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I did not notice this was flowering until i was watering today and smelled whst I can only describe as 'damp wallpaper'. Restrepia 'coup d'etat'🌱
Restrepia 'coup d'etat' Restrepia 'coup d'etat' Restrepia 'coup d'etat'
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Hello again.

Smuthiantha hybrid
Seemannia sylvatica from seed
Smithiantha hybrid Seemannia sylvatica Smithiantha hybrid full height
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Plant shelves as they look now; a bit embarrassing to be this honest about them as I know theyre very overcrowded🌱
Overburdened plant shelves Overburdened plant shelves Overburdened plant shelves Overburdened plant shelves
July 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Kohleria 'Strawberry fields'
Red flowered kohleria 'strawberry fields' in front of a marble background Red flowered kohleria 'strawberry fields' in front of a marble background Red flowered kohleria 'strawberry fields' in front of a marble background
July 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Three achimenes currently in flower. The A. erecta 'tiny red' was grown from seed originally and survived a complete fungal collapse as a few leaf cuttings, only to now end up as a volunteer in other pots
Achimenes erecta 'tiny red' Achinenes 'veronika gotmanova' Achimenes 'Dot' All three plants together
July 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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A selectionof Kohlerias currently in bloom. Potting media not consistent; some in succulent/'bonsai' compost, some in houseplant compost with extra perlite. They really so not seem to care much.
Kohleria 'Vasca' Kohleria 'vasca' Kohleria 'vasca' Kohleria 'Red Ryder'
July 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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And more🌱
Streptocarpus 'falling stars' Aeschynanthus, streptocarpus and primulina Streptocarpus 'rhiannon'
June 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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A few from the shelves again. Kohleria, sinningia, streptocarpus, and more 🌱
Streptocarpus 'crystal beauty' A packed plant shelf Sinningia speciosa 'kaiser wilhelm' Sinningia speciosa 'kaiser wilhelm'
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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A few different Kohlerias i've pulled off the shelves🌱
A group of kohlerias, including ans nagging macaws, silver feather and jester group of kohlerias, including ans nagging macaws, silver feather, jardin de monet, heartlands blackberry butterfly and jester Kohleria wirh deeply veined leaves
May 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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My best specimen out of the 5-6 full size examples i have of this Kohleria 'Jardin de Monet'
A full Kohleria growing in a grey pot against a marble background, thr plant festooned with flowers A close up of the flowers, showing spotting A full Kohleria growing in a grey pot against a marble background, thr plant festooned with flowers
May 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Gesneriad shelves looking like they're awake now🌱
Kohleria jardin de monet, silver feather, heartlands blackberry butterfly, jester and An's nagging macaws Kohleria jardin de monet behind a selection of other gesneriads, including Sinningia speciosa 'Kaiser Wilhelm' Jardin de Monet above titanotrichum oldhamii Aeschynanthus, primulina and streptocarpus
May 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Please excuse this poor quality photograph of my Stelis emarginata in nearly full bloom
Stelis emarginata, in a sunny bay window, thick green leaves festooned with triangular yellow flowers
May 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Anyway, back to plants
May 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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There's an awful lot of supposed leftists and anti-brexit centrists on here calling everyone in Runcorn (which, I remind you, is only one town of a few in the constituency) 'thick racists' and it REEKS of classism. It's so incredibly depressing. The huge Reform placards I saw were NOT in Runcorn.
May 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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🌼 mayapple 🌿
Podophyllum peltatum

#nativeplants #flowerreport
a shaded flower with eight white petals, seen from below. there is a large light green ovary in the center of the flower with a broad, bumpy-looking yellow stigma. over a dozen stamens with stout yellow anthers surround the ovary. the same flower seen from the side & a bit further back. the white petals cup forwards slightly and the whole flower is gently nodding. in the center of the flower there is a massive green ovary capped with a large yellow stigma & surrounded by thick yellow anthers. the flower's reddish stem grows from the angle between two branching leaf stems. a colony of mayapples growing across the forest floor. each leaf stands about a foot or so tall & is wide & umbrella-like, but with 4+ deep lobes. flowering stems have two leaves, and the flower grows from where they branch.
May 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Happy May Day
Star Trek ds9, when rom reads Marx after talking to O’Brien
May 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Kohleria 'sunshine'. Why yes, I do like Kohlerias...🌱
Kohleria 'sunshine' close up Kohleria 'sunshine' Kohleria 'sunshine'
March 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Kohleria 'jester' 🌱
Kohleria 'jester' Kohleria 'jester' flower close up Kohleria 'jester' flower close up
March 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Streptocarpus glandulosissimus; fast grower, this one, and prolific flowering too.
Purplish blue flowers suspended on thin stems above green mint-like leaves Purplish blue flowers suspended on thin stems above green mint-like leaves
March 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Very much enjoying growing this Primulina 'erika'; it feels like a cross between a candelabra and a palm tree
Primulina 'erika' in flower Primulina 'erika' in flower Primulina 'erika' in flower
March 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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A small ramshaxkle terrarium of the surviving episcias I grew from seed; i have very little success open-growing episcias.
Lime gree and gold low lying episcia with pinkish hued flower Lime gree and gold low lying episcia with pinkish hued flower
March 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Ray Morimura (b.1948)
Shinobazu no ike
#japanese #woodblock
March 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Dendrobium kingianum. This one has a really lovely scent.🌱
Two orchids with purple flowers in clay pots Close up of the flowers
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Look at this big messy thing; this is Streptocarpus caulescens var. pallescens, grown from a cutting and now itself daring me to chop it to bits.🌱
The full, serpentine mess of a plant with tiny white flowers Close up of the tri lobed tubular white and pink flowers Close up of the tri lobed tubular white and pink flowers
March 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Fully open now; all the buds have comd out at once. Pleione x 'Tongariro' 🌱
Pleone tongariro in full bloom, three open purple flowers in full display Pleone tongariro in full bloom, three open purple flowers in full display
March 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM