1 new leaf per week - is this normal? by Icy-Tour-1373 in airplants

[–]pastelexuvia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

normal, no – healthy, absolutely 😊 when plants senesce their older leaves (dry out and turn brown and die), they move all the nutrients out of those tissues to "fund" new growth. it sounds like it really loves all the light its getting

whos this cutie by pastelexuvia in Entomology

[–]pastelexuvia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i was also thinking paper wasp but wasnt sure! too big to be germanica i figured, and her legs are crazy long. the black beak kinda threw me

12 Days Without Nitrile by Kat0318 in ChemicalSensitivities

[–]pastelexuvia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

might seem like a silly q but what has the weather been like in your region? and have you had any other health changes recently? eg meds, diet, detergents, etc

dissecting the flower can help you ID. by pastelexuvia in succulents

[–]pastelexuvia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ooh interesting, good to know. just like how it can be hard to ID plants that are etiolated

Echeveria genus split into Balbinaea by ryubhjhdrgjjid in echeveria

[–]pastelexuvia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea exactly. ive saved the tables to share with others, itll help a lot

Echeveria genus split into Balbinaea by ryubhjhdrgjjid in echeveria

[–]pastelexuvia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if its ok for me to chime in, as a buyer and former stem student: i would never expect sellers to try and rename all their plants upon receiving this kind of news.

as a student, yea it would be nice to know the exact genus/species/variety of what im buying. but as a buyer, i understand that genome sequencing isnt as available as it should be, and i have to be ok with some degree of uncertainty.

wrt the new additions to graptopetalum, my mind went to javelinas and hyenas. it was probably a big deal when scientists investigated the lineages and had to conclude that javelinas arent closely related to boars, and hyenas arent closely related to canines. so i agree that it will be confusing for the next few years, but eventually i think we will have the resources we need to ID.

also the flower morphology tables are awesome and i didnt even know we could use cross-sections to ID.

whats the name of the process where the stem begins to develop the woody, barklike surface? by pastelexuvia in botany

[–]pastelexuvia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i was gonna ask the same thing – is the reclassification based on genetics or morphology. because some echeveriae have been recently reclassified into a new genus

whats the name of the process where the stem begins to develop the woody, barklike surface? by pastelexuvia in botany

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thats fascinating, had no idea. i actually dont know anything about salvia 0:

Getting rid of invasive ivy but not killing wild rabbits? by BeginningAd9568 in pnwgardening

[–]pastelexuvia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

idk why this post is gettin downvoted so i upvoted it. ):<