Bagels of Doom
@bagelsofdoom.bsky.social
Growing plants is therapeutic, respectability politics make me stabby.
I have a Substack where I sometimes write small things about small plants. https://bagelsofdoom.substack.com/
🏳️🌈🦦👨🏼❤️👨🏿
I have a Substack where I sometimes write small things about small plants. https://bagelsofdoom.substack.com/
🏳️🌈🦦👨🏼❤️👨🏿
A little reminder that Pinguicula are survival artists. Here's what I found on a spent leaf I removed from Pinguicula 'Aphrodite'.
#Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae 🌱
#Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae 🌱
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
A little reminder that Pinguicula are survival artists. Here's what I found on a spent leaf I removed from Pinguicula 'Aphrodite'.
#Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae 🌱
#Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae 🌱
So, I planted a weird potato that I found on ebay...
Stephania cephalantha #Stephania #Menospermaceae #caudiciform #caudex
Stephania cephalantha #Stephania #Menospermaceae #caudiciform #caudex
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
So, I planted a weird potato that I found on ebay...
Stephania cephalantha #Stephania #Menospermaceae #caudiciform #caudex
Stephania cephalantha #Stephania #Menospermaceae #caudiciform #caudex
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A surface is described as 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 when it’s covered with glandular hairs. In the case of this Petunia exserta, the glands are tiny but sticky enough to trap lots of fungus gnats! (This is a great plant for gnat control in a greenhouse.) #Solanaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
A surface is described as 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 when it’s covered with glandular hairs. In the case of this Petunia exserta, the glands are tiny but sticky enough to trap lots of fungus gnats! (This is a great plant for gnat control in a greenhouse.) #Solanaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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“Kindness is like snow- It beautifies everything it covers.”
― Kahil Gibran
🌅Good morning!
Wishing you a lovely Friday! The weekend is not far behind!💜
#PurpleFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Twinspurs from my November 2025 visit to Gamble Garden.
― Kahil Gibran
🌅Good morning!
Wishing you a lovely Friday! The weekend is not far behind!💜
#PurpleFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Twinspurs from my November 2025 visit to Gamble Garden.
January 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM
“Kindness is like snow- It beautifies everything it covers.”
― Kahil Gibran
🌅Good morning!
Wishing you a lovely Friday! The weekend is not far behind!💜
#PurpleFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Twinspurs from my November 2025 visit to Gamble Garden.
― Kahil Gibran
🌅Good morning!
Wishing you a lovely Friday! The weekend is not far behind!💜
#PurpleFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Twinspurs from my November 2025 visit to Gamble Garden.
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Look closely (zoom in!) at the leaves of Ehretia microphylla to see the pointed hairs that give these leaves an 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 surface. “Echinus” is Latin for hedgehog. #Boraginaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
January 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Look closely (zoom in!) at the leaves of Ehretia microphylla to see the pointed hairs that give these leaves an 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 surface. “Echinus” is Latin for hedgehog. #Boraginaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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Stunning images by @alexwild.bsky.social of ant plants, extrafloral nectaries, and lots and lots of ants!🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
Ants and plants are both dominant, abundant forms of life on our planet. It's entirely fitting that evolution has repeatedly intertwined their biology.
Here's a gallery of plant-ants, and ant-plants:
Here's a gallery of plant-ants, and ant-plants:
Ants and Plants - Alex Wild
Images of interactions among ants and plants, two of the most dominant terrestrial organisms.
www.alexanderwild.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Stunning images by @alexwild.bsky.social of ant plants, extrafloral nectaries, and lots and lots of ants!🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
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Aloe ‘Lime Fizz’ is a hybrid cultivar that displays a 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗼𝘀𝗲 surface. It means “covered with small bumps or warts.”
January 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Aloe ‘Lime Fizz’ is a hybrid cultivar that displays a 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗼𝘀𝗲 surface. It means “covered with small bumps or warts.”
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The surface of the seed of Guiacum sanctum is pitted, or “𝗳𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲.” In this case, the foveae (pits) correspond to the ruminations (ingrowths of the seed coat) of the endosperm. Whether it is foveate (with pits) or foveolate (with small pits) is a judgment call. #Zygophyllaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
The surface of the seed of Guiacum sanctum is pitted, or “𝗳𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲.” In this case, the foveae (pits) correspond to the ruminations (ingrowths of the seed coat) of the endosperm. Whether it is foveate (with pits) or foveolate (with small pits) is a judgment call. #Zygophyllaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
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Last week, I posted about flower terms; this week, we’ll look at surface descriptors, which are usually applied to leaves. We’ll start with 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲, as seen in this Macadamia integrifolia, meaning “having areoles,” which are the spaces bounded by veins. #Proteaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
January 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Last week, I posted about flower terms; this week, we’ll look at surface descriptors, which are usually applied to leaves. We’ll start with 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲, as seen in this Macadamia integrifolia, meaning “having areoles,” which are the spaces bounded by veins. #Proteaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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The bumps on the leaves of Psychotria punctata are called “punctae.” The leaf surface is described as 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲. Hence the epithet. #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The bumps on the leaves of Psychotria punctata are called “punctae.” The leaf surface is described as 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲. Hence the epithet. #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 is the term we use to describe the puckered or quilted-looking pattern we see on the leaves of ‘Nero de Toscano’ kale (sometimes called “dinosaur kale” to get kids to eat it). #Brassicaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 is the term we use to describe the puckered or quilted-looking pattern we see on the leaves of ‘Nero de Toscano’ kale (sometimes called “dinosaur kale” to get kids to eat it). #Brassicaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 leaves are found in lots of plants. It’s such an interesting surface texture:
1. Anthurium veitchii #Araceae
2. Rhynchoglossum azureum #Gesneriaceae
3. Amischotolype cf. monosperma #Commelinaceae
#Botany 🌾🧪🌱
1. Anthurium veitchii #Araceae
2. Rhynchoglossum azureum #Gesneriaceae
3. Amischotolype cf. monosperma #Commelinaceae
#Botany 🌾🧪🌱
January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 leaves are found in lots of plants. It’s such an interesting surface texture:
1. Anthurium veitchii #Araceae
2. Rhynchoglossum azureum #Gesneriaceae
3. Amischotolype cf. monosperma #Commelinaceae
#Botany 🌾🧪🌱
1. Anthurium veitchii #Araceae
2. Rhynchoglossum azureum #Gesneriaceae
3. Amischotolype cf. monosperma #Commelinaceae
#Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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Begonia aketajawensis (Dark Form) is a Rhizomatous type of species Begonia from Indonesia. Rounded, shimmery brown leaves. Blooms: n/a, likely pink or white. Origin: Ardi & D. C. Thomas, Maluku Indonesia, 2011. Published: 2014. Needs high humidity, terrarium culture or humid greenhouse.🌱 #begonias
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Begonia aketajawensis (Dark Form) is a Rhizomatous type of species Begonia from Indonesia. Rounded, shimmery brown leaves. Blooms: n/a, likely pink or white. Origin: Ardi & D. C. Thomas, Maluku Indonesia, 2011. Published: 2014. Needs high humidity, terrarium culture or humid greenhouse.🌱 #begonias
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Here's new Begonia U688 from Borneo, a Rhizomatous species with fuzzy, pleated, chocolate brown leaves & frequent blooms. Blooms: white. A very unusual species. (It has been incorrectly circulating as Begonia lambii but has differing tepal counts). Needs high humidity, terrarium culture.🌱 #begonias
January 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Here's new Begonia U688 from Borneo, a Rhizomatous species with fuzzy, pleated, chocolate brown leaves & frequent blooms. Blooms: white. A very unusual species. (It has been incorrectly circulating as Begonia lambii but has differing tepal counts). Needs high humidity, terrarium culture.🌱 #begonias
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I must do some #Bloomscrolling from time to time to keep my sanity. Some do cats, or sports or science and it is all good 🌱
January 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I must do some #Bloomscrolling from time to time to keep my sanity. Some do cats, or sports or science and it is all good 🌱
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January 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Photo credits & permissions: (L) Habitat. (Top R) Jacky Duruisseau. (Bottom R) Randy Kerr.🌱
January 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Photo credits & permissions: (L) Habitat. (Top R) Jacky Duruisseau. (Bottom R) Randy Kerr.🌱
Drosera capensis "alba" and Drosera natalensis seed and Pinguicula rotundiflora and P. cyclosecta plantlets.
#Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae #Drosera #Droseraceae 🌱
#Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae #Drosera #Droseraceae 🌱
January 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Drosera capensis "alba" and Drosera natalensis seed and Pinguicula rotundiflora and P. cyclosecta plantlets.
#Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae #Drosera #Droseraceae 🌱
#Pinguicula #Ping #Lentibulariaceae #Drosera #Droseraceae 🌱
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
January 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Begonia 'Snow Capped'. I potted it on an angle to make it easier for me to do at least a little bit of training this first cane upright.
The plant came with wick, well developed root system, and in a decent mix.
Begonia maculata is putting out new foliage. It seems to be doing fine so far.
The plant came with wick, well developed root system, and in a decent mix.
Begonia maculata is putting out new foliage. It seems to be doing fine so far.
January 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Begonia 'Snow Capped'. I potted it on an angle to make it easier for me to do at least a little bit of training this first cane upright.
The plant came with wick, well developed root system, and in a decent mix.
Begonia maculata is putting out new foliage. It seems to be doing fine so far.
The plant came with wick, well developed root system, and in a decent mix.
Begonia maculata is putting out new foliage. It seems to be doing fine so far.