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05 July 2016
ECOSA were on hand at the RTPI Planning Convention to give ecological advice to planners in regards to how to deal with ecological obligations and how to benefit from building in biodiversity.
We also laid down a challenging competition for visitors to our stand: the three questions related to our bell-jar exhibits. Did you guess them all correctly?
Question A: Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice family, Aizoaceae, but what are the more commonly known as?
Rock flowers, living stone or flowering ice?
Question B: Which of the following statements about Cacti is true?
Cactus flowers are pollinated by insects, birds and bats.
Cactus flowers are pollinated by wind.
Cactus flowers are pollinated by cross-pollination.
Question C: Which of the following statements is not true of Venus flytrap?
Venus flytrap plants catch and digest insects.
The trap closes if a different hair is contacted wtihin twenty seconds of the first strike.
Venus flytrap is native to South America.
And the correct answers....
Question A: Living stone.
Question B: Cactus flowers are pollinated by insects, birds and bats.
Question C: Venus flytrap is native to South America.
It was a tough one this year, but we have a winner who has already been contacted personally. They win a fantastic prize of £180 of River Cottage vouchers. Congratulations from all of us at ECOSA!
