Extreme Botany: The Precarious Science of Endangered Rare Plants

Posted by sohkamyung on Thursday October 18, 2018 @09:38PM
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Re:Extreme Botany: The Precarious Science of Endangered Rare... by whyenot on Friday October 19, 2018 @08:31PM (#18261034)

You can actually buy Brighamia insignis from Logees (a specialty nursery) https://www.logees.com/cabbage-on-a-stick-plant-brighamia-in... It is grow-able as a houseplant, but you need to be careful not to overwater it.

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Re:Extreme Botany: The Precarious Science of Endangered Rare... by pvaldes on Friday October 19, 2018 @10:04AM (#18256791)

"75 percent of cycad species are at risk of extinction (by poachers)"... and nobody blinks an eye".

Yup, the sign of the times...

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Re:Extreme Botany: The Precarious Science of Endangered Rare... by pio42 on Friday October 19, 2018 @11:09AM (#18257204)

Not big enought ... and "only" plants

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