Michael Fay
@michaelffay60
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botany; conservation genetics; orchids; #plantsoftheworld; garden; allotment; genealogy; languages; views my own. #Angloirish #CymroMabwysiedig he/him/his
Joined April 2017
Understanding orchid adaptability to climate change Our project FORECAST was selected for a "results in brief" article by @CORDIS_EU
https://t.co/SnahmnLmAx
#Orchids #Orchidaceae #ClimateChange Image: Jacopo Calevo.
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How do salt-tolerant plants adapt to heavy metal pollution? Rapid parallel adaptation in Silene uniflora (sea campion). @BangorUni @KewScience @kewgardens @Metallophyte
https://t.co/d7ViU9CfQ7
pnas.org
Phenotypic plasticity may pave the way for rapid adaptation to newly encountered environments. Although it is often contested, there is growing evi...
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Interesting clouds over Ham Parade yesterday evening - it looked like the petrol station was on fire 😳 @Wild_Ham_and_P
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A convolvulus hawkmoth (#Agrius convolvuli; dead 😢) found in the garden yesterday - one of our largest native moths, its wings are almost as long as my thumb! #Moths #Hawkmoths #Sphingidae
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Mae'n amlwg bod y tywydd wedi bod yn od os allwch chi gasglu pys pêr ar Awst 17eg 😳
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You know it’s been a weird season when you can still pick a bunch of sweetpeas on 17 August 😳 #Lathyrus odoratus
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A #Passiflora we grew from seed 😍. (Female parent was ‘Fata Confetto’). #PassionFlower #Passifloraceae
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A hat-trick of heathers, plus western gorse, marsh St John’s wort and harebells - Mynydd Cilan, Llŷn #wildflowerhour
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A hat-trick of heathers, plus western gorse, marsh St John’s wort and harebells - Mynydd Cilan, Llŷn
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Er gwaethaf y glaw, mae rhai o'r planhigion yn tyfu'n dda/ Some of the plants seem to have enjoyed the damp weather 😍
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My copy of #Vermeulen’s “Studies on dactylorchids” (1947) - not the prettiest cover, but look at the #ExLibris 😍. It previously belonged to AJ #Wilmott, the author of many names of plants on which I have worked - #Orchis sl (including #Dactylorhiza) and #Sorbus! #Taxonomy
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