consisting of 10 stamens; gynoecium consisting of 5 ovaries, each with a threadlike style and a stigma. The fruit in star-shaped capsule, inside many winged seeds. Native species of central Chile. In Iturraran it is in zones 4 and 6.
This bug lives on thick stemmed weeds and brambles. They feed on small, plant-feeding insects. The male's wings are flatand shaped like paddles while the females are more narrow and curved around the body. My book describes two tree crickets, the snowy and the Black-horned. I can't tell which one this is.
Crickets are in the family Orthoptera and are distinguished from grasshoppers by their long and threadlike antennae. Most orthoptera are herbivores (plant eating). Some supplement their diet with small bugs. Tree crickets live mostly on plant feeding insects.
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Nerine is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. They are bulbous perennials, some evergreen, associated with rocky and arid habitats. They bear spherical umbels of lily-like flowers in shades from white through pink to crimson. In the case of deciduous species, the flowers may appear on naked stems before the leaves develop. Native to South Africa, there are about 30 species in the genus. Though described as lilies, they are not significantly related to the true lilies Lilium, but more closely resemble their relatives, Amaryllis and Lycoris. The genus was established by the cleric and Amaryllidaceae specialist William Herbert in 1820. Nerines have been widely cultivated and much hybridized worldwide, especially Nerine bowdenii, N. sarniensis and N. undulata (previously known as N. flexuosa). The hybrid cultivar 'Zeal Giant' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The other 20 species are rarely cultivated and very little is known regarding their biology. Many species are threatened with extinction due to the loss or degradation of their habitat. Species of Nerine are herbaceous flowering plants that grow from bulbs. Their leaves are linear, obviously flat in some species and appearing threadlike in others. Their flowers are borne in an umbel on a solid leafless stem (scape). Individual flowers are either radially symmetrical (actinomorphic) or have one plane of symmetry (zygomorphic). Each flower has six narrow red or pink tepals joined at the base to form a short extended or recurved tube. The free parts of the tepals are generally wavy. There are six stamens that are inserted in the base of the petals and frequently protrude from the flower. The stamens can be straight or curved with thin filaments and oblong anthers that attach to their filament at the back (dorsifixed). The inferior ovary has one to many ovules. The style is threadlike and has a three-lobed stigma. The fruit is a capsule. Many species of Nerine have petals with wavy edges, such as Nerine humilis. Profusion of flowers in Nerine filifolia, note the filiform leaves of this species.
Nerine species can be either evergreen or deciduous; the deciduous species can either grow during the winter or the summer. The growth cycle thus defines three groups. There is a strong association between a species' growth habit, the shape of its leaves and the amount of DNA in its cell nuclei. The largest group of 12 species contains the evergreen nerines that retain their leaves throughout the summer and winter (N. angustifolia, N. appendiculata, N. filamentosa, N. filifolia, N. frithii, N. gaberonensis, N. gibsonii, N. gracilis, N. masoniorum, N. pancratioides, N. platypetala and N. rehmannii). Their leaves are narrow and they have the smallest amount of DNA per nucleus (18.0â24.6 pg). Four deciduous species grow in the winter and do not have any leaves during the summer (N. humilis, N. pudica, N. ridleyi and N. sarniensis). They have wide leaves and more DNA per nucleus (25.3â26.2 pg). A final group of seven species only grow during the summer and have no leaves in the winter (N. bowdenii, N. duparquetiana, N. krigei, N. laticoma, N. marincowitzii, N. pusilla and N. undulata). They have wide leaves and the most DNA per nucleus (26.8â35.3 pg). The earliest published name for the genus was Imhofia, given by Lorenz Heister in 1755. The later name Nerine, published by William Herbert in 1820, was widely used, resulting in a decision to conserve the name Nerine and reject the name Imhofia. The genus name derives from the Nereids (sea-nymphs) of Greek mythology that protected sailors and their ships. When Herbert chose the name of these nymphs for the first species of the genus, Nerine sarniensis, he alluded to the story of how this South African species arrived on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel. It is said that a ship carrying boxes of the bulbs of this species destined for the Netherlands was shipwrecked on Guernsey. The boxes of bulbs were washed up on the island and the bulbs became established and multiplied around the coast.
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Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Carnivorous or insectivorous plant. Utricularia gibba L. Lentibulariaceae. CN: [Malay - Lumut ekor kuning (referring to U. flexuosa Vahl syn. U. aurea Lour.], Bladderwort, Conespur bladderpod, Fibrous bladderwort, Humped bladderwort, Floating bladderwort. Found globally and the widest range among the Utricularia spp. The upper corolla lip that is larger than the lower corolla lip; very small with only threadlike stolons and numerous 2-tipped leaves; classified as suspended and affixed aquatic plant. Aquatic weed.
Synonym(s):
Many; refer to The Plant List www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2446981
Ref and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2446981
zipcodezoo.com/Plants/U/Utricularia_gibba/
www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5666.html
Introduced, cool-season, annual, ascending to erect, slender herb, 15-50 cm tall. Leaves are very finely divided into linear or threadlike segments that are less than 1 mm wide. Flowerheads are umbels in the leaf axils; they have small flowers with very small (about 0.3 mm long) white petals. Fruit are small and strongly ribbed; these are longer lasting and more likely to be noticed than the flowers. Flowering is from late winter to early summer. A native of America, it occurs in disturbed pastures, gardens and waste places. It is more abundant in moist areas, but is also found in drier areas during wet years. An indicator of disturbance and bare ground. It is a minor component of many pastures and regarded as an insignificant weed. It is relatively unpalatable to stock and only grazed when there is little else on offer. It may taint milk when present in sufficient quantities. Control can be achieved by maintaining strong dense pastures.
It has been a challenge to photograph the minute flower structures of this plant, largely because these are so small (the stigmas are a fraction of the diameter of a human hair, and a cluster of several anthers would easily pass through the eye of a needle), but also because these become obscured in most views (in frontal images, the stigmas virtually disappear, and the anthers look like indistinct pale patches lying on the surface).
A profile view, and strong side lighting reveal the threadlike stigmas, and focus stacking techniques have provided the necessary depth of field to reveal details in the anthers. Both structures appear to initially develop beneath the surface of the receptacle, and rupture through as they mature.
The same inflorescence as it appeared 10 days earlier can be seen in this view:
www.flickr.com/photos/glochidman/24084844636/in/dateposted/
the present view was photographed 10 days later to record the emergence of anther bearing flowers. Most of the pistils have disappeared, and I suspect that the remaining pistillate flowers are no longer receptive to pollen. Having the male and female flowers emerge at different times is a strategy to prevent self pollination.
This is a composite image of 78 photos, merged together utilizing Helicon 6.3.6 software.
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos or Mexican aster, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens.
Description
In natural habitat
Cosmos bipinnatus is an annual that is often considered half-hardy, although plants may reappear via self-sowing for several years. The plant height varies from 2–6 ft to (rarely) 9 ft (0.61–1.83–2.74 m). The cultivated varieties appear in shades of pink and purple as well as white. The branched stem is usually densely to occasionally occupied by fine, split up, rough trichomes, some specimens are completely hairless. The petiole itself is inconspicuous, winged, 10 (rarely to 15) mm long, sometimes the leaves are almost sessile.
The partial leaves are linear-filiform to narrow linear with a width of 0.5 to 1 (rarely to 1.7) mm; the tips are pointed, hardened, but not particularly sharp. Its foliage is finely cut into threadlike segments. When flowering, the plant can become top heavy. This problem is alleviated when grown in groups, as the bipinnate leaves interlock, and the colony supports itself.
The achenes become blackish, are smooth or short-bristly. Their shape is spindle-like. They are rounded off into a short, 0.5 to 1.7 mm long, but distinctly pronounced rostrum. The inner achenes are up to 18 mm long, their yellowish beaks are 4 to 5 (rarely to 10) mm long. A pappus is missing or it consists only of two to three awn-like, 1-3 mm large bristles.
Flowers
The very conspicuous cup-shaped inflorescences have a diameter of usually 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) and contain tongue and tubular flowers, which are surrounded by bracts. There are usually 8 outer bracts, and they are ovate to lanceolate-tail-shaped, 7-15 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. The inner bracts are ovate-lanceolate and 8-12 mm long. They are translucent with many black stripes and a clear edge up to 1 mm wide, sometimes with yellowish or pink pigments, the tip is ciliate. The sprout leaves have gold-yellow, thread-like tips and protrude between the tubular flowers. The broadened base of these spreader leaves is translucent, provided with a yellow line. During flowering, the plant can sag under its weight. This problem can be solved by grouping the feet together so that the leaves hang together.
The mostly eight ray florets are pink to violet or white colored, at the base may show noticeable stains caused by anthocyanin. The tongues are reversely ovate shaped, have a length of usually 20-35 mm and a width of usually 12-20 mm. The tips are almost dull and have three broad, wavy teeth. Below that, they are greatly rejuvenated. In the center of the flower baskets is a large number of tubular flowers (also called disc florets), whose overgrown petals are yellow, turn white in the lower part and reach a length of 5-6 mm. The anthers are brownish-black and about 3 mm long, at the tips are short-triangular, translucent attachments with a length of 0.5-0.8 mm. The branches of the stylus are short and rather dull, with a length of .5 mm.
Distribution
This plant is native to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica. Since it is used as an ornamental plant in many countries and prone to sedimentation, it is an invasive plant in many areas of the world. It has naturalized in scattered locations across North America, South America, the West Indies, Italy, Australia, and Asia, where it is a garden escape (introduced species) and in some habitats becoming a weed.
Cultivars
Cultivars of Cosmos bipinnatus in cultivation today include:
Apollo Series
'Apollo Carmine' agm
'Apollo Pink' agm
'Apollo White' agm
'Daydream' features a pink inner ring on a white background
Double Click Series features semidouble to fully double flowers that resemble Japanese anemones (Anemone japonica)
'Double Click Cranberries'
'Double Click Rose Bonbon'
'Double Click Snow Puff'
'Double Click Vari Extra'
'Rubenza' agm
'Sensation', also known as 'Early Sensation', is a widely available mix of tall varieties
'Sensation Pinkie' agm
Sonata series
'Velouette'agm
'Versailles', developed for the cut flower trade, are shorter than the species, with heights remaining below three feet
'Versailles Dark Rose'
'Vesailles Tetra'
(those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit).
Cultivation
Germination takes between 7 and 10 days at the optimal temperature of 75 °F (24 °C); flowering begins between 60 and 90 days after germination
It prefers a soil pH between 6.0 and 8.5, reflecting its native habitat in the alkaline regions of Central America
Flowering is best in full sun, although partial shade is tolerated
Excessive rain can cause cultivation problems, due to the delicate nature of the stems. Heavy rain can cause breakage. Cosmos bipinnatus can tolerate heat as long as adequate moisture is provided, however, it does not handle droughts, strong winds or cold temperatures well. Snails, slugs and aphids have a taste for Cosmos bipinnatus. Successfully cultivated plants can mature 2 to 4 feet (0.61 to 1.22 m) x 12 to 18 inches (300 to 460 mm).
They are not tolerant of frost, but can be grown outdoors in a temperate climate with a warm to hot summer and are therefore called half-hardy in British gardening literature.
Pollinators
The flowers of Cosmos bipinnatus attract birds and butterflies, including the monarch butterfly. It can be part of butterfly gardening and pollinator/honey-bee habitat gardens.[
1: red-brown V with point near apex of interior.
2: slight threadlike radiating striae.
3: colour faded on dead shell.
4: pattern on central early growth worn away.
5: excentric apex tilted forwards, 18% of shell-length from anterior.
6: anterior profile slightly concave.
7: posterior profile slightly convex.
8: base oval, sometimes widest at posterior.
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Introduced, cool-season, annual, ascending to erect, slender herb, 15-50 cm tall. Leaves are very finely divided into linear or threadlike segments that are less than 1 mm wide. Flowerheads are umbels in the leaf axils; they have small flowers with very small (about 0.3 mm long) white petals. Fruit are small and strongly ribbed; these are longer lasting and more likely to be noticed than the flowers. Flowering is from late winter to early summer. A native of America, it occurs in disturbed pastures, gardens and waste places. It is more abundant in moist areas, but is also found in drier areas during wet years. An indicator of disturbance and bare ground. It is a minor component of many pastures and regarded as an insignificant weed. It is relatively unpalatable to stock and only grazed when there is little else on offer. It may taint milk when present in sufficient quantities. Control can be achieved by maintaining strong dense pastures.
www.hastings.k12.ny.us/natureguides/walkideas.htm
You will find a fungus within a hundred feet of wherever you happen to be standing in the woods. See how many types you can find. A good fall activity, especially after a spell of wet weather.
Most mushrooms fruit and wither within days. Two common mushrooms that you will see even in dry weather: turkey tail (a stiff bracket mushroom that grows on logs that is hardy enough to last for months; some call them “fairy steps”); and the mycelium of green stain: a mushroom that stains soft rotted wood a bright and curious greenish color.
You may be interested to know that the mushroom we see is only the fruit of a larger organism growing underground (or in a log or other substrate). In a rotting log you can sometimes expose a mass of typically white, interwoven, threadlike filaments called hyphae, known collectively as mycelium. The mushroom mycelium is much larger than the fruiting body, and can cover acres and can be decades (in some cases hundreds) of years old. These organisms decompose organic matter and make it available to other plants. Without fungi, we would not have a thriving ecosystem!
Here is the tank with the Plumose Anemone. Metridium, also known as plumose anemones, are sea anemones found mostly in the cooler waters of the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans. They are characterized by their numerous threadlike tentacles extending from atop a smooth cylindrical column, and can vary from a few centimeters in height up to one meter or more. In larger specimens, the oral disk becomes densely curved and frilly. (Toronto, Canada, Nov.2015)
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.
This wiry thin threadlike specimen was pulled out from a limping cricket and having trouble to move around. CN: Cacing bulu kuda, Horsehair worm (Gordian worms, belong to the group Nematomorpha). The adult worms are free-living, but the larvae are parasitic on arthropods, such as beetles, cockroaches, mantids, orthopterans, crustaceans, and some beetles. When mature, they leave the host to lay eggs. The adults are mostly free-living in freshwater or marine environments, and males and females aggregate into tight balls (Gordian knots) during mating. They are not parasites of humans, livestock, or pets and pose no public health threat.
Ref.:
entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef613?fbclid=IwAR0eOtMYvw9ToS9mYfh9...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematomorpha
Another beautiful little flowering plant that's considered a weed by many. It belongs to the Scrophulariaceae (figwort or snapdragon) family & is also called threadstalk speedwell due to its very slender stems. Flowers are less than 1 cm across but when in full bloom, can give a lawn a bluish haze.
Creeping speedwell readily grows in lawns. People either regard it as a charming addition to the lawn or as a ground cover, or as a tenacious weed.
Its fragile form & thin, threadlike stems belie its ability to spread easily. It will root at nodes along the stem & when the lawn is cut, often new plants start where pieces were scattered.
The overlapping eggs turn yellow as they mature. and the develop-ing larvae can be seen within each egg (Fig. 9).
The larvae hatch underwater and begin scraping leaf tissue. When the larval case is opened, pairs of threadlike gills can be seen coming from each body segment (Fig. 10).
The pupae form inside the larval cases (Fig. 11).
books.google.com.ph/books/irri?id=G_RiGY4p2V4C&pg=PA9...
Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos or Mexican aster, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens.
Description
In natural habitat
Cosmos bipinnatus is an annual that is often considered half-hardy, although plants may reappear via self-sowing for several years. The plant height varies from 2–6 ft to (rarely) 9 ft (0.61–1.83–2.74 m). The cultivated varieties appear in shades of pink and purple as well as white. The branched stem is usually densely to occasionally occupied by fine, split up, rough trichomes, some specimens are completely hairless. The petiole itself is inconspicuous, winged, 10 (rarely to 15) mm long, sometimes the leaves are almost sessile.
The partial leaves are linear-filiform to narrow linear with a width of 0.5 to 1 (rarely to 1.7) mm; the tips are pointed, hardened, but not particularly sharp. Its foliage is finely cut into threadlike segments. When flowering, the plant can become top heavy. This problem is alleviated when grown in groups, as the bipinnate leaves interlock, and the colony supports itself.
The achenes become blackish, are smooth or short-bristly. Their shape is spindle-like. They are rounded off into a short, 0.5 to 1.7 mm long, but distinctly pronounced rostrum. The inner achenes are up to 18 mm long, their yellowish beaks are 4 to 5 (rarely to 10) mm long. A pappus is missing or it consists only of two to three awn-like, 1-3 mm large bristles.
Flowers
The very conspicuous cup-shaped inflorescences have a diameter of usually 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) and contain tongue and tubular flowers, which are surrounded by bracts. There are usually 8 outer bracts, and they are ovate to lanceolate-tail-shaped, 7-15 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. The inner bracts are ovate-lanceolate and 8-12 mm long. They are translucent with many black stripes and a clear edge up to 1 mm wide, sometimes with yellowish or pink pigments, the tip is ciliate. The sprout leaves have gold-yellow, thread-like tips and protrude between the tubular flowers. The broadened base of these spreader leaves is translucent, provided with a yellow line. During flowering, the plant can sag under its weight. This problem can be solved by grouping the feet together so that the leaves hang together.
The mostly eight ray florets are pink to violet or white colored, at the base may show noticeable stains caused by anthocyanin. The tongues are reversely ovate shaped, have a length of usually 20-35 mm and a width of usually 12-20 mm. The tips are almost dull and have three broad, wavy teeth. Below that, they are greatly rejuvenated. In the center of the flower baskets is a large number of tubular flowers (also called disc florets), whose overgrown petals are yellow, turn white in the lower part and reach a length of 5-6 mm. The anthers are brownish-black and about 3 mm long, at the tips are short-triangular, translucent attachments with a length of 0.5-0.8 mm. The branches of the stylus are short and rather dull, with a length of .5 mm.
Distribution
This plant is native to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica. Since it is used as an ornamental plant in many countries and prone to sedimentation, it is an invasive plant in many areas of the world. It has naturalized in scattered locations across North America, South America, the West Indies, Italy, Australia, and Asia, where it is a garden escape (introduced species) and in some habitats becoming a weed.
Cultivars
Cultivars of Cosmos bipinnatus in cultivation today include:
Apollo Series
'Apollo Carmine' agm
'Apollo Pink' agm
'Apollo White' agm
'Daydream' features a pink inner ring on a white background
Double Click Series features semidouble to fully double flowers that resemble Japanese anemones (Anemone japonica)
'Double Click Cranberries'
'Double Click Rose Bonbon'
'Double Click Snow Puff'
'Double Click Vari Extra'
'Rubenza' agm
'Sensation', also known as 'Early Sensation', is a widely available mix of tall varieties
'Sensation Pinkie' agm
Sonata series
'Velouette'agm
'Versailles', developed for the cut flower trade, are shorter than the species, with heights remaining below three feet
'Versailles Dark Rose'
'Vesailles Tetra'
(those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit).
Cultivation
Germination takes between 7 and 10 days at the optimal temperature of 75 °F (24 °C); flowering begins between 60 and 90 days after germination
It prefers a soil pH between 6.0 and 8.5, reflecting its native habitat in the alkaline regions of Central America
Flowering is best in full sun, although partial shade is tolerated
Excessive rain can cause cultivation problems, due to the delicate nature of the stems. Heavy rain can cause breakage. Cosmos bipinnatus can tolerate heat as long as adequate moisture is provided, however, it does not handle droughts, strong winds or cold temperatures well. Snails, slugs and aphids have a taste for Cosmos bipinnatus. Successfully cultivated plants can mature 2 to 4 feet (0.61 to 1.22 m) x 12 to 18 inches (300 to 460 mm).
They are not tolerant of frost, but can be grown outdoors in a temperate climate with a warm to hot summer and are therefore called half-hardy in British gardening literature.
Pollinators
The flowers of Cosmos bipinnatus attract birds and butterflies, including the monarch butterfly. It can be part of butterfly gardening and pollinator/honey-bee habitat gardens.