{"id":222,"date":"2017-09-17T05:44:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T04:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/?p=222"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T08:32:25","slug":"galapagos-verde-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/galapagos-verde-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Galapagos Verde 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This project is brilliant,\u00a0 The Research Station has a display, which provides the aim of making the agriculture on Galapagos sustainable by 2050!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-224\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e8c-300x222.jpeg\" alt=\"The aims of GV2050\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e8c-300x222.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e8c-768x568.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e8c-1024x757.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The aims of GV2050<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Working with farmers and the local communities, GV2050 is encouraging people to plant their gardens with native plants which have suffered extensive declines on the island.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are plants that are endemic to the archipeligo that have seen extremely harsh declines:<\/p>\n<p><em>Scalesia affinis<\/em>, an endemic member of the Asteraceae (daisy family) has been pushed into the IUCN &#8216;Vulnerable Category&#8217; due to the increase in non-native invasives in its natural habitat.<\/p>\n<p>The Genus <em>Scalesia<\/em> contains 15 species and 6 subspecies. It is a fascinating plant, with different species occupying different vegetation zones.\u00a0 The different species range in size from 1m to 15m, and have taken on a woody tree-like character- &#8216;daisy trees&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-213\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e86-300x187.jpeg\" alt=\"The compound flower head of disc and ray florets\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e86-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e86-768x479.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e86-1024x639.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e86.jpeg 1783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The compound flower head of disc and ray florets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-214\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8222-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Scalesia affinis growing in a 'cocoon' a device to collect and water the plant with minimal effort\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8222-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8222-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8222-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scalesia affinis growing in a &#8216;cocoon&#8217; a device to collect and water the plant with minimal effort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>S. affinis <\/em>grows at sea level to 600m, growing upto 3m tall.\u00a0 It is a pioneer of lava fields (Fitter, <em>et al.<\/em> 2007).<\/p>\n<p>The closely related <em>Scalesia helleri <\/em>looks quite different, a little shorter, reaching 2.5m, with roughly oval, but heavily divided leaves.<\/p>\n<p>The flowers are about 1.7cm in diameter, and have upto 100 individual flowers in the disc.<\/p>\n<p>I watched bees and a large tailed skipper butterfy repeatedly visit a single flower head this afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-220\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8209-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Scalesia helleri\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8209-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8209-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8209-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scalesia helleri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-217\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e84-300x206.jpeg\" alt=\"The flower head of Scalesia helleri with as many as 100 individusl flowers.\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e84-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e84-768x526.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e84-1024x702.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e84.jpeg 1840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The flower head of Scalesia helleri with as many as 100 individusl flowers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e82-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"A Large tailed skipper, Urbana dorantes galapegensis visiting a S. helleri 'flower', the proboscis investigating the nectaries\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e82-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e82-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e82-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e82.jpeg 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Large tailed skipper (Urbana dorantes galapegensis) visiting a S. helleri &#8216;flower&#8217;, the proboscis investigating the nectaries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-215\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e83-300x224.jpeg\" alt=\"A female Galapagos carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) visiting the same flower as the large taile skipper\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e83-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e83-768x574.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e83-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e83.jpeg 1427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A female Galapagos carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) visiting the same flower as the large taile skipper, clearly a lot of nectar is available!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Besides the <em>Scalesia<\/em>, the project is encouraging planting a wide variety of appropriate endemic and native plants such as the glorybower (<em>Clerodendrum molle<\/em>) and trees and cactus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-212\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e87-300x287.jpeg\" alt=\"Clerodendrum molle, the glorybower\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e87-300x287.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e87-768x734.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e87-1024x979.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clerodendrum molle, the glorybower, a shrub\u00a0 which can reach 5m in height!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-227\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8226-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Parkinsonea aculeatta\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8226-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8226-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8226-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parkinsonea aculeatta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-226\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8225-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Parkinsonia aculeata, in the garden section at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Sant Cruz\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8225-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8225-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8225-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parkinsonia aculeata, in the &#8216;garden&#8217; section at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Sant Cruz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-225\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8201-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cactus plants growing in th demonstration garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8201-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8201-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_8201-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cactus plants growing in th demonstration garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My favourite little plants grow outside my room.\u00a0 They are members of the acacia.\u00a0\u00a0 The yellow in particular is very pretty and has a delicte compoud flower head.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-218\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e85-191x300.jpeg\" alt=\"the lead tree, Leucaena leucocephala, grows upto 3m tall\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e85-191x300.jpeg 191w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e85-768x1206.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e85-652x1024.jpeg 652w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e85.jpeg 1488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the lead tree, Leucaena leucocephala, grows upto 3m tall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_7730-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Acacia spp.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_7730-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_7730-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/IMG_7730-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acacia spp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More to come tomorrow&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project is brilliant,\u00a0 The Research Station has a display, which provides the aim of making the agriculture on 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