Thursday, January 24, 2013
The worst wonder weed - Parthenium Weed!
While I was strolling around in my garden I found a carrot plant grown up by itself! I had not sown any carrot seed earlier. I left it as such to get carrot from it. But as it grew up, it had only a straight stem with smaller leaves unlike that of a carrot plant. It also started to bloom differently.
Labels:
Carrot Weed,
Congress Weed,
Nature,
Parthenium Weed,
Plants,
Santa Maria Feverfew,
Science,
Star Weed
Sunday, January 13, 2013
A flower on Martian surface!
We go on trekking to explore about animals or birds in the wild nature. Our such exploration extends also to other planets and moons. But here we include also extra-terrestrial living things, that are similar to us, the human beings. Over the years, we read and heard the news that signs of life, like water etc. does exist in other planets and moons. Recently, in December 2012 it has been reported in the news that a flower is found on the surface of Mars - a Martian Flower!
Labels:
Curiosity Rover,
Flower,
Mars,
Martian Flower,
NASA,
News,
Plants,
Science,
Universe,
Water
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Tender wonder, the Silverfish!
In 1960s, I observed some creatures creeping on the wall of our house. When I tried to catch them, they ran and escaped behind wall-hanging calendars. Even if I caught one of them gently, it slipped away to safety leaving behind a silvery white powder on my fingers - just like a moth leaves its scales! It is the Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina, Fishmoth, 'Velli poochi' in Tamil).
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