#clear plant

[kazeharuhime]

Clearleaf Namiida

Thought to be a cross between the Flyona family and some of the clear plants from Crescent Minoria, the Clearleaf Namiida bears particularly sweet blossoms which rivals that of the Sweetpetal Flyona. Namiidas are also said to glow on nights where the moon is particularly full, leading some to believe it may also be related to Flarowan Pikanas.

[intrinsically-disordered-proxein]

we are not getting out of the plant blog allegations with this one

[zegalba]

When it rains the white petals of Diphylleia Grayi also known as skeleton flowers, turn crystal clear.

[lionfloss]

Spring water of Mt. Fuji by Takeshi Kimura

[tibli]

In light of that little "sharks are older than the north star" post, here's some other little fun facts i keep in my brain for such an occasion:

-mammals are older than flowers

-fungi are more closely related to animals than plants

-the t-rex existed in a closer period of time to humans than it did to stegosaurus.

-hyenas are closer in relation to cats than dogs

-the mitochondria in a human cell was originally a kind of bacteria that later evolved into the organelle we all know and love

-Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Iphone's debut than to the construction of the pyramids

-Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire, and the modern English language (which i'm including Middle English in, as well, just for the record.)

-if you laid the blood vessels in a single human body end to end, it would be over 60,000 miles long, or, long enough to wrap around the earth twice.

-the oldest company in the world still in operation is kongo gumi, which was founded in the year 578

[heartnosekid]

luna moth terrarium dice | dreamy_dice on ig

[carsonjonesfiance]

Every single one of y'all fuckers who talks like this would die after a week on a farm in the modern day let alone doing pre industrial farming. Apologize to every farmer right fucking now.

[fi-mendez]

[jitterbugbear]

blooming meadow, crayon + digital

[vibinwiththefrogs]

Cane/Bamboo Adventures Part 1/?

So we just moved into a new house and there's this huge thing in the very back of the yard along a creek that I thought was bamboo, then I thought it was cane, and then after checking as many cane ID posts and videos I could find, I'm still completely unsure. My friend who's a wildlife student says it doesn't look like bamboo to her, but we both agree it doesn't look like the cane we've seen around South Georgia. She said it must be Arundinaria gigantea because no other cane gets this large, but all the cane we've seen identified as A. gigantea doesn't look like this. Here's my notes and some pics.

First, the leaves are much smaller than cane I've seen around here. Even very small, young cane around here has leaves about the length of my forearm.

Second, a couple things online I found distinguishing bamboo from cane say that new bamboo branches grow outward, while cane grows more upward. However there seems to be both upward and outward shoots on this bunch (examples of both pictured above). Also worth noting, the picture above on the left is the biggest diameter branch I found. I have relatively small hands for context (I wear small-medium sized gloves).

Then here's just some more pictures. I crawled down into a creek for the root picture (left)(a steep 7 foot drop haha). The middle picture is the youngest bunch I found, again it doesn't resemble cane I've seen around here. The picture on the right is a further away picture after I cleared some dead branches.

Also worth noting, this is tucked behind a house, between a fence, a creek, and like 3 trees. So it doesn't have a ton of space to grow, and I'm guessing that's why it's so dense.

If anyone happens to know anything about this please let me know! A week or so ago I emailed a guy from NC State and uploaded it on inaturalist, but I haven't received any replies or ID 😭

[fuzzystims]

flower slime

[garbanzes]

first plant together, an ESSENTIAL milestone

this is my piece in @unfoldingmelodyzine, which you can still get a digital copy of at unfoldingmelodyzine.bigcartel.com !! don't miss out!

[zegalba]

When it rains the white petals of Diphylleia Grayi also known as skeleton flowers, turn crystal clear.

[lionfloss]

source

[prince-liest]

Genuinely so happy to report that adding sacrificial cull shrimp to the betta thunderdome for enrichment was massively successful. Her Highness is a lot more curious and active even outside of when she is hunting!

Now aside from the slow process of the plants growing in, my sole remaining goal is to eliminate the godforsaken green filamentous algae. The temptation to rip out, dry off, and replant all the plants like accidentally worked for the other tank is High.

[heartnosekid]

berawaldariember on ig