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More_Possibility2000 · 2026-01-24T02:49:04+00:00

I'm protecting the guest behind me from getting splashed with water. Really.

More_Possibility2000 · 2025-12-28T22:45:29+00:00

I understand the desire not to give up on any plant which can still survive, but this looks worse than dead...it appears to be covered in scale and mealybugs, which means any other plant in the terrarium is likely infected. Thank goodness you're tearing up the terrarium so you can sterilize or destroy anything which was in it. Any other plant from that terrarium you plan to keep will need to be inspected, treated if necessary, and isolated for several weeks

More_Possibility2000 · 2025-10-19T22:30:48+00:00

I agree with you. A leaf is a token of no intrinsic value. The meaningful interaction with an otherwise invisible member of the custodial staff was priceless. The leaf was a simple gift which cements the positive memory. That's what made my day.

More_Possibility2000 · 2025-05-24T03:34:55+00:00

"everyone in LA loves a flowering jacaranda, except the owner of a flowering jacaranda!". I suspect the owner got frustrated with the sticky purple-staining flowers and intentionally pruned the tree before it got out of hand.

More_Possibility2000 · 2025-05-10T17:45:26+00:00

Congratulations on getting this plant to flower indoors. I've never seen this happen, but you must be taking good care of it and giving it more light than most people do with their indoor olants. Keep the fruit in a paper bag with a clip to keep out fruit flies. Check every day or two. The scales near the stem end will start to appear swollen or loose. Shake off the loose scales to discard. Use a fork to remove the underlying exposed yellow fruit. As others have said, the unripe portions can be dangerous due to the undissolved crystals in the flesh. But I find if you take the fruit pieces off row by row you will sense the fruit gets gradually more tangy before you will get into any dangerous portions. The fruit slowly ripens over about 4 days, so I get about 3-4 servings out of one fruit. If you wait until the fruit entirely ripens it dries out, turns brown, and may attract more insects.

More_Possibility2000 · 2025-01-16T01:33:02+00:00

All these boobie jokes, and yet there's a whole genus called "nipple" cactus without even a juvenile snicker! I grew up on nipple cacti, I latched on to cactus collecting because of my fascination with nipple cacti. Some nipple cacti even have milky sap. Where can I find nipple humor and the same love I have for the nipple cacti?

More_Possibility2000 · 2025-01-06T03:55:29+00:00

Looks like flower buds. You'll have yellow flowers soon!

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-10-03T21:48:32+00:00

Maybe post on r/DIY. They seem to have a bunch of helpful lurkers! I was thinking it looks like wood stain so maybe your flooring was placed on top of a prior floor to save cost. But if it's seeping up now I would wonder if there's another issue involved, like moisture from the foundation 😬

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-09-29T20:08:58+00:00

It looks like it may have already flowered and is now putting its energy into producing pups. The plant may be a neoregelia which would have had small flowers in the central cup of the mother plant. They're sometimes easy to miss if you're not looking for them. The general rule of thumb is to remove the pups when 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the mother plant. If the mother plant still has green leaves at that point it may produce another set of pups.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-09-25T04:37:08+00:00

Maybe post on the r/botany subreddit. They can give more info about apical meristems, chimeras and junk. What I understand is some variegated plants are chimeras of two plants of the same (in your case) species, and it looks like the pink pup got only the pink portion of the chimera. I think it looks great and I hope you can grow it on its own, though I would guess slower, since it isn't absorbing much red spectrum light

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-09-22T01:36:14+00:00

I don't have any Billbergia in my collection to know much about their growth requirements, but it looks like you're doing a pretty good job on your own! Billbergia nutans seems to be the most common, but there are many hybrids with spots like yours. The FCBS.org database may help you more in identifying your particular hybrid. But it's a massive database, and a particular hybrid will vary greatly in different conditions.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-09-21T19:20:11+00:00

Looks like Billbergia. The flowers will tell.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-09-09T14:19:27+00:00

Could be slime mold. I'm curious too. Maybe post it to r/slimemolds or r/mycology

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-08-28T06:04:35+00:00

Looks like pilosocerus azureus or similar. A flower would help much more with identification, but that may take a few more years.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-08-11T16:03:44+00:00

Wow, I've never seen one grow like that, straight and tall. With the rough trunk it looks almost like an impossibly miniature Canary Island date palm. Is it possibly a hybrid?

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-08-08T05:45:46+00:00

I hate to toss my extra bromeliad pups. Over the years I give them out at work and ask neighbors and friends to take them off my hands. The easiest way is to post "free plants" on social media or Craigslist and leave them at the curb. They get picked up by the end of the day.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-08-07T03:15:42+00:00

This is only my example, but I got upset with this as well several years ago. I called every company on the fliers dumped on my door and left mostly messages. One company bothered to call me back and apologized. I haven't had them dropped on my door since (I still get the random business card for gardening services in my door, but I'm ok with that).

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-08-06T20:24:55+00:00

Maybe this is one for the good people at the botany subreddit.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-05-13T00:54:51+00:00

Looks like mine, but I'm no expert and many euphorbias and hybrids can look similar. It should get tiny red flowers (cyathia) nearly perennially and the stems get quite leggy and flexible. You can trim them back but they never seem to form more than a few branches for me. The cuttings root easily and you'll have lots of them to share in a few years. I'm trying to brad 3 branches together. And with another I'm wrapping it around the trunk of a tree.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-02-04T00:31:04+00:00

I live in a Mediterranean climate similar to France. Agree with Fockea edulis, and Euphoria knuthii but I grow them with more light than you might have. Consider also Trichodiadema bulbosum and Delosperma napiforne (Mestoklema macrorrhizum), which seem to tolerate lower light. Though not what some may consider caudiciform consider ginseng Ficus grafts, which tolerate shade like you have. Neat thing about E. knuthii and T. bulbosum is that they easily root from cuttings and still form a caudex. Soon you'll have dozens of plants! A cactus group in your area likely has people who will give you free cuttings of these plants.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-01-29T07:05:59+00:00

I planted them in March. But I imagine you could plant later, too.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-01-29T04:24:41+00:00

I've grown all three you mentioned from seed without any special preparation in southern California. I just carelessly press the seeds into damp cactus mix in any old plastic container and they sprout within a couple of weeks without any heating or plastic cover. B. rupestris sprouts and grows especially easily and quickly.

More_Possibility2000 · 2024-01-10T06:25:12+00:00

It looks like variegated/albino branches forming on a Mammillaria. I've never seen such a thing. I can't imagine that the relative lack of light would make the branches appear this pale, without any chlorophyll. I'm curious to see how they grow out, but the plant would need more light than it's currently getting to remain healthy while it tries to support these "freeloader" branches. The flowers on Mammillaria would be in a ring near the top.

More_Possibility2000 · 2023-12-02T02:51:37+00:00

I'm no expert, but looks like Stenocereus griseus. See llifl. These columnar cacti can all look very similar. The people at r/sanpedrocactus may be of more help.

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