Nick in NC
@nicknc.bsky.social
gardener, amateur naturalist. neurobiologist. mennonite.
Views my own. All photos mine. May include predator-prey interactions, spiders, and snakes.
https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com
Views my own. All photos mine. May include predator-prey interactions, spiders, and snakes.
https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com
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Saturday morning Nepenthes pics: N. veitchii (m) bario (giant x squat) EP, N. truncata rippled leaves x veitchii red tiger RE 0103, N. x 'song of melancholy' Leilani (B), N. veitchii "Big Mama" x Redonkulas CAR-0152
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Saturday morning Nepenthes pics: N. veitchii (m) bario (giant x squat) EP, N. truncata rippled leaves x veitchii red tiger RE 0103, N. x 'song of melancholy' Leilani (B), N. veitchii "Big Mama" x Redonkulas CAR-0152
I wanted to be a scientist (subtype: biology) from about the time I could first walk and talk. Later, Mom tried to talk me into med school, but it didn’t stick.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I wanted to be a scientist (subtype: biology) from about the time I could first walk and talk. Later, Mom tried to talk me into med school, but it didn’t stick.
Another week, a little more progress. This Stenorrhynchos speciosum is killing me. Such slow growth. So much time for a slug to attack before it finally opens. 🌴 🌱 #orchids
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another week, a little more progress. This Stenorrhynchos speciosum is killing me. Such slow growth. So much time for a slug to attack before it finally opens. 🌴 🌱 #orchids
Latest pitcher on my Nepenthes x Dyeriana. ~40 cm tall.
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Latest pitcher on my Nepenthes x Dyeriana. ~40 cm tall.
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
Morning walk around the neighborhood. This particular lot seems to home to lots and lots of eastern newts who appear on the road when migrating to and from their breeding pond.
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Morning walk around the neighborhood. This particular lot seems to home to lots and lots of eastern newts who appear on the road when migrating to and from their breeding pond.
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I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
At a preview performance of Playmakers’ new show. Lots of fun!
You Can't Take It With You | PlayMakers Repertory Company
On stage Nov 19–Dec 7, 2025. Laugh out loud with this heartwarming classic. When an eccentric family collides with a "normal" family, hilarity ensues.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
At a preview performance of Playmakers’ new show. Lots of fun!
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
Things that stood out in the first part of Ken Burns’ _The American Revolution_:
1. The Six Nations. I knew about them vaguely, but now I want to know more.
2. The extreme ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in the colonies.
3. Role of misunderstandings in the initial skirmishes.
1. The Six Nations. I knew about them vaguely, but now I want to know more.
2. The extreme ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in the colonies.
3. Role of misunderstandings in the initial skirmishes.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Things that stood out in the first part of Ken Burns’ _The American Revolution_:
1. The Six Nations. I knew about them vaguely, but now I want to know more.
2. The extreme ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in the colonies.
3. Role of misunderstandings in the initial skirmishes.
1. The Six Nations. I knew about them vaguely, but now I want to know more.
2. The extreme ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in the colonies.
3. Role of misunderstandings in the initial skirmishes.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Yeah, I put breaded fish sticks in my sushi rolls tonight*. I have no regrets.
*fish sticks, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon.
*fish sticks, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon.
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Yeah, I put breaded fish sticks in my sushi rolls tonight*. I have no regrets.
*fish sticks, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon.
*fish sticks, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon.
Latest blog post. Perhaps I should have posted it closer to Halloween. 🌱 🌴
Living dead plant
Nepenthes samudera [1] is a recently described pitcher plant species from Sumatra. Its twin claims to fame are that it has the largest mature pitchers of any Sumatran pitcher plant species, and it …
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November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Latest blog post. Perhaps I should have posted it closer to Halloween. 🌱 🌴
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A roseate spoonbill drops gently into the wetlands, its pink wings fanned wide as it prepares to land among the lush greens below.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A roseate spoonbill drops gently into the wetlands, its pink wings fanned wide as it prepares to land among the lush greens below.
rebeccaherranen.com/featured/spo...
#birds #nature #wildlife #buyintoart #naturephotography #photography #fineart #giftideas #birdlovers #waterbirds #art
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#birds #nature #wildlife #buyintoart #naturephotography #photography #fineart #giftideas #birdlovers #waterbirds #art
There are just so many of these little guys in our yard.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There are just so many of these little guys in our yard.
First freeze last night. The growing season for subtropicals like Musa velutina is officially finished for the year. 🌱
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
First freeze last night. The growing season for subtropicals like Musa velutina is officially finished for the year. 🌱
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This is kind of an amazing bit of raconteuring!
youtu.be/KW_nwxlwfyo?...
youtu.be/KW_nwxlwfyo?...
Stephen Colbert tells the story of when he knew his wife Evie was the one + Evie's cameo on the show
YouTube video by Mostly Water
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November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is kind of an amazing bit of raconteuring!
youtu.be/KW_nwxlwfyo?...
youtu.be/KW_nwxlwfyo?...
Flowering today: Paphiopedilum Mark Dimmitt. The cross is Paphiopedilum ((philippinense x rothschildianum) x sanderianum) x parishii, registered by Fred Clarke earlier this year. 🌱 🌴 #orchids.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Flowering today: Paphiopedilum Mark Dimmitt. The cross is Paphiopedilum ((philippinense x rothschildianum) x sanderianum) x parishii, registered by Fred Clarke earlier this year. 🌱 🌴 #orchids.
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One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
An Armistice Day family history repost. 🧵
It is #ArmisticeDay, so here is my Great grandfather, George Holland (standing), with one of this brothers in (we think) 1919. In 1914 he was one of the Old Contemptibles of the British Expeditionary Force.
My favorite thing about this portrait is that neither brother would put down his cigarette
My favorite thing about this portrait is that neither brother would put down his cigarette
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
An Armistice Day family history repost. 🧵
Here’s a snail eating a snake.
Haplotrema concavum (gray-footed lancetooth) chewing on Carphophis amoenus (eastern worm snake). May 2024.
Haplotrema concavum (gray-footed lancetooth) chewing on Carphophis amoenus (eastern worm snake). May 2024.
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here’s a snail eating a snake.
Haplotrema concavum (gray-footed lancetooth) chewing on Carphophis amoenus (eastern worm snake). May 2024.
Haplotrema concavum (gray-footed lancetooth) chewing on Carphophis amoenus (eastern worm snake). May 2024.
Even a couple of big leaves will work as an ad hoc cat trap.
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Even a couple of big leaves will work as an ad hoc cat trap.
There are something like 28,000 orchid species worldwide, but Psychopsis are surely among the most beautiful.
Psychopsis versteegiana from northern South America and my greenhouse. #orchids 🌱 🌴
Psychopsis versteegiana from northern South America and my greenhouse. #orchids 🌱 🌴
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There are something like 28,000 orchid species worldwide, but Psychopsis are surely among the most beautiful.
Psychopsis versteegiana from northern South America and my greenhouse. #orchids 🌱 🌴
Psychopsis versteegiana from northern South America and my greenhouse. #orchids 🌱 🌴