This was a week buzzing with (tansy) activity! Here’s some highlights. 1) On Monday I gave a talk about some of the work we’re doing in my team on artificial light at night. In particular, I presented a study that is almost ready to submit. The talk inspired an interesting discussion, with some new ideasContinue reading “Friday findings – Vol. 2”
Tag Archives: botany
When the green multiplies
Roughly eight months per year, I’m just waiting. It’s dark outside, so it’s even darker inside. I’m waiting for the first rays of spring sunlight, for the days to become longer, for my plants to enter beast mode. Spring is the time of growth, and those four precious months where something finally happens are amazing.Continue reading “When the green multiplies”
A sea of purple
I took a couple of hours this afternoon to enjoy the nice weather, and drove to the botanical garden in Munich. I had been here once before a year ago or so, when all greenhouses were sadly closed due to COVID-19. Even without greenhouses, the garden was nice last year. Yet, I was a bitContinue reading “A sea of purple”
Spring has not arrived here yet
The sun had me fooled today. It looked like it was going to be a semi-cloudy day, meaning that there would at least be some sun around. That was true for sure, so we tried to go out as quickly as possible this morning, to grab a coffee in the sun somewhere in the cityContinue reading “Spring has not arrived here yet”
Finally, some growth
I always forget how long it takes for seedlings to grow. Two weeks ago, me and the team sowed a couple hundred pots with twelve different plant species. A bunch of them I had never worked with before. None of them I had germinated on soil before. This may sound odd, but in ecology it’sContinue reading “Finally, some growth”
My son’s first plant
I always try to be a bit careful not to push my kids too much into a specific direction, especially a direction that feels like a copy of one of the parents. I hope, and try to support that they will develop their own styles, interests, and characters. They should not be a copy ofContinue reading “My son’s first plant”
My entomologist’s office
My office got a bit of a makeover. It was born out of necessity, but I may actually like it better this way. As I wrote a few days back, one of my team members has been working really hard over the past few weeks to establish a healthy culture of two aphid species. TheyContinue reading “My entomologist’s office”
The all-white situation…
I am a big fan of diversity in all forms. Maybe that’s also why I like variegated plants so much. What better than a little deviation from the monotonous green? (To be fair, green is one of the better colours in monotony, but even green works better if the tones are diverse.) A little whileContinue reading “The all-white situation…”
They lost my birthday present!
It may not look like much, but this is it. My belated birthday present! I’m a bit of a plant nerd, and although I have lost many plants after moving to Germany, I am now finally at a point where I can say that my plants are not only stable, but firmly on the wayContinue reading “They lost my birthday present!”
I would make the worst orchid tour guide (but I can talk about snakes…)
Before returning home from our trip to the Chiemgauer Alpen, we decided to take a short walk in the Achental, from Marquartstein to a viewpoint called Windeck (probably because it is always windy as fuck – which it was today). The hike was short enough for our son to almost walk all of it twoContinue reading “I would make the worst orchid tour guide (but I can talk about snakes…)”
Robin Heinen 