Dr Mark A. Spencerさんのイラストまとめ

@ahistorygirl @sacha_coward @SheldonKGoodman @DanNouveau Europe had to wait until the 1730s until the dark secrets of the banana were unleashed. In 1736, Carl Linnaeus was the first person get banana to fruit in northern Europe. This superb image of a banana flower spike was produced by one of Linnaeus's collaborators - G.D. Ehret

While they are popular garden plants here, Magnolia and Liriodendron are now extinct in Europe. Would you like to know why, join us: https://t.co/rKJLnCdFTW Liriodendron by G.D. Ehret & Magnolia by S. Edwards.

And because today is all about the bad news, here's some more. We are killing the planet's inhabitants. https://t.co/q92SDAUwLM… The current ranges (source Wikipedia) are likely to be over estimates and outdated. https://t.co/ayD5I5STLL

Had a lovely morning yesterday teaching garden history and being shown these fine artworks bye ⁦⁦@Kew_LAA⁩

This was once the Sumatran rhino's range. The last mainland Asian animal died yesterday. There are now fewer than 80 left in the wild. (map from Wikipedia). This is happening worldwide, species lose range, habitat and they become extinct. This has to stop.

@theriverstrust Yesterday I walked along the River Brent in west London, it stank and is murky. The submerged vegetation is dominated by invasive, pollution tolerant Elodea and the bankside vegetation choking with eutrophication and more invasives.

Do you fancy a bona night at @britishlibrary: The Fabulosa Story of Polari. I'll be there talking a little about nuns and fun. https://t.co/UZaC85chdL

Young foliage on a young Wollemi.

A brassicaceous wonderland in my allotment for this Christmas. Yummy.

Fascinating slime mould, Lycogala epidendrum, in Ruislip Woods NNR today.