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then you need to get a small fish tank and some fat tail geckos! they are just awesome. super cute and very nice and social when they are raised well.
I also like leopard geckos as pets too, they just had more desert needs and thus were harder to keep in the humidity here |
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...95125e0_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...809edd2_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr I don't know why this flower is so difficult to photograph..it is orange like the first pic but it seems to be different in every pic https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3306173_4k.jpgMarmalade by J Solo, on Flickr |
Love the shading on that first Catt. But what is that tree? It's really fun!
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a big desert rose (adenium)
i love them, they are such cool plants, they are neat when totally leafless, pretty with foliage and amazing in bloom also, every single part is toxic and you can make a poison arrow just by dipping it in the sap....the more you know!!! |
i love this phal, quite a good bloomer but my wife ruined it by saying it looked like it had measles....the tag has drifted to the bottom of the SH vase so i will not share the tax name unless someone really needs to know LOL
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b31fe41_4k.jpgKings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr Night Nodosa https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c8f34be_4k.jpgKings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr VERY excited when the Schoms start to spike!!! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...053e214_4k.jpgKings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr Appleblossom starting to greet the day https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ecc9ef7_4k.jpgKings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr I think was OrchidBro who observed that this looks a lot like red wine on a white tablecloth...accordingly i cannot see this plant without Red Red Wine playing in my head LOL...there are worse things. I love plants with variation from flower to flower https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5f22c2b_4k.jpgKings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr I firmly believe that weak blooms on and Onc. family plant is just the plant being lazy and i fully expect all spikes to look like this OR BETTER!!!!!hahaha https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...24bb6cb_4k.jpgKings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr This is why orchids are jerks....this is a bulb semperflorens but it never florenses for me and it is a nice healthy clump that i placed on a HUGE cedar plaque because i was told it was voracious grower and i wanted to let it grow into a nice specimen....well, it grows very well but mostly up and not out and now....DOWN.....shaking my head https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...70b9ba8_4k.jpgKings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr |
and just because we are all cooped up...
Glamour shot! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3cfd94b_4k.jpgQuarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr this pic is not really about the orchids but if you look at the leaf in the middle of the pic there is a green anole i caught eating that disceted seed pod on the orchid...he was eating the seed, not the pod..i tried to catch it but startled him https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...91e8fb1_4k.jpgQuarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr Arachnis Maggie oi everyone should have this plant..it is a non-stop flower machine https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...aa564a1_4k.jpgQuarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr a stout looking drone doing the lord's work on my Brogdon avocado tree. Thank you! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6068829_4k.jpgQuarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr Den new century happiness very happy in a mango tree. this plant bloomed two canes about a month and a half apart...odd https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0701cec_4k.jpgQuarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr and last for now...the seidenfedinia has 4 spikes! i'll probably make a thread about it as it progresses https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7d4558d_4k.jpgQuarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr |
Amazing pics/plants!
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I'm amazed by the huge variety of orchids and other plants! Do you have any idea how many plants you have?
Keep those photos coming, they are nice to see and and a very welcome change from all the covid19 stuff flooding the internet. |
the secret to acquiring a large and varied collection is...very low standards LOL i get so many plants in poor shape from the trash piles on bulk day and the clearance section of the big garden stores.
I have no idea how many i have because then i would be in trouble with the wife :biggrin: for the record i have "room for a few more" at all times lol If i had to guess, i'd say 150-200 orchids, 20-30 fruit type plants, and probably 40-60 various flowering plants in the landscaping that are either intentionally planted or potted. Not counting any pure landscaping shrubs or the break of ficus trees...maybe a dozen cactuses and succulents...so 210-310 range....or "room for a few more" |
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e154014_4k.jpgEnd of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f3b8bba_4k.jpgEnd of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7c23de5_4k.jpgEnd of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ea34f3d_4k.jpgMore ‘chids by J Solo, on Flickr |
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b371548_4k.jpgVanda on the house by J Solo, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...666f60b_4k.jpgVanda on the house by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6051be3_4k.jpgVanda by J Solo, on Flickr ---------- Post added at 06:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:35 PM ---------- it looks like a chorus of comical angels dancing to tuba music sarcastically https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8eb6d0c_4k.jpgVanda on the house by J Solo, on Flickr |
this is my arachnis Maggie oei, an epiphyte...perhaps she is confused..
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7c40f60_4k.jpgThis and that by J Solo, on Flickr B little stars- becoming a favorite- it looks like a star trek ship https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a190f72_4k.jpgThis and that by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...58aca9c_4k.jpgThis and that by J Solo, on Flickr semi terete vanda spiking https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5eb9ec2_4k.jpgThis and that by J Solo, on Flickr dragon fly trying to stay out of the wind on an epi radicans spike https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...62929e9_4k.jpgTags by J Solo, on Flickr so, come here often??? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...dd4df37_4k.jpgTags by J Solo, on Flickr full show from the rando vando https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1704395_4k.jpgTags by J Solo, on Flickr double petal addenium https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a3509dc_4k.jpgTags by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...03b485b_4k.jpgTags by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...94d274a_4k.jpgLizards and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr den linifolium (sp?) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5f2075e_4k.jpgLizards and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr this is MINE https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...11a2381_4k.jpgLizards and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr "why cant you be more like your brothers???" https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...aaa9730_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr my giant noID Den with her twisting spikes https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5397d6d_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr ---------- Post added at 12:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 PM ---------- one more....i love it when you get a bloom on a Catt. and then it starts to fade a bit and you steel yourself for the fact that it was just a small bloom year for that plant and at least you got those two stunning flowers and they lasted a long while....and then....you realize it was just kidding you the WHOLE time!! lol https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ea57b2d_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr |
i'll just keep on posting pics here to avoid cluttering other threads.
here is another of my Desert Roses, this one is fun, she's a double petal and the flowers are different patterned each time, see here the top middle flower is the most common color, the lower is a new one to me and the one in the back is a common variation with the white on some parts of the outer petal. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ec4cbba_4k.jpgZygo by J Solo, on Flickr from below https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1ca324a_4k.jpgPhrag by J Solo, on Flickr this den looks like a cross between the choosing hat in harry potter and oogly boogly from nightmare before Christmas https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...12d08cf_4k.jpgZygo by J Solo, on Flickr hard to photo against the bright sky but the petals are kind of translucent...quite ethereal https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0220563_4k.jpgZygo by J Solo, on Flickr Orange dwarf Epi radicans https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...df2d9a3_4k.jpgZygo by J Solo, on Flickr common iris https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ad75763_4k.jpgZygo by J Solo, on Flickr my experimental vertical garden https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7e21795_4k.jpgZygo by J Solo, on Flickr Den MoNa Red https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c064277_4k.jpgZygo by J Solo, on Flickr another addenium https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c6bb096_4k.jpgPhrag by J Solo, on Flickr tiny male Cuban Croaker.. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ac56ac9_4k.jpgBoogie by J Solo, on Flickr he let me get really close bc my headlamp was distracting him...i got the camera maybe 4 inches away https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3740b96_4k.jpgBoogie by J Solo, on Flickr this is the vanda root from a week ago...blowing up https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6fc92b5_4k.jpgBoogie by J Solo, on Flickr Ar. Maggie Oei https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...77dbb1e_4k.jpgBoogie by J Solo, on Flickr my bougie bonsai.... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d4d24fb_4k.jpgBoogie by J Solo, on Flickr |
start Friday off with some naked plants showing you all their special parts :rofl:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a46313a_4k.jpgRadicans by J Solo, on Flickr i found this cool hibiscus at lowes a while back...pretty cool color they made but it drops a LOT of buds which makes me sad...i have to say, i enjoy these hybrids but they all grow like runts compared to the standards..I have a sorrel and a classic red and they grow about 5 x as fast as any of the fancy colored ones https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...cb7282d_4k.jpgRadicans by J Solo, on Flickr voodoo https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e29cf96_4k.jpgKeikis by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...510f55c_4k.jpgKeikis by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...575cc8d_4k.jpgSieden... by J Solo, on Flickr i shared this pic in another thread but im putting it here because keikis are fun https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d7d6c45_4k.jpgKeikis by J Solo, on Flickr PERSEPECTIVE!!!!! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d39afcb_4k.jpgSieden... by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...443dd56_4k.jpgKeikis by J Solo, on Flickr the above is a stick orchid or terete vanda or papilionanthe miss Joaquim growing on a Franigpani with a gardena in a 26" huge pot....it is the most amazing smelling thing in a few months got a good feeling about this spike- i have never seen this Vanda flower- she was a gift from a friend who had too many ??? ( is that a thing?) [no spoilers please!] and it is a beast plant https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6955ddb_4k.jpgVandas coming by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c4e0511_4k.jpgVandas coming by J Solo, on Flickr I will punch this MFer right into next Tuesday! tomato caterpillar...JERK https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4b380fb_4k.jpgTomato hornworm by J Solo, on Flickr the one satisfying thing is we have those brown curly tailed lizards and they are NOT herbivores lol....they annihilate these guys so i toss them on the short grass and just wait lol five star jasmine vine i just planted and it is loving the spot https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9708d57_4k.jpgTomato hornworm by J Solo, on Flickr development on the buds on the NoID semi-terete https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...544aa90_4k.jpgSieden... by J Solo, on Flickr weird how that lateral bud blasted |
FWIW: Tomato hornworms turn into beautiful and beneficial
Spinx moths. Pollinators too. Tomato hornworms | UMN Extension Just askin' are you sure your dwarf radicans isn't an ellipticum? The spacing, clasping, and shape of the leaves lend themselves to that thought. |
I Know! it is one of the biggest challenges i face regarding my role in the food chain...i don't kill anything that i don't eat and i would really prefer to have killed anything i eat ( not possible but in a dream world)..i don't like to kill anything carelessly or needlessly and i always try to relocate rather than dispatch...within reason.
I want to grow my tomatoes so i need these guys off the plants until they are fruited out...i don't poison them or crush them as that would be just wasteful so i try to feed the lizards with them...last year i left all the tomatoes to grow after they fruited out and they were eaten to stumps in a few days!!! i felt that balances my karma with them... as for the ellipticum question, i am NOT sure. i was telling Kim in the other thread that in the Redlands lots of nurseries do their own growing of these guys and have no real labels other than dwarf yellow blooms 4times lol i made the "classification" myself but it was more a general way to ID them....thanks for the direction to look in |
We kill things we don't eat. Then we feed the Turkey Vultures. Our neighbors wonder why they roost here. We also have a nest of Sharp Shinned Hawks. That helps keep the vermin down. Lest you think me cruel, we learned in Master Gardening class that man is what has thrown nusance animal populations out of balance.
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i think we are on the same wavelength..
one of my old dive buddies was a mojro dog guy, he kenneled about 17 and used them in everyway you could imagine from rescue to treeing, driving, herding etc....he also got into sight hounds....whoa! the state he lived in (i forgot, possibly OK) had him and his pups help with the coyote population. no doubt we messed things up. we killed apex predators and over burdened the heard animals and reduced the areas of all the remaining ones to toenail clippings of their former ranges... -edited to reduce "soapbox" impression_ i just was trying to say i was not in favor of killing things for no reason |
You're soapbox is pointed in a different direction than mine. Especially in the critter habitat area.
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i edited my post as i was not trying to be preachy and i see i went too far.
we like to cultivate the land, we're going to get our hands dirty....in more than one way apparently. |
It's a fine line. Im not offended. Man has created, by his urban existence, a paradise for nusance (sp) wildlife. That was my point.
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and i forgot....to get back to the matter at hand, a sweet scented tiny treat...the flower on Spanish moss
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c759333_4k.jpgRoots! by J Solo, on Flickr ---------- Post added at 02:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:35 PM ---------- Quote:
one plus, we have peregrine falcons in downtown miami |
Semi terete Vanda opening...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...151b647_4k.jpgVanda opening by J Solo, on Flickr lovely butterfly orchid. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...192b922_4k.jpgButterfly by J Solo, on Flickr different lighting https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...019ac05_4k.jpgButterfly by J Solo, on Flickr ---------- Post added at 03:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:22 PM ---------- little bathroom Hoya bloom https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...55dfeaf_4k.jpgPeaches and orchids by J Solo, on Flickr Going down to Florida....gonna eat a lot of peaches https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9a9ebde_4k.jpgPeaches and orchids by J Solo, on Flickr my first time trying sweet potato...they are small but mighty!! lol https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2e43d81_4k.jpgPeaches and orchids by J Solo, on Flickr |
a nice NoID phal
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...aca99c3_4k.jpgPhal leaves by J Solo, on Flickr the semi terete is very nice! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bd7e2f2_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fa8720b_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr whole mount https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a746c32_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr and the Seidenfadenia is getting there https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d732d96_4k.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr |
That's some lovely color shading on the vanda. And I can't wait to see the Seidenfadenia in full glory. Do you have to look up the spelling on that every time? I sure as heck would!
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hahaha nope, i just spell it differently every time ;)
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Ha! Attaboy! And I just copy and paste whatever however you spell it. Go team!
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:rofl:
i love the blind leading the deaf see no evil hear no evil is one of the best movies of all time LOL |
Actually I made my living being the grammar, spelling and punctuation police. Even for all the gawdawful medical terminology spelling. Orchids is a whole different ball game. I will gladly blindly follow you deaf one, where orchid spelling is concerned. And yes, good movie!
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i am about to sound really old and dumb but....i feel like the best comedians were alive in the 70s and 80s...both stand up and movies...
i know there are great comedic writers and some really funny people now but. Gene Wilder Richard Pryor Chevy Chase Rodney Dangerfield George Carlin Bill Murray Dan Akroid Harold Ramis just the funniest people ever |
Did you want to open a new thread off topic to discuss this?
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aaaannd Flowers are fun too
i thought this bud opening looked like Gonzo https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ed7d13d_4k.jpgSeidenfadenia by J Solo, on Flickr and the wait appears to have been worth it for the Standininfrontaya misspeller ;) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fd88ba2_4k.jpgSeidenfadenia by J Solo, on Flickr |
It IS Gonzo!! And excellent start on Standininfrontaya! Keep journaling it.
John Belushi? Robin Williams? Jane Curtain? Lily Tomlin? Gilda Radner? :biggrin: |
Great list but you forgot Steve Martin! His standup is legendary.
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Well crap! Imma walk away like an Egyptian.
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YES!!!! my list was certainly nonexhaustive...you guys get what i am saying though...these are the titans of funny..
Gilda Radner made me piss myself in like fourth grade bc i could not handle the Rosanna Rosanna Danna SNL skit!! I was super blessed to recently see Steve Martin and Martin Short together...it was amazing |
I bet that was a treat! They played Red Rocks in Colorado last summer but it was pricey and sold out by the time I caught on. Glad you got to see them. Nice pics by the way, too!
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That list was just a real hoot. Good times, good times.
---------- Post added at 02:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:42 PM ---------- Speaking of wetting pants... SNL skit with Swayze and Farley in a dance off to join the Chippendales..... |
Chris Farley...Man what a tragedy!!!
that skit makes me laugh so hard i cry....just thinking about it |
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