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saw vast elephantine bananas, slightly creepy cycads, cavorting ferns, tall cacti, bombastic bamboos and exotic orchids.It was a great afternoon and the sun was shining, too — a bit of a result on the east coast of Scotland. The only thing that would

to write. A brief history of modernist design? An investigation of the idiosyncrasies of the Linnean system? A illustrated discussion of the baroque? The propagation of rare orchids? Advanced composting techniques?Instead, I've decided to ramble about one

Ireland and Cumbria. This is a slightly gory video of the demise of a wasp*.Butterworts appeared in this country by accident as they were brought back by Victorian plant hunters in shipments of more obviously beautiful plants like orchids. They have