DESCRIPTION

The theme for The Fifth New York Botanical Garden Triennial will examine important allies in the plant world – the often unobserved relationships fungi and lichens, symbiotic plants, and carnivorous plants have with other plants and animals. In the case of mushrooms and fungi, they serve as decomposers, form networks between plants, and can clean up environmental toxins. Lichens are themselves relationships between fungi and a chlorophyll-containing bacteria or algae. Mycotrophic plants have no chlorophyll of their own and obtain nutrients by tapping into an intermediary fungus attached to the roots of a host plant. Parasitic plants attach themselves directly to a host and draw nutrients from the host, sometimes harming the host.  And carnivorous plants supplement nutrients from soil and water, with a diet of insects, consuming them for additional nutrients. All of these kinds of plants develop relationships that are critical to functioning ecosystems, but many times their full impact is not fully appreciated. This exhibition hopes to shine a light on the many benefits derived from these plants and their impacts on other elements of our ecosystems.

For more information about what constitutes a parasitic or mycotrophic plant, please see: U.S. Department of Agriculture

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DATES

May 18, 2024 - October 27, 2024

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

December 8, 2023

VENUE

The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10458-5126 USA

ELIGIBILITY

Current ASBA members, worldwide.

SUBJECT

Mushrooms and fungi, lichens, parasitic plants, mycotrophic plants, and carnivorous plants.

MEDIA ACCEPTED:

Two-dimensional original botanical art. No photography, no digitally generated work, and no three-dimensional work will be accepted.

FEE

$35 for the first entry, $10 for each additional entry up to three.