Eric Knox Speaking at IU February 23
Many of you were mightily entertained by Eric Knox at the 2018 INPAWS conference.
Come hear him again and chase away those mid-winter blues! The program is scheduled for Saturday Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. on the IU campus (Jordan Hall 248, NE corner of the building). Free parking is available at the Atwater garage a short block away.
Eric’s topic is: “Evolution of the Giant Senecios and Giant Lobelias on the Mountains of Eastern Africa“, and features glorious images from a part of the world where he “sqandered” a significant portion of his youth. To connect Eric’s talk to Indiana’s flora, think about how the adaptation of the African flora informs your thinking about our own. Also, allow time to see the lobby display in Jordan Hall that features very local flora and fauna and to share some of your own wildflower dreams of 2019.
Here is how Eric describes his topic: “The equatorial location, combined with the fact that these mountains create their own weather, results in an aseasonal environment, which in the alpine zone has been characterized as having ‘summer every day, and winter every night.’” The adaptive solution by two unrelated plant groups is gigantism resulting in bizarre plants that look like giant cabbages perched on candelabras the size of telephone poles.
Come join us on Feb 23!