@PioneerJane@SpringWo@SwimmingStats Check the news. WADA thoroughly reviewed the cases in early 2024 with all due skepticism, and concluded that there was no evidence to challenge contaminated meat as the source of the positive tests and therefore decided not to appeal to CAS.
Exciting! The 'sapphire tower' is now in bud. It hasn't flowered for two years - here is a photo from the same plant in 2018 - its impossibly blue flowers are definitely worth the wait...
WHAT'S NEW. Well 2107 was the first time I had seen this species of Passion Vine. This is Passiflora pittieri and it is normally found flowering at the top of the canopy. Quite an elegant bloom enriched by a mix of bright hues.
#CostaRica#VeridionAdventures
The Mountain Devil (Lambertia formosa) is the only member of this small genus to be found in eastern Australia, the remaining species only found in Western Australia. First collected in 1770 by Banks and Solander #Proteaceae#nature#flowers#BlueMountainsFlora
Gorgeous bamboo shoot of
Cephalostachyum pergracile (or S. pergracile) 香糯竹
This bamboo has been chosen by the Dai people in Southeast Asia to make sticky rice cooked inside bamboo .