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G Young Kim

@gykim.bsky.social
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PhD student @ EEB UConn🍁Opuntia explorer 🌵 She/Her

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G Young Kim @gykim.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
It looks like it’s their normal behavior towards winter! I’ve seen many cases where they lying down and buried under the snow, overwintering. Unless the stem gets completely dried down (appearing brown), your Opuntia should be fine!
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G Young Kim @gykim.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Stay warm everyone! As temperature drops down, our Opuntia humifusa plants are all laid down to get ready for the winter! 🍂
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G Young Kim @gykim.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The first flower opened up in Heyduk Lab Opuntia garden!! 🌼
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G Young Kim @gykim.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Want to hear a little story about this beautiful Northeastern Cactus? Come visit the germinating idea section today! #Botany2025
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Lots of lab presentations today, on this final day of #Botany2025!!
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Oh look, another CAM system entering our lab 😅 @gykim.bsky.social (Shout-out to the Native Plant Trust for sourcing these plants!)
Photo of a garden bed planted with Opuntia cactus plants.
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G Young Kim @gykim.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
I was mounting some algae specimens and the collection manager found this tiny brittle star (correct me if I’m wrong!) 🥹 so cute but couldn’t stop thinking about this poor thing suffered in a dryer ;(
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Love me some Peperomia leaf cross sections. Look at that chonky epidermis*! *I don't know off the top of my head if this succulent tissue is really derived from epidermis or ground tissue, but I always thought epi. Either way it's juicy.
Photo of a cross section through a peperomia leaf stained blue with Toluidine blue. A large layer of succulent epidermis is on top, followed by a narrow band of palisade mesophyll and lots of large spongy mesophyll cells.
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