TwistedPlantRoots
@twistedplantroots.bsky.social
Begonias • Orchids • Terrariums • LGBTQIA+ safe space 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️✊🏽
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May 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“Ad hominem attacks are the canaries in the coal mine of bad arguments.”
My basic queen
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Species: Phalaenopsis ‘White Cascade’
Light: Bright indirect
Temperature: 16 °C (60°F) to 32 °C (89 °F)
Humidity: SO%
Substrate: semi-hydro
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Species: Phalaenopsis ‘White Cascade’
Light: Bright indirect
Temperature: 16 °C (60°F) to 32 °C (89 °F)
Humidity: SO%
Substrate: semi-hydro
March 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
My basic queen
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Species: Phalaenopsis ‘White Cascade’
Light: Bright indirect
Temperature: 16 °C (60°F) to 32 °C (89 °F)
Humidity: SO%
Substrate: semi-hydro
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Species: Phalaenopsis ‘White Cascade’
Light: Bright indirect
Temperature: 16 °C (60°F) to 32 °C (89 °F)
Humidity: SO%
Substrate: semi-hydro
Thriving right now, those hairy petioles are next level
Section: Platycentrum
Growth Habit: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form”
Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China.
Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021).
Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li
Section: Platycentrum
Growth Habit: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form”
Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China.
Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021).
Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li
March 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thriving right now, those hairy petioles are next level
Section: Platycentrum
Growth Habit: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form”
Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China.
Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021).
Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li
Section: Platycentrum
Growth Habit: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form”
Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China.
Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021).
Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li
One of two siblings I kept from a seed batch. This one has great potential but needs another couple of months before final decision to clone or compost.
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Growth Habit: Cane-like
Species: Begonia amphioxus x chloroneura
Humidity: High
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Growth Habit: Cane-like
Species: Begonia amphioxus x chloroneura
Humidity: High
March 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
One of two siblings I kept from a seed batch. This one has great potential but needs another couple of months before final decision to clone or compost.
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Growth Habit: Cane-like
Species: Begonia amphioxus x chloroneura
Humidity: High
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Growth Habit: Cane-like
Species: Begonia amphioxus x chloroneura
Humidity: High
This is a naturally occurring small form of Saxifraga stolonifera, interestingly the leaf size matches the leaf size range in the original description.
Species: Saxifraga stolonifera sp. micro
Species: Saxifraga stolonifera sp. micro
March 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is a naturally occurring small form of Saxifraga stolonifera, interestingly the leaf size matches the leaf size range in the original description.
Species: Saxifraga stolonifera sp. micro
Species: Saxifraga stolonifera sp. micro
Beautiful small begonia species, second time owning it, first time it evaporated into the ether.
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia hoehneana
Distribution: Southeast Brasil.
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia hoehneana
Distribution: Southeast Brasil.
March 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Beautiful small begonia species, second time owning it, first time it evaporated into the ether.
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia hoehneana
Distribution: Southeast Brasil.
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia hoehneana
Distribution: Southeast Brasil.
Such a pleasure to grow
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Petermannia
Species: Begonia rubida
Distribution: Limestone hills of Bau region in Sarawak, Borneo.
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Petermannia
Species: Begonia rubida
Distribution: Limestone hills of Bau region in Sarawak, Borneo.
March 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Such a pleasure to grow
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Petermannia
Species: Begonia rubida
Distribution: Limestone hills of Bau region in Sarawak, Borneo.
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Petermannia
Species: Begonia rubida
Distribution: Limestone hills of Bau region in Sarawak, Borneo.
March 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Got this beauty a while back, now it’s not died I feel I can finally celebrate
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Sonerila
Species: Sonerila sp.
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#sonerilasp #sonerila #melastomataceae #twistedplantroots
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Sonerila
Species: Sonerila sp.
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#sonerilasp #sonerila #melastomataceae #twistedplantroots
March 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Got this beauty a while back, now it’s not died I feel I can finally celebrate
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Sonerila
Species: Sonerila sp.
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#sonerilasp #sonerila #melastomataceae #twistedplantroots
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Sonerila
Species: Sonerila sp.
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#sonerilasp #sonerila #melastomataceae #twistedplantroots
Still not flowered for me, hoping it’s not a care issue
Species: Dendrobium rosellum
Common Names: “The Pink Spotted Dendrobium”
Distribution: Borneo, Malaya, Sumatera
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Species: Dendrobium rosellum
Common Names: “The Pink Spotted Dendrobium”
Distribution: Borneo, Malaya, Sumatera
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#dendrobiumrosellum #dendrobium #thepinkspotteddendrobium #orchidaceae #orchids #twistedplantroots
March 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Still not flowered for me, hoping it’s not a care issue
Species: Dendrobium rosellum
Common Names: “The Pink Spotted Dendrobium”
Distribution: Borneo, Malaya, Sumatera
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Species: Dendrobium rosellum
Common Names: “The Pink Spotted Dendrobium”
Distribution: Borneo, Malaya, Sumatera
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#dendrobiumrosellum #dendrobium #thepinkspotteddendrobium #orchidaceae #orchids #twistedplantroots
Seed grown beauty, thanks Neil
Species: Drosera capensis
Distribution: South coast and adjacent sandstone ranges of South Africa.
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#droseraceae #drosera #droseracapensis #plantsofafrica #plantsofsouthafrica #plantsofcapetown #carnivorousplants #twistedplantroots
Species: Drosera capensis
Distribution: South coast and adjacent sandstone ranges of South Africa.
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March 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Seed grown beauty, thanks Neil
Species: Drosera capensis
Distribution: South coast and adjacent sandstone ranges of South Africa.
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#droseraceae #drosera #droseracapensis #plantsofafrica #plantsofsouthafrica #plantsofcapetown #carnivorousplants #twistedplantroots
Species: Drosera capensis
Distribution: South coast and adjacent sandstone ranges of South Africa.
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#droseraceae #drosera #droseracapensis #plantsofafrica #plantsofsouthafrica #plantsofcapetown #carnivorousplants #twistedplantroots
Who doesn’t like a hairy queen
Species: Begonia sp. Lahad Datu
Distribution: Malaysia.
Notes: This species, in my care, seems very sensitive to water. For this reason I keep it on the drier side
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#begoniaceae #begonias #begoniac #begoniasplahaddatu #twistedplantroots
Species: Begonia sp. Lahad Datu
Distribution: Malaysia.
Notes: This species, in my care, seems very sensitive to water. For this reason I keep it on the drier side
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#begoniaceae #begonias #begoniac #begoniasplahaddatu #twistedplantroots
February 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Who doesn’t like a hairy queen
Species: Begonia sp. Lahad Datu
Distribution: Malaysia.
Notes: This species, in my care, seems very sensitive to water. For this reason I keep it on the drier side
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#begoniaceae #begonias #begoniac #begoniasplahaddatu #twistedplantroots
Species: Begonia sp. Lahad Datu
Distribution: Malaysia.
Notes: This species, in my care, seems very sensitive to water. For this reason I keep it on the drier side
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#begoniaceae #begonias #begoniac #begoniasplahaddatu #twistedplantroots
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Australes
Type: Tuberous
Species: Begonia pearcei
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#begoniapearcei #begoniaofbolivia #begoniaceae #begonias #twistedplantroots
Genus: Begonia
Section: Australes
Type: Tuberous
Species: Begonia pearcei
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#begoniapearcei #begoniaofbolivia #begoniaceae #begonias #twistedplantroots
February 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Australes
Type: Tuberous
Species: Begonia pearcei
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#begoniapearcei #begoniaofbolivia #begoniaceae #begonias #twistedplantroots
Genus: Begonia
Section: Australes
Type: Tuberous
Species: Begonia pearcei
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#begoniapearcei #begoniaofbolivia #begoniaceae #begonias #twistedplantroots
Lower light is the way to go with this hussy, it is finally getting its groove on
Species: Begonia arachnoidea
Distribution: Daxin Xian, southwestern Guangxi, China.
Published: Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 49: 406 (2008)
Authors: C.-I Peng, Yan Liu & S. M. Ku.
Species: Begonia arachnoidea
Distribution: Daxin Xian, southwestern Guangxi, China.
Published: Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 49: 406 (2008)
Authors: C.-I Peng, Yan Liu & S. M. Ku.
February 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Lower light is the way to go with this hussy, it is finally getting its groove on
Species: Begonia arachnoidea
Distribution: Daxin Xian, southwestern Guangxi, China.
Published: Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 49: 406 (2008)
Authors: C.-I Peng, Yan Liu & S. M. Ku.
Species: Begonia arachnoidea
Distribution: Daxin Xian, southwestern Guangxi, China.
Published: Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 49: 406 (2008)
Authors: C.-I Peng, Yan Liu & S. M. Ku.
First time growing this species, it has now grown two leaves, if I’m lucky enough I’ll get some flowers come spring 😜
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Species: Utricularia reniformis
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Family: Lentibulariaceae
Species: Utricularia reniformis
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#lentibulariaceae #utricularia #utriculariareniformis #twistedplantroots
February 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
First time growing this species, it has now grown two leaves, if I’m lucky enough I’ll get some flowers come spring 😜
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Species: Utricularia reniformis
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#lentibulariaceae #utricularia #utriculariareniformis #twistedplantroots
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Species: Utricularia reniformis
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#lentibulariaceae #utricularia #utriculariareniformis #twistedplantroots
The old leaves have crusted up when moved into household humidity but the new leaves are pristine
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia sp. Sumpur x sp. Kelantan
Hybridiser: @sofialina22.bsky.social (Sofia Lina)
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia sp. Sumpur x sp. Kelantan
Hybridiser: @sofialina22.bsky.social (Sofia Lina)
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The old leaves have crusted up when moved into household humidity but the new leaves are pristine
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia sp. Sumpur x sp. Kelantan
Hybridiser: @sofialina22.bsky.social (Sofia Lina)
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous
Species: Begonia sp. Sumpur x sp. Kelantan
Hybridiser: @sofialina22.bsky.social (Sofia Lina)
Meta is actively anti-LGBTQIA+
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Bertolonia
Species: Bertolonia maculata
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#melastomataceae #bertolonia #bertoloniamaculata #jewelplant #plantsofbrasil #twistedplantroots
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Bertolonia
Species: Bertolonia maculata
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February 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Meta is actively anti-LGBTQIA+
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Bertolonia
Species: Bertolonia maculata
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Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Bertolonia
Species: Bertolonia maculata
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First time flowering since I moved it to bark
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Name: Phalaenopsis Joy Fairy Tale
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Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Name: Phalaenopsis Joy Fairy Tale
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February 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
First time flowering since I moved it to bark
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Name: Phalaenopsis Joy Fairy Tale
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Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Name: Phalaenopsis Joy Fairy Tale
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The mother plant was way too tall and the stem as thick as a baby’s leg, so I did what any plant parent short on space would do - chop it up and make multiples 🤦♂️
Species: Begonia carolineifolia
Species: Begonia carolineifolia
February 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The mother plant was way too tall and the stem as thick as a baby’s leg, so I did what any plant parent short on space would do - chop it up and make multiples 🤦♂️
Species: Begonia carolineifolia
Species: Begonia carolineifolia
Someone in her styling team collects begonias, prove me wrong!
February 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Someone in her styling team collects begonias, prove me wrong!
A really interesting unidentified begonia from Papua New Guinea. I’ve put it in Pon and as you can see it’s doing well.
Species: Begonia sp. Miri
Distribution: Papua New Guinea
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#begoniaspmiri #begoniasfrompapuanewguinea #begoniaceae #begonias #begoniac #twistedplantroots
Species: Begonia sp. Miri
Distribution: Papua New Guinea
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#begoniaspmiri #begoniasfrompapuanewguinea #begoniaceae #begonias #begoniac #twistedplantroots
February 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A really interesting unidentified begonia from Papua New Guinea. I’ve put it in Pon and as you can see it’s doing well.
Species: Begonia sp. Miri
Distribution: Papua New Guinea
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#begoniaspmiri #begoniasfrompapuanewguinea #begoniaceae #begonias #begoniac #twistedplantroots
Species: Begonia sp. Miri
Distribution: Papua New Guinea
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#begoniaspmiri #begoniasfrompapuanewguinea #begoniaceae #begonias #begoniac #twistedplantroots