Gil Yardeni
@gilyardeni.bsky.social
A plants person. Sometimes an academic, sometimes a binformatician, often on a bicycle. Actually fun in person. she/her
Noooo, this is not how spiders work 😢
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Noooo, this is not how spiders work 😢
A few words about chestnuts.
Autumn is setting in much faster this year and the days turned suddenly cloudier, suddenly colder. Luckily, the beautiful succession of trees changing follows: leaf senescence, the yearly dance of leaf colors. The earliest are the chestnuts, Aesculus hippocastanum.
Autumn is setting in much faster this year and the days turned suddenly cloudier, suddenly colder. Luckily, the beautiful succession of trees changing follows: leaf senescence, the yearly dance of leaf colors. The earliest are the chestnuts, Aesculus hippocastanum.
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A few words about chestnuts.
Autumn is setting in much faster this year and the days turned suddenly cloudier, suddenly colder. Luckily, the beautiful succession of trees changing follows: leaf senescence, the yearly dance of leaf colors. The earliest are the chestnuts, Aesculus hippocastanum.
Autumn is setting in much faster this year and the days turned suddenly cloudier, suddenly colder. Luckily, the beautiful succession of trees changing follows: leaf senescence, the yearly dance of leaf colors. The earliest are the chestnuts, Aesculus hippocastanum.
Community gardening update:
In spring, we fought hard to eliminate Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) from the bed and give wildflowers a chance. It seems like we've lost 🥲
So it's an excellent opportunity to talk about invasive species - and to enjoy some beautiful sunflower in summer!
In spring, we fought hard to eliminate Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) from the bed and give wildflowers a chance. It seems like we've lost 🥲
So it's an excellent opportunity to talk about invasive species - and to enjoy some beautiful sunflower in summer!
May 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Community gardening update:
In spring, we fought hard to eliminate Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) from the bed and give wildflowers a chance. It seems like we've lost 🥲
So it's an excellent opportunity to talk about invasive species - and to enjoy some beautiful sunflower in summer!
In spring, we fought hard to eliminate Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) from the bed and give wildflowers a chance. It seems like we've lost 🥲
So it's an excellent opportunity to talk about invasive species - and to enjoy some beautiful sunflower in summer!
Educated guess, the spots are like runway lights directing the pollinator inside the tubular flower.
Why the patterns differ, can be tons of balancing selection - or that many things in evolution are, in fact, random :)
Why the patterns differ, can be tons of balancing selection - or that many things in evolution are, in fact, random :)
April 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Educated guess, the spots are like runway lights directing the pollinator inside the tubular flower.
Why the patterns differ, can be tons of balancing selection - or that many things in evolution are, in fact, random :)
Why the patterns differ, can be tons of balancing selection - or that many things in evolution are, in fact, random :)
No matter how bleak things look or how unemployed you are (hint: me), your local community gardens are a great way to connect with people and other fun organisms. Experience shows that everyone loves a scientist on their gardening team🌱
April 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
No matter how bleak things look or how unemployed you are (hint: me), your local community gardens are a great way to connect with people and other fun organisms. Experience shows that everyone loves a scientist on their gardening team🌱
Quick, post your giant tree photos.
That's me on February 26 in Apuglia, Italy, with an oak.
That's me on February 26 in Apuglia, Italy, with an oak.
March 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Quick, post your giant tree photos.
That's me on February 26 in Apuglia, Italy, with an oak.
That's me on February 26 in Apuglia, Italy, with an oak.
Breakfast today is 8/10, Pinguicula flowering is 9/10. It seems to pick any random time to flower, even so close to solstice. This one was a gift from a student, too
December 11, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Breakfast today is 8/10, Pinguicula flowering is 9/10. It seems to pick any random time to flower, even so close to solstice. This one was a gift from a student, too
One of those days
February 19, 2024 at 2:34 PM
One of those days
Hi everyone!
Happy to share our latest preprint: The explosive radiation of the Neotropical Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) has been facilitated by pervasive hybridization >>
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
Happy to share our latest preprint: The explosive radiation of the Neotropical Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) has been facilitated by pervasive hybridization >>
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
November 23, 2023 at 9:14 AM
Hi everyone!
Happy to share our latest preprint: The explosive radiation of the Neotropical Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) has been facilitated by pervasive hybridization >>
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
Happy to share our latest preprint: The explosive radiation of the Neotropical Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) has been facilitated by pervasive hybridization >>
doi.org/10.1101/2023...