Not the ideal season to move a cactus, but here we are anyway.

#PublicArt #Sculpture #CityArt #StreetArt #Statue #NoNotes

#Winter #cactus #flowers

The kind of detail they just don’t build anymore. Ceiling at the Orpheum Theatre

Took my first ride in a driverless car today. Thought it would be scarier.

Ludochilus Dominyi (Anoectochilus Roxburghii x Ludisia discolor)

A peek inside my terrarium

Foggy day in the Bay Area, and the spider webs look extra spooky 🕸️🌫️

I didn't miss it! Astrophytum capricorn var. niveum (白瑞鳳玉) #succulents #多肉植物 #astrophytum #cactus #plants #bloomscrolling

Roses from my garden. These have very interesting colors that change with temp and how mature the flower is.

January snapdragons. Sending a little color and warmth to my friends up north. Hang in there, the days are getting longer!

This Maxillaria hematoglossa is always a reliable bloomer for me 😍 not the biggest orchid bloom but a cool one!

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King Jr. From Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963), written while Dr. King was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama after participating in nonviolent civil rights protests.

#bloomscrolling When's smell-o-vision going to become a reality? Because we need it for this hybrid. This is Procatavola Wufong Jade and it smells amazing. It's a relatively small growing Cattleya-type orchid that grows well under lights, and blooms regularly with proportionally large flowers.

Lavender Grevillea ‘Tanunda’

Before and After. I used my last pumpkin from last years garden to make a pumpkin pie.

This 20 year old grafted Tephrocactus bonnieae was offered in a recent auction/fundraiser for our cactus and succulent club. I love older plants because they represent years of effort and care. 🌵 #cactus #oldplants #succulents

Mistakes were made.

My first time growing snow peas. I like to use them when I make fried rice 😋

Good morning, BlueSky! ☀️ Here’s 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀 × 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘅 ‘𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲’ 🔥 Aloes predominantly bloom in winter in my garden… and I need more of them!

Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’ looking good in the winter sun 👀☀️

Tillandsia ionantha showing off again #Terrarium #bromeliads #plantsky #airplant #BloomScrolling

A brief distraction from the news. There is still beauty in the world. Streptocarpus ‘Sex Kitten’ #ThereIsBeauty #PlantSky #BloomScrolling #Houseplants #Gesneriad #TimelineCleanse

And here is what they look like when they first sprout 🌱 Itty bitty babies!

A couple more Titanopsis from seed 🌱 I grew a few different varieties last year, and they’re really starting to show their character. Growing from seed is my favorite way to add plants to my collection.

Be Good ❤️

Titanopis I grew from seed. I love the unusual texture on the leaf tips.

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A little #BloomScrolling as a #TimelineCleanse I love the yellow center on this one.

Blue Orchid #AfricanViolet Not blue. Not an orchid. Still stunning 💜💙

Orchid flowers are so specialized that they have some orchid-specific terms. The sepals are distinguished as lateral or dorsal, and the one petal that is highly modified and differentiated is the lip or labellum. This hybrid is Cattleya Sheila Lauterbach 'Equilab' #Orchidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Me: why does my back hurt? Also me while working:

One of a few small January roses I got this year, unexpected, but welcome. 🌹

In a couple months the orchid shows will commence. Paphiopedilum orchids #orchid #flower #gardening #bloomscrolling #photography #naturephotography 🌱🌴🪴sky

Osteospermum 🧡 Jan 2nd 2026

Check it out, my Tiger Jaw bloomed!

My oldest and still my favorite Paphiopedilum. I love how hardy and easy to grow this one is. I currently have it growing in three pots plus my dart frog terrarium. Unfortunately, I lost the tag years ago, but it’s earned permanent status anyway.

Today’s curiosity from David’s garden:

Is anyone familiar with these tiny snails and know what they’re called? 🐌 I’ve seen them in both the Northeast and California, so they seem widespread. I suspect they hitchhike in potted plants. Unfortunately, they’ve made themselves at home in one of my terrariums

Today’s project: planting #cactus and #succulent seeds 🌱 This is my 2026 seed lineup — cacti, mesembs, Haworthia, and a few hybrids I made myself. Looking forward to watching these grow over the next year. #plantsky #SeedStarting

An image from tonight’s movie 🌱

Today I saw something very special: there are just 12 populations of this exceptionally rare desert bulb (Colchicum psammophilum) and only it flowers for a short time after winter rain. To find it in bloom is miraculous.

❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚

Before and after. My oldest Haworthia now has more room to grow.

My very first flower on my very first seed-grown Streptocarpus

Good morning, BlueSky! 🌞 Hope you all have a great day!

December honeybee in the garden.

Plant sale update 🌱✨ Success! The delivery went smoothly overall, there were a couple moments of hard braking (and a little plant sliding 😅), but everything made it safely. If you’re in the Bay Area, you’ll soon be able to find my plants for sale at the Ruth Bancroft Garden Center in Walnut Creek.

I’m making my first plant sale today!! 🎉🌱 Headed out to deliver 150 plants to a local nursery. Fingers crossed for a smooth drive and no sudden stops that send everything sliding. More details coming in a follow-up post!

Phalaenopsis oddity: a ‘leaf-piercer’ spike. The flower spike actually grew straight through one of its own leaves.