#rare plants

[mygreenhousevibes]

[sparkingviolets]

Showing Her Stripes

Watercolor On Black Paper

2022, 14"x 10"

Pink Variegated Philodendron

[nncastle]

Cladonia fimbriata or the trumpet cup lichen is a species cup lichen belonging to the family Cladoniaceae. Since 1995 it’s been on the endangered plant list. Very happy to see it thriving in my garden.

[talkingtomyhouseplants]

Book shelves 💚

[vipivilla]

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[pnwnativeplants]

"In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (signed into law on December 28, 1973), I compiled the following list of what I think are the 50 rarest vascular plant species in Washington State. I prioritized these species by their range-wide abundance and distribution, degree and imminence of threats, and downward trends. 

A number of worthy species just missed the cut, and the actual number of high priority plant taxa in Washington is probably closer to 75–100. As with any compilation (such as best sports teams, greatest movies, or favorite entertainers), readers are likely to disagree with my assessment and I welcome the opportunity to have a robust and friendly debate.  

It is notable that only two of the top 10 species are currently listed under the Endangered Species Act, while one other is a candidate and one was recently de-listed. About one-quarter of the species in the top 50 ought to be designated as candidates for potential listing under the ESA, while the remainder would benefit from additional field surveys to assess their current status."

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

A woman at the rare plant sale I got this tibouchina grandiflora at 4 months ago said this was an "I hate you plant;" that no matter what I do it's going to die tragically in my arms. She was right while I had it inside, it was drying up and dying (see the edges of the big leaves), but then I put it outside and it's recovered and been growing and thriving!

I 💚 this plant. I am worried what happens when I have to bring it inside for winter...

[payaddie]

After 3 years of pining after a Monstera Thai Constellation and an Alocasia Albo Frydek, (cause ya girl wasn’t spending $150+ on a plant) I finally got one at one of my local GROCERY STORES. Like, the discount grocery store. I literally almost started crying when I saw them.

So $80 later, I have two of my most coveted rare plants 🥲🥰

[acidshadow]

some good local news for you @corpsegods

[mygreenhousevibes]

[sparkingviolets]

The Black Cardinal

Watercolor On Black Paper

2024, 10"x 14"

Variegated Black Cardinal Philodendron

[planty-gal]

My monstera obliqua and I like to play a game called “Leaf or Runner” where I guess whether the new node is going to be a leaf or a runner.

So far this node is looking like it might give me a leaf. But this fucker likes to get my hopes up and then laugh at me when it continues to run.

[wildhemlock]

Yesterday's finds! A large patch of ghost pipe growing through some trailing pine, both rare plants.

[jayslittlejungle]

[vipivilla]

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[thebashfulbotanist]

This plant might not look like much, but it’s a sensitive species in Washington State! This is Actaea elata, tall bugbane, a toxic species in the Ranunculaceae family. It’s not very showy, and it doesn’t have any ethnobotanical uses, but it’s very important to pollinators, especially syrphid flies (hover flies in the family Syrphidae, the ones that mimic bees and wasps). Because it’s rhizomatous, you’ll often find a big cluster of these instead of seeing just one. It grows near the much more common Actaea rubra, red baneberry, and it can be a little hard to distinguish the two species if they’re not flowering or in fruit (as you can see, A. elata has hard follicles rather than the red or white berries that A. rubra produces). 

I found this group of Actaea elata plants growing very close to a clearcut. Logging is one of the biggest threats this species faces - it can’t survive clearcutting and subsequent replacement of the forest with Douglas fir monoculture. This is significant forest management consideration in Washington State - we don’t want this species to become endangered like it is in British Columbia!