For thousands of years, the date palm was a staple crop. In the Kingdom of Judea it was a source of food, shelter, medicine, and shade. But the plant went extinct due to waves of conquest and intentional destruction. But now, after 2,000 years, the Judean date palm is back and the sweet ancient fruit has been harvested once again.

Commentary Oh, great- another addition to the energy crisis. One of the world's largest natural gas liquefaction plants suffered an explosion on Wednesday. The cause of the blast is not known, but the Freeport LNG plant on Quintana Island - about 70 miles south of Houston - will be out of service for at least three weeks, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Experts believe an attack on a facility producing centrifuge parts for Iran's nuclear program caused extensive damage, destroying or disabling all equipment at part of the site, according to an Israeli report Sunday.

Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making airborne sounds when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water-starved crops.

Did you know that Emily Dickinson created a beautiful herbarium and Beatrix Potter dabbled in mycology? Read about some amazing historical 'crazy plant ladies' whose love of botanicals made an impact on the way we view plants and the study of plants today.

Today we take a look at the latest Encyclia type orchid in bloom and talk more about these orchids and their hybrids! ▼▼▼More info below!▼▼▼ Encyclia Serena O'Neil was picked by one of you in my recent orchid haul which you can watch here youtu.be/YEIrePkaVGI It is a hybrid that takes about the same care as a Cattleya, but it likes to stay rather more moist, though still airy.

In this video I explain why it is not recommend to water or fertilize your plants in the evening or during the night. I also show some of the problems that cactus breeders are faced with.

Today we repot an orchid into the new setup that I decided to adopt, together with my older one, semi hydroponics. ▼▼▼More info bellow!▼▼▼ Since you wanted to see how I go about repotting an orchid in semi hydroponics, today we shall do just that with a Cattleya Orchid.