Plants & Insects - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/plants-insects/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 26 May 2023 16:57:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Plants & Insects - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/plants-insects/ 32 32 103504436 Stinky Meg | Corpse Flower to Bloom https://houstonnewmedia.org/stinky-meg-corpse-flower-to-bloom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stinky-meg-corpse-flower-to-bloom Fri, 26 May 2023 16:57:54 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32726 The Cockrell Butterfly Center has a plant that’s about to make a big stink! Her name is Meg, named after the prehistoric Megalodon shark featured at the museum’s new SHARKS! exhibit. Meg is an Amorphophallus titanum, also called the Titan Arum but more...

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]]> 604433 What to do with leftover holiday plants https://houstonnewmedia.org/what-to-do-with-leftover-holiday-plants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-do-with-leftover-holiday-plants Fri, 13 Jan 2023 19:00:38 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32631 Editor’s Note: Not quite sure what to do with those holiday plants? Jeff Cummins of the Cockrell Butterfly Center lends a few suggestions. The winter holiday season has ended, the decorations are packed up for next year, the house is more or less...

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]]> 520173 Getting to the Poinsettia of it all https://houstonnewmedia.org/getting-to-the-poinsettia-of-it-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-to-the-poinsettia-of-it-all Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:56:56 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32608 Now that the holiday season is upon us, let’s get to know a plant commonly associated with the festivities, the Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). Native to Mexico, they are known as ‘Flor de la Noche Buena’, or ‘Flower of the Holy Night’. Poinsettias...

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]]> 490337 Where do baby bugs come from? https://houstonnewmedia.org/where-do-baby-bugs-come-from/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-do-baby-bugs-come-from Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:35:28 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32501 Not everyone thinks bugs are cute… but what about their babies?! Just like their vertebrate counterparts, baby bugs will often elicit an “awwwwwww!” Many of the residents of the Cockrell Butterfly Center’s insect zoo were bred and raised in-house (espe...

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]]> 431571 Passionvines | A Passion for Survival https://houstonnewmedia.org/passionvines-a-passion-for-survival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=passionvines-a-passion-for-survival Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:30:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32460 Most reading this are familiar with the life cycle of a butterfly. An egg is laid on its host plant, the egg hatches into a caterpillar, the caterpillar eats the plant, the caterpillar forms a chrysalis, and then an adult butterfly emerges to continue ...

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]]> 402131 Plan for Planting with the HMNS Museum Store https://houstonnewmedia.org/plan-for-planting-with-the-hmns-museum-store/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plan-for-planting-with-the-hmns-museum-store Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:20:44 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32395 The plant cart in the museum is a great place to find some interesting plants and Greenhouse Manager Soni Holladay has curated a list of what you may want to grab on your next trip to the HMNS Museum Store. We regularly stock the cart with blooming ann...

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]]> 377111 Buck Off, Buck Moth | Houston Area Stingers https://houstonnewmedia.org/buck-off-buck-moth-houston-area-stingers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=buck-off-buck-moth-houston-area-stingers Thu, 12 May 2022 14:31:25 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32215 It’s springtime, and we all know what that means! Bright and cheerful flora; adorable, baby animals; a newfound will to embrace the mentality that life is a breath of fresh air/a box of chocolates/any other idiom that instills hope and wonder… Bu...

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]]> 321106 HMNS Museum Store Hosts Local Faves https://houstonnewmedia.org/hmns-museum-store-hosts-local-faves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hmns-museum-store-hosts-local-faves Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:18:17 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32199 We know. Mother’s Day is right around the corner and everyone is scrambling for the perfect, last-minute gifts. While it’s tempting to play it safe ordering a few random presents from big box stores or mega online retailers, the Museum Store has your b...

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]]> 304294 Not Any Old Jack-O-Lantern | Planting with Pumpkins https://houstonnewmedia.org/not-any-old-jack-o-lantern-planting-with-pumpkins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-any-old-jack-o-lantern-planting-with-pumpkins Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31812 Are you looking for a different way to decorate with pumpkins this year? I don’t know about you, but I’m a little tired of cutting the same old triangle eyes and toothy smile. Why not try something new and turn your pumpkins into fall planters? Pumpkin...

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