TwistedPlantRoots

“Ad hominem attacks are the canaries in the coal mine of bad arguments.”

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Trans women are a scratching post for misogynists who fantasise about treating cis women the same way - publicly.

JKR is such a fucking boring c*nt, she herself is asexual, not by choice, just nobody wants to fuck that nasty bridge-troll

My basic queen

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Phalaenopsis

Species: Phalaenopsis ‘White Cascade’

Light: Bright indirect
Temperature: 16 °C (60°F) to 32 °C (89 °F)
Humidity: SO%
Substrate: semi-hydro

Thriving right now, those hairy petioles are next level Section: Platycentrum Growth Habit: Rhizomatous Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form” Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China. Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021). Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li

Thriving right now, those hairy petioles are next level Section: Platycentrum Growth Habit: Rhizomatous Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form” Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China. Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021). Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li

Thriving right now, those hairy petioles are next level Section: Platycentrum Growth Habit: Rhizomatous Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form” Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China. Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021). Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li

Thriving right now, those hairy petioles are next level Section: Platycentrum Growth Habit: Rhizomatous Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form” Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China. Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021). Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li

Thriving right now, those hairy petioles are next level

Section: Platycentrum
Growth Habit: Rhizomatous

Species: Begonia pseudoedulis “Shiwanshan form”

Distribution: Southern Guangxi, China.

Published: PhytoKeys 182: 116 (2021).
Authors: D.K.Tian, X.X.Feng & R.K.Li

One of two siblings I kept from a seed batch. This one has great potential but needs another couple of months before final decision to clone or compost.

Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Growth Habit: Cane-like

Species: Begonia amphioxus x chloroneura

Humidity: High

Need soo bad 😍

This is a naturally occurring small form of Saxifraga stolonifera, interestingly the leaf size matches the leaf size range in the original description. Family: Saxifragaceae Genus: Saxifraga Species: Saxifraga stolonifera sp. micro Distribution: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, Vietnam. Introduced into: Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Colombia, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Italy, Madeira, North Carolina, Oregon, Switzerland, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya. Published: Philos. Trans. 64(1): 308 (1774). Authors: Curtis (William Curtis).

This is a naturally occurring small form of Saxifraga stolonifera, interestingly the leaf size matches the leaf size range in the original description.

Species: Saxifraga stolonifera sp. micro

Beautiful small begonia species, second time owning it, first time it evaporated into the ether. Family: Begoniaceae Genus: Begonia Type: Rhizomatous Species: Begonia hoehneana Distribution: Southeast Brasil.

Beautiful small begonia species, second time owning it, first time it evaporated into the ether. Family: Begoniaceae Genus: Begonia Type: Rhizomatous Species: Begonia hoehneana Distribution: Southeast Brasil.

Beautiful small begonia species, second time owning it, first time it evaporated into the ether.

Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous

Species: Begonia hoehneana

Distribution: Southeast Brasil.

Hopefully it’s a flower spike 👍

Did it get stuck?

Such a pleasure to grow Family: Begoniaceae Genus: Begonia Section: Petermannia Species: Begonia rubida Distribution:‭ ‬Limestone hills of Bau region in Sarawak, Borneo. Published: J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 46: 256 (1906). Authors:‭ ‬Ridl. (Ruth Kiew) Light: Bright indirect - Shade Temperature: 23°C (73°F) - 28°C (82°F). Humidity: 70% - 90%

Such a pleasure to grow

Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Petermannia

Species: Begonia rubida

Distribution:‭ ‬Limestone hills of Bau region in Sarawak, Borneo.

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Got this beauty a while back, now it’s not died I feel I can finally celebrate

Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Sonerila

Species: Sonerila sp.
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Still not flowered for me, hoping it’s not a care issue

Species: Dendrobium rosellum

Common Names: “The Pink Spotted Dendrobium”

Distribution: Borneo, Malaya, Sumatera
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Seed grown beauty, thanks Neil

Species: Drosera capensis

Distribution: South coast and adjacent sandstone ranges of South Africa.
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Perhaps the fast draining properties?

I use akadama, perlite and worm castings.

I also use coco coir, perlite, orchid bark for my self-watering begonias

This one is in standard Pon

It’s a great problem to have 🤣

Who doesn’t like a hairy queen

Species: Begonia sp. Lahad Datu

Distribution: Malaysia.

Notes: This species, in my care, seems very sensitive to water. For this reason I keep it on the drier side
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Family: Begoniaceae Genus: Begonia Section: Australes Type: Tuberous Species: Begonia pearcei

Family: Begoniaceae Genus: Begonia Section: Australes Type: Tuberous Species: Begonia pearcei

Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Section: Australes
Type: Tuberous

Species: Begonia pearcei
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Lower light is the way to go with this hussy, it is finally getting its groove on

Species: Begonia arachnoidea

Distribution: Daxin Xian, southwestern Guangxi, China.

Published: Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 49: 406 (2008)
Authors: C.-I Peng, Yan Liu & S. M. Ku.

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Omg it’s fuzzy all over

First time growing this species, it has now grown two leaves, if I’m lucky enough I’ll get some flowers come spring 😜

Family: Lentibulariaceae
Species: Utricularia reniformis
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The old leaves have crusted up when moved into household humidity but the new leaves are pristine

Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Type: Rhizomatous

Species: Begonia sp. Sumpur x sp. Kelantan
Hybridiser: @sofialina22.bsky.social (Sofia Lina)