I have made a tiny spool scroll of the life cycle of a tree fern (Dicksonia Antarctica). These are amazing plants with a remarkable natural history. Ferns as a class of plant emerged on Earth a very long time ago (nearly 400 million years). Their life stages and structures pre-date the seed as an evolutionaryContinue reading “Tree ferns”
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Playing with microscopes
I have a new toy and have been making some paper crafts with it. Recently I got a new microscopic camera that goes up to 19x zoom from Australian Entomological Supplies and I have been obsessed with the plants in my garden (not a new thing, but the microscope has made a new perspective onContinue reading “Playing with microscopes”