N-gated Hacker NewsMar 28, 2025
🌩️🎉 Oh, great news, folks! Tropical trees now look forward to lightning strikes as the ultimate spa treatment. Apparently, Mother Nature's electric shock therapy is the secret to their lushness—who knew trees could be so masochistic? 😂🌳
https://www.caryinstitute.org/news-insights/press-release/getting-hit-lightning-good-some-tropical-trees #tropicaltrees #lightningstrikes #naturetherapy #masochistictrees #electricspark #HackerNews #ngated
Getting hit by lightning is good for some tropical trees

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is, according to a new study. Published in New Phytologist, the study finds that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes, but benefit from them. The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods.

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Hacker NewsMar 28, 2025

Getting hit by lightning is good for some tropical trees

https://www.caryinstitute.org/news-insights/press-release/getting-hit-lightning-good-some-tropical-trees

#HackerNews #lightning #tropicaltrees #environmentalscience #nature #conservation #trees

Getting hit by lightning is good for some tropical trees

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is, according to a new study. Published in New Phytologist, the study finds that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes, but benefit from them. The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods.

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Jan Matson ArtJan 16, 2025

Coconut palm trees for tropical and boho decor.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/coconut-palm-trees-for-tropical-and-boho-decor-jan-matson.html

A painting of lush green palm trees for tropical beach house decor! 🌴🌴

#palmtrees #coconutpalms #TropicalTrees #boho #TropicalDecor #MastoArt #JanMatson #art #artist #painting #oilpainting #ArtistsOfMastodon #trees
#FediGiftShop #bloomscrolling #gardening #garden #summer #tree #nature #treelovers #treelove #treehugger #TreesOfPixelfed #TreesOfMastodon #FediArt #BeachDecor #TropicalVibes

Coconut palm trees for tropical and boho decor by Jan Matson

Coconut palm trees for tropical and boho decor Painting by Jan Matson

Fine Art America
thegreenmanOct 2, 2024

Will this become the new Florida Champion Ficus aurea -Strangler Fig?
We will soon find out… Stay tuned. 🌴 🌱

#tropicaltrees
#floridanative
#ficus

Annals of BotanyMay 28, 2024

🎉Great news! The new paper ‘Variations in wood anatomy in Afrotropical trees with a particular emphasis on radial and axial parenchyma’ in @AnnBot by Lenka Plavcová and co-authors is now #free for a limited time. (1/7)

👉 https://botany.fyi/95nic2

#AoBpapers #TropicalTrees #PlantAdaptation

Variations in wood anatomy in Afrotropical trees with a particular emphasis on radial and axial parenchyma

AbstractBackground and Aims. Understanding anatomical variations across plant phylogenies and environmental gradients is vital for comprehending plant evol

OUP Academic
thegreenmanFeb 21, 2024
Our Brownea macrophylla - Panama Flame Tree has begun flowering. This is one of several related genera and species which are called handkerchief trees for the drooping new growth.
🌱 🌴
#tropicaltrees
#tropicalflowers
thegreenmanFeb 7, 2024
The Saraca (Ashoka) trees in the garden are flowering now.
#FlowersOfMastodon
#TreesOfMastodon
#tropicaltrees
thegreenmanJan 15, 2024
Never ending tree maintenance ongoing.
#tropicalplants
#tropicaltrees
#arborcare
thegreenmanDec 16, 2023
Majidea zanguebarica - Mgambo Tree, Black Pearl, or Pearl of Zanzibar and is native to East Africa. The dehisced capsule exposes the black, velvety seeds.
#tropicalplants
#tropicaltrees
#PlantsOfMastodon
#Bloomscrolling
thegreenmanNov 21, 2023

Thick Trunk Tuesday. Last week I posted one of the two Kapok Trees in the garden, this week it is Bombax ceiba, the red Silk-Cotton tree or Kapok.

#kapok
#thicktrunktuesday
#tropicaltrees
#treesofmastodon