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Dorstenia & Aristolochia enthusiast | Executive Editor at Vault Comics
Can't know how to hear any more about tables
Dorstenia & Aristolochia enthusiast | Executive Editor at Vault Comics
Can't know how to hear any more about tables
The shit is well and truly AFOOT
December 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The shit is well and truly AFOOT
This is not a drill, friends, we've got a post-rain stinkhorn fungus egg hatching situation afoot
December 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is not a drill, friends, we've got a post-rain stinkhorn fungus egg hatching situation afoot
I saw the skeleton of these guys at a natural history museum in Germany!!! they're so tiny. Those are an adult male and female skeleton and a skull from a baby one.
December 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I saw the skeleton of these guys at a natural history museum in Germany!!! they're so tiny. Those are an adult male and female skeleton and a skull from a baby one.
just like this guy. bastard mode engaged
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
just like this guy. bastard mode engaged
First comic that ever made me laugh until I cried, I think I was like 5 years old
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
First comic that ever made me laugh until I cried, I think I was like 5 years old
Aristolochia phillipinensis stealth-flowering for the first time (for me). I have never grown this genus until this year and idk if December is the time it should be doing cool stuff, lol, but here we are
December 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Aristolochia phillipinensis stealth-flowering for the first time (for me). I have never grown this genus until this year and idk if December is the time it should be doing cool stuff, lol, but here we are
I’m 12 (circa 2021)
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m 12 (circa 2021)
ITS DIFFERENT OKAY. Because this is clearly, understandably, the best
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
ITS DIFFERENT OKAY. Because this is clearly, understandably, the best
Been doing an exercise program for about two months. It usually starts off with doing "cat cows" and "downward dogs" and after weeks of this shit i've finally decided that Cat Cow and Downward Dog are shitty jewel thieves
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Been doing an exercise program for about two months. It usually starts off with doing "cat cows" and "downward dogs" and after weeks of this shit i've finally decided that Cat Cow and Downward Dog are shitty jewel thieves
X[___________] This is so in the spirit of Dorstenia that I can barely stand it. You're amazing. I hope they sneak through at some point!!! They are legit some amazing design. Here are some more Dors for inspo lol
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
X[___________] This is so in the spirit of Dorstenia that I can barely stand it. You're amazing. I hope they sneak through at some point!!! They are legit some amazing design. Here are some more Dors for inspo lol
UHM… I have two different clones of D. gigas flowering at the same time… this is not a drill…
I feel like the dog that finally caught the car, I have no idea what I should do now, lol. I guess just makeup brush pollination and pray to the powers that be
I feel like the dog that finally caught the car, I have no idea what I should do now, lol. I guess just makeup brush pollination and pray to the powers that be
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
UHM… I have two different clones of D. gigas flowering at the same time… this is not a drill…
I feel like the dog that finally caught the car, I have no idea what I should do now, lol. I guess just makeup brush pollination and pray to the powers that be
I feel like the dog that finally caught the car, I have no idea what I should do now, lol. I guess just makeup brush pollination and pray to the powers that be
Also he had a giant and extremely well-grown D. gigas that is very cool so it goes here too. Plants for the Southwest, if you ever want to visit a nursery that has the most interesting weeds on the world just sitting around everywhere, and one of the nicest growers of all time
October 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Also he had a giant and extremely well-grown D. gigas that is very cool so it goes here too. Plants for the Southwest, if you ever want to visit a nursery that has the most interesting weeds on the world just sitting around everywhere, and one of the nicest growers of all time
Third pic is actually pretty cool, it’s Aristolochia watsonii, the Watson’s Dutchman‘s Pipe plant, an Arizonan native. The owner of the nursery we went to is a fucking sweetie pie and gifted me a bunch of seeds from his plants that have been on the property since 1930 ;__; I’m so grateful
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Third pic is actually pretty cool, it’s Aristolochia watsonii, the Watson’s Dutchman‘s Pipe plant, an Arizonan native. The owner of the nursery we went to is a fucking sweetie pie and gifted me a bunch of seeds from his plants that have been on the property since 1930 ;__; I’m so grateful
More friends from Arizona
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
More friends from Arizona
I’ve been in Tucson for 20 mins and already drowning in best friends
October 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I’ve been in Tucson for 20 mins and already drowning in best friends
Getting a little in the weeds (ha) but D. dolichocaula is a subspecies of D. ramosa. The main species can be variable as well. Here's a specimen with curled appendages.
POWOs:
- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
POWOs:
- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Getting a little in the weeds (ha) but D. dolichocaula is a subspecies of D. ramosa. The main species can be variable as well. Here's a specimen with curled appendages.
POWOs:
- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
POWOs:
- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
Rest in peace to Queen Silver, my favorite quail. She was 4.5 years old. I'm glad I gave her an inadvisable amount of mealworms as her last meal yesterday. She's survived by her sisters Caramel and Irish Creme.
Very on-brand of her to bounce on the first windy, rainy day of autumn. I'll miss her.
Very on-brand of her to bounce on the first windy, rainy day of autumn. I'll miss her.
October 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Rest in peace to Queen Silver, my favorite quail. She was 4.5 years old. I'm glad I gave her an inadvisable amount of mealworms as her last meal yesterday. She's survived by her sisters Caramel and Irish Creme.
Very on-brand of her to bounce on the first windy, rainy day of autumn. I'll miss her.
Very on-brand of her to bounce on the first windy, rainy day of autumn. I'll miss her.
Uerm… need more stick
October 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Uerm… need more stick
Okay… WIP and looks like hot shit, but also unironically going according to keikaku.
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Okay… WIP and looks like hot shit, but also unironically going according to keikaku.
EXTREMELY betrayed to find out that all the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars I've been herding from my chewed up seedlings to an adult plant for the last 2 months are not in fact harboring dangerous spines, but are just spiny for show to fool predators!! I thought we were FRIENDS. I've been had.
![screencap of wikipedia showing a spiny black and orange caterpillar. The text reads, "Despite being covered in spikes, gulf fritillary larvae are not a stinging caterpillar.[10] The spikes are soft to the touch and serve the purpose of scaring predators"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uxtokhxzncqowunxugxf5v4d/bafkreiau7ehcleag2sxxbcre2exeyx6gh5cdwl4ms2lxeao2nxyjyprmle@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
EXTREMELY betrayed to find out that all the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars I've been herding from my chewed up seedlings to an adult plant for the last 2 months are not in fact harboring dangerous spines, but are just spiny for show to fool predators!! I thought we were FRIENDS. I've been had.