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Nature, microscopes, begonias, orchids, pollinators so much in the world to get joy from. Just trying to share some here.
Today I made a similar display in our office corridor at the Museum. :) Guido Jozef Braem also has books on Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium if those interest you. (I know our hallway is pretty boring… I try to jazz it up…)
September 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Today I made a similar display in our office corridor at the Museum. :) Guido Jozef Braem also has books on Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium if those interest you. (I know our hallway is pretty boring… I try to jazz it up…)
Also Dave Sorokowsky gave an interesting presentation on Paphiopedilums with a focus on the alba/album types.
September 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Also Dave Sorokowsky gave an interesting presentation on Paphiopedilums with a focus on the alba/album types.
Two of the flasks were part of the show table at the @manhattanorchidsociety meeting last night. Used Guido Braem’s new Tolumnia book for some info on the species.
September 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Two of the flasks were part of the show table at the @manhattanorchidsociety meeting last night. Used Guido Braem’s new Tolumnia book for some info on the species.
Oooo. A drizzly day in New York. It makes my favorite moss safari tree look SO tempting! Maybe after the farmers market #natureNearMeUA
September 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Oooo. A drizzly day in New York. It makes my favorite moss safari tree look SO tempting! Maybe after the farmers market #natureNearMeUA
Oooo the Moss Safari book has arrived in New York City! @mosssafari.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Oooo the Moss Safari book has arrived in New York City! @mosssafari.bsky.social
One note to self, the next time I try growing orchids from seed get smooth jars, not the ones with fancy patterns on the outside. Other than that, I have tons of germination and I think roots are starting to develop!!
August 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
One note to self, the next time I try growing orchids from seed get smooth jars, not the ones with fancy patterns on the outside. Other than that, I have tons of germination and I think roots are starting to develop!!
My little orchid chandelier. Maybe medium sized. Catasetum seccatum, one of Darwin’s favorites! Just starting to open. 💚 #NatureNearMeUA
August 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My little orchid chandelier. Maybe medium sized. Catasetum seccatum, one of Darwin’s favorites! Just starting to open. 💚 #NatureNearMeUA
The J&L Microclinium aurorae from Deep Cut in Feb popped! Cute ball of flowers.
Grown in a glass vase with the top half covered with a sheet of glass. About 18 inches from two of the BotanicslLEDs’ Spike producers
I give it a spritz of water in evening. My fertilizing schedule is pretty irregular.
Grown in a glass vase with the top half covered with a sheet of glass. About 18 inches from two of the BotanicslLEDs’ Spike producers
I give it a spritz of water in evening. My fertilizing schedule is pretty irregular.
August 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The J&L Microclinium aurorae from Deep Cut in Feb popped! Cute ball of flowers.
Grown in a glass vase with the top half covered with a sheet of glass. About 18 inches from two of the BotanicslLEDs’ Spike producers
I give it a spritz of water in evening. My fertilizing schedule is pretty irregular.
Grown in a glass vase with the top half covered with a sheet of glass. About 18 inches from two of the BotanicslLEDs’ Spike producers
I give it a spritz of water in evening. My fertilizing schedule is pretty irregular.
In our tree bed habitat. Plant from @newtowncreek.bsky.social 💚 (among others I picked up at the Kingsland open hours!! Hysop, horse mint, mountain mint, boneset… great plants for the planet!! In NYC!)
August 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In our tree bed habitat. Plant from @newtowncreek.bsky.social 💚 (among others I picked up at the Kingsland open hours!! Hysop, horse mint, mountain mint, boneset… great plants for the planet!! In NYC!)
Moving some Hispaniella henekenii orchids from flask to twig. They are native to a cactus scrub environment in the DR and Haiti. So shifting them from the humid flask environment to a dry environment. The lid will be opened over weeks to acclimated to room humidity.
August 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Moving some Hispaniella henekenii orchids from flask to twig. They are native to a cactus scrub environment in the DR and Haiti. So shifting them from the humid flask environment to a dry environment. The lid will be opened over weeks to acclimated to room humidity.
Begonia meeting in the Bronx today!! Thanks to George at the Maria Sola Greenspace for hosting! Beautiful place, very interesting plants, including begonias, wonderful catching up, and sharing plants! :) Knickerbocker Begonia Chapter of the American Begonia Society.
August 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Begonia meeting in the Bronx today!! Thanks to George at the Maria Sola Greenspace for hosting! Beautiful place, very interesting plants, including begonias, wonderful catching up, and sharing plants! :) Knickerbocker Begonia Chapter of the American Begonia Society.
Great day with teachers in Fort Tryon Park today. Exploring #NatureNearMeUA Plant behaviors, pollinators, trophic levels, producers, consumers, parasitism, form and function… so much in the natural world that science concepts help us understand! Or try to! :)
August 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Great day with teachers in Fort Tryon Park today. Exploring #NatureNearMeUA Plant behaviors, pollinators, trophic levels, producers, consumers, parasitism, form and function… so much in the natural world that science concepts help us understand! Or try to! :)
It was bees or wasps for Sunday Mature in Maggie’s Garden today! Had some under the scope and some buzzing about the garden! 11 people stopped in to explore #NatureNearMeUA how many of each in these photos? What will we explore next week? @nyrp.bsky.social @xercessociety.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It was bees or wasps for Sunday Mature in Maggie’s Garden today! Had some under the scope and some buzzing about the garden! 11 people stopped in to explore #NatureNearMeUA how many of each in these photos? What will we explore next week? @nyrp.bsky.social @xercessociety.bsky.social
Great day at the Broadway Mall Association Pollinator Garden on Broadway at 150th Street! Lots of volunteers helping transplant to fill gaps and thin out some areas that self seeded a little densely. #NatureNearMeUA #homegrownnationalpark @xercessociety.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Great day at the Broadway Mall Association Pollinator Garden on Broadway at 150th Street! Lots of volunteers helping transplant to fill gaps and thin out some areas that self seeded a little densely. #NatureNearMeUA #homegrownnationalpark @xercessociety.bsky.social
Yesterday I was exploring, looking for tiny things in Queens with @lovisalden. Today I’m trying to keep small things from growing when I plant the seeds from these orchid seed pods. I hope to plant in about a week. 🤞🌱 #NatureNearMeUA
July 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yesterday I was exploring, looking for tiny things in Queens with @lovisalden. Today I’m trying to keep small things from growing when I plant the seeds from these orchid seed pods. I hope to plant in about a week. 🤞🌱 #NatureNearMeUA
There in the shrubs, outside the Museum entrance, a web, with a little row of debris in it… maybe… oooo that clump of debris has legs!! #NatureNearMeUA @ua_nyc
July 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
There in the shrubs, outside the Museum entrance, a web, with a little row of debris in it… maybe… oooo that clump of debris has legs!! #NatureNearMeUA @ua_nyc
Head to Queens Botanical Garden in August for the Orchid Show!
July 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Head to Queens Botanical Garden in August for the Orchid Show!
Ooooo the Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee 😍 in the Broadway Mall pollinator garden on 150th!!! Habitat on Broadway! #HabitatonBroardway
July 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ooooo the Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee 😍 in the Broadway Mall pollinator garden on 150th!!! Habitat on Broadway! #HabitatonBroardway
Gooooats! That was fun. The Maggie’s Garden team had a table. We met lots of people! Beautiful day on the River! #NatureNearMeUA
July 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Gooooats! That was fun. The Maggie’s Garden team had a table. We met lots of people! Beautiful day on the River! #NatureNearMeUA
Do plants behave? What is behavior? I noticed this week that the “sterile flowers” (the ones that don’t have pollen or make seeds) on the oakleaf hydrangea are moving! They have all flipped upside down! And are turning green! Why are they moving? Why is the color changing? Is this “plant behavior?”
July 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Do plants behave? What is behavior? I noticed this week that the “sterile flowers” (the ones that don’t have pollen or make seeds) on the oakleaf hydrangea are moving! They have all flipped upside down! And are turning green! Why are they moving? Why is the color changing? Is this “plant behavior?”