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^ Well, it's nothing if not showy...

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Such a ridiculously complicated structure.

Misslizard, your daffodils are stunning! Great bouquets! The delights of spring.

Cornflake, that’s a nice Paph. I’d never seen one IRL until I started visiting the Selby Gardens.

I may actually get avocados this year. Looks like good fruit set on the wurtz. If I do, it will be the first year. Mangos coming along nicely.

It is very, very dry here. Middle of the dry season. My feet make crunching sounds when I walk in the woods.

Perfectly mimicking genitalia of some insect. Now that is amazing!

I've always loved plants but orchids are especially interesting because of the incredible range of species and deceptive trickery they use.

Paphiopedilums are very easy to grow and seem to thrive in ordinary domestic locations.
Mine flower regularly around this time every year and one year, I had two blooms per plant. I took that to mean I was doing something right for them.

I’ve never tried growing Paphs. When I lived up north I sometimes saw ladies’ slippers in the woods in springtime. That was always a treat.

I find orchids beautiful and fascinating. I am lucky to live near areas that have many endemic native orchids. There are actually three native orchids growing on my property.

This grows wild here on my land.Also some of the white Ladies Tresses.
Adam and Eve orchid.aka Putty Root
https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/fiel ... eve-orchid

Some photos from the garden.

Coral bean. The hummingbirds love this.
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Baby Mangos
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Baby Avocados
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Special for MissLizard: (Lizard Tail)
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Thistle and Spider
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Mimosa: This is what I have in the yard instead of grass. It is a native, low growing ground cover. It's leaves do close just like more commonly known mimosas.
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Beautiful!So colorful.I think a mimosa that grows wild here is the same , or close.Also called sensitive plant.
All those mangos, amazing.
All that future guacamole.yum
Lizard’s tail, what a fun name.
Today was starting the potato bed.
Hopefully will have them in the ground tomorrow evening.

Tiger Swallowtail.The yard if full of them and Zebra Swallowtails

Anybody know anything about Rue (Ruta graveolens) and it supposed use in witchcraft

No, but willow are used in witchcraft. Broomsticks are supposedly from willow trees.

* subliminal *

Herb of Grace.
It can cause dermatitis if people have sensitive skin.
Pretty sure it was used as an abortive.
That and tansy and pennyroyal.
I think people use in in charms.

You really don’t want to know how the flying ointment is applied.

What is the shrub they are feeding on?

A major swallowtail flight showed up a few weeks ago. The curry leaf tree is coming into bloom. The swallowtails love it. Soon I’ll have a tree full of blooms and butterflies.

We had a lovely long rain yesterday.

It’s an Autumn Olive.It can be invasive in places.The butterflies and other pollinators are thick on it and it smells wonderful.Red berries that have antioxidants in them.Not that tasty,but supposedly better cooked.They are really small so I’ve never tried.I leave them for the birds.When the fall warbler migration starts the berries are ripe .
There are tons of butterflies this year, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen so many.
Saw the first humming bird yesterday and fireflies are starting their show.
The whole yard smells like lilacs and autumn Olive.