Dr. ChrisTina
@spacebotanynerd.bsky.social
A plant biologist who likes working with engineers to grow plants in space.
Today was the first time that I found Tolkien in the Science Fiction section of a library.
October 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today was the first time that I found Tolkien in the Science Fiction section of a library.
How will you bring joy into your life today?
Yesterday I couldn't find any good reason not to put on my swimsuit and spend a few hours in a pool with my children. So I did. And it was fun.
I'm sharing a photo of me in my swimsuit with you. Perhaps it will motivate you.
#juststrong
Yesterday I couldn't find any good reason not to put on my swimsuit and spend a few hours in a pool with my children. So I did. And it was fun.
I'm sharing a photo of me in my swimsuit with you. Perhaps it will motivate you.
#juststrong
September 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
How will you bring joy into your life today?
Yesterday I couldn't find any good reason not to put on my swimsuit and spend a few hours in a pool with my children. So I did. And it was fun.
I'm sharing a photo of me in my swimsuit with you. Perhaps it will motivate you.
#juststrong
Yesterday I couldn't find any good reason not to put on my swimsuit and spend a few hours in a pool with my children. So I did. And it was fun.
I'm sharing a photo of me in my swimsuit with you. Perhaps it will motivate you.
#juststrong
The Botanical world mourns today.
A giant in the field is no more.
Rest in peace, Donovan Kirkwood.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
This is another piece about his work:
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
A giant in the field is no more.
Rest in peace, Donovan Kirkwood.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
This is another piece about his work:
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
September 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Botanical world mourns today.
A giant in the field is no more.
Rest in peace, Donovan Kirkwood.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
This is another piece about his work:
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
A giant in the field is no more.
Rest in peace, Donovan Kirkwood.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
This is another piece about his work:
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Annoyed by all those containers that don't match a top?
Try growing plants in them.
The shallow ones are great for propagating.
This one is a Rubbermaid container. Durable, nice, but not too useful once the top is lost.
Bonus, if the top ever turns up, wash it out and use. @rubbermaid.bsky.social
Try growing plants in them.
The shallow ones are great for propagating.
This one is a Rubbermaid container. Durable, nice, but not too useful once the top is lost.
Bonus, if the top ever turns up, wash it out and use. @rubbermaid.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Annoyed by all those containers that don't match a top?
Try growing plants in them.
The shallow ones are great for propagating.
This one is a Rubbermaid container. Durable, nice, but not too useful once the top is lost.
Bonus, if the top ever turns up, wash it out and use. @rubbermaid.bsky.social
Try growing plants in them.
The shallow ones are great for propagating.
This one is a Rubbermaid container. Durable, nice, but not too useful once the top is lost.
Bonus, if the top ever turns up, wash it out and use. @rubbermaid.bsky.social
A little purple flower peeks out between the bright pink bracts of this ornamental turmeric. It shares a pot with a variegated spider plant.
August 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A little purple flower peeks out between the bright pink bracts of this ornamental turmeric. It shares a pot with a variegated spider plant.
Are you going for a stroll today?
Do you plan to stop and smell the flowers?
🪷🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 🪷
It's a great thing to do - but be careful out there.
🚫 Don't touch these purple flowers!
🟣💜🟪🚫☠️⚠️
Monkshood!
Also known as wolfsbane.
The scientific name is Acontium. Everything in this genus is dangerous.
Do you plan to stop and smell the flowers?
🪷🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 🪷
It's a great thing to do - but be careful out there.
🚫 Don't touch these purple flowers!
🟣💜🟪🚫☠️⚠️
Monkshood!
Also known as wolfsbane.
The scientific name is Acontium. Everything in this genus is dangerous.
July 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are you going for a stroll today?
Do you plan to stop and smell the flowers?
🪷🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 🪷
It's a great thing to do - but be careful out there.
🚫 Don't touch these purple flowers!
🟣💜🟪🚫☠️⚠️
Monkshood!
Also known as wolfsbane.
The scientific name is Acontium. Everything in this genus is dangerous.
Do you plan to stop and smell the flowers?
🪷🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 🪷
It's a great thing to do - but be careful out there.
🚫 Don't touch these purple flowers!
🟣💜🟪🚫☠️⚠️
Monkshood!
Also known as wolfsbane.
The scientific name is Acontium. Everything in this genus is dangerous.
Botany is in the house!
Life Sciences Department
Botany Section
Don't recognize the sign?
It's a Star Trek reference. Here's a link explaining more.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Botany_...
Life Sciences Department
Botany Section
Don't recognize the sign?
It's a Star Trek reference. Here's a link explaining more.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Botany_...
June 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Botany is in the house!
Life Sciences Department
Botany Section
Don't recognize the sign?
It's a Star Trek reference. Here's a link explaining more.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Botany_...
Life Sciences Department
Botany Section
Don't recognize the sign?
It's a Star Trek reference. Here's a link explaining more.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Botany_...
The Barbie Doll designed after Samantha Cristoforetti is on sale on Amazon right now!
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May 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Barbie Doll designed after Samantha Cristoforetti is on sale on Amazon right now!
Here's an affiliate link.
amzn.to/3ZHhFRJ
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"Ma, why are you looking at so many books?"
"It's fun."
"I don't see how that's fun. I would find it overwhelming and frustrating. I have so much more fun with video games."
"I find video games overwhelming and frustrating. This is my kind of puzzle game."
"Oh. What are you puzzling over?"
"It's fun."
"I don't see how that's fun. I would find it overwhelming and frustrating. I have so much more fun with video games."
"I find video games overwhelming and frustrating. This is my kind of puzzle game."
"Oh. What are you puzzling over?"
March 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Ma, why are you looking at so many books?"
"It's fun."
"I don't see how that's fun. I would find it overwhelming and frustrating. I have so much more fun with video games."
"I find video games overwhelming and frustrating. This is my kind of puzzle game."
"Oh. What are you puzzling over?"
"It's fun."
"I don't see how that's fun. I would find it overwhelming and frustrating. I have so much more fun with video games."
"I find video games overwhelming and frustrating. This is my kind of puzzle game."
"Oh. What are you puzzling over?"
I never really show off the cool stuff on my wall. Shuttle drawn by a former intern. Painting of microgreens in Microgravity by a colleague. Cover photo of a spaceflight study. Autographed astronaut photo. A cross stitch by a friend. A medal from a 5K run that I was especially grateful to finish.
March 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I never really show off the cool stuff on my wall. Shuttle drawn by a former intern. Painting of microgreens in Microgravity by a colleague. Cover photo of a spaceflight study. Autographed astronaut photo. A cross stitch by a friend. A medal from a 5K run that I was especially grateful to finish.
Yesterday the children saw this critter while we were hiking. I was shocked that they even saw it! I certainly didn't. Our 12 year old tried taking photos of it on her phone. She could not get it to focus how she wanted. She asked me to do it with my camera. She approved of this photo.
March 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Yesterday the children saw this critter while we were hiking. I was shocked that they even saw it! I certainly didn't. Our 12 year old tried taking photos of it on her phone. She could not get it to focus how she wanted. She asked me to do it with my camera. She approved of this photo.
Make the choice that is for your highest good!
March 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Make the choice that is for your highest good!
Just a photo of the sky.
February 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Just a photo of the sky.
Happy Friday, y'all.
February 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Happy Friday, y'all.
Belong, Connect, Grow
February 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Belong, Connect, Grow
Hoppy Tuesday!
February 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hoppy Tuesday!
Star Trek shows us a future that is full of interdisciplinary synergy. We need this future.
February 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Star Trek shows us a future that is full of interdisciplinary synergy. We need this future.
This is the ratio of plants to humans we need if we're going to live with sufficient nutrition - in space.
Phase 1 Regenerative Life Support Systems Lab. Nigel Packham activities in the Variable Pressure Growth Chamber which he lived inside for 15 days. From the NASA image archives.
Phase 1 Regenerative Life Support Systems Lab. Nigel Packham activities in the Variable Pressure Growth Chamber which he lived inside for 15 days. From the NASA image archives.
February 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is the ratio of plants to humans we need if we're going to live with sufficient nutrition - in space.
Phase 1 Regenerative Life Support Systems Lab. Nigel Packham activities in the Variable Pressure Growth Chamber which he lived inside for 15 days. From the NASA image archives.
Phase 1 Regenerative Life Support Systems Lab. Nigel Packham activities in the Variable Pressure Growth Chamber which he lived inside for 15 days. From the NASA image archives.
This morning I went for a run on the beach.
I have been working up to this, practicing walking on various textures of sand over months. It took me longer to work up to this than I care to admit. Facing fears and strengthening my ankles.
I have been working up to this, practicing walking on various textures of sand over months. It took me longer to work up to this than I care to admit. Facing fears and strengthening my ankles.
February 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This morning I went for a run on the beach.
I have been working up to this, practicing walking on various textures of sand over months. It took me longer to work up to this than I care to admit. Facing fears and strengthening my ankles.
I have been working up to this, practicing walking on various textures of sand over months. It took me longer to work up to this than I care to admit. Facing fears and strengthening my ankles.
Do you know about USDA's gardening efforts?
Learn more about The People's Garden here.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/g...
Learn more about The People's Garden here.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/g...
January 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Do you know about USDA's gardening efforts?
Learn more about The People's Garden here.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/g...
Learn more about The People's Garden here.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/g...
Just sharing a photo of an orchid.
January 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just sharing a photo of an orchid.