Saturday, August 12, 2017

Kaleidoscopic Seaweed

Dr Abe V Rotor
Kaleidoscopic seaweed, painting in acrylic by AVR, 2005
From folks who believe in the mermaid,
algae by their colors are named;
yet taxonomy
's puzzle are foundin lowly plants on reefs abound.


Phaeophyta for the brown,
Chrysophyta, the golden;
Rhodophyta for the red,
Chlorophyta, the green,

And Cyanophyta, blue-green.

What with the countless without brand,
the microscopic, those in mighty strand
that make the jungle under the sea,
and the mysterious Sargasso Sea?

(Velasquez, Cabigan, Trono
, Cordero,*
Please come, come to the rescue.) 
~


* Foremost Filipino phycologists (Phycology is the study of algae)
Gregorio Velasquez, PhD
Anselmo Cabigan, PhD
Gavino Trono , PhD
Paciente Cordero, PhD

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