Native California Palm

I enjoyed talking with you today using video conferencing. I noticed some of you had questions written before the call. Others of you were brave enough to participate with your questions and comments. I noticed and appreciated all of it. We did not go collecting plants or pressing today. Instead, we saw one of the final result of the pressing and drying process today. After the flowers and plants are pressed and tied, they are dried. The pressed plants are placed on rack for drying and dried using a hot plate (yes, the same one used for cooking) and sun. The whole drying process takes about two to three days. The blotter paper and cardboard are removed and the dried flowers are kept on the numbered newspaper. After this, the flowers will be sent to the Smithsonian Museum. There they are kept in the freezer for a few days so that all insects are killed off. As a final process, the plants are mounted and kept as a permanent record.
We hiked behind the research center today. The point of the hike was to look at the only native California Palm tree. We have palm trees all over the Los Angeles area. Did you ever think that those trees were from somewhere else? Well, they are! The ones that we have all over our town are imported from somewhere else.

Here are some questions that I would like for you think about today:

Think about all my posts when respond to these questions.
What did I find interesting?
What new information did I learn?
What information surprised me?
I would also like for you to look at the poster in the room titled "Geography Terms".
What is a canyon?

It has been great and I will see you soon...