@BlackBotanists

Welcome to our garden! Follow us to learn plant facts and botanical history🌺- Jeremy & Jamil (he/him) — residing in ancestral Kickapoo territory | 🏳️‍🌈🌱

 Chicago, IL
instagram.com/theblackbotanists
Joined July 2020
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It’s #BlackBotanistsWeek! We are Jamil and Jeremy, two self-taught botanists here in San Jose, California! We share photos from our garden along with fun plant facts, and sometimes we even host house plant care workshops! #PlantsAroundTheGlobe #BlackBotanistsWeek2021
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Julie Nieset@JENieset13 Apr 2023
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@BlackBotanists Please pass this info about Wetland Plant Ecologist position at UIUC along xitter.cf/PrairieResInst/status/…
Prairie Research Institute@PrairieResInst4 Apr 2023
We're #hiring a #wetland plant ecologist at the senior scientific specialist or assistant research scientist level! 📍Champaign, Illinois Apply by May 8! ➡️ bit.ly/3TSxhh0 @Science_inColor @earth_jobs @GreenLatinos @LatinasinSTEM @BLACKandSTEM @DisabledStem
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The Black Botanists@BlackBotanists21 Oct 2022
Don’t let those expensive bouquets go to waste! 💰💐✨
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The Black Botanists@BlackBotanists10 Jul 2022
That Fibonacci spiral is just *chefs kiss*
Sunflower disc with seeds arranged in a Fibonacci sequence

ALT Sunflower disc with seeds arranged in a Fibonacci sequence

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The Black Botanists@BlackBotanists3 Jun 2022
Ferns are one of the oldest plant groups at over 300 million years old. They’re so old that they don’t even produce flowers or seeds. Instead they release spores. Most people find them fascinating, but they can definitely set off your #trypophobia too 🫣
Close up photo of two back-lit fern fronds. As the light shines through the frond, you can see hundreds of sporangium

ALT Close up photo of two back-lit fern fronds. As the light shines through the frond, you can see hundreds of sporangium

Massive room in Garfield Park Conservatory filled with a variety of different fern species.

ALT Massive room in Garfield Park Conservatory filled with a variety of different fern species.

Close up of a frond with spores on it

ALT Close up of a frond with spores on it

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Sandra Nnadi@sandrannadi113 Nov 2022
An amazing week...yeah! Turned a year older & presented results of my research to the dept @UVMplantbio ...what's next? More questions, more data analysis, more fun. BTW i love fall colors @BlackBotanists @Momademia #phdlife #winning #Grateful
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Don’t let those expensive bouquets go to waste! 💰💐✨
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We pickled our hot banana peppers!
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AsiaLangsOnline@AsiaLangsOnline11 Jun 2022
Rejang maybe is the only language that has native name for these two gigantic "flowers": Rafflesia (especially Rafflesia arnoldii) and Amorphophallus titanum.
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philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_11 Jul 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA releases first image from its new space telescope, deepest view of the universe ever captured.
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Sandra Nnadi@sandrannadi111 Jul 2022
Hi, it's my first in-person presentation @ASPB #PlantBio2022 please check out my poster 900-019 at the exhibit hall A. Thanks for your questions & feedback. @ASPB_WiPB @ASPB_ARN @UVMplantbio @UVM_FSRC @uvmvermont @UVM_GSS @BlackBotanists @blackinxnetwork @Momademia
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That Fibonacci spiral is just *chefs kiss*
Sunflower disc with seeds arranged in a Fibonacci sequence

ALT Sunflower disc with seeds arranged in a Fibonacci sequence

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Hey @BlackBotanists I’m teaching a botany unit and want to show my kids contributions of Black botanists in each lesson. Any recs on whom to talk about (still living preferably) under the topics of the life cycle, anatomy, cell bio, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration? Thx!
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Retweeting in hopes that one of our followers can help with this! 👨🏾‍🌾
Patrick Johnson 🌹@PatDavidJohnson20 Jun 2022
Hey @BlackBotanists I’m teaching a botany unit and want to show my kids contributions of Black botanists in each lesson. Any recs on whom to talk about (still living preferably) under the topics of the life cycle, anatomy, cell bio, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration? Thx!
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Ferns are one of the oldest plant groups at over 300 million years old. They’re so old that they don’t even produce flowers or seeds. Instead they release spores. Most people find them fascinating, but they can definitely set off your #trypophobia too 🫣
Close up photo of two back-lit fern fronds. As the light shines through the frond, you can see hundreds of sporangium

ALT Close up photo of two back-lit fern fronds. As the light shines through the frond, you can see hundreds of sporangium

Massive room in Garfield Park Conservatory filled with a variety of different fern species.

ALT Massive room in Garfield Park Conservatory filled with a variety of different fern species.

Close up of a frond with spores on it

ALT Close up of a frond with spores on it

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frootcube🍍@Frootcubes2 May 2022
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Scarifying seeds and letting them sit in warm water for 24 hours let's them germinate quicker. From what I just recently found out. Certain seeds really benefit from this!
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So much good advice in these replies✨ Thanks, friends! 🌱
The Black Botanists@BlackBotanists1 May 2022
What’s a gardening tip you wish you would have known sooner? We’re planning our rooftop garden for this year and are curious about what we don’t yet know 🧐
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Good drainage and good draining soil are everything.
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Donna and Me@Donna_and_me1 May 2022
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Catch as much rainwater as you can, much better for the plants..
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