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JuliaRedman.com Orchids and Rare Plants Maker, artist, orchid grower. We believe in the value of science and human rights around here. Also cats and horses and random spiders.
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Hey all, I’m sure you didn’t sign up to watch me lose my mind over the existential crisis that is the USA right now, but these are unprecedented times. I will endeavor to mix in plant and creative content per the regularly scheduled program as well. 🥴
That’s sweet and all but we have to survive that long. And more to the point, repeated assaults like this take their toll because the claw back to normal lacks a similar level of aggressive pace. Then we just do it all over again in a few years because too many either don’t learn or don’t care.
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This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.

But consider this...

Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.

Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."
There are also geothermal solutions that involve putting large pipes way underground as a way to cool and recirculate air through the space. There are at least two greenhouse companies that offer this as an incorporated concept including greenhouse in the snow and .. ceres I think is the other.
What if you sink it into the ground about four feet with concrete walls, like a basement, then stick the greenhouse on top? You can also get tinted twinwall polycarbonate or glass to provide a bit of a light filter and in theory reduce heat gain.
Work in progress. Subject inspired by a Pleione flower, underlying layers built over time through experimentation and, basically, existential crisis 🤷‍♀️
The lip has come out slightly lopsided. Not sure I’m going to correct that. Perfection is a myth, after all.
#orchids #fineart #painting
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Artist: Fermin Garcia Sevilla
"Villanueva de los Infantes", oilpainting 40x40 cm
#art #oilpainting #januarty #landscape
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Shop at The Onion store. It's not like anything else has made you happy.
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Laelia purpurata, first bloom seedling
Not quite a semi alba, the petals are actually pale pink. I don’t recall if this one had a forma attached to it, and I can’t seem to liberate the tag from the pot to find out.
#laeliapurpurata #cattleya #orchids #bloomscrolling #orchidaceae
Looks bigger than lava burst (?). That has little flowers about an inch high on short plants.
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'Stoer Lighthouse' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #womensart
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I kept this plant because it had some skeevy looking leaves. It’s fine, just they were a bit ugly. I had no idea it was going to bloom out completely without purples. I do hope one of the others blooms semi alba, as special as an alba is I’m still fond of the semi alba variation.
Vanda tessellata alba, smelling like a spiced mead. They are bright chartreuse, typical tessellata vein pattern barely visible, with a snowy white lip. This is from a population that was supposed to be semi alba, so with a pink lip.
#vanda #vandatessellata #bloomscrolling #orchids #fragrantorchids
Pachypodium eburnum
A young plant about 5 years old. I took these photos a week ago or so, I should take another. All flowers are open now, making for an impressive display.
#caudex #succulentplant #bloomscrolling #pachypodium
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Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
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#Bulbophyllum odoratissimum. Vaguely fragrant of some kind of melon soap substance. This plant is only loosely associated with the cedar shingle it was given as a mount. Some roots are attached, but the bulk of the plant exists as a hairball in front of the mount.
#orchids #bloomscrolling
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First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
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WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
Vandachostylis Rainbow Stars (falcata x Charm), first bloom seedling. Very fragrant of cheap cake icing and birthday candles.
#orchids #bloomscrolling #vanda #neofinetia #neofinetiafalcata #fragrantorchids
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