New Botany
Presentations focus on British wild plants, mosses, medicinal herbs, plant ecology, cacti & succulents, bromeliads.
Where possible I attach relevant abstracts of scientific research to add to comments and views expressed.
... Alan
Acta Horticulturae, 469, 283-286
Plant and Soil, 184, 117-121
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"Great overview of Willowherbs! 🌿🔍 Identifying them by floral characters is so fascinating. Your insights will definitely help in distinguishing these lovely plants more accurately."
Thanks, EP!
So beautiful ! 💖 Hope you have a nice Sunday .
Thanks Mai, enjoy your week!
Cor, that's a good pineapple 😎 I take it that comes from an island in the Pacific 😎 I've got one called a Puya chilensis, not made any offsets yet but apparently they eat sheep when they get big enough 😬😬🌾🌾
They're from the cloud forests of central America. It's rare to see this one available and I'm keeping my 🤞 for keeping it alive! Thanks for watching Ziggy! 😎👍
@@newbotany Aah, the pitcairnia bit threw me 😁
@@ZiggySearchfieldCactus Well Pitcairnias are very similar to Puyas. Pitcairnia feliciana is famous for being the only bromeliad native to Africa.
"Pitcairnia heterophylla is truly fascinating! 🌿✨ Its unique foliage and striking blooms make it a standout in any plant collection. Exploring the beauty and diversity of this plant is such a treat for any plant lover!" 🌺🌱
Thanks for watching!😎👍
Very nice ! 💖☺️
thanks for watching!👍😎
I heard that a pappus is a common feature of ASTERACEAE and yes this plant is in ASTERACEAE, So good on me for predicting the family
Thanks for watching, and for your comments!
You didn't blow on it!!!
There snake berrys. The ones fit for eating are the ones that fall to the ground with the snakes when you shake the bushes .
Thanks for watching! I hear some kinds of snake berries are toxic, but at least it's easy to collect them!👍😎
Mrs reckons I need some dna repair after living under a bush for 3 years 🙄
Try the tea, it makes a change from normal tea and I like the taste. Thanks for looking in, Ziggy😎👍!
You know you can grow your own if not to use you could try for fun
Does this one scream if you pull it up Anders or is that just Mandrake? 😬
Mandrake is the one that screams ( in Harry potter anyway !). The roots look like ginseng though.
Thanks Anders! I did buy ginseng seeds but they are expensive and there are problems with germination. Once growing, Ginseng roots can take up to 10 years to mature and to build up a good ginsenoside content.
Hello . 😊 Have a great Sunday . 💖
And you Mai, thanks!
A few plants have appeared in the campsite this year. They either dropped off campervans or were stuck to seaguls or something. Can't see the seeds being windblown, well, not from the coast to the top of the North Downs 😬
According to the Plant Atlas 2020, the rapid spread could be due to its presence in wildflower seed mixtures...Thanks for watching, Ziggy! 😎👍
@@newbotany We used a seed mix in the next field, but none came up there at all 😬
"Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) might not be the go-to vegetable, but it’s truly remarkable as a medicinal herb! 🌿✨ Its rich history of use in traditional medicine speaks to its value. From aiding digestion to acting as a diuretic, this plant has more to offer than meets the eye. Thanks for highlighting its outstanding benefits!"
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@@newbotany sure
So beautiful white flowers . 💖
Thanks Mai!, If you liked the video, please press the 'Like' button...Thank you! 👍😎
i think i found a hybrid of epilobium parviflorum and epilobium ciliatum.
Yes that's quite possible. Hybrids have intermediate characteristics. So a ciliatum x parviflorum could have large flowers with a clavate stigma. Thanks for watching!
i was looking for a detailed identification of the willowherb and just found this very detailed yt channel. thanks! there are not many videos about this herb in german. so do i need to be careful with the identification if i want to use the plant medicinally? this plant also has the ability to hybdrilize. regards
Thanks for watching. I think there is a lot of this plant in Germany. It doesn't form hybrids at all, unlike other Willowherbs. There are some Epilobium products on the market, but not many. Here is one, available from Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Fireweed-Epilobium-parviflorum-NATURALMA-Supplement/dp/B09KVH3BCD/ref=asc_df_B09KVH3BCD/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697316259119&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18096386734217539767&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046182&hvtargid=pla-1731396031666&psc=1&mcid=92bb82ab828430aa817116903b96cb16&gad_source=1
My other YT channel, Epilobium Botany is dedicated to this genus: youtube.com/@epilobiumbotany?si=9xjzgiF9oL7x42ml
I mentioned Ragwort on my channel and some bloke started having a go at me for misinformation 😬 He'll probably be on here in a minute 🙄
Thanks for the warning Ziggy⚠️!
Quick - Patent it Alan 😎🙂🌼🌼
🥺 Fytochem Products Inc already have a US patent (US6528490B2) covering medications containing Oenothein B. But I don't think Oenothein B can itself be patented, as a natural product. Thanks for watching, Ziggy! 😎👍
Lovely yellow flowers ! 💛💛💛💛💛
Thanks Mai!
Awesome ! 💖☺️
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"Exploring late summer wound-herbs, berries, and vegetables sounds like a delightful and educational adventure! 🌿🍓🥕 It’s amazing to discover the healing properties and flavors that nature provides during this time of year. Enjoy the journey and the bounty of late summer! 🌼✨"
Thanks for watching! 😎👍
"Galeopsis, or Hemp Nettle species, are indeed a real head-scratcher! 🌿🧐 Their unique appearance and interesting characteristics make them a fascinating subject for plant enthusiasts. Always something new to learn in the world of botany! 🌱🔍"
Thanks for watching! It would help if I could find something similar in the text books! I think this may be a tetrahit x speciosa hybrid or possibly a garden escape...
Cute flowers ! 💖
Thanks, Mai!👍😎
@@newbotany Have a great day . ☺️
Good to see Alan 🙂 Picking up a bit down here but hardly any compared to previous years. My mate drove down from Luton and didn't have a single bug on his windscreen 😬😬
Interesting. I was out blackberrying yesterday and there were lots of small insects in evidence, not pollinators, mozzies or midges I think. Huge numbers of blackberries everywhere, and great quality! 😋🤤
@@newbotany Blackbird is on to the blackberries down here 😁
Cute ! 💖
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Very beautiful flowers ! 💖☺️
Thanks for watching, Mai 👍😎
"Fantastic to see many pollinators on late summer Asteraceae! 🐝🌼 These flowers are such a vital part of supporting local ecosystems. It’s wonderful to witness their role in attracting and sustaining pollinators. Enjoy the buzzing activity in your garden! 🌿✨"
Thanks for watching and for your comment. I think that pollinators avoid coming into cities because there are fewer flowers, and it's sunnier in the countryside.
We've got some of that and I think Diana has too 🙂 Handy thing to have at the moment 😬😬🙂🙂
Thanks Ziggy! 👍Yes this makes an excellent alternative to tea and is readily available as bags, especially in ethnic shops. It's actually quite invasive (spreading by seed where this was filmed).
Lemon balm is such a fantastic herb for calming anxiety! 🌿 It's amazing to see how nature provides us with natural remedies. Thanks for sharing this valuable information! 🌼😊 #medicinalherb #anxietyrelief
Thanks for your comment, and for watching!
So beautiful ! 💖
Thanks for watching, Mai!😎👍
Does that make the wall 300 years old? 🙂🌼
😎😀 Thanks Ziggy, I guess the wall's about 100 years old. The plants are this year's seedlings I think. Willowherbs in walls and kerbs seem to find it difficult to survive for a second year, so only reproduce by seed.
Good to see a hoverfly 🙂🌼
Thanks for watching, Ziggy. I was surprised to see an insect visiting small Willowherbs for the first time; these plants are renowned as self pollinators.
Fascinating exploration of growing plants on Mars! The possibilities for future space farming are endless. 🌱🚀
Thanks! Yes I think that's true. We mainly need to get the O2 content of Mars' atmosphere up, I think.
Vivax would prob be the best. or red margin these are the most vigorous especially red margin but vivax get auite a bit bigger. If u want a aursulcata go with spectabilis since spectabilis is the most hardy type of yellow groove
Thanks for watching, and your suggestions.
Main issues you have on Mars are less the temperature and the CO2 levels and more the lack of magnetic field, as well as just how thin the atmosphere is. These are interrelated, of course, as a lack of magnetic field means the solar wind scours off Mars' atmosphere faster than it could be replaced. Terraforming efforts would need to address this problem before any other-- though there would also be the matter of toxins in the Martian soil that would need to be sequestered and removed, such as perchlorates.
Many thanks for your informative comment, which adds a lot to this video!
First come the bamboo poles, quickly followed by discount carpet stores 😬😬🌿🌿
Thanks Ziggy... Followed rapidly by energy efficient housing estates! 😄 www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2011-01/05/content_11798460.htm
@@newbotany I knew a welshman called Dai 😬
@ZiggySearchfieldCactus Aren't all Welshmen called Dai?? 😜🤣😂
@@newbotany All the ones I've met 😁
Good morning . 😊💖 Have a wonderful new day .
Thanks Mai, you too! 😎😀
@@newbotany Thank you . 😊
I've had that in me eye 😬
Ouch! 😲😣
I think the authors of this kind research are trying to demonstrate that such mosses could in fact withstand the Martian conditions, not grow in them. In some research, though by no means all, they do make it clear that the mosses do not actively grow in the conditions and do go into a dormancy, but then do grow if, and only if, the favorable conditions returned allowing the moss to revive itself. I think this is the point more than what is being pointed to by people who have just taken the fact that the moss can withstand conditions in a state of dormancy and have said "oh well therefore the moss can grow on Mars". Enduring in a dormant state and actively growing are major differences where life is concerned, with any organism failing to grow eventually dying no matter how long it can stay dormant. The fact such organisms do go dormant in such conditions in the first place tells us more about how really inhospitable Mars will be to Earth life; even the most hardiest of organisms will go dormant pretty much as long as they can do in what are considered the normal conditions there. Observing any change to that independent of restoring Earth conditions is the more interesting next step and as with tardigrades it has not been demonstrated.
Thanks for your excellent and interesting comment. In addition to only being able to "survive" on Mars, and not grow, I can confirm that Syntrichia mosses in fact grow only slowly on earth, crusts my take years to develop and being tiny they will not be able to add much O2 to the atmosphere. Personally I'm more interested in using vascular plants that could possibly both survive AND grow if the precise seeding location and method is selected. I have ideas on this and will make a video over the next couple of weeks
We've got a bit like that too Alan 🙂 Check your doggie for ticks if he went in the long grass, ours were always getting them when the grass was long 😬😬🌿🌿
Definitely. She has regularly flea treatment thats also effective against ticks. I got a tick on my elbow a couple of years ago when I was filming near Eyemouth. I still have a lump there but no Lyme disease I'm glad to say. Thanks for watching Ziggy!
@@newbotany I thought you would do Alan, just best to check 🙂 Not had Lyme's disease but had Weils disease 😬
@@ZiggySearchfieldCactus That's really nasty I understand... How did it affect you? 😲
@@newbotany Felt like a dry flu, without the snotty bit 😬 I realised what it was and got antibotics straight away. Had to be aware of things like that, plague and smallpox working in churchyards 😬 Got knocked out by a gargoyle once 😁
Adorable ! 💖
Thanks Mai! 😀😄
Lovely flowers ! 💖
Yes, but you need a hand lens! Thanks for watching Mai! 😎👍
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Adorable ! 💖
Thanks Mai..Enjoy your new week filming!📸🏵️🌸🌺🌻
@@newbotany You too . Thank you . ☺️
I have been looking for motherwort Lycopus cardiacus? Supposed to be anti spasmodic and a heart tonic. I am in Cornwall.
Hi Mary, thanks for watching! The plant you are looking for is Leonurus cardiaca. It's rare in Britain but seeds are available from this link. www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/3749/leonurus-cardiaca-seeds Plants are also available if you Google Motherwort / shopping.
Moss, lichens and tardigrades!
Thanks for watching!
Lovely flowers ! 💖
Thanks for watching, Mai!! 😎👍
This is the kind of thinking we need. See if we can seed other planets with organisms other than humans. Organisms that are more adaptable, more resilient, and less stupid.
Excellent point. I would send a rocket full of seeds and spores to cover Mars. Lots of different kinds, then we could what happens... If there was a green colour developing, we might be able to see it from earth. Thanks for watching!
Not sure what you were aiming at there .. but the earth went from anaerobic to an oxygen atmosphere.. but if you putting in a plug for the global warming cow fart hoax… you would think that the planet would be warmer with all that co2.
The percentage CO2 on Mars is very high, though the atmosphere is very thin at 6.5 mbar. I think the very low pressure and high CO2 would make it difficult for any earth organism to adapt to. And the whole of our troposphere up to about 12 miles has a fairly constant composition. In terraforming Mars, plants have to grow and multiply over the long term, not just survive. That's not enough. Many thanks for your comment!
The martian atmosphere is too thin and lacks other important greenhouse gases like water vapor and methane.
Is the CO2 toxicity based on the percentage of the atmosphere, or on the partial pressure of the gas? Even though Mars has 95% CO2, it is only 15 times higher than the CO2 partial pressure on Earth. So what could be done to test that, is to try to grow this moss in a vacuum chamber, where the CO2 level is 5%, but the pressure is 100 mb. There should of course be sufficient water there as well, to make sure the moss doesn't dry out.
That's right, thanks for the comment. The moss is very resistant to the effects of dessication but there is water in larger amounts at the planet's poles
There are too many other factors of soil chemistry, alone. it would be a good experiment, though
I would like to try growing hardy bamboos at the poles. Anything's worth a try!