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Dathanscage
@dathanscage.bsky.social
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UX designer, orchid enthusiast, scifi/fantasy nerd, lifelong vegetarian, and general believer in respect and empathy for nature, science and most humans.
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Peace, love, and joy to everyone. I hope you enjoy your day as much as my canine companion did. Nothing like the right gift to make someone's day.
Red and white Australian Cattledog with a chew toy for Christmas. She seems happy 😊
December 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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MELIA is spending her second Christmas at the shelter. Lets end 2025 with a bang! By finding her a forever adult only home with no dogs. Cats are ok. Shes an amazing, smart, beautiful dog. Please adopt her

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
https://24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/PP3506/51416338
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Today’s #orchid:
Coelia bella is a species of orchid native to Central America . It produces trumpet-shaped flowers that are intensely fragrant, with a smell like marzipan. [wiki]
I took this pic at our orchid society live auction. Just one photo of an immense plant! It was HUGE!
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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orchids.bsky.social
The pink flower opened 2 months ago and the 2nd flower is just starting to open on this truly miniature orchid.

Dendrobium cuthbertsonii var. agathodaemonis

#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy #365photo 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
Miniature orchid with a pink flower and a newly opening flower which is still greenish beige
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Real dog, sitting in a real chair, no AI.
Cute little purple heeler with her head over the arm of a white chair, with sunlight streaming through blonds
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Just finished reading The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling. It's horror, historical, fantasy, suspense and supernatural all woven together, but definitely worth the read. I won't give away the key theme of the book 🥩

📚💙 #booksky
Book cover for The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling. Nun, with a beekeeping honey frame, and the face obscured by another illustration of three faces, all on a bright yellow background. It's the story of a knight, a heretic, and disgraced royalty, surviving an untenable situation.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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I love to see what orchids people have in their collections, but it also makes me quite jealous 💚🌱💙
delawareorchid.bsky.social Delaware Orchid Society @delawareorchid.bsky.social · Oct 24
Show Table October 2025. Thank you for bringing many beautiful orchids!
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Paracaleana nigrita - Flying Duck Orchid

One of the more common of the Duck Orchids to be found in Western Australia. These curious looking orchid flowers can be seen between August & October
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Picture of three reddish green orchid flowers that resemble the shape of a duck
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Coelogyne Jannine Banks
(Coelogyne mooreana x Coelogyne flaccida)

#orchid #orchids #photography #nature #flower #bluesky #houseplants #gardening
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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There’s an employee who still thinks of you because you were kind to them.
Never stop being that leader.
💛 thesarahcoles.co.uk

#LeadershipMatters #LeadWithKindness #PeopleFirstLeadership #PositiveWorkCulture #InspiringLeaders #HumanLeadership #EmpathyInLeadership #WorkplaceWellbeing
There's an employee who still thinks of you because you were kind to them. Never stop being that leader. thesarahcoles.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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angrywaterman.bsky.social
Would be paradise to write only about oceans and whales here. Tired of the madness.
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
Book cover for C.J. Cherryh, Rimrunners from 1989. The cover illustration shows the main character, Bet Yeager, running through a space station corridor.
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Spotted this little guy at the Petrified Forest National Park. According to Google Lens and the NPS website, it's a collared lizard. They're known to run on their hind legs, which makes them resemble small dinosaurs. Guess I missed that part🦖

#nps #nationalparkgeek #npsphotography 🏞️ 🌲💙
Turquoise and yellow collared lizard (I think) sunning on a reddish brown piece of petrified wood.
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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cnn.com
Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “parasocial,” used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don’t know – or even with an artificial intelligence. https://cnn.it/4raKodW
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Stylidium tenue - Little Fountain Triggerplant

Look closely at a triggerplant and you’ll spot the flower’s sensitive column, carrying both the anther & stigma at the end. The anther develops first, the stigma develops after the anther shrivels 🌿🌱

#Stylidium #ozflora #wildoz #nature #pollination
Close up of a single pink Triggerplant flower showing four petals and the sensitive column coming from the throat of the flower. The end of the column is visible showing a wider end with brush like tips
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Psychopsis, the butterfly orchid. It's one of my favorites, not just because it looks so beautifully unique, but because it is a sequential bloomer, and will reflower on the same spike for years, with the right care.

#flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening #orchids 💙🪴🌴🌱 sky
Psychopsis Mendenhall 'Hildos' has three very long and thin petals on the top, which look like a stylized crown, to me. Then fringed, long sepals along the lower sides, and one large, fringed lip. The whole flower then has striking yellow and dark orange striping and dappling. This picture was taken near a South facing window.
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Pterostylis barbata - Bird Orchid

One of Western Australia's more unusual looking orchids. The orchid's labellum is triggered by visiting pollinators trapping them inside the orchid's hood and forcing them to escape past the orchid's pollinia
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
A translucent green and white orchid which is shaped rather like the silhouette of a bird
October 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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It's International Save the #Vaquita Day!

With fewer than 20 left, the vaquita is the world's most endangered marine mammal. I painted this piece in the hope of raising awareness for vaquita.day.

#SaveTheVaquita #Cetacean #whales #porpoise #endangeredspecies #conservation #Animalart #Sciart
A painting of 2 Vaquitas swimming underwater among some corals and underwater plant life. This painting was made for Save the Vaquita Week 2025 in hopes of raising funds and awareness to help the vaquita come back from possible extinction. Save the Vaquita Postcard Print is a limited run of 100 signed 5x7 inch postcard prints, on premium cardstock, and will be signed and numbered on the back. This hand painted original postcard print is a little token and a reminder that you made a difference in helping the Vaquita. All funds will be donated directly to porpoise.org for Save the Vaquita Week!
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Photos from Saguaro National Park this summer, well before the government shutdown. So much natural diversity despite the arrid conditions, and treasures worth protecting.

#cacti #nationalpark #nps
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Fishhook cactus in bloom. Along with the orange flowers you can see the long curving needles that give it the name. Ocotillo plant on the desert garden walk. Long thin branches of the bush like plant with small oval leaves. Unusual arm growth off of a Saguaro cactus. These tall plants only grow in this area, one of the largest cacti in the world. Prickly pear cactus, without fruit. The grey green oval forms add some interesting textures to the desert landscape.
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Great Blue Heron - 1/16/25

Wakodahatchee Wetlands - Delray Beach, FL

Canon R8 w/ RF 600mm - 1/1250 at f/11, ISO 5000 #birds #peachyshotz #wakodahatcheewetlands #wildlife #shotoncanon #nature #photography #greatblueheron #wadingbirds
October 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The Zinnias I planted late summer are still going strong, even in October. Love this color, Queeny Lemon Peach.

#bl9mscrolling #gardening #flowers 🌸🪴🌴🌱💙
Photo of a Zinnia flower bloom, with garden plants in the background, including cucumber, sunflower, and oregano gone to flower. The colors are bright orange pink center, and yellow to peach color radiating out from the middle. The variety is Queeny Lemon Peach.
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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A favorite orchid, Jacquiniella Equitantifolia. Flowers are about 1/2 inch, but a sequential bloomer. Each spike has one bloom, and when that wilts, falls off, another flower will take its place. So, with about 10-25 spikes, always in bloom 🥰

#flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening #orchids 💙🌱🌴🪴 sky
Jacquiniella Equitantifolia orchid, small soft peach colored bloom, with strappy, but somewhat succulent, leaves behind it. You can see the remnants of the previous blooms on the right side of the flower. Jacquiniella Equitantifolia orchid. This is a new spike, and the bloom has less of a peach color, more yellow and a little green. You can also see that the sikes actually almost look like one of the leaves. Jacquiniella Equitantifolia, a bloom from the side. It's a soft pale peach color, the sepals and petals are long and thin, and the lip is as well, with a small flare at the end. They are also quite small, not getting larger than about half an inch. Jacquiniella Equitantifolia orchid. This flower is just opening, and hasn't quite reached the full yellow and peach color. This plant is from South America, and a grower in Equidor. I got it at a local orchid society meeting.
September 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Haven't posted in a while. But this was such a wonderful little miracle, had to share. Monn. Millennium Magic 'Witchcraft' ... The almost black orchid. It's first bloom, and it is a little bit of magic.

#flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening #orchids 💙🪴🌴🌱 sky
Three orchid blooms from the Milliinium Magic 'Witchcraft' orchid, with deep burgundy flowers that are almost black.
September 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Blooming once again, Coelogyne Pandurata 'Tristan' orchid ... the camera can't quite capture the unique shade of light green in the flowers. They don't last very long, but still striking, however briefly.

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Close up of my Coelogyne Pandurata 'Tristan' orchid flowers, pale green with dark chocolate centers. Close up of my Coelogyne Pandurata 'Tristan' orchid flowers, pale green with dark chocolate centers.
July 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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🌱 for #FlowersonFriday
Purple and white Zygo. Cynosure 'Blue Birds' orchid. There really isn't a true blue orchid, but enthusiasts keep trying.
June 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM