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#GregTurnsTwo - fan favorite, Richard Johnson, with his glorious flower crown and a native Texas bee doing some pollination. 🐝 Happy birthday Greg!! I know we all can't wait to see what's coming #RJGsYard #CactusClique #Pollinators #HappyPlants #GregGang #PLANTMAFIA

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@Forfoxsake · 1w

Day 2 of the blooming #plowmanii the spadix is active. Thermogenesis has begun! The spadix is definitely warm to the touch (slightly warmer than room temperature) Last night when the bloom opened it was putting out a sweet floral aroma. Today it’s very unpleasant, like a rotting fruit. It’s around this time in nature where beetles would be attracted to the scent and to the heat. Beetles visit the blooming flower on day 2 and crawl inside and spend the night feeding on the resin and feces from the bugs attracted during day 1 sweet scent phase. Hopefully, bringing pollen from a neighbor philodendron from the previous evening to the receptive female part of the spadix. As the bloom cools and the female receptors go dormant then the bloom tightens it’s exit quickly (about 60 minutes later) forcing the beetles to take pollen with them from the now active pollen flowers on the spadix. If all goes as planned tonight or tomorrow morning I will be able to harvest and freeze the pollen for up to 1 year. #HappyPlants #pollinators #Philodendron #PlantAddict #GregGang #learningsomethingneweveryday

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@Forfoxsake · 1w

Day 3 #plowmanii #Philodendron #pollinators: We’ve got pollen! This morning around 8am the bloom reached the “closed” state and began to show signs that pollen would be released. Less than 20 minutes later the bloom was no longer warm to the touch. Safely cut away the outer layers to expose the spadix once again but it’s now a sappy, sticky mess covered with pollen. For the next few days it should produce some more but I got the most of it! Spadix is now covered so the fan doesn’t blow the rest of the newly formed pollen away. The rest goes into the freezer with a silica gel pack #success #PatiencePaysOff #HappyPlants #GregGang #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth

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@Jferlynn · 6d

Captured this little bee doing his thing this morning in my orange day lilies #springintosummer #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #pollinators

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@Forfoxsake · 1w

😱 😳 tonight is the night we pollinate the Philodendron Plowmanii!!! There’s a 2 hour window where I’ll be able to collect pollen before the female receptor goes inactive. I only get ☝️ shot and I’ve never done this before… #MomsSpaghetti wish me luck as I check in on this every hour #pollinators #Philodendron #plowmanii #NewGrowth

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@Kiersten · 7M

Wasps need to fire their publicists. Although sometimes tempermental (then again, who isn’t?), these guys are super important #pollinators and always a welcome treat in the garden 🌸

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@Urbanfarmer · 6d

As you can tell, it’s yard work day. If anyone has tips for a #pollinators garden, let me know!! I’m trying to get more bees and butterflies (and somehow hummingbirds) to my house

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#GregTurnsTwo - fan favorite, Richard Johnson, with his glorious flower crown and a native Texas bee doing some pollination. 🐝 Happy birthday Greg!! I know we all can't wait to see what's coming #RJGsYard #CactusClique #Pollinators #HappyPlants #GregGang #PLANTMAFIA

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Day 2 of the blooming #plowmanii the spadix is active. Thermogenesis has begun! The spadix is definitely warm to the touch (slightly warmer than room temperature) Last night when the bloom opened it was putting out a sweet floral aroma. Today it’s very unpleasant, like a rotting fruit. It’s around this time in nature where beetles would be attracted to the scent and to the heat. Beetles visit the blooming flower on day 2 and crawl inside and spend the night feeding on the resin and feces from the bugs attracted during day 1 sweet scent phase. Hopefully, bringing pollen from a neighbor philodendron from the previous evening to the receptive female part of the spadix. As the bloom cools and the female receptors go dormant then the bloom tightens it’s exit quickly (about 60 minutes later) forcing the beetles to take pollen with them from the now active pollen flowers on the spadix. If all goes as planned tonight or tomorrow morning I will be able to harvest and freeze the pollen for up to 1 year. #HappyPlants #pollinators #Philodendron #PlantAddict #GregGang #learningsomethingneweveryday

@Forfoxsake posted 1w ago

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Day 3 #plowmanii #Philodendron #pollinators: We’ve got pollen! This morning around 8am the bloom reached the “closed” state and began to show signs that pollen would be released. Less than 20 minutes later the bloom was no longer warm to the touch. Safely cut away the outer layers to expose the spadix once again but it’s now a sappy, sticky mess covered with pollen. For the next few days it should produce some more but I got the most of it! Spadix is now covered so the fan doesn’t blow the rest of the newly formed pollen away. The rest goes into the freezer with a silica gel pack #success #PatiencePaysOff #HappyPlants #GregGang #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth

@Forfoxsake posted 1w ago

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Captured this little bee doing his thing this morning in my orange day lilies #springintosummer #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #pollinators

@Jferlynn posted 6d ago

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😱 😳 tonight is the night we pollinate the Philodendron Plowmanii!!! There’s a 2 hour window where I’ll be able to collect pollen before the female receptor goes inactive. I only get ☝️ shot and I’ve never done this before… #MomsSpaghetti wish me luck as I check in on this every hour #pollinators #Philodendron #plowmanii #NewGrowth

@Forfoxsake posted 1w ago

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Wasps need to fire their publicists. Although sometimes tempermental (then again, who isn’t?), these guys are super important #pollinators and always a welcome treat in the garden 🌸

@Kiersten posted 7M ago

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As you can tell, it’s yard work day. If anyone has tips for a #pollinators garden, let me know!! I’m trying to get more bees and butterflies (and somehow hummingbirds) to my house

@Urbanfarmer posted 6d ago