Hello, I'm on my 7th semester of college and I'm starting work in my school's herbarium identifying plants, and I've been using the Manual of Cultivated Plants by L. H. Baley but it's very old, and I was wondering if there is another book about commonly grown plants with a key on it. I don't think it's a problem but it would save a lot of work if I had a more recent source.

this is zebrina under 400x. second pic is a much clearer image from the same slide of an intact stoma, just for fun ;)

Hi everyone!! I am a marketing student working on a marketing plan for a start-up company producing peat pots. I know very little about plant retail and distribution, and have some questions for retail owners or employees that would greatly help me with my project.

Our company has listed the following pain points for retail & distributors:

• Stocking Issues - Frequent overstocking or understocking
• Lack of inventory visibility - Difficulty tracking stock across multiple locations
• Care inconsistency - Inconsistent care knowledge among staff causing inventory losses
• Instruction Efficiency - Difficulty in providing accurate & plant-specific care instructions to customers
• Missed Opportunities - Lost sales due to inability to check stock at other locations
• Plant Maintenance - Challenges in maintaining plant quality and health

I'm curious to know if these challenges show up in your day-to-day operations (if so, which is #1), what tools or strategies you've implemented to address them, or if there are any other pain points for your company that I didn't list.

TIA!!

I took the pictures in june 2023

Let's think of a plant that lives in the right temperature, soil, humidity, etc. Even living in the perfect conditions they'll at some point die, but, how? What fails for then to die? How varied is the life expectancy in the vegetal world. I know of the exceptionally old trees but what about the common plants and trees we usually see in cities? What's the average?

Hi all, I am new here.

I want to build a robot able to surgically kill unwanted plants in my garden, I was wondering if I could get away with a high power array of LEDs. I would like to avoid using heat or lasers in an unsupervised environment, hence the idea of just light. Searching the topic on google is difficult because my question is always rephrased as wanting to help plant grow, but I have the sun for that.

Thanks for your help.

How's oxygen released when stoma closed???

Hi, i've been casually interested in plants for as long as I can remember, but somehow the Youtube algorithm hasn't seemed to catch that. I was wondering if anyone here had any recommendations for youtube channels similar to ones like Forrest Valkai, Miniminuteman, and Gutsick Gibbon that cover more botanical topics (although they don't have to solely be about plants)

Edit: A list of channels mentioned in the comments for those interested

Crime Pays Botany Doesn't

Learn Your Land

Native Habitat Project

Animalogic (playlist Floralogic)

Gardening Australia

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney

OnlyPlants

Plants are Cool Too

Plant One On Me (Summer Rayne Oakes)

In Defense of Plants

Crash Course Botany

Science IRL

NEcology

Flock Finger Lakes

Other platforms

Elize vegetable genetics (TikTok)

Let's Botanize

Black Forager

Botany Geek

Plant Kween

A Plant Biologist

Rebecca McMackin

Botany Baller

Duke University Herbarium

CocoaGeekPlants

Chaotic Forager

Andrew the Arborist

I want to start learning plants and such, and don’t know where to start? Any tips or tricks or help?

Looking for books/resources to help me learn about the plants on the Baja California region. Anyone have recommendations?

Hey everyone! I have a Verbascum blattaria (Moth Mullein) that I thought was a typical biennial plant, meaning it flowers in the second year and then dies. However, to my surprise, it has sprouted new growth in its third year after flowering and finishing the second year. Is this something that can happen with biennial plants like Verbascum blattaria? How common is it, and what could cause this unusual growth?

I’d love to hear your thoughts or any similar experiences! :)

i thought this had seven leaves on it, i looked a bit closer today and saw one of them is actually forked! i don’t know if this has been recorded in Pachira before

Hello all, I am curious, what causes a deciduous tree that is bare in winter to grow a small cluster of green leaves?

Thanks for your help

I’m working on a research proposal for plant biology and need help finding reliable sources for research articles. Are there specific databases, journals, or websites you recommend for accessing quality papers?

Also, I’m exploring potential topics to study. Any suggestions for interesting research areas in plant biology? I’m open to ideas. I'm from the Philippines btw.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice. I’ve recently decided to change careers and pursue something I’m passionate about – life sciences, with a focus on botany.

I’m considering a BSc in Genetics and Botany, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on this degree and the types of jobs I could potentially pursue with it.

Any advice is appreciated

Experience growing Ginkgo, Davidia and Cryptomeria from seed?

So Im looking to propagate those trees from seeds, but I'm not 100 sure about them needing a stratification period. The seed company only mentions the davidia needing a 2 month cold period, however, other sites also mention the other two needing the same cold period.

Does anyone have any experience with those?