The 2014 Baylis lecture was delivers by Dr peter Johnson from Landcare's Dunedin Office. Peter talked about the work of Geoff Baylis who was head of the Botany Department for many years. His lecture looked at the functionality and curiosity of long leaved plants, and those with fat roots also - a wealth of fascinating details, all delivered as part of the Botany Department's 90th anniversary celebrations on the 10th of September