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Bagels of Doom @bagelsofdoom.bsky.social · 2h

Pinguicula calderoniae `Llano del Conecho, San Luis Potosi, Mexico´ waking up. #Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae 🌱

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Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social · 7h

Amazing year for dahlias. My biggest just hit 8 ft tall! The flowers are the size of my face. #bloomscrolling

Caitlin in urban backyard garden. Celosia in foreground. Dahlia plant towers over her

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 10h

Here's Begonia tayabensis, a Rhizomatous type of species Begonia w/distinctive foliage from the Philippines. Shiny, teardrop shaped deep green leaves. Blooms: small, pink. Origin: Merrill, Philipp. Published: 1918. Able to tolerate 58 degree nights in winter greenhouses. Easy to grow.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 10h

Here's Begonia potpourri, a Trailing-Scandant type of hybrid Begonia from the USA. Medium green, pointed leaves - makes a perfect hanging basket. Blooms: beautiful pink clusters. Origin: Logee's Greenhouses, Danielson Connecticut, USA 1984. Easy care houseplant.🌱 #begonias

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 8h

Odds and ends 🌱🌵🪴 #PlantSky #Succulents #Houseplants

Small mixed succulent pot containing haworthiopsis 'concolor', sedum 'burrito' and sedum sexangulare

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Bagels of Doom @bagelsofdoom.bsky.social · 8h

Pinguicula colimensis is the slimiest of all Pings. 😂 #Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae 🌱

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They are all so fabulous...I love them, Bagels. 😍

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here’s another cultivar of the former Rhodohypoxis, Hypoxis ‘Picta’ (📷: Carol CCBYNCSA2). How I wish I could grow these in the rock garden! #Hypoxidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of dozens of white, star-shaped flowers with elliptical tepals that are rosy pink toward the bases and the tips. The inner tepals are somewhat s-shaped so that the base of the tepal folds toward the center of the flower, hiding the stamens, before turning outward and presenting a broad elliptical surface.

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hypoxidaceae flowers lack nectaries, so they don’t offer nectar rewards. (But biologists need to check for micro amounts of nectar from diffuse nectaries.) The flowers have plenty of pollen & are visited by bees. 📷: Hypoxis hemerocallidea of southern Africa. #Hypoxidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Close-up photo of a yellow, star-shaped flower with six tepals and six yellow anthers. Adjacent flower buds are hairy. Background foliage is grassy, folded (plicate) leaves. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Agree wholeheartedly!

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

😂 I like its parent plant, the oldie but goody, B. Teupel.

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This trailing African Begonia does not have the usual yellow blooms, but when it's trained on a small trellis or wire frame, I think it can be quite pretty. It is incredibly easy to grow, too. B. loranthoides ssp. rhopalocarpa🌱

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here's Begonia 'Can Can', a Rex cultorum type of hybrid Begonia from Germany. Large, metallic pink leaves w/ charcoal grey veins, deeply divided. Blooms: n/a, likely pink or white. Origin: Teupel, Germany 1956. Published: n/a. Likes extra humidity.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here's Begonia 'Harmony's Gypsy', a Cane-like type of hybrid Begonia from the USA. Large, angel wing shaped, olive green leaves w/ faint white spots & red undersides. Blooms: peach-orange. Origin: Harmony Foliage, Sorrento FL, USA. Easy care houseplant.🌱 #begonias

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Vague Pariah @vaguepariah.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sansevieria hallii bloom erupting 🌱

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Bertha @fraubertha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gartenbesuch im Brandenburgischen. 🌱 #gardening #Gottesanbeterin

Gottesanbeterin auf dem Rand eines Korbes.

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Bagels of Doom @bagelsofdoom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@norska11.bsky.social Hey Mel! Here are the (so far) finished Pinguicula mini-bogs. My label maker has gone missing, and I want it to look neater than my hand writing, so I'll wait for the new label maker to arrive tomorrow until posting the pics here. bagelsofdoom.substack.com/p/more-mini-...

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More mini Pinguicula boggery

They call them Pingdoms in the hobby

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Chilli Chirps @chillichirps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry sweet peppers. Intense variegation, along with chunky flesh, makes these quite slow to ripen, but they're a real joy when they do. Like a stick of rock, the striping goes all the way through, so they look incredible when sliced into rings (will try to get a pic) 🌱🌶️

Five red peppers, flecked with raindrops, sit on a wooden table. They are oval in shape, striped with black, and about 3 inches long. The calyxes are striped green and cream.

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's Begonia langenbergiana, a Rhizomatous type of species Begonia from limestone rocks in damp Brazilian rainforest at 50-1000 m alt. Leaves kidney-shaped, slightly bubbly at base, corded overlapping, denticulate-dentate, prominent veins, hirsute. Blooms: white. Needs high humidity.🌱 #begonias

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Bagels of Doom @bagelsofdoom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@norska11.bsky.social Check this one out. His collection is completely insane, and juxtaposes natural beauty with environmental destruction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpoX...

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This Botanist Discovers New Plant Species

YouTube video by Jake Inzerra

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straybird @attenuata.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

August ’26 - Late summer color of Aloes tucked between basalt or rhyolite boulders. From bottom to top, Aloe cameronii (Cameron's Ruwari Aloe or Red Aloe), Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy', Aloe Swordfish, Espostoa lanata (‘peruvian old man’). 🌱 #succulents

End of summer colorful Aloes and cactus wedged between cascading volcanic boulders

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They are so pretty, aren't they? Both the pink and orange one are from Brazil. This is how/why I started trying to help you/Palm Oil Detectives back during the pandemic days. Check these out-all from SE Asia. If we keep chopping down rainforests for palm oil/junk food, all of these will go away. 💔

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Bagels of Doom @bagelsofdoom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@norska11.bsky.social Look what I did. I'll update with names once I have this mess of labels sorted out. 😂👍🌱 #Pinguicula #ping #carnivorousplants #minibogs

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here's Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Black Hole Sun', a Shrub-like? type of hybrid Begonia. Dark leaves are blue iridescent when grown in lower light. Blooms: golden yellow. Introduced at the 2026 National Begonia convention in Fort Worth, TX. Origin: Ryan Wilhelm, Steve’s Leaves, TX 2026.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here's the original species, Begonia lunaris, an orange bloomer. The pink blooming B. cf. lunaris is a seedling of the original orange blooming species. Photo credits & permissions: Steve's Leaves, Lewisville TX USA.🌱

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here's Begonia cf. lunaris, a Cane-like type of species Begonia from Brazil. Long, angel wing shaped olive green leaves. Blooms: rose pink. Origin: E.L.Jacques, Rodriguésia 2007. Published: 2008. Place: Cachoeiras de Macacu, Brazil. Likes extra humidity, but is an easy care houseplant.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here's Begonia Botanicaz 100, a Shrub-like type of hybrid cross between: B. sp. 'Crazy Pink' x B. chlorosticta 'Red'. Metallic pink shiny leaves w/ deep green colored veins. Blooms: n/a, likely pink, red or white. Origin: Botanicaz, WA USA. Needs high humidity, terrarium culture.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here's Begonia Botanicaz 222 v.1, a Shrub-like hybrid cross between: ( Begonia Darthvaderiana X Begonia malachosticta ) X Begonia lambii ) X Begonia mantuk. Dk olive green leaves w/lg & small mint splotches w/tiny spots around margins. Blooms: n/a, likely pink/white. Needs high humidity.🌱 #begonias

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The flowers of Gardenia imperialis are unusual (see this morning’s post), & the leaves are interesting, too. They have pouches at the base that ants may use, though they don't offer much shelter. 📷: Carel Jongkind CCBYNC4 #Gardenia #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a leafy shoot. Leaves have short petioles. The base of one leaf is circled. On both sides of the midvein, at the base of the blade, two shallow pockets or depressions are visible.

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Gardenia imperialis, a riverbank species from tropical Africa, has chalice-shaped flowers, unlike the narrow, tubular flowers of most species. What pollinates it? Moths? Bats? I know of no published studies of its pollination. 📷: Carel Jongkind CCBYNC4 #Gardenia #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a large, tubular flower. The tube is wide, and the shallow corolla lobes are reflexed. Five anthers are adnate to the inside of the corolla, and central stigma & style are prominent.

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Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Orchid Friday. 🌱

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Jennloop @jennloop.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I just love how this carrion flower grows outside the pot, it's such a cool plant! The flowers are stinky but impressive. 🌱

A carrion plant (stapelia) looking a little parched but thriving, stretching out and living outside its pot. It's surrounded by some other dry climate plants and a statue of Bast.

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Here's heirloom Begonia 'Frances Kay', a Rex cultivar (unknown) x Tuberous hybrid (B. grandis sp. evansiana) from the USA. Green leaves have a spotted angel wing type look with a classic asymmetrical Begonia shape. Blooms: rose pink. Origin: Flaitz, CA USA. Likes extra humidity.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here's Begonia gueritziana, a Rhizomatous type of species Begonia from Borneo. Low growing w/ apple green asymmetric leaves & reddish stems. Blooms: light pink or white. Origin: L. S. Gibbs. Published: 1914. Needs high humidity.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here's fabulous Begonia 'Captain Soro', a Cane-like type of hybrid Begonia. Lance shaped, dark green, almost black leaves, w/ serrated toothed margins. Blooms: light peachy pink. Origin: Published: 2001. Easy care houseplant.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here's Begonia 'Jeanne Jones', a Cane-like Superba type of hybrid Begonia from the USA. Dark green, lobed, angel wing shaped foliage w/ scant silver spots. Blooms: dark pink. Origin: Brad Thompson, Lomita CA, USA 1992. Published: 2000. Easy care houseplant.🌱 #begonia

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here's large growing Begonia 'Adam Kennaway', a Cane-like type of hybrid Begonia. Large green-bronzey lobed leaves w/ silver spots & undulating margins. There is a faint red dot at the leaf base. Blooms: pink. Originator: Paul P. Lowe, Lake Park FL, USA 1992. Easy care houseplant.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Here's Begonia imperialis var. brunnea, a Rhizomatous type of species Begonia from Mexico. Rounded, low growing plant, textured heart shaped, deep green leaves w/ light green markings/veins. Blooms: white. Originator: Lemaire, Ill. Publication Date: 1860. Likes extra humidity.🌱 #begonias

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Mel 📎🐟🌲⚓🌳🌊 @norska11.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here's Begonia goudotii, a Tuberous type of species Begonia from N. Madagascar at 135 to 1000 M alt. Grows on limestone formations. Large, broad green leaves veined w/ white, which form a dome of foliage obscuring the big tubercle. Blooms: pink. Origin: A. de Candolle. Published: 1859.🌱 #begonias

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🇿🇦 MaritMeya @maritmeya.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Spring in the south: My clivia bed. 🌱

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Buddleja indica (as Nicodemia diversifolia) used to be a popular foliage houseplant. The flowers aren’t much to look at. The shallowly lobed leaves inspired its (misleading) common name “Indoor Oak.” Of course, it’s not related to oaks. #Buddleja #Scrophulariaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a hand and forearm supporting a leafy shoot with opposite, ovate, shallowly lobed leaves. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

Close-up photo of a small, axillary cluster of tubular, green flowers. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There are other garden-worthy species of Buddleja. Check out the lush flowers of Buddleja colvilei, a species from China. I should mention that the genus name has been spelled Buddleia, & it’s still found under that name in older references. #Buddleja #Scrophulariaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Close-up photo of a pendulous cluster of large, pink funnel-shaped flowers. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Buddleja lindleyana has long, loose, elegant panicles of curved, violet-purple flowers. I’d love to know more about the pollination biology of this species in its native China. It’s deer food here in North Carolina. 😒 #Buddleja #Scrophulariaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a terminal, loose, pendulous raceme of violet flowers. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Seed dispersal by animals is more than just birds eating berries. That’s endozoochory = seeds carried inside the animal. This week, we’ll look at the ways seeds are carried on the outside of animals, i.e., epizoochory. Bombycilla cedrorum 📷: Maggie.Smith CCBYNC2 #zoochory #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a cedar waxwing perched among fruit clusters of a Pyracantha. It holds one fruit in its beak.

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Desmodium incanum has very unusual fruits for a legume. It has loments, which break apart into 1-seeded segments. The loments stick to fur (& fabric) because they are covered with hooked (J-shaped) hairs. Very effective dispersal. #Fabaceae #epizoochory #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of segments of fruit clinging to a woven fabric. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

Photomicrograph of the j-shaped hairs on the surface of the fruit segments. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

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