Here’s some Lupinus rivularis in our oak Savannah that could barely be further from dying back over the winter. Even the rivularis I have in containers like the latifolius is looking similar to this. #plantscience #portland

Lupinus seem to have lots of different winter responses. I expected most of them to mostly die back at the top, and that seems like what this “latifolius” is doing. #plantscience

We had our seed starting social at the plant science club this past week. Another successful gathering! #portland

Back after a hiatus. I really need to pick one single social media app to focus on. I was doing some YT, TikTok and insta but I feel about insta or TikTok anymore.

Spying on my squash this morning…. I hand pollinated at least five more flowers as well! #portland #oregon #gardening

PotatOS and I got sent to the brig. #Portland #oregon #rccc #comiccon

Meeting some new robots at comic con and making sure PotatOS makes some new friends. #portland #oregon #rosecity #comiccon #portal

Me and gladOS are going to Rose City Comic Con today. #portland #portal #oregon

Tried to get scheduled for my yearly Covid vaccine and was DENIED without RX. Here’s what my primary care had to say about writing a RX for me: #covid #oregon #portland #vaccines

Snakes are garden friends! Encourage snakes to live in your garden by offering lots of hiding places, sunning spots, and water sources. #gardening #portland #oregon

Boy I sure do love autoclaving water every day to irrigate my plants with. 😩 #research

These baby delicatas look like cucumbers, haha. They’re all related! #gardening #squash #portland #oregon

Good progress on the pumpkin! #gardening #portland #oregon #squash #veggies

Doing my part today to snag incoming freshmen for biology and the plant science club. #portland #oregon #portlandstate

In more glowing plant news, some Chinese researchers have published their studies on injecting phosphor particles into succulents. Interesting! #science #plants #research #botany www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Two days of growth post pollination. These winter squash really grow fast! #gardening #vegetables #portland #oregon

I made a short video on how I perform the hand pollination of my firefly petunias. This is all self pollination, no crossing for now! youtube.com/shorts/gMSMS... #botany #plantscience #gmos #gardening #portland #oregon

The shape of the ovary on female squash plants reflects the final shape of the fruit. Here’s one of each of the varieties I planted. Can you guess which one is the Hubbard? #botany #gardening #plantscience #portland #oregon

This weekend I went with a lab mate to observe some Lupinus Lepidus in the field up at Mt Hood’s White River Sno Park. It was beautiful! #botany #research #nativeplants #biology #oregon

The next generation of my glowing petunias has been identified!

Another great slide from Dr Cloyd on why pesticides might fail before blaming resistance. #horticulture #entomology #botany

Aphids! They don’t need males to reproduce, and quickly develop insecticide resistance. Just how quickly can their populations grow? Dr Cloyd shared this scary slide in his talk today… #horticulture #insects #entomology #botany

Farwest advertised a focus on internships and what we got was posterboard postings where the companies advertising weren’t even near this corner. Not very welcoming. #tradeshow #farwest #horticulture

Farwest advertised a “resume review station”, “scholarship station”, and financial aid help…. And here they are. Unmanned fliers with barely helpful links. #horticulture #farwest

Farwest has been deeply disappointing from an early career and college student perspective. There was a lot of talk this year about “career boulevard” and a focus on students but it’s hard to be TOO underwhelmed with their efforts.

Group pics! #farwest #portland #oregon

Today’s the day!

Farwest always has a lot of new plant varieties on display. Here’s the first one I’ve seen: a new petunia. #flowers #horticulture #portland #oregon

Oregon Flowers uses recycled and steam sterilized media in their cut flower production, cutting down on waste and saving money. It was really cool to see this in action! #flowers #horticulture #recycle #portland

Do you know where your flowers come from? If you’re buying cut flowers in Oregon, maybe they’re coming from Oregon Flowers in Aurora! I got to visit today and it was BEAUTIFUL! #horticulture #bulbs #oregon #portland

Look at my beautiful Cyprus alternifolius (umbrella papyrus)! This plant loves wet, fertile soil, which makes sense since its native habitat is riverbanks. #botany #horticulture #greenhouse #portland #oregon

Two white claws, a recent obsession with canva, and a desire to create lupine propaganda left me with this creation last night. #magic #tcg #plants #botany

Trying to get better at design… and tell people about my research at the same time! The most common question I get with my research is… what’s a lupine? Here’s a picture of Russell lupine and 4 quick tidbits. #plantscience #botany #gardening

Here’s all 15 of my winter squash in the two beds. I’ve got pumpkin, Hubbard, small sugar, and delicata and they all look so healthy! #gardening #portland #oregon

I read that days from pollination to maturity for winter squash is around 60 days. If I’m proactive and watching for female flowers, we can totally have pumpkins for Halloween!

My winter squash are looking HEALTHY! #gardening #flowers #vegetables #portland #oregon

When is the best time of day to water your outdoor plants? Morning? Noon? Evening? I’ve always thought morning to midday is best, but sometimes high heat and dry conditions mean you have to hit them again in the afternoon or evening. #gardening #portland #oregon

Spotted some Cryptolaemus larvae in the teaching collection this morning. Success! #ipm #bugs #botany #horticulture #portland

Did you know rhododendrons can grow like trees? This Rhododendron ponticum is a Portland Heritage tree in Ladd’s addition, and actually the first one I saw yesterday. Definitely an uncommon sight! #plants #botany

Another of the five Portland heritage trees I visited today - a big leaf linden! Tilia platyphllus. These trees are serious chonkers. #botany #plants #gardening #oregon #historical

I saw 5 Portland Heritage Trees today. This one was the craziest looking: Elmus glabra, the Camperdown Elm. There’s 3 that are heritage trees here and they’re all clones from the same tree that sprouted in Scotland, 1850. #botany #plants

Some cat pics for your Friday afternoon. One regal, one slightly less than.

Anyone know who these pollinators are on my borage plants? There was quite a bit of activity today! #botany #insects #portland #oregon #flowers

Got some precious new growth on this absolutely ancient and ugly Opuntia specimen in the teaching collection. Woo! #cacti #cactus #botany

I finally decided to weed a bit this morning in the teaching collection. Mother of “thousands”? More like mother of MILLIONS. This thing won’t stop spreading everywhere. I think we have two varieties lol. #gardening #horticulture #greenhouse #botany

I thought it might be interesting to look at a word cloud of the titles of the past month’s worth of Lupin publications. Here’s what I see: the top five words are white, breeding, data, phosphorus, and root. #research #science #plantscience

Feed: "Space Botany" By: Emma Doughty on Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Finally cleaned up all our garlic from our harvest in July. We ended up with so much! Here’s the cleaned garlic as well as some pics from the day of. #garlic #gardening #portland #oregon

I’ll be attending FarWest 2025 later this month and I’m working on a scavenger hunt for the undergrads that have never been to a tradeshow. I hope it helps them feel a bit more guided and engaged. I’m so excited! #horticulture #portland

Done for today! Still have a little testing to do but it all works! No leaks! #portland #plantscience #research