Science Talk - Featuring NYBG Plant Specimen Images

The New York Botanical Garden has launched Science Talk - a blog featuring botanical insights from members of the Science Department.

It features images of plant specimens from the Virtual Herbarium, like this specimen, recently identified as a new species, Swartzia schottii, by Benjamin Torke.

Science Talk is updated frequently.

2 Millionth Plant Specimen Digitized - Rare Native Carnivorous Plant

The New York Botanical Garden recently added the two-millionth plant specimen to its digital research collection - Sarracenia purpurea - a purple pitcher plant, a very rare native carnivorous species that was collected at a highly protected preserve in Dutchess County, New York. Read more here.

Sarracenia purpurea

The purple pitcher plant is in decline in much of its range.

 (Photo by Robert Naczi, Ph.D.)