Katherine Wagner-Reiss

Katherine enjoys giving walking botany tours with a special emphasis
on the significance of the Latinized and common names of plants.

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@ArnoldArboretum @LauraFantini Laura, an e-mail from the Arnold Arboretum introduced me to your amazing botanical drawings. Wondering why you made the artisitc choice to include the "pin" in each seed drawing? Maybe for realism? Maybe that is your "signature?" I will stop guessing and hope for a reply!

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@morrisarboretum This looks especially striking with the winter background !

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@morrisarboretum I esp. loved learning: Planting American sycamores adjacent to springhouses seems to have been a tradition in the 1700s and 1800s.

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

Tour The Winter Landscape Of The Morris Arboretum https://t.co/IEjwQBMcaA via @WNEP

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@morrisarboretum This class sounds great, but is it on Friday or Saturday?

[Morris Arboretum & Gardens @morrisarboretum]

New blog post! Plant Names Tell Their Stories: Monarda didyma (scarlet beebalm).

From the Port of Seville to Philadelphia's very own John Bartram, read about the history behind this native perennial currently blooming in our Herb Garden

https://t.co/jN11Wh7hme

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@BobStewart723 Wondering why they become less colorful when the sun is strong and the temps are hot?

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@Scott_Zona Scott, love any photos of hydathodes or evidence of guttation— thank you for this great example.

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@morrisarboretum Love seeing these hybrids and their parents!
Thank you for comparing them for us.

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@morrisarboretum Just love that little collar of green bracts, makes the flower look so special—thanks for the photo!

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@BobStewart723 Love seeing these sassafras flowers. I think I am seeing the stamens of the male flowers? If you end up taking a photo of female flowers (and fruits in the fall), I sure would love to see those, also.

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@BobStewart723 Do you think it is called castanea because of its resemblance to a chestnut (genus Castanea)?

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@morrisarboretum Erin, what an artistic eye you have for photography. Love them all, especially struck by the orange beaks of the swans in an otherwise snowy scene. Hoping for many photos from you, in all seasons. TY.

[New York Botanical Garden @NYBG]

Some of the biggest pumpkins in the world are now on display at NYBG. 🎃

Top off the Halloween season by checking out these botanical behemoths, each weighing in at more than 2,000 pounds—but don't wait, as they'll only be here through November 1.

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@holdenarboretum Wonderful photos and text really made me appreciate the science of grafting- TY.

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@morrisarboretum I had to look this up and campestre means
"found in plains".

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@morrisarboretum Just lovely, ty. Wondering if there is botanical term for flowers like this where the shape of the petals allows the underlying sepals of a different color to show through, thus creating a pattern? And, as a stretch, I am wondering if this pattern could attract pollinators?

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@indfnsofplnts Fascinating. TY, Matt. Makes me wonder which species has taken the "better" evolutionary path. Seems the red oaks win as they have more acorns planted/ less acorns eaten.
On my walks in CT, I see more red oaks, now I'm thinking this is part of the reason.🤔 Can anyone weigh in?

[Katherine Wagner-Reiss @Botanicaltours]

@morrisarboretum So glad you are having the annual scarecrow contest , it is a lot of fun to see !

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@Scott_Zona Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach , FL grows O. lineare; thanks for opening my eyes to the function of their false fruits. Do you know of any other flowers that use this trick for pollination?