ljmacphee | October 19, 2008
Our first plant like life shows up about 3,500 million years ago as cyanobacteria. The blue-green bacteria floats in the vast oceans covering the plant and begins to convert sunlight into food. As it does this it releases oxygen into the atmosphere. Much of the life that followed would not have come [...]
ljmacphee | June 16, 2008
I love carnivorous plants. There is something cool about a meat loving plant, being an omnivore myself. The eight known species of Sarracenia are native to the US and can be found in the wild through out the south east and as far west as east Texas in bogs and swamps.
Carnivorous plants all [...]
ljmacphee | April 10, 2008
“The key is in the fuzzy coat of hairs on the roots of plants†says Professor Liam Dolan. “We have identified a growth control mechanism that enables these hairs to find their way and to elongate when their path is clearâ€.Root hairs explore the soil in much the same way as a person would feel [...]
