Paph White Knight 'White Eagle' in bloom! 🌱

I love the texture of platycerium madagascarinense! 🌱

The paphs are having a pink party! 🌱💖🌸 #paphiopedilum

We did a lot of pollen collection and toothpick sexy time this morning! Hope we get some pods out of these puppies. 🤞🏼🌱

Ziggy loves country roads! 🐾🛤

This little guy is no bigger than a stink bug! 🐸

The elk herd paid us a visit this morning. I'm afraid the really big buck is still missing. Young buck clearly not as experienced at protecting the women and children. ☹️🦌

The morning sky was wow! 🌅

The elk paid us a visit this morning. The big guy is missing. ☹️ This guys is a little baby buck compared to the big guy. I hope he’s ok. 🤞🏼🦌

Paphiopedilum Doll's Kobold fully opened today! 🌱 #orchids #paphiopedilum

My mother-in-law joked I could easily make a sweater. 🐾✂️

No greenhouse? No problem! Super happy with my DIY hobby grow setup! Shelves were heavily discounted Amazon returns. DIY drip trays made out of boot trays or under-bed storage containers + fluorescent lighting diffusing grates. Platycerium mounts are deconstructed orchid baskets.

Leftover hotdog hoagie bahn mi sammiches today!

The elk were bugling all night last night! 🦌

Ziggy is a airstrip pro pup now! He’s super relaxed when the helicopters come around. 🚁

Today’s harbinger of hoppiness! 🐸

Found my mouse ears from like 20 years ago! Ziggy isn’t as excited about the find. Heh!

The low pro alpine garden is coming along nicely. The terracotta pots were washed with lime, earthworm castings and milk paint then lightly coated in clear gloss to seal. I've just potted my latest haul from Dancing Oaks + Edelweiss + MidwestOrchidCo. Lots of funzy, hairy grey-green cushion mounds.

In case you didn't know what time it is it's ZIGGY IS HUNGRY time. He got all up in my face to remind me. 🤣🐾

Ziggy got a new doggy pool. We got to enjoy it for a few days before the rains kicked in.

Switched the phrags to semi-hydro after asking ST folks for help and am seeing new, healthy, happy roots! Glad I made the switch. 🌱

It has begun! The low pro(file) alpine garden is now in full swing. 🌱

Lots of new growths! Water wick so the platycerium can self serve is def the way to go. 🌿

Big boys are back! Missing the 3rd musketeer. 🦌

Look what we found! (Giant silk moth?) 🦋

Paph Albion opened over the weekend! 🌱😊

Ziggy got a much needed haircut today! 🐾❤️✂️

Big boys! 🦌 They’re easily as tall and chonky as horses with giant pokey things.

My majestic little poop machine and his scuzzy donut print bow tie! 🐾🎀

Ziggy and Annie are BFFs! 🐾

XL sleepy boy toe beans! 🐾

The universe sent me a harbinger of hoppiness! 🐸

Ziggy doesn't like the hot air balloons. They make scary noises. 🐾

Mounted my new platycerium ridleyi + ridleyi (wide AKA cloud form) + madagadcariense! With the orchid fans going 24/7 weekly waterings weren't enough so I installed water wicks to all my platycerium mounts so the plants could self serve. 😊🌱 #platycerium

Ziggy and Annie are loving their daily chicken visits. 🐾♥️

My Hillsview order arrived today. 🌱 Paph White Knight 'White Eagle' arrived in bloom. YOLO! 🥳💖♥️

Ziggy had a blind play date with Olive (Golden doodle) today but Olive had to cancel. Annie (Springer spaniel) was home when we got home so he ran around with Annie instead. He's such a playboy. 🐾😎🤣

Can Ziggy come out to play? 🐾 We are very fortunate to have such a sweet neighbor dog. This is Annie. She and Ziggy are BFFs. 💖✨

How I water my playceriums in between a good monthly soak in fertilizer (Kelpak from FirstRays). You're supposed to wait for the moss to dry in between. This one is due for a quick zhuzh. The dehydrated moss will bounce back where you poked through after it's been rehydrated. 💦🌱✨ #platycerium

www.thedangergarden.com/2025/05/a-wi... This is brilliant! I can't wait to make one.

We had to perform emergency surgery on llama and sasquatch this morning. Ziggy is very concerned about his friends. 🐾

Just mounted my dwarf platycerium madagascariense x quadridichotomum! Also from juliaredman.com. Thanks to @juliaredman.bsky.social for the excellent selections! Looking forward to growing this bad boy out and eventually developing those distinctive madagadcariense crinkles in the shield. 🌱

Just finished mounting my new massive platycerium 'Omo Polar Bear' from juliaredman.com! 🌱

Great article on the incredibly under rated podophyllums: pacifichorticulture.org/articles/pod...

podophyllum delavayi 🌱

podophyllum difforme 'starfish' 🌱

The paph thaianum have been blooming like crazy! I’ve got a few more unopened buds in the works. These tiny little teacup species are one of my favs. 🌱

Super happy with my indoor orchid grow setup! 🌱

Mounted my new dwarf platycerium willinckii 'Bacteria' and 'Jade Girl'! 🌱

B put together my LEGO orchid arrangement! Super cute and thoughtful present from my little sister. 🎀