Botany
When orchids smell like mushrooms - a tale of botanical deceit
Spider orchids that smell like mushrooms are fooling fungus gnats into pollinating them, and Carlos Lehnebach wants to find out more about this botanical deception.
Video, AudioAre you plant blind?
Are many of us not seeing the wood… or the trees? ‘Plant blindness’ is a phrase used to describes the general failure of modern people to notice the plants around them. Audio
'Dimorphism' - a poem by Janis Freegard
Poet Janis Freegard reads 'Dimorphism', from her poetry book The Glass Rooster, comparing divaricating plants to cushion plants. Audio
'Dimorphism' - a poem by Janis Freegard
Poet Janis Freegard reads 'Dimorphism', from her poetry book The Glass Rooster, comparing divaricating plants to cushion plants.
AudioNights' Science - Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley shares the secret world of plant communication - above and below ground. Audio
Masterpieces with Linda Tyler
Linda Tyler is the Director of the Centre for Art Studies at The University of Auckland. Her chosen masterpiece is this work, by Scottish botanist and draughtsman John Buchanan from 1863. Audio
Nights' Science - Green Roofs
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. Audio
Nights Science - Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... jumping the garden fence - weeds Audio
Bec Stanley - Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us including at the beach. Audio
Botany - Kauri dieback
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. This time Bec tackles the kauri dieback disease. Audio, Gallery
Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. The freeloaders of the plant world - parasitic plants. Audio
Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. Phytoremediation or 'using plants to clean the world'. Audio
New app makes identifying plants easier
An app to make life easier for botanists is out today. Audio
Botany - contemporary sustainable gardening practices
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... contemporary sustainable gardening practices. Audio
Invasive Plants – Predicting How Bad They Will Be
A new study suggests a way of predicting how invasive plant species might be when moved to a new country Audio
Invasive Plants – Predicting How Bad They Will Be
A new study suggests a way of predicting how invasive plant species might be when moved to a new country
AudioFlora Finder App for Plant Identification
The Botany Department at the University of Otago has collaborated with MEA Mobile to make a smart phone app that uses the camera function to help identify native plants Audio
Flora Finder App for Plant Identification
The Botany Department at the University of Otago has collaborated with MEA Mobile to make a smart phone app that uses the camera function to help identify native plants
AudioFlora Finder App for Plant Identification
The Botany Department at the University of Otago has collaborated with MEA Mobile to make a smart phone app that uses the camera function to help identify native plants Audio
Science: Botany
Green-fingered and Threatened Plant Scientist Dr Peter de Lange on the great bio-mass that grows around us... New Zealand's own Christmas tree, the pohutakawa. Audio
