Daphne Alpina’s name is probably inspired by the legend of Apollo and Daphne, the nymph turned laurel by her father and whose name, in Greek, means exactly this: “Laurel”, with which the leaves of the Daphne seem to bear a great resemblance. The Daphne Alpina was first described by Carl Linnaaeus. Some argue that he …
The Hippuris Vulgaris is an aquatic plant which grows in shallow water. When the water level is around 50 cm. its stem will visibly extend and the plant will usually bloom. If the waters are deeper, we will only be able to observe a few leaves on the surface. It is a great oxygenator and …
Lovers of botanical art will be delighted by the “Illustrated Manual of Medical Plants” from Iwasaki Kan’en (1786−1842), is considered the first full-scale botanical art book in Japan. It was published in the late Edo period and comprises 92 volumes with more than 1,900 varieties of plants. It is one of the resources available in …
“Sometimes you have to jump headfirst and people help you along the way”, the sentence come from the movie “El Olivo”, (“The Olive”, available only in spanish) a fictional story by Iciar Bollaín that approaches the environmental issue in which he portrays the real estate bubble , the rush and corruption of the Spanish Mediterranean …