{"id":2554,"date":"2015-12-29T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/science-talk\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:39:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T18:39:54","slug":"great-big-story-world-flora-online-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/2015\/12\/great-big-story-world-flora-online-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Big Story: World Flora Online in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: smaller; color: #808080;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/tag\/stevenson-swanson\">Stevenson Swanson<\/a> is the Science Media Manager at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\">The New York Botanical Garden<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr width=\"350\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Conservatory-canopy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Conservatory-canopy-298x300.png\" alt=\"Enid A. Haupt Conservatory\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Conservatory-canopy-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Conservatory-canopy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Conservatory-canopy.png 544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s a great big story, all right.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s new online video unit, called Great Big Story, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbigstory.com\/stories\/photographing-every-plant-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\">recently reported on The New York Botanical Garden\u2019s work on World Flora Online<\/a>, a worldwide effort to produce a single, scientifically verified database of information about all of the world\u2019s plant species\u2014an estimated 350,000 of them.<\/p>\n<p>The video captures the activity in the Mounting Room and Digital Imaging Lab of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium\u00a0as specimens are carefully glued to acid-free paper and then photographed in ultra-high resolution before they are filed in the Steere Herbarium.<\/p>\n<p>There are also stunning images of rain forest and desert plants in the Botanical Garden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/gardens\/conservatory\/index.php\">Enid A. 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