Scientist, Artist, Fulbright Scholar

Experimenting, Reflecting, Creating

Thursday, February 21, 2019

My Year of Orchids: Mist or dunk?

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Calvin asked me this. I was a little embarrassed cuz he’s grown orchids for huge amounts of time more than me. His sense of humor is wry, d...

My Year of Orchids: Righting a vanda

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It was a victim almost before it got to this garden. Janet found it at a huge tent sale in Sarasota, just when we were starting with the g...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

My Year of Orchids: Orchid pheromones

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There’s a huge amount written about the way orchid flowers produce pheromones. And all this writing and research is focused on the way orc...
Monday, February 18, 2019

My Year of Orchids: No boring orchids

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It’s not just that I’m lazy. It’s late morning and I’m about halfway done with watering but I had pulled out my phone to take some pictures...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

My Year of Orchids: A floral conundrum

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Why did orchids species (not hybrids) evolve flowers? For us or for their own reproduction? Easy answer right? It’s funny though that we ar...

My Year of Orchids: Jewel orchids

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Jewel orchid is the name given to a bunch of different genera of small, soil-growing orchids. They are generally grown more for the beauty ...
Friday, February 15, 2019

My Year of Orchids: spiders in my orchids

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Yes!!!! This means my orchid clumps are little places of life, breathing enough water vapor and oxygen to attract bugs and their predators...
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I communicate science to non-scientists. My interest in the intersection between art and science, which I consider to be closely related practices, is the focus of two essay collections I am working on. As a Harvard PhD I realized that the work we do in the library and laboratory, while worthy in and of itself, does not necessarily translate to normal people. Bridging that gap is my goal in my teaching practice and in these posts. I teach college sophomores at Boston University and I teach in the sustainability program at the Boston Architectural College.
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