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Ginkgo Leaf Drop Day in Columbus, Ohio occurred on. 29 November, 2024

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Another gingko in Columbus, OH. 11/25/24. Seems like leaf drop day is really late this year.

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Good luck if you try it, too! The USDA has a cool fact sheet on the plant you can reference.

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I chose to not add water, but we have rain in the forecast, so they’re getting wet today!

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Yes! I’ve never germinated this species before, so it’s a learning experience 😅

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Clicking through Google Streetview in my town, I can see so many places where a trumpet vine would be left undisturbed long enough to establish itself. You can’t get rid of these things once they they’re established. They’re US natives and hummingbirds love them! #NativePlants

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A magnificent ginkgo in Columbus, Ohio. As of November 23rd, 2024, ginkgo leaf drop day had not yet occurred.

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Bougainvillea is one of my favorites to see when I’m visiting warmer climates!

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An infrared photo of a rainbow: a strange, ghostly-looking rainbow in a mostly black and white photo, with a faintly red outer edge and a cyan inner edge, and what look like a few even fainter ‘echo’ bows inside

A regular visible-light pic of a rainbow

An ultraviolet picture of a rainbow: a dark, foreboding landscape with a deep purple stripe emanating from it, and a grey stripe inside

A composite of the three preceding photos, showing that the infrared bow is ‘outside’ the visible light rainbow, and the ultraviolet bow ‘inside’

There’s more to rainbows than the human eye can see: here’s how a rainbow extends into the infrared and ultraviolet.

Photos:
1. Infrared
2. Visible (obviously)
3. Ultraviolet, and
4. A composite showing how UV is beyond the violet in a rainbow, and IR beyond the red end.

🧪 #photography

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Dear planty people, what flowers have the coolest patterns on their petals?

I will start: Saxifraga rotundifolia

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An addition to my local Little Free Library

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The seeds were locally collected from a large, healthy plant

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Fingers crossed! I’ll be sure to make updates. I’m hoping to use Bluesky as an abridged version of my gardening journal.

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How is exquisiteness described in this context?

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Could you share any information on how you took these photos?

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The first time all I read was “rich assholes being rich assholes”. That’s what it is, but I didn’t get that that was the point in high school

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The one that got me was The Great Gatsby. I HATED it in high school English. But when a read it again as an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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I have some seeds, and am planning to see how they fare in disturbed urban areas

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Screenshots of the webpage

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USDA Plants Database

plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibr...

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Notes on American Senna (Senna hebecarpa)

Long-lived perennial, US native

Begin cold stratification in the fall (now!), plant ~2 cm deep in potting mix, leave outside all winter. These will germinate in spring. Transplant at 5 cm tall

19.11.2024 02:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Booksky people: I really loved the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy by Liu Cixin. Does anyone have scifi recommendations with similar themes?

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My iPhone plant ID is saying Costus

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Ginger of some sort, maybe red ginger (Alpinia purpurata)?

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I feel like I missed the good times on Twitter, the algorithm never really figured me out. Within half an hour here, I’ve got an endless stream of really cool people! Excited for those brilliant nights.

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