![Recursion [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook, Andreas Thomson, Frank Vinzent]](https://www.polypompholyx.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/recursive_leaves-300x176.png)
January 2016 archive
![Bark [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook]](https://www.polypompholyx.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bark-300x225.jpg)
Jan 06
Wisley in Winter
![Lophophora williamsii [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook]](https://www.polypompholyx.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Lophophora_williamsii_RHS-300x300.jpg)
It’s not really a botanic garden, but the Royal Horticultural Society’s gardens at Wisley is near enough as makes no difference. We visited in what should have been the dead of winter, but which in reality was this weird sprautumn mash-up that is now December in the UK. The heather garden was particularly pretty, despite the wind: At £12, the entry …
Jan 06
Imposter
![Euchlanis rotifer [CC-BY-SA-3.0]](https://www.polypompholyx.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Euchlanis_sp.-300x276.jpg)
Most years the pond-water microscopy practical throws up an exciting ciliate (or two, or three), but this year, the only ones we saw were duplicates, or too bloody fast to photograph. Ho hum. So this year you’ll have to make do with an imposter. It’s still got cilia, but it is not a ciliate, and although it’s no bigger …