After like three straight weeks of just a stick with beans on it, we are finally getting some growth! This is a diagram of the bean flower i pulled off the internet. A: Ovule: where the egg is stored and where the embryo grows B: Sepals: leaves that protect the flower C: Petal: attract pollinators …
Monthly Archives: April 2023
it’s all over. (6)
all my bean’s leaves fell off. They yellowed and then flaked off, leaving only beans behind. it’s all over. this thing is not recovering. An analysis of what happened: I forgot about it. The second I moved it to the window in my common room, it was past the point of no return. I was …
beans and flowers (5)
Admittedly, I did not get great photos of the flowers, because they were all turning into BEANS!!!!! LOOK AT THIS THING! IT’S PERFECT! Somehow, in my dorm room, this thing managed to pollinate AND fertilize and begin to produce a fruit! WHAT?! A bean pod is an example of a legume. Its a dehiscent fruit: …
the bean does not stop (4)
I think this is where spring break happened, so we’re about to see some speedy growth (about two weeks worth). Here I will talk about how plants grow: as a bean plant, my plant is part of the Fabaceae family. That means it’s a Eudicot!A Eudicot is a type of angiosperm, or flowering plant, which …
the beaning continues (3)
Good morning! No time to chat, we have to talk about plants! WE HAVE SPROUTS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! At this point in the semester I got excited to have this bean plant because I am seeing real-time what I am learning in class. Check out that SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM! The LEAF PRIMORDIA! The COTYLEDON! VOCAB! …
initial beaning (2)
What is the beaning of life? I don’t know but the seed is germinated and starting to emerge from the soil! Now, you might believe that a seed will emerge from the earth with two fully formed leaves. But alas, these two leaf like structures are cotyledons, part of the seed. It’s what is left …
Welcome to the beaning. (1)
This is the landing site of all things bean. Over the course of several months I nurtured a little seed into a stick with two beans on it. Are you ready? Let’s go! To the untrained eye, this looks like a pot of soil. It is indeed a pot of soil. It also has a …