My Dissection

I had some fun with this assignment. My favorite plant to dissect was the fireweed. I think this was mostly because the stamens and carpel were so large and easy to find. I was not able to get 3 out of my 4 dissections embedded into the post. However, if …

Plant Dissections

I had some trouble with thinglink, so I’ll try to make it as simple as possible below. I was only able to get links to one image at a time, I apologize for the issue. Here are the main 4 images that contain most of the tags/information: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2002542028084216485 https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003245880471192038 Here …

Plant Dissections

For my dissections, I chose Geranium erianthum DC (Geraniaceae), Rosa nutkana C. Presl (Rosaceae), Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub (Onagraceae), and Lupinus nootkatensis Donn. (Fabaceae). I used PowerPoint instead of Thinglink to organize my pictures and add comments, so hopefully this is up to standard. I couldn’t figure out a way …

Plant Dissections

Here are my plant dissections on Thinglink. My Thinglink account will expire in a couple weeks, so I’m including a thumbnail/screenshot of each one here for posterity 🙂 Thanks for the fun, challenging, and educational assignment! Fireweed: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/1999981128605238116 Beach Pea: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2002871125339538276 Western Columbine: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2002826618032096100 Iris: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2002882693368382308

Plants in Culture

Marigold’s in the movie Coco In Pixar’s animated film Coco (2017), the marigold flower, known in Spanish as cempasúchil, plays an important symbolic and visual role. Traditionally used during Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations in Mexico, marigolds are believed to guide the spirits of the dead …

Dissections

https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/1999213285634736996 https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/1997535817089680037 https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2000418181742592677 https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2000419488893239973 I really enjoyed dissecting these plants, hope you all enjoy my dissections as well!