Lets Talk Cacti

I have many cacti, succulents, and other plants. I'm interested in gardening, agriculture and conservation. I love my plants and like to showcase their beauty here. My name is Lily. Florida, Zone 9b.

[seedkeeping]

Praying Mantises create egg cases called “oothecae” to protect their eggs from environmental danger like drying out or getting water logged, and from predators. One study describes: “the ootheca itself is formed from the frothy secretions of the accessory glands of the female genital complex, which gradually harden upon mixing”. I’ve always wondered about this process, and today in the Anise Hyssop patch, Goda and I saw it first-hand. #prayingmantis #ootheca #oothecae #frothysecretions #eggcase

[kellystudiess-deactivated201906]

{23/7/18}

Hey guys 💚

Here’s a picture of some green stationary 📚

Thanks everyone ✨

[carnegiemuseumnaturalhistory]

Avocad-oh-no

In the last couple years, avocados have been hailed as a “superfood” that is delicious with pretty much everything. However, as the demand increased, the seasonal home of migrating monarch butterflies has been cut down for more avocado farmland.

It’s a prime example of how the actions of humans inadvertently impacts other species, which is a core theme of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new exhibition We Are Nature: Living in the Anthropocene. 

The Anthropocene is the current geological era in which humans are making a profound impact on the geological strata. While the term itself is still being debated by geologists, the museum is embracing it as a social and cultural tool for exploring the broad sum effect humans are having on the planet in the exhibition We Are Nature: Living in the Anthropocene—open now through summer 2018.

[feigenbaumsworld]

The internet just changed: Net Neutrality is dead.

The FCC sided with Comcast and decided to let ISPs censor the internet. The Internet needs to stop this from happening: http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/tellfcc/

Last Wednesday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a proposal for new rules that would allow for a “ fast lane” of Internet traffic for content providers who are willing (and able) to pay a fee. [1] The proposal reverses the FCC’s previous commitment to net neutrality and open internet and allows ISP’s like Comcast or Verizon to slow down and censor services that don’t pay the toll.

We have to be totally honest, this situation is seriously grim. But there is still hope. The FCC already knows that the Internet community wants net neutrality, but they think they can put their spin on these new rules and sneak them through. If we can prove them wrong right now with a massive public outcry, we can literally save the Internet once again.

We need to stop the FCC now. Big business groups are already ramping up lobbying efforts with the FCC in swarms since Wednesday’s announcement in support of censoring the open Internet and to ensure this dangerous proposal moves forward. [2]

This is a critical moment. In the last few weeks more than 65,000 people have taken action with us. Can you help us get to 80,000 by the end of the day today?

[1] Gautham Nagesh. “FCC to Propose New ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules”. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304518704579519963416350296

[2] Edward Wyatt. Edward Wyatt. “Lobbying Efforts Intensify After F.C.C. Tries 3rd Time on Net Neutrality” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/business/lobbying-efforts-intensify-after-fcc-tries-3rd-time-on-net-neutrality.html?hpw&rref=politics

  - Fight For The Future

[bpd-maribelle-blog]

we’re almost ¾ of the way there!! c’mon guys, every bit counts!

[cthulhu]

will it ever stop

[nerdfaceangst]

fucking signal boost

[nerdfaceangst]

IF YOU ARE NOT SIGNAL BOOSTING THIS YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

IF THE U.S. FALLS TO THIS IT WILL OPEN OTHER DANGEROUS DOORS INTERNATIONALLY.

[jestre]

Start a civil war against the US government.

[nicterhorst]

Signal boost for my us followers

[gentlesoulfoxy]

I try to keep the things I reblog as blog/mun-centric as possible, but this is something I just can’t let slide.

I’ve been following this cause since last year.  I’ve signed petitions, I’ve called representatives, I’ve been to protests, the whole nine yards.

This right here?  This is not a joke.  This is seriously happening, guys.

Remember the Wikipedia shutdown?  That was to protest this right here.  If you haven’t taken action against this yet, frankly, what is wrong with you?  If this doesn’t get stopped, we’re going to lose the thing that brings us all together unless we shell out huge sums of cash to these corrupt bastards.

Do not just sit there and keep browsing.

Do not scroll past this.

Fight.

[drppeppr]

yo this shit important okay? im pretty worried myself

[botanyshitposts]

reblog if ur a GIRL, LIKE GIRLS, or believe that the CLASSICAL MONOCOT AND DICOT SYSTEM of BOTANICAL TAXONOMY is OUTDATED AND INACCURATE with MODERN DATA and that the proposed MONOCOT and EUDICOT SYSTEM of MODERN TAXONOMY is MORE ACCURATE 

[irelyre]

#it makes more sense ngl#the reasoning being ‘wait what about lilypads and weird aquatic stuff’

oh man I love it when you get an old system and its overthrown by the great leveler “what about that weird shit over there”

because that’s how all science theories get disproven. For geocentrism it was epicycles, For newton it was all that weird shit about light speed being constant in all directions all the time even though it shouldn’t be, for Haeckel it was single-celled plants, for whoever liked the two-kingdom system it was those durned archaea. 

Classical mechanics got their weird two-slit experiment shit, which is weird as a fuck.

[botanyshitposts]

1600s botany: monocots are all straight leaved and stuff and dicots are all weird multi-pointed leaves 

modern science: what about lillypads

1600s botany: what about fuck you

[lets-talk-cacti]

I see Persian silks all the time but I think this one might be a true mimosa? Anyone know?

[lets-talk-cacti]

What do you recommend for potting cacti and succulents?

I use Black Gold's cacti and succulent mix for soil. It's not perfect and needs to be changed every couple seasons but it's the best I've had access to. I also like using rocks and shells at the bottom of my pots to help with drainage. I like to make sure I get pots with multiple holes in the bottom; unglazed terra-cotta pots are ok but usually only have one drainage hole, so I opt for plastic ones with many holes.

[lets-talk-cacti]

I got two cute new plants! The one on the left is maybe an echeveria or graptoveria. Anyone know the true species? The pointy leaves are so pretty. And on the right a Hoya with heart shaped leaves💚💚

[lets-talk-cacti]

I'm 90% sure this is an Errinyis alope pupa I found near my papaya trees. It wiggles when you touch it! I'm glad I have been able to feed this pollinator and hopefully it's babies too.

[misadventured-piteous-overthrows]

My morning view

[lets-talk-cacti]

Anyone know the name of this beetle? Found in north Florida on a yucca.

[nonbinary-entomologist]

Diaprepes Root Weevil! 

[lets-talk-cacti]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!

[lets-talk-cacti]

Anyone know what's going on with this obscene looking thing attached to this plant? Looks like some kind of parasite or cocoon?

[lets-talk-cacti]

Haven't been so active lately :P here's a cluster of four flowers each with 2 petals.

[decaflesbian]

gardening tip of the day: when making cuttings of plants, it’s best to take them in what is called the “zone of juvenility” which is the youngest, green growth of the plant. Taking cuttings from old, woody parts of a plant isn’t preferable because the chance of them germinating is less than new, fresh, energetic growth. When making your cut on the parent plant, make a diagonal, angled cut. If you make a cut that’s flat and straight across that allows water and fungus to collect there more easily! then when preparing your cutting for planting, cut off any flowers on it as a stem that has flowers will focus on producing more flowers. By cutting off the reproductive parts of a plant, you’re forcing it’s growth hormone downward into developing new roots, which is what you want it to do in order to get your cutting strong and established! you can buy rooting hormones to dip the cutting into to help it even more, too

[lets-talk-cacti]

Great advice!!!

[naturezzza]

Peyotito 🌱🌏❤ Turbinicarpus jauernigii @naturezzza

[lets-talk-cacti]

So I made a side blog, @bees-climate-change-and-guilt to use as a sort of notebook for an online class I’m taking on climate change. Give it a follow if you’re interested in looking at my homework (I’d understand if you didn’t) or maybe learning something new about the science of climate change.

[theworstphoto]

that time in my fav class ever: mycology [cir. 2011]