Can anyone confirm which Medinilla species it is?

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Could anybody identify this plant?

This plant was collected in 2008 in a coastal region of Mauritius (Mascarenes, Indian Ocean). It looks like Juncus maritimus which is not recorded on our territory. Length of stem above soil...

05 November 2017 7,077 3 View

Hello all Can we use different concentrations of lemon or orange extract to grow flowers in ornamental trees and shrubs?

I need more pdf on this topic

02 July 2024 6,988 1 View

Coulkd you help finding a paper about Bryophytes ?

Some monthes ago on RG I found a nice paper by a bryologist explaining that in a single small tuff of epiphytic mosses different species might co-occur. I remember a plate illustrating type...

01 July 2024 5,102 0 View

Is the liquid inside the flowers of the flower brush shrub mixed with honey?

I asked this question because I noticed bees sucking nectar during the day, and when examining flowers, the floral nectar increases at night.

01 June 2024 9,228 3 View

How to calculate community weighted mean for forest undergrow?

I currently try to calculate community weighted mean for leaves traits of forest undergrow - grasses and small shrubs. I use protected area of plants as a weighted coefficient. Only half of the...

05 April 2024 1,081 1 View

Is there any field guide for identification of plants?

Please suggest how to identify the herbs, shrubs and trees in field

25 March 2024 7,172 6 View

Which plant life form is more vulnerable or resilient to the impacts of climate change? Herbs, shrubs or trees?

Some studies suggested that herbs are resilient to impacts of CC because they have shorter life span and are adaptive to CC. Other studies suggested that trees are more resilient because of the...

26 December 2023 9,560 1 View

Is it correct to analyze the Importance Value index for epiphytes?

I understand that Importance Value is a measure of how dominant a species is in a given forest area and It is a standard tool foresters use to inventory a forest. But does it have sense on...

06 June 2023 3,806 1 View

To which taxonomic group does it correspond, do I propose between a Hydrozoa or Brioozoa?

Reviewing some samples of marine fouling from Seno Reloncavi, Puerto Montt, southern Chile. I need help with the identification of this organisms. Brown-yellow color, shiny and inside it had...

25 June 2022 6,572 2 View

Why the in vitro orchid cultures are very slow in growth and how to enhance their growth in culture medium??

I am working on tissue culture of an epiphytic orchid. The asymbiotic seed germination was screened in different basal media (MS, 1/2 MS, K-C, G-B5, Mitra, etc.) and later sub-cultured in best...

15 May 2022 3,651 8 View

High throughput method for removal of bacterial epiphytes from plant leaves?

Hi all! My goal is to sequence and identify bacterial endophytes. Most protocols I've seen work great for sample sizes

13 April 2022 1,905 1 View