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Essays that could change history

Tectonic Genesis: New Essays in Natural History
Pose Solution to Darwin's 'abominable mystery'
Angiosperms flowered 360 million years ago, writes Dr. Harry Levin, challenging current paleobotanical thought in his essays on prehistory

Plea: Help match grant to save Wolf Creek's rare flowers for future generations



This alligator is alleged to be the famous 'Old Joe,'  killed by an unknown assailant at Wakulla Springs in 1966. News stories were carried all over the state. Joe or a lookalike (rumor is Joe decomposed on the way to the taxidermist) reposes under glass at the Lodge. At 11 feet, two inches, Joe was an estimated 200 years old, says a plaque, and 'had never molested man, woman child or pets.' He lived on a sandbar near the swimming area. Email us if you know more.

Michael E. Abrams, publisher

  See some good books below about wildflowers.


Passion flower shows secrets of Kabbalah 500 years after churchmen witnessed 'marvel'

News, Events, Maps, Numbers

See our Newspage for more activities.

•Plea: Your donation can help match grant to rescue unique 140 acres of trout lilies and orchids at Wolf Creek

•Native Plant Society meeting set May 7

•FNPS sets conference May 15-18

•Apalachicola Riverkeepers host gala
environmental film festival, seafood,
fresh oysters at Tall Timbers, May 10

•Canoeists, butterfliers, photographers
set meetings, trips for April and May

•Florida's largest surviving Torreya tree prospers near downtown Madison
•Folk artist O.L. Samuels' 'zoo' of the fantastic
•Grand Canyon, desert in winter; Charlie the Mule gets new shoes

•Map of Apalachicola Forest and Recreation Areas

•Census figures for Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin



Invasive Pest
 


Coral ardisia – Ardisia crenata
– is a plague in North Florida.
It takes over the understory of
the forest. Pull it out by the roots
and dispose of it. Look for young
plants as well. The crenated leaf
and red berry is a marker of this
plant, unfortunately sold by
some nurseries.


• Nature park beauty
• Deer licking behavior
• Heron swallows a rat
All of the movies are accompanied by music including banjo by the late
Rick Abrams, national
champion clawhammer banjo player.








Local and other ponderings


•St. Marks Lighthouse in a different light

•Madonna 'Personal Blog' steals picture of flower, story from us; How Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and newspaper escape justice on the Internet






Unforgettable encounter
with manatee, 2 calves

"I reached out and stroked her forehead and rubbed her back. I held my hand to her mouth. It filled my palm. I could feel her whiskers against my skin as she explored my hand with her lips 

–  story by Tom Southern







 Miracle on
the mountain
A religious fable about a strange moth with mysterious markings. The moth was named by Linnaeus in the year 1758,  but he did not know the story behind the story of what is called the Hebrew Character Moth.


New to the story – a Moche civilization jug handle (below) from 400 to 500 C.E. and a passion flower from an Aztec codex of the year 1552 C.E.  © Museo Larco, Lima, Peru. Also a figure of the passion of Christ discovered on a root – from a 1696 catalog of science and the miraculous by Johann Zahn, a canon of the Church and an inventor. The book contains an interesting early passionflower illustration.



Figure above
© Museo Larco,
Lima, Peru

Figure at right
from Zahn's
Speculae - Physico - Mathematico - Historicae . . .
(1696) courtesy
of NOAA Library.


Calendar,
Gwen
Beatty's
Newsletter
Rocket scientist
Harry Levin's
world of
flowers.
Kabbalah
and passion
flower
tell secrets
Passion flower
in van Cleve
painting spells
tale of mystery
Free desktop
wallpaper
created from
wildflowers
Gallery of
photographs,
comments
Movies
of natural
Florida
Wildflower
index by
genus
and species

Rare 'Croomia' tells of hurricane,
courtroom battle 170 years ago
  


You can order anything from Amazon here from clothing to cameras, or consider the recommended books below if you want to learn more about the natural world and Florida's history. We also highly recommend the Nikon D40x camera.


ABOUT THE SITE, NOTICE
The Florida Wildflowers pages welcome visitors from all around the world. Our pages have been up since July, 1995, and change with the seasons. We have more than 200 pictures on various pages. Our gallery is best viewed at 1280 pixels width. Pictures are copyrighted and may not be used without permission. Commercial and educational use of photographs and artwork requires permission from Michael E. Abrams, email above.