Steven Dodsworth

A manifesto for plant science education Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....

Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

Deciphering plant-insect interactions in a diverse urban botanical garden and the implications for developing urban planting schemes at Birkbeck, University of London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Deciphering plant-insect interactions in a diverse urban botanical garden and the implications for developing urban planting schemes at Birkbeck, University of London, listed on FindAPhD...

Exciting fully-funded PhD project in my group, working with #ChelseaPhysicGarden @acmjulier.bsky.social to explore plant-insect interactions in urban gardens, and for urban planting schemes. Funded through NERC TREES DTP, all details here: tinyurl.com/mr3u42b8 Pls repost + email me if interested!

Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.

Ask the Government stops allowing energy companies to charge the same price as gas for much cheaper to produce renewable electricity. Please sign and share! This will reduce bills overnight. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Nerine bowdenii x Nerine undulata hybrid

x Amarine ‘Emanuelle’ soft pink flowers

x Amarine ‘Emanuelle’

Nerine bowdenii x Nerine undulata

It’s that wonderful season again where the Nerine and friends come out. #bloomscrolling #flowers #amaryllids

Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.

1) This is why I think we are all doomed. I started this petition demanding electricity from renewables (over 50% of all electricity now in the UK) be detached from the much more expensive cost of wholesale gas. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Tall annual sunflower with dark centre

Tall annual sunflower with light centre

Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’

Helianthus ‘Monarch’

Annual and perennial #sunflowers. Bit of a struggle with the lack of water but still looking lovely. #flowers #bloomscrolling

Crinum inflorescence with 7 buds

Pink Crinum flower just opening

Two Crinum flowers just opening, pink in colour

First flowers on one of my Crinum x powellii. Gorgeous pink. #amaryllid #bloomscrolling #flowers

Courgette and summer squash fruits: ‘Defender’, ‘Early Gem’, ‘Sure Thing’, ‘Cousa’ and Straightneck squash

Second harvest of courgettes this year, doing well. Loving all the different varieties too. #allotment #harvests #growyourown

Ismene ‘Sulphur Queen’

Closeup photo of Ismene ‘Sulphur Queen’ flower, yellow-green

Busy with work and almost missed it, didn’t think it would flower this year. An astonishing spicy scent too. Ismene ‘Sulphur Queen’ #flowers #hymenocallis #bulbs #bloomscrolling

Oh I didn’t know they were intentionally released elsewhere to control ragwort!

Oh nope, they just found it themselves!

Jacobaea vulgaris (ragwort) inflorescence covered in cinnabar moth caterpillars

Ragwort and juicy cinnabar moth caterpillars

Look at this #ragwort teeming with #cinnabar moth caterpillars! #nature #bloomscrolling

Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’ red and yellow flower

Two Gloriosa cultivars next to one another, one bright red and one maroon flowers (both also with yellow)

Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’ flower

The gloriously superb Gloriosa superba, aka the flame #lily amongst others! Soaring high #bloomscrolling #flowers

Scadoxus multiflorus red flowers

Scadoxus multiflorus doing its thing! Bit late this year. #flowers #bloomscrolling #amaryllids

Yes pls do that!

Weldenia candida white flowers just opening

Weldenia candida flowers

New one for me this year, Weldenia candida just flowering, very cute Commelinaceae #flowers #spring #bloomscrolling

Bud just opening of yellow tree peony

Fully open flower of yellow tree peony ‘Oukan’

The size and scent of this tree #peony ‘Oukan’ - wow #flowers #bloomscrolling

What little cuties they are

Juanulloa mexicana flower from below, vivid orange in colour

Juanulloa flower from the side

Juanulloa mexicana putting on its first #flower of the year! #Solanaceae #bloomscrolling

I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.

Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design

Please repost for reach 💚

Polystichum setiferum cultivar, newly unfurling fronds

Dicksonia antartica crozier ready to unfurl

Just look at these croziers ready to unfurl! 😍 #ferns #fernfriday #plants

Close up of clematis montana light pink flowers

Clematis montana flowers growing along a fence

#Clematis montana doing its thing #flowers #bloomscrolling

Narcissus ‘Sun Disc’

Narcissus poeticus

Narcissus bulbocodium ‘Oxford Gold’

Narcissus ‘Baby Moon’

Some lovely late #Narcissus, hopefully pushing into May! #flowers #bloomscrolling

Erythronium yellow flower

Erythronium yellow flower

Erythronium are the best (if only fleeting) flowers in spring #flowers #spring #bloomscrolling

Darmera peltata inflorescence

Mix of daffodil flowers

Apple blossom

Clematis alpina blue flower

Happy Easter everyone! Here are some spring flowers to bring cheer. #flowers #bloomscrolling

Red flower of Canarina

Red flower of Canarina

Orange Canarina flower with slightly deranged botanist

Orange Canarina flower

Oh look it’s me🤪 and Canarina canariensis, the endemic bellflower of the Canary Islands #flowers #bellflower #tenerife

Wonderful giant Sonchus hierrensis flowering on La Gomera #flowers #dandelion

Scilla bifolia - small blue flower

Scilla bifolia - small blue flower

Scilla mischtschenkoana white flower

Scilla mischtschenkoana

Scilla bifolia and Scilla mischtschenkoana making an appearance. #spring #flowers

Evolutionary implications of a deep-time perspective on insect pollination – a new review just published When we think of pollination, we often picture bees buzzing around flowers or butterflies flitting from bloom to bloom. This relationship between plants and pollinators is one of the most well-know…

In a review led by Spanish researchers David Peris and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, we explored why a deep time perspective on insect pollination is relevant to our current understanding of plant-pollinator relationships. Read more here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/12/e...
#pollinators #biodiversity