Cedar Warman
@cedarwarman.bsky.social
Computational Biologist in industry, working from Portland, OR. Genomics in the cloud, computer vision, high-throughput phenotyping, plant reproduction, Raspberry Pi. Flower enthusiast! Opinions my own :)
Why are my tomato starts spindly? Peppers and dahlias are growing in the same conditions and look fine. The tomato leaves are not lush, and the lower ones curl and fall off :(
April 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Why are my tomato starts spindly? Peppers and dahlias are growing in the same conditions and look fine. The tomato leaves are not lush, and the lower ones curl and fall off :(
Studying up for the next few years.
April 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Studying up for the next few years.
First dahlia seedlings from my future breeding program! These are open pollinated from last year, but I’ll do some intentional crosses this year.
March 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
First dahlia seedlings from my future breeding program! These are open pollinated from last year, but I’ll do some intentional crosses this year.
My raku piece from the firing yesterday.
March 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My raku piece from the firing yesterday.
Finally have my own network so I can set up my Pi-hole again. The web is polluted, essential to fight back, especially when everybody wants a piece of our data to help take away our fundamental rights. Already blocking 18% of all queries 😇 pi-hole.net
March 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Finally have my own network so I can set up my Pi-hole again. The web is polluted, essential to fight back, especially when everybody wants a piece of our data to help take away our fundamental rights. Already blocking 18% of all queries 😇 pi-hole.net
Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana)! Somewhere around 3,000 left in the wild :( They're so beautiful, maybe because of the coastal hills and cliffs where they grow.
January 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana)! Somewhere around 3,000 left in the wild :( They're so beautiful, maybe because of the coastal hills and cliffs where they grow.
Starting a little tea growing project! If anybody has leads on tea breeding programs for the Pacific Northwest I'd be happy to hear about them! This is Camellia sinensis var. sinensis from a local nursery.
January 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Starting a little tea growing project! If anybody has leads on tea breeding programs for the Pacific Northwest I'd be happy to hear about them! This is Camellia sinensis var. sinensis from a local nursery.
Saving dahlia seeds for the first time! I've never done this before so I'm excited to see what I'll get. I collected dry flowers from 12 varieties. I wasn't around to do manual crosses so they're all open pollinated. Anybody know how often dahlias outcross vs self? Next year I'll do some crosses!
November 30, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Saving dahlia seeds for the first time! I've never done this before so I'm excited to see what I'll get. I collected dry flowers from 12 varieties. I wasn't around to do manual crosses so they're all open pollinated. Anybody know how often dahlias outcross vs self? Next year I'll do some crosses!
The dahlia dig begins! This is variety Citron du cap, which yielded 17 tubers 😮
November 26, 2024 at 5:11 PM
The dahlia dig begins! This is variety Citron du cap, which yielded 17 tubers 😮
Great news, my Nepenthes 'Miranda' is flowering for the first time! Less great: it smells like bad meat and I'm having a dinner party tomorrow :/
November 22, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Great news, my Nepenthes 'Miranda' is flowering for the first time! Less great: it smells like bad meat and I'm having a dinner party tomorrow :/
Nice to work for a company where I can combine visits to HQ with seaside fossilized whale bone viewing.
November 17, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Nice to work for a company where I can combine visits to HQ with seaside fossilized whale bone viewing.
Hi San Francisco!
November 12, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Hi San Francisco!
Exciting section of the plant shelf.
November 4, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Exciting section of the plant shelf.
I've been growing Dahlia imperialis (tree dahlia) for a few years now. I think this is the tallest growth yet, 13 feet! Short days trigger flowering, so it has never flowered before the killing frost here in Washington. A mild fall has it so close this year, we'll see!
November 2, 2024 at 4:32 PM
I've been growing Dahlia imperialis (tree dahlia) for a few years now. I think this is the tallest growth yet, 13 feet! Short days trigger flowering, so it has never flowered before the killing frost here in Washington. A mild fall has it so close this year, we'll see!
Fantasy Orchids, Louisville CO.
October 29, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Fantasy Orchids, Louisville CO.
Tiny comet, from a parking garage in downtown Durham.
October 18, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Tiny comet, from a parking garage in downtown Durham.
What should I do with a lot of habaneros?
September 7, 2024 at 2:23 PM
What should I do with a lot of habaneros?
Orchids! The forest is full of beauty here. Cypripedium acaule.
June 2, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Orchids! The forest is full of beauty here. Cypripedium acaule.
I think this is Galearis spectabilis.
May 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I think this is Galearis spectabilis.
It seems like the leaves are more jazzy in the Eastern US forests compared to the West, why is this?
March 25, 2024 at 11:58 AM
It seems like the leaves are more jazzy in the Eastern US forests compared to the West, why is this?
Shortia galacifolia at the Asheville Botanical Garden. Hopefully I’ll see it in the wild at some point!
March 16, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Shortia galacifolia at the Asheville Botanical Garden. Hopefully I’ll see it in the wild at some point!
Pics don't do it justice, it seriously moved me to tears.
February 26, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Pics don't do it justice, it seriously moved me to tears.
I had a wild morning in Nebraska today. I had no idea it was Sandhill Crane season, but I happened to be driving along the Platte River right before sunrise and saw one of the most amazing bird sightings of my entire life, many thousands of cranes filling the sky 🥲 Nebraska is pretty cool.
February 26, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I had a wild morning in Nebraska today. I had no idea it was Sandhill Crane season, but I happened to be driving along the Platte River right before sunrise and saw one of the most amazing bird sightings of my entire life, many thousands of cranes filling the sky 🥲 Nebraska is pretty cool.
Imagining that this wasn't a typo, and there's a cruise ship out there with more plant species than the New York Botanical Garden.
February 9, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Imagining that this wasn't a typo, and there's a cruise ship out there with more plant species than the New York Botanical Garden.