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Dathanscage
@dathanscage.bsky.social
UX designer, orchid enthusiast, scifi/fantasy nerd, lifelong vegetarian, and general believer in respect and empathy for nature, science and most humans.
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.
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
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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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
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Real dog, sitting in a real chair, no AI.
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I love to see what orchids people have in their collections, but it also makes me quite jealous 💚🌱💙
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
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
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Would be paradise to write only about oceans and whales here. Tired of the madness.
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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 🏞️ 🌲💙
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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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
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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
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
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
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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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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
The Zinnias I planted late summer are still going strong, even in October. Love this color, Queeny Lemon Peach.

#bl9mscrolling #gardening #flowers 🌸🪴🌴🌱💙
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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
September 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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
September 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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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July 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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