Conversations Forum Conversations Forum Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:24:35 +0000 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:24:35 +0000 UBC Botanical Garden Forums https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/conversations-forum.156/ A little bit lighthearted... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:24:06 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-little-bit-lighthearted.60743/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-little-bit-lighthearted.60743/ invalid@example.com (Hartley Botanic) Hartley Botanic
Footballer Gary Neville applies to build flower-shaped home.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8483162.stm

It's not April 1st, is it...?!]]> 3 this is a sad day... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:49:18 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/this-is-a-sad-day.60744/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/this-is-a-sad-day.60744/ invalid@example.com (leaf kotasek) leaf kotasek
it makes me really sad to see this end, but i guess that's good in one way; it means we really had something worth missing here.]]> 27 : ) seeds you have, and seeds you want... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:40:29 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/seeds-you-have-and-seeds-you-want.51623/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/seeds-you-have-and-seeds-you-want.51623/ invalid@example.com (The Hollyberry Lady) The Hollyberry Lady This thread will be for people who want to do seed exchanges only. I have given many free seeds away, but now would like to expand my collection and do trades only. Thank you for understanding.

: )

You can make a 'have' list that you are offering, and a 'want' list that you would like to obtain. You can also edit your lists throughout the season, according to what you have available at different times.

The following are my lists......

: ) seeds you have, and seeds you want...]]> 1360 Post a peek of yourself here... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:57:25 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/post-a-peek-of-yourself-here.52950/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/post-a-peek-of-yourself-here.52950/ invalid@example.com (The Hollyberry Lady) The Hollyberry Lady Hello UBC Members!

I got this idea from another forum, and thought it might be appreciated here, also. Some people have been on this forum for years, chatting and interacting with each other, and may be very curious to get a visual of what people look like.

I will begin the thread with my own photo, so you can all see what this overly enthusiastic, plant fanatic nut, looks like!!! LoL.

: )

Feel free to post your own pics as well - all are welcomed - even...

Post a peek of yourself here...]]> 902 A place to post and chat about plant pics... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:20:49 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-place-to-post-and-chat-about-plant-pics.53087/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-place-to-post-and-chat-about-plant-pics.53087/ invalid@example.com (The Hollyberry Lady) The Hollyberry Lady This is a spot for miscellaneous plant and flower pics that people would like to post and chat about. Also you can post peeks of seedlings, cuttings, grafts, experiments you are doing - anything you want, really.

Here's a couple of shots I just took today, of my indoor blooming flowers, to begin the thread...

First is my new 'black velvet rose' geranium, grown from seed. Also my 'berry swirl' pelargonium (not grown from seed). They are both blooming in my...

A place to post and chat about plant pics...]]> 1534 Ethnobotanicals Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:52:51 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/ethnobotanicals.35642/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/ethnobotanicals.35642/ invalid@example.com (lozronz) lozronz
New to the forum, just wondering how many of you folks were into the the ethno side of botany?

I'm not a plant junky but I fell in love with this side of the hobby because of all the avenues of interest it opens- History of plant, ceremonies, active compounds, weird and wonderful methods of germination, the hours and hours of googling you can spent trying to find genuinely viable seeds!

Currently growing-
Banisteriopsis caapi
Catha edulis
Trichocereus Peruvianus
Mimosa...

Ethnobotanicals]]> 42 My forte!!! Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:36:19 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/my-forte.56693/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/my-forte.56693/ invalid@example.com (doxie1064) doxie1064 112 Can I cut Orchid leaves off? Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:22:27 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/can-i-cut-orchid-leaves-off.47796/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/can-i-cut-orchid-leaves-off.47796/ invalid@example.com (val from England) val from England 85 Blossoms: Extracting Fragrance? Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:40:08 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/blossoms-extracting-fragrance.60673/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/blossoms-extracting-fragrance.60673/ invalid@example.com (SvenLittkowski) SvenLittkowski Jamaica, deep in the night...
I walked through the nightly tropical forest, and I couldn't see ahead for more than a few meters, barely recognizing even the stems of the trees. But when i walked through the nightly forest, I suddenly recognized something, and followed to that direction where I believed that came from...

I finally reached. I knew I had reached, there was no way to be wrong. It was so intensive, every of my senses told me here I am, I just had to find...

Blossoms: Extracting Fragrance?]]> 10 winter assessment Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:27 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/winter-assessment.60246/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/winter-assessment.60246/ invalid@example.com (honolua) honolua How is everyone's garden doing this winter, especially here in the pacific northwest? Mild winter has brought an AMAZING amount of rain, leaving wrapped up plants in warm, fungus-growing climates. Well, at least so far, no snow and no ice.

What about others?]]> 32 come and vent with me! Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:13:45 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/come-and-vent-with-me.59060/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/come-and-vent-with-me.59060/ invalid@example.com (leaf kotasek) leaf kotasek
does anyone share my pet peeve? does anyone want to vent about something else? this is an open invite.

...this is...

come and vent with me!]]> 11 Made myself a cup of coffee tonight Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:28:41 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/made-myself-a-cup-of-coffee-tonight.25640/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/made-myself-a-cup-of-coffee-tonight.25640/ invalid@example.com (pinenut) pinenut Got my wife to taste it.
One of us puts it somewhere between Tim Hortons and burnt rubber, and the other thinks it tastes pretty much like a Starbucks dark roast.
I'm only posting this because I'm so pleased with myself.
Carl]]> 14 Poetry is the P in N-P-K Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:03:49 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/poetry-is-the-p-in-n-p-k.57754/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/poetry-is-the-p-in-n-p-k.57754/ invalid@example.com (Eve von Paradis) Eve von Paradis
I would like to start a thread that marries all things gardening with original literary writing (be it prose/poetry/limericks/anecdotes). So feel free to express yourself!]]> 92 container gardening. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:37:08 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/container-gardening.50237/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/container-gardening.50237/ invalid@example.com (sandpebbles) sandpebbles
container gardening.]]> 212 Friend request means what? Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:27:29 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/friend-request-means-what.57344/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/friend-request-means-what.57344/ invalid@example.com (Dana09) Dana09
Thks,
D]]> 46 Honey Bee Disappearances Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:05:39 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/honey-bee-disappearances.23710/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/honey-bee-disappearances.23710/ invalid@example.com (Aussiebob) Aussiebob

http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=1223&category=Environment

http://aginfo.psu.edu/news/07Jan/HoneyBees.htm

Cheers]]> 60 Tree Power. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:21:14 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/tree-power.56434/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/tree-power.56434/ invalid@example.com (togata57) togata57 Transactions on Nanotechnology. By hooking nails to trees and connecting a voltmeter, researcher Carlton Himes found that bigleaf maples generate a steady voltage of up to a few hundred millivolts. By putting that voltage into a "boost converter", the scientists were able to to produce an output of 1.1 volts, enough to...

Tree Power.]]> 15 My tropicals Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:41:40 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/my-tropicals.57205/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/my-tropicals.57205/ invalid@example.com (greenboy) greenboy Well my

Lets the immigration begins, my pothos is inside, and my AV is inside too, my Snake plant is still out, and I do the same with the CC they stay out until late Sep. I change my to my winter tire on Sep 21, then I put inside the CC. the spathiphillum is probably next. thanks. GB]]> 23 Plants on the Police Blotter! Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:29:25 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/plants-on-the-police-blotter.56822/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/plants-on-the-police-blotter.56822/ invalid@example.com (Barbara Lloyd) Barbara Lloyd
JR. & High School age kids are whispering about it behind adult's back and the police are getting concerned.

This is part of a pamphlet I picked up at the local Police Dept. The remainder of the pamphlet...

Plants on the Police Blotter!]]> 26 A Farm on Every Floor Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:39:08 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-farm-on-every-floor.59379/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-farm-on-every-floor.59379/ invalid@example.com (Liz) Liz
Liz

A Farm on Every Floor by Dickson D. Despommier via the New York Times (see link for complete article)

A Farm on Every Floor]]> 13 What a 40,000 lb. / 18,000 kg. BURL looks like Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:09:47 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/what-a-40-000-lb-18-000-kg-burl-looks-like.54454/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/what-a-40-000-lb-18-000-kg-burl-looks-like.54454/ invalid@example.com (M. D. Vaden) M. D. Vaden
The Burl below is on a coast redwood in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, and one forest researcher wrote that it weighs 20 tons, or 40,000 pounds. A bit bigger I recall. Imagine that - 18,000 Kilograms. The trunk is 24' diameter.

I'm going to dig through some image files for a couple of odd shaped ones. Just saw one on the Boy Scout Tree that looks like a...

What a 40,000 lb. / 18,000 kg. BURL looks like]]> 13 Need Help Identifying three plants from a tv show. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:25:38 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/need-help-identifying-three-plants-from-a-tv-show.55759/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/need-help-identifying-three-plants-from-a-tv-show.55759/ invalid@example.com (rikudemyx) rikudemyx

For the third photo the plant I need help with is the one in the bird bath.]]> 11 Your assistance on any plant society you are a member Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:23:11 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/your-assistance-on-any-plant-society-you-are-a-member.55675/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/your-assistance-on-any-plant-society-you-are-a-member.55675/ invalid@example.com (photopro) photopro
Thanks!]]> 13 Gardens of Versailles in Google Street View Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:18:53 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/gardens-of-versailles-in-google-street-view.55312/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/gardens-of-versailles-in-google-street-view.55312/ invalid@example.com (Junglekeeper) Junglekeeper Google, on tricycle, captures gardens of Versailles.​
]]> 4 Wildfire in Vancouver. Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:30 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/wildfire-in-vancouver.54538/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/wildfire-in-vancouver.54538/ invalid@example.com (togata57) togata57
Hope all is well with Forum members, friends, and family members!]]> 19