Plants that Cure: Book Review
Essential for herbalists, botanists, and anyone interested in natural remedies and drug discovery, Plants That Cure is the indispensable resource for understanding how medicinal plants work.
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The Gardener’s Botanical: Book Review
Learn the secret qualities found in plants by learning their scientific names in the new 2020 book: The Gardener’s Botanical.
Read more2019 Resolution: Make Art & New Friends with Sketchbook Circle
A sketchbook circle is a year-long collaborative venture that encourages artists to make time for their art and share it with their friends. Reach out to friends this year and start one yourself!
Read morePrehistoric Mammals: Book Review
After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet.
Read moreBotanical Illustration: Tillandsia bergeri
Though the drawn specimen of Tillandsia bergeri shows a small plant, T. bergeri tends to allocate much of its energy into growing into large clusters, as seen in the photograph above. This native Brazilian species grows epiphytically (growing upon other plants) or lithophytically (growing upon rocks), and therefore do not require soil for growth. Plants that grow in this manner
Read moreBotanical Illustration: Encyclia cordigera
Encyclia cordigera is an orchid species native to Central America, with a range that expands into Northern South America and north into Mexico. This orchid is prized by orchid collectors and botanists due to its tolerance to a wide range of conditions, as well as its rich color and sweet fragrance, both of which can vary
Read moreDichogama colotha: a lovely Costa Rican moth
Dichogama colotha is a species of moth found in Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and southern Texas. A description of this little known species was first published in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum in 1912. D. colotha is a relatively small moth with white, almost iridescent wings that span 28-36mm, and tends to fly from June to October (Dyar
Read moreBotanical illustration: Hylocereus costaricensis, the Costa Rican dragon fruit
The above drawing shows the lovely fruit of the cactus Hylocereus costaricensis, or the Costa Rican Pitahaya. This fruit is known as “dragon fruit” to most, but the term “dragon fruit” applies to a variety of cacti within the genera Hylocereus and Stenocereus, both genera of night-blooming cacti native to South America. Fruit from Stenocereus cacti tend to be called
Read moreIntroducing Allysa and Scientific Illustrations to DANTAisms!
Hello! My name is Allysa Hallett, and I will be contributing scientific and artistic illustrations to the DANTAisms blog, most of which will highlight tropical plant and animal species. Sometimes these drawings will focus on subjects that are important to tropical ecological communities, and at other times they might focus on subjects that are important to tropical agriculture. Wherever they
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