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from inside parts of the forest. © Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><h1 id="2195">Views that a bee or butterfly would have as they approach the forest:</h1><figure id="424d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*gLpfBNwTRtYjZ2l98GF4rg.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="5737"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*_ntf68b5Hud6wWdvW_A9Vg.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="440d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*dxIu8m-F_zUEIUPjvvIHRQ.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="44aa"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*H1xHU7PfcpS6tZQkS9Q3Lg.jpeg"><figcaption>I arranged the 4 photos to represent what an insect who is approaching by air would see, first as it reaches the forest and then hovers above it. © Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><h2 id="d143">View of the same bee or butterfly as above, as it decides on a landing site:</h2><figure id="b4f0"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*k-LvWMrXEhLxboiyXw2JXQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Choosing a landing site. © Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><h2 id="d8a7">A couple of further reads</h2><p id="bb01">Did you know you can dye marigolds and other flowers with custom colors?</p><figure id="e668"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*f1XUF_sqxyEVmR7JzQdPPA.png"><figcaption>A marigold and alyssum dyed with black and blue inks. © Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><div id="c349" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/injecting-colors-into-flowers-b9dc5c1c1bb6"> <div> <div> <h2>Injecting colors into flowers</h2> <div><h3>The phenomenon of capillarity enables some cool things such as dying flowers with specific colors. Come and see!</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*d_s207HZBTIv-zaa_zHmcQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="9a4e"><b>Do you like orchids?</b></p><div id="ee3f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/shorter-days-are-making-my-orchids-bloom-58e1f618b86f"> <div> <div> <h2>Shorter days are maki

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ng my orchids bloom</h2> <div><h3>I post here shots of my individual plants and also of “arrangements” where I’ve mixed them together into orchid-rich…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*L_09w57Mx7NbvqsfnANHIQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="ba82"><b>Trees with nice flowers: Jacaranda</b></p><div id="f8b2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-flowers-of-jacaranda-a32ff3de0707"> <div> <div> <h2>The flowers of Jacaranda</h2> <div><h3>Soft violet flowers from the Americas to the world. Also a song and a musical instrument.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*zdULxYVA55do_Zs-vIss5g.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="558a"><i>I am a nature, science, technology, programming, and DIY enthusiast. Biotechnologist and chemist, in the wet lab and with computers. I write about everything that lies within my broad sphere of interests. Check out my <a href="https://lucianosphere.medium.com/lists">lists</a> for more stories. <a href="https://lucianosphere.medium.com/membership"><b>Become a Medium member</b></a> to access all its stories and <a href="https://lucianosphere.medium.com/subscribe"><b>subscribe to get my new stories</b></a><b> by email</b> (original affiliate links of the platform for which I get small revenues without special costs to you). <a href="https://lucianoabriata.altervista.org/office/donations.html"><b>Donate here</b></a><b> </b>through various means. <a href="https://lucianoabriata.altervista.org/office/contact.html"><b>Contact me here</b></a> for any kind of inquiry.</i></p><p id="7c13"><i>To <b>consult about small jobs</b> (on programming, biotech + bioinf project evaluations, science outreach + communication, molecular data analysis and design, molecular graphics, photography, private courses and tutorials, private lessons, teaching and tutoring, etc.) check my <a href="https://lucianoabriata.altervista.org/services/index.html"><b>services page here</b></a>.</i></p></article></body>

A circular pot with some clovers and plenty of marigolds. © Luciano Abriata.

I always wanted a marigold forest

And every November my balcony offers me sth very close to that

As I told you in a story a couple of months ago, there was a summer when marigolds took over my balcony -an article rich in close shots of this easy-to-grow yet good-looking flower:

It turns out that I dream of having a whole “forest” of marigolds when I someday get my house with a garden. In the meantime, I enjoy every November that these flowers still strive in my balcony despite the cold… indeed by this time of the year they always dominate my pots, forming small “islands” of “marigold forests”. Enjoy the shots!

One of the marigolds in the first plane. © Luciano Abriata.

Views from “inside” the forest:

Views from inside parts of the forest. © Luciano Abriata.

Views that a bee or butterfly would have as they approach the forest:

I arranged the 4 photos to represent what an insect who is approaching by air would see, first as it reaches the forest and then hovers above it. © Luciano Abriata.

View of the same bee or butterfly as above, as it decides on a landing site:

Choosing a landing site. © Luciano Abriata.

A couple of further reads

Did you know you can dye marigolds and other flowers with custom colors?

A marigold and alyssum dyed with black and blue inks. © Luciano Abriata.

Do you like orchids?

Trees with nice flowers: Jacaranda

I am a nature, science, technology, programming, and DIY enthusiast. Biotechnologist and chemist, in the wet lab and with computers. I write about everything that lies within my broad sphere of interests. Check out my lists for more stories. Become a Medium member to access all its stories and subscribe to get my new stories by email (original affiliate links of the platform for which I get small revenues without special costs to you). Donate here through various means. Contact me here for any kind of inquiry.

To consult about small jobs (on programming, biotech + bioinf project evaluations, science outreach + communication, molecular data analysis and design, molecular graphics, photography, private courses and tutorials, private lessons, teaching and tutoring, etc.) check my services page here.

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