• Question: when is the best time of the day to observe plant

    Asked by anon-218106 to Emma on 20 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Emma Markham

      Emma Markham answered on 20 Jun 2019:

      That’s an interesting question. Plants with flowers will often close the flower at night, and the flower and leaves will tilt and follow the sun throughout the day. So probably during the daytime, maybe avoiding midday, as this will be the hottest time and the plant might be stressed by being too hot so the leaves might not look their best if you want to study it.

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  • Photo: anon-218621

    anon-218621 commented on :

    That is a really interesting question I didn’t know that, so that is some useful advice to take on. Thanks jump355bug for asking that question, I would have never of thought to ask that, but it is some useful information that I am sure will help me sometime in the future.

    thanks
    Ellie xx

  • Photo: Anna

    Anna commented on :

    This depends on what you are observing (For example: the leaves, the flowers or insects visiting the flowers) but also the weather and the time of year. With my project I study the trees from May to October (this is when the leaves are on the tree) between the hours of 7am-11am then 1pm to 8pm. I avoid midday because the leaves shut down if its too hot (siesta time!). Insects/pollinators visiting the flower prefer earl mornings and will also avoid midday if its too hot. If your plant is in a greenhouse or botanical garden you can study them all the time 🙂 Interesting fact: Moonflowers bloom under the moonlight so if you want to study these you need to get up at night. The flowers close as soon as the sun comes up.