I’m going to Hawaii next week, while snow is still on the ground here in Morris, so I have to think tropical.

(If you’re wondering, I’ll be attending and speaking at the West Coast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology.)

Earlier, I posted a photo of a saguaro — Rob Bartlett had to one-up me by sending me this photo of a saguaro+.

But that’s just me.

(via National Geographic)

After a brief warming period, winter came rushing back last night with a couple of inches of wet sloppy snow…and my university has even cancelled morning classes (there goes my 8am physiology class). So here’s something I won’t see outside.

Codariocalyx motorius