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The 'Christmassy' killer raspberry
by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog11 Dec 2012
The Millennium Seed Bank's seed morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, is back with his final blog of the year. To wish you all a very 'Merry Christmas', he is sharing some festive images of a flesh-eating killer raspberry! Do you dare read on ...
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Pretty little liars
by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog18 Jun 2012
In his fourth 'Seed of the Month' series, Wolfgang Stuppy exposes some fraudsters of the plant kingdom including the pretty but poisonous seeds of Abrus precatorius.
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Seeds from a lost world - the Texas mountain laurel (Dermatophyllum secundiflorum)
by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog02 Apr 2012
In the second of his ‘Seed of the Month’ series, Wolfgang examines the mystery of why this dull-looking, nut-like fruit contains flashy red seeds.
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The cool blue seeds of the Malagasy traveller’s tree
by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog06 Mar 2012
Truly blue seeds are about as rare as hens’ teeth. In the first of his ‘Seed of the Month’ series, Millennium Seed Bank seed morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, explains why.
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Potting with coir
by: Nick Johnson, Tropical Nursery blog27 May 2011
Join Nick Johnson as he explains the use of peat-free mixes in the Tropical Nursery.
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Natural Relationships - Partners or Pests? What lessons can business learn?
by: Polly Williamson, Business Inspired by Nature blog20 Aug 2010
Nature has evolved different styles of relationship – ranging from partner to parasite – to cope with stress and change. There is much that can be learnt from nature by business organisations to help them adapt more rapidly to the rapidly changing or uncertain conditions.
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When business leaders meet botanists
by: Mike Saunders, Business Inspired by Nature blog06 Jul 2010
Find out what happened when we decided to invite a diverse group of business leaders to Kew for the day – mixing business people with botanists.
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Chamaegigas intrepidus
Chamaegigas intrepidus is a rare aquatic plant from Namibia, with a remarkable ability to recover after drought.
Pachypodium lealii
The bottle tree owes its name to the unusual swollen shape of its trunk, which acts as a water store. Traditional hunters in northern Namibia have used its highly toxic sap as an arrow poison.
