'Direct Action Will Save Our Wild Plants'
Garden News|October 13, 2018

My father grew cacti and, inspired by his collection, I used my pocket money to buy a small, hairy specimen, probablyCleistocactusbrookeae

'Direct Action Will Save Our Wild Plants'

The first plant I ever grew

My father grew cacti and, inspired by his collection, I used my pocket money to buy a small, hairy specimen, probably Cleistocactus brookeae. It grew well until we relocated to Hong Kong when I was 11 years old.

The plant that shaped the botanist I am today

Black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica. Seen under a microscope salsify and related plants have beautiful, almost crystal-like, pollen grains. I studied how their pattern develops, which can be used to understand the process of plant evolution.

My favourite plant in the world

This story is from the October 13, 2018 edition of Garden News.

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