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Selection of fall-flowering geophytes I've seen during fieldwork in #Montenegro
Sternbergia lutea. Plants in clumps with big yellow flowers growing on pasture. Colchicum haynaldii. Clump of pink flowers without leaves growing from bare rocky ground. Pancratium maritium. White, Narcissus-like flowers growing on sandy beach. Sternbergia colchiciflora. Small yellow, trumpet-like flower growing from mossy ground.
October 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
nichemodelling.bsky.social
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Climatic niche stability, refugial dynamics and extinction risk in Irano–Turanian mountain geophytes under future climate change - Biodiversity and Conservation
Mountain systems of Central Asia represent major centres of plant diversification, yet the evolutionary and climatic determinants of vulnerability in this region remain poorly understood. Here, we int...
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September 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
botsocamerica.bsky.social
Phylogenomic insights into the genus #Tulipa (Liliaceae): Taxonomy, #evolution & #biogeography

New #AJB research by Brett Wilson, Maarten Christenhusz, Nathanael Walker-Hale, Samuel Brockington et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #tulips #geophytes #conservation
A wild Tulipa species photographed in its natural habitat, illustrating the diversity and evolutionary significance of the genus.
August 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
scottzona.bsky.social
Literature on summer-dormant geophytes is muddled. Some summer-dormant geophytes that flower in autumn are better classified as protoanthous, but this spring-flowering Haemanthus pubescens ssp. arenicola is hysteranthous. 📷: Karel du Toit CCBYNC4 #Amaryllidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a single flower emerging from bare sand. The flower has four large red petals and dozens of stamens.
August 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
scottzona.bsky.social
Hysteranthy (hysteranthous) describes plants that produce flowers after their leaves have fallen. From hysteros, meaning "later" or "behind" & -anthos, "flower." It typically describes geophytes that flower when leafless, as in Lycoris radiata. #hysteranthy #Amaryllidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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Photo of a planted bed with flowers stalks (but no leaves) emerging and bearing red, spidery flowers. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
August 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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July 29, 2026 at 11:10 PM
hobomobo.bsky.social
Moved most of my geophytes and winter-growers to one spot for maximum sun. Half the year they rest underground during the dry summer heat, but when the nights cool they reemerge and take advantage of the rain
Tray with a bunch of plant pots tucked next to each other, varying shades of green and leaf shapes sprouting up from the rocky soil Tray with a bunch of plant pots tucked next to each other, varying shades of green and leaf shapes sprouting up from the rocky soil
January 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
util.bsky.social
Know of any reliable lists of California geophytes online? If so, I'd like to hear about them. Based on an article from Rundel, I've tried building one (any errors my own): blog.revfad.com/2025/04/12/c...
California geophytes – Revfad Blog
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April 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
simondheyes.bsky.social
Two well needed hikes exploring Mt Langi Ghiran an imposing granite inselberg with its breathtaking views and diverse wildflowers.
July 19, 2026 at 10:34 PM
jpecol.bsky.social
Tao Fang et al. investigate the responses of #BelowgroundBudBank density of geophytes to environmental perturbations by #Meta-analysis. The results showed that belowground bud banks of geophytes are highly resistant and resilient.
Details: doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Cumulative effect size of overall belowground bud bank density. Qt represents the Q-test result; the estimate represents the cumulative effect size.
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
koorsboom.bsky.social
A hike in the Kogelberg. This nature reserve along the Western Cape coast has a dense diversity of plant life with innumerable fynbos species, proteas, ericas, restios, and geophytes. One if the only places to see the delicate marsh rose. #fynbos #plants #southafrica #photographer
July 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
jgpausas.bsky.social
Fire-stimulated flowering enhances multiple plant fitness components
Final version now available #OA
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🧪🌎🔥🌳🌿🌱wildfire #PlantScience #PlantBiology #fire #geophytes! @calacastellanos.bsky.social @cideinvestiga.bsky.social
jgpausas.bsky.social juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · Apr 23
Unambiguous positive role of #fire in many #geophytes!
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🧪🌎🔥🌳🌿🌱wildfire #PlantScience #PlantBiology
July 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
jgpausas.bsky.social
Unambiguous positive role of #fire in many #geophytes!
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... | @annbot.bsky.social

🧪🌎🔥🌳🌿🌱wildfire #PlantScience #PlantBiology
Fire effect sizes (mean Hedges’ g) for each stage of the reproductive cycle (and across stages; overall) when analysing four geophyte species combined. Positive values indicate higher responses in burned areas, whereas negative values indicate higher responses in unburned areas.
April 23, 2026 at 10:47 PM
dan-rie.bsky.social
Always interesting to see how phenology changes by a few hundred kilometers. Sampling BEClimWood in Schorfheide and there weren‘t as many spring geophytes already flowering as in Hainich, but more animals around. Also saw some cranes, white-tailed eagles, whooper and Bewick's swans!
March 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Happy [start of the rainy season in tropical East Africa] to all who celebrate! Including my Dorstenia geophytes who have never set foot on that great continent and yet have apparently synched their emergence from dormancy with the latest info from r/Tanzania
D. ellen seedlings comin out of dormancy. I was recently told that these aren’t actually geophytes from Bob Webb AridLands so fuck me I guess Nice D. barni growing some Things from its head. Hopefully some hypanthium cuz this is one of my favorite types of barnies, with the bigass lobed leaves, and I wanna make more
February 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
shingworks.com
Cabinet update! They've been growing so much I had to swap out the middle partial shelf for a full one... look at these monsters. Most of my non-barnimiana geophytes/ tubers are awake and have handies coming (or are actively seeding like crazy). Nobody has died yet and, so far, we're pest free. YAY.
A blue ikea cabinet that is full of Dorstenia (and some Hydnophytum seedlings in the corner but ignore that). In the center are some D. hildebrantii var crispa with long stalks and nearly at max caudex size, in addition to some tuberous Dorstenia like D. benguellensis, D. buchanannii, D. cuspidata var humblotiana, D. sp 'Tanzania' and D. sp 'Kenya'. Bottom shelf has a D. gigas f bullata and some assorted foetida and barnimiana.
July 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
ciggypop.bsky.social
Crocus !
Crocus is a genus of perennial geophytes with a distinctive, low-growing anatomy, featuring a cup-shaped flower with (three petals, three sepals), three yellow anthers, and three often-prominent stigmas. They grow from underground, fibrous-coated, contractile corms and possess sword-shaped leaves with a central white stripe. Wikipedia Wikipedia +4
February 27, 2026 at 6:59 PM
siarapita.bsky.social
Next time: “A spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes in the Tulipa genus”.
June 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
timboeh.bsky.social
Spring just got more exciting! The #Scilloideae TEN is now part of the #WFO family, diving deep into the taxonomy of #bulbs. From #Hyacinthus to #Ornithogalum, we're unearthing the taxonomic secrets of these #geophytes. Join us on this botanical journey.

➡️ about.worldfloraonline.org/tens/asparag...
A collage of colorful flowering inflorescences from various genera within the plant subfamily Scilloideae (Asparagaceae), displayed against a black background. The image showcases the morphological diversity of the group, with blooms in shades of blue, purple, pink, yellow, and white. Floral forms range from compact racemes to loose spikes and dense spherical clusters, representing genera like Muscari, Scilla, Ornithogalum, and others commonly found in Mediterranean and African regions.
April 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
wile-phylote.bsky.social
Monocots. 🌴
Geophytes. 🪻
Mediterranean biome. 🔥
Phylogenetic diversity. 🤓
Check. It. Out. 🥳

(This project took 5+ years for various reasons. Science takes time sometimes and that’s ok!)

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Shared and Divergent Processes Linked to Monocot Diversity Across the Mediterranean Climate Regions
Aim The five Mediterranean regions of the globe are plant biodiversity hotspots, and there has not been a comparative analytical framework examining correlates of diversity across these regions. Of .....
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February 18, 2026 at 12:13 PM
wile-phylote.bsky.social
The Bulb Agenda is alive and well! #Geophytes
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
wile-phylote.bsky.social
🚨🧅🚨 YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN BULBS with this gorgeously illustrated activity 🚨🧅🚨

#Geophytes #GoBelowground #Bulbs #IAmABotanist 🧪🌾
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
wile-phylote.bsky.social
Happy National Day of Transplanting Spring Beauty from the Front Yard to the Native Plant Bed. #Geophytes #Claytonia @chale9.bsky.social
A plant in a dirty gloved hand A plant on a dirty gloven hand A plant in a dirty gloved hand The chunkiest spring beauty (a plant) ever seen being held in a hand.
March 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM