Maeve Bassett
@naughtybotany.bsky.social
Ethnobotanist, educator, writer(?) and lover of all things weird #plants especially when it involved murder, magic, mayhem, and sex.
Alternate Life: Botanical Garden Education Director
Alternate Life: Botanical Garden Education Director
With my work, I always get the most random gifts left on my desk. This is officially the new winner, beating out the dead butterfly that I wasn't sure was a gift or a threat.
March 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
With my work, I always get the most random gifts left on my desk. This is officially the new winner, beating out the dead butterfly that I wasn't sure was a gift or a threat.
I love how nepenthes/pitcher plants look right before they 'pop'! #carnivorousplants this one's got a lot of fluid ready too!
January 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I love how nepenthes/pitcher plants look right before they 'pop'! #carnivorousplants this one's got a lot of fluid ready too!
Be a brassica in 2025:
- Raise a stink if you aren't treated right
- Adapt, overcome, and evolve if need be
- Be dramatic when it's hotter than it should be
- Never let people forget how much you impact
- Pair well with bacon
- Raise a stink if you aren't treated right
- Adapt, overcome, and evolve if need be
- Be dramatic when it's hotter than it should be
- Never let people forget how much you impact
- Pair well with bacon
January 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Be a brassica in 2025:
- Raise a stink if you aren't treated right
- Adapt, overcome, and evolve if need be
- Be dramatic when it's hotter than it should be
- Never let people forget how much you impact
- Pair well with bacon
- Raise a stink if you aren't treated right
- Adapt, overcome, and evolve if need be
- Be dramatic when it's hotter than it should be
- Never let people forget how much you impact
- Pair well with bacon
(Day 10!) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 20, 2024 at 2:19 AM
(Day 10!) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
(Day 9) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(Day 9) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
Oh sweet - natl maple syrup day! 🍁
In 2014 the International Maple Syrup Institute developed a new grading system, removing Grade B (conveyed inferiority), making all grade A + flavor/color descriptors. The old system was made when maple was a substitute for cane sugar, lighter = more sugar-like.
In 2014 the International Maple Syrup Institute developed a new grading system, removing Grade B (conveyed inferiority), making all grade A + flavor/color descriptors. The old system was made when maple was a substitute for cane sugar, lighter = more sugar-like.
December 17, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Oh sweet - natl maple syrup day! 🍁
In 2014 the International Maple Syrup Institute developed a new grading system, removing Grade B (conveyed inferiority), making all grade A + flavor/color descriptors. The old system was made when maple was a substitute for cane sugar, lighter = more sugar-like.
In 2014 the International Maple Syrup Institute developed a new grading system, removing Grade B (conveyed inferiority), making all grade A + flavor/color descriptors. The old system was made when maple was a substitute for cane sugar, lighter = more sugar-like.
(Day 8) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 17, 2024 at 7:21 PM
(Day 8) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
(Day 7) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
(Day 7) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
(Day 6) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 16, 2024 at 12:38 AM
(Day 6) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
(Day 5) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM
(Day 5) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
It's natl poinsettia day! - Let's talk about the name.....
Named CuetlaxochitlIt by the Aztecs, Euphorbia pulcherrima was named to honor Joel Poinsett, amateur botanist and US minister to Mexico - AND - enslaver, indigenous people displacer, and meddler in Mexican politics.
#plants #etymology
Named CuetlaxochitlIt by the Aztecs, Euphorbia pulcherrima was named to honor Joel Poinsett, amateur botanist and US minister to Mexico - AND - enslaver, indigenous people displacer, and meddler in Mexican politics.
#plants #etymology
December 12, 2024 at 6:34 PM
It's natl poinsettia day! - Let's talk about the name.....
Named CuetlaxochitlIt by the Aztecs, Euphorbia pulcherrima was named to honor Joel Poinsett, amateur botanist and US minister to Mexico - AND - enslaver, indigenous people displacer, and meddler in Mexican politics.
#plants #etymology
Named CuetlaxochitlIt by the Aztecs, Euphorbia pulcherrima was named to honor Joel Poinsett, amateur botanist and US minister to Mexico - AND - enslaver, indigenous people displacer, and meddler in Mexican politics.
#plants #etymology
(Day 4) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM
(Day 4) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
Clearing this up:
Botanically: Fruit
Culinarily: Vegetable
Legally: Vegetable 🤯
Nix v. Hedden (1893)
It was acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are fruits, but should be classified as vegetables for tariffs/imports/customs because they are eaten with dinner....... not dessert. 🍅
Botanically: Fruit
Culinarily: Vegetable
Legally: Vegetable 🤯
Nix v. Hedden (1893)
It was acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are fruits, but should be classified as vegetables for tariffs/imports/customs because they are eaten with dinner....... not dessert. 🍅
December 11, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Clearing this up:
Botanically: Fruit
Culinarily: Vegetable
Legally: Vegetable 🤯
Nix v. Hedden (1893)
It was acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are fruits, but should be classified as vegetables for tariffs/imports/customs because they are eaten with dinner....... not dessert. 🍅
Botanically: Fruit
Culinarily: Vegetable
Legally: Vegetable 🤯
Nix v. Hedden (1893)
It was acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are fruits, but should be classified as vegetables for tariffs/imports/customs because they are eaten with dinner....... not dessert. 🍅
Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 11, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 10, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
What people see when I overhear them say plants are boring and am deciding how inappropriate my 'fun' facts can be.
December 6, 2024 at 2:52 PM
What people see when I overhear them say plants are boring and am deciding how inappropriate my 'fun' facts can be.
Another plant species unfortunately harvested to extinction. Artist: Jeanne de Montbaston
December 5, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Another plant species unfortunately harvested to extinction. Artist: Jeanne de Montbaston
The Mistress of Michigan- Dominatrix jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema thunbergii ssp. urashima #nativeplants
November 25, 2024 at 9:05 PM
The Mistress of Michigan- Dominatrix jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema thunbergii ssp. urashima #nativeplants
The #carnivorousplants tank is thriving!
Anyone know of a Japanese gardener over on Central Avenue that I can buy seeds from?
Anyone know of a Japanese gardener over on Central Avenue that I can buy seeds from?
November 16, 2024 at 3:28 AM
The #carnivorousplants tank is thriving!
Anyone know of a Japanese gardener over on Central Avenue that I can buy seeds from?
Anyone know of a Japanese gardener over on Central Avenue that I can buy seeds from?
Recent events have motivated me (out of spite) to work on my book again. Watch for updates about pervy plants, or front-row seats to my descent into madness.
Anyways - castor beans (Ricinus communis) get its name ricinus (tick) from the look of the seed. Draw on little legs for extra nightmares.
Anyways - castor beans (Ricinus communis) get its name ricinus (tick) from the look of the seed. Draw on little legs for extra nightmares.
November 14, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Recent events have motivated me (out of spite) to work on my book again. Watch for updates about pervy plants, or front-row seats to my descent into madness.
Anyways - castor beans (Ricinus communis) get its name ricinus (tick) from the look of the seed. Draw on little legs for extra nightmares.
Anyways - castor beans (Ricinus communis) get its name ricinus (tick) from the look of the seed. Draw on little legs for extra nightmares.