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Another bird thing for my speculative biology project! This one spits fire!! <:

I also made a small diagram of the organ, and explained how it does this :3

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Another bird alien thing for my spec bio project (:

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....fuck!

My scale baby is sick 😔

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Pretty fly on a white guy (:

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That is a beautiful garden, like wow!! :D

And look at those adorable doggos! <:

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Genuinely lovely little creatures that can do no wrong <:

Who doesn't enjoy a living lightshow of little goofy bugs!?

fireflies lighting up a rural Pennsylvania field at dusk

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Epidendrum secundum is a (preferably) terrestrial growing orchid with a wide distribution throughout the Neotropics, Cusco, Southeastern Peru, and Brazil

It is generally found in more montane environments where it can get a bit cooler, but has also been found growing near sea-level and by disturbed roadsides!

E. Secundum is an extremely variable species of orchid and is generally referred to as a complex, being that certain individuals vary at a rank more deserving of a separate species entirely!!

Chromosome numbers may vary dramatically for each individual in the complex, and a lilac-flowered individual from Bolivia could be found to have 2n = 28; while a lilac-flowered individual from San Antônio do Itambé in Brazil, could be found to have 2n = 52 (:

It's flowers range from shades of lilac, orange, red, white, and yellow

EXTRA FUN FACT:

Its Linnaean binomial "Epidendrum secundum", is entirely inappropriate and wrong in describing the species

The flowers are not secund, meaning not all on one side of the inflorescence. Nor is it lop-sided, or something that grows "upon a tree"

Along with that, every common name deriving from this binomial is also wrong

Hope you think this is interesting and enjoyable!! :D

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Hi There! I am a fully cis man. However I am disgusted by the treatment of transfem users on this website. So, I emailed some press about just my recent issues I’ve personally noticed and support emails documented, and Guess what, you can too!

Yeah, you can do that! If you are a trans person you can say “Hey, this shit is going on.” And if you have enough documentation, they will notice and say Hey, that’s weird? Here’s some now

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email action@mediamatters.org or call 202.756.4100.

Glaad: A LGBT advocacy organization that you can contact using this page for more suggestions

Vox, a general left leaning site they ain’t perfect but hey:

Fuck it, CNN!

If you are a trans user on this website with documented support emails with Tumblr’s behavior or can personally attest to how staff treated you? send out information let them know what is going on, and please find other websites that you get your news from to let them know! If i’m nuked? Lmao.

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happy PRIDE i’m here i’m queer and i believe the land should be given back to the proper indigenous stewards.

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I finally feel like starting on my personal speculative biology project again!! Been putting it off for wayyyyyyyyyyyy too long :/

Had some inspiration and hopefully I can keep it, so I can continue 🤞

This was the one I had designed for me a year or so back by the incredibly talented @yellosnacc :D

Wanted to try my hand at drawing it out, and to practice with it as well since I'm hoping to make many more creatures! C:

P.S. go look at yellosnacc's artwork and world building right now!! It's literally so awesome!!! c:

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A snake story, based on an experience I had while I was in Florida.

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Neofinetia falcata or Vanda falcata is a very cool orchid found naturally in parts of Asia.

The flowers are fragrant and smell similar to jasmine in my opinion (:

This species is extremely genetically varied, and there is an abundance of varieties and hybrids on the market with varying coloured flowers, roots, and leaves; all in different shapes and sizes!! :D

It was once kept by samurai and lords in Japan, and was prized for it's leaves. They would prune and maintain it consistently, making sure to cut off the flower spikes.

Cages would be placed over the orchids, and guests would have to wear face masks as they walked by it!

They were basically treated like royalty

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This is one of my rarest orchids, known as Eulophia quartiniana! (:

It's a terrestrial, deciduous orchid that's native to Ghana. In the wild it normally would grow in grassy plains.

This species almost disappeared from the wild many years back, but was reintroduced again more recently!!

121 small plants were grown by seed, and 100 of them went back to Ghana. My neighbour was the one in charge of growing the orchids for their reintroduction, and was allowed to keep a few of the smallest plants for his collection.

My orchid is one of those few he kept from the 121 seedlings he grew, and I believe it is somewhere around 20 years old now and flowering for the first time! :D

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Reblog to make it die faster

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Orchids will be first! That works out, since one of my really rare ones looks like it's about to bloom!! <:

I will start posting soon!!! :D

Should I do a plant tour sometime soon? If so, what plants of mine would you like to see first? Moss, orchids, carnivorous plants, miscellaneous weird plants? (:

Let me know! :3

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May 22nd,

My mom is home! She qualified for home hospice. Her dementia is profound enough that I can get some support with meds and a weekly visiting nurse. However she's been insanely energetic. She's taken her bandages off every time I leave the room. She's very active and is occupying all of my time keeping her from putting that energy into something destructive.

She is much better at home, much less fearful about everything, including walking to the bathroom, but I'm still not sleeping or able to get much done.

I still owe $1200 on my May rent. Apparently, my landlord came down from the mountains while we were in the hospital, looking for payment. I could really use some assistance getting stuff paid. I may not be drawing a paycheck but I promise I've never worked so hard at such stressful work in my life.