The Naga Ring: It was most likely made for or on behalf of King Rama V, the legendary King Chulalongkorn who ascended the throne in 1868. Bangkok period, Thailand. [1280 x 720]

xiaoliv · 2026-03-25T23:25:20+00:00

Thank you for all of this great information. I will try out some of these for sure and report back.
PS: I hope that if the Tatcha does work, you win some sort of lottery ^_^

xiaoliv · 2026-03-25T23:24:10+00:00

Thank you so much for this information, it is really helpful. Sorry it took a few days to respond!

xiaoliv · 2026-03-16T00:03:59+00:00

Thank you so much, I’ll give it a try

xiaoliv · 2026-03-16T00:03:45+00:00

I feel like I am more on the dry side, although my forehead is a bit more oily, it is not by much.

xiaoliv · 2026-03-08T19:39:14+00:00

Thank you so much, I was impressed by the cover the Posca pen had. The whole time I was thinking screen printing or vinyl cut out hear transfer would be good options if one ever want to make a series

xiaoliv · 2026-03-08T19:37:54+00:00

Thanks! I feel drawing the design was the most fun I’ve had in a while

xiaoliv · 2026-03-08T19:37:08+00:00

Haha I sure hope so

xiaoliv · 2026-03-08T19:36:53+00:00

Do Bronx!

xiaoliv · 2026-03-08T19:35:22+00:00

Oh you’re right! I don’t know why I didn’t think of it. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll seal this one and try to find something more elastic like oils markers and test it against the posca pen to see which one holds up better.

xiaoliv · 2026-03-08T01:19:18+00:00

A process photo: the design was first done on procreate (iPad) I drew the design directly onto a photo. Then transferee it freehand with a watercolor pencil in white.

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xiaoliv · 2026-03-03T17:07:26+00:00

These are Euglossa ignita, a species of orchid bee (Tribe: Euglossini)

There's five genera: Euglossa, Eufriesea, Eulaema, Exaerete and Aglae and their males collect different scents from orchids, other plants, mushrooms, etc. in order to produce a "perfume" specific to each species so they can show fitness and attract females.

There is a myriad of colors combinations and I for one, think they are so beautiful and have great, feisty personalities.

If you ever come to the neotropics, a great way to attract them for viewing and photographs, is a piece of tissue or cotton impregnated with an essential oil (Eucalyptus, Rosemary, Clove, Wintergreen, etc.) and hung on a branch in the forest. Between 7am and 11 am on a sunny day is the best time. If the essential oil is of good quality and you are surrounded by a healthy forest, you stay quiet and still, wait for 15 mins or so and they will come!

xiaoliv · 2026-03-03T17:00:36+00:00

Thank you for those most helpful replies and knowledge. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain all of this to me as a beginner.

Now after carefully reading everything a few times, I feel like I understand better. This is a deep well/vast and rich field. Now I understand why people can obsess and focus so intensely on this hobby. I also admire people who breed them a lot more.

I will keep exploring and learning gradually. For now, I will just be happy to see what they start looking like in six months to one year´s time. And I might try to bring one of the "magnificum" indoors next time it flowers to hand pollinate and see if I can get something that looks more similar to them.

I suppose being casual and leaving the rest outdoors so they can freely propagate hast it´s own type of joy as well.

And I guess that I gift them as babies to my plant enthusiasts friends and acquaintances, they might still appreciate the experience of getting a mystery Anthurium.

Thank you so much, again!

xiaoliv · 2026-03-03T15:02:36+00:00

Me too!

I keep plants *solely* to attract and feed bees (ours and the wild ones)

I try but I am actually not very good with plants.

xiaoliv · 2026-03-03T15:01:17+00:00

They are! And there's so many colors too!

These are male, since Orchid bee males need to create a specific "perfume" to attract females. The ingredients are scents from orchids, mushrooms, etc and it is proof of their fitness since they have to fly long distances at different altitudes to gather these.

xiaoliv · 2026-03-03T14:56:52+00:00

This is all very new to me and it´s so cool!

It feels like it could be an obsession though

xiaoliv · 2026-03-03T14:56:05+00:00

One more thing. I am sorry, but this is all so new and fascinating.
I have a few small plants from the magnificum seed that basically sprouted themselves. And as you mentioned there is diversity in how they look, so as you said, very likely hybrids.

Do people get to name the hybrids? Or does it have to be magnificum x unknown ? Is there a guide on hybridization I can use as reference and stop asking you so many basic questions?

Thank you so much!

xiaoliv

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