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What an amazing display of beautiful flowering plants!!!

took this pic of our friends’ dog taking a dump behind my truck and they printed it out and framed it for our housewarming 😭

Not my best (phoned it in on the clouds lol) but in my defense I had just hiked ~9.8 miles with a 35 lb pack on my back. First time using the tiny paper! So cute and fun

Hey all! Pic included for context. I am starting to order supplies to convert my Fabrikor into a greenhouse.
I am curious if anyone has mounted lights (I’m doing Barrina T5s) on the underside of the top of their cabinet? It seems uncommon, as most of the mounts I have come across are magnetic (for the frame/do not come with a second magnet) or affix to drilled acrylic/glass shelving.
Does anyone have mounts that work on glass, or has had success with command strips or anything?
Thank you!!

Not my best not my worst — I would do the tree trunk/shadow/bluff on the left differently, but otherwise super happy!!! I <3 PLEIN AIRRR

Hi all! Long post (which I will be crossposting to r/Orchids), apologies in advance.

I have been planning a conversion of my Fabrikor into a mini greenhouse for my orchid collection. I have five orchids: a bulbophyllum and a maxillaria which have been THRIVING in the shower; and a phalaenopsis, a zygopetalum and an oncidium which have also been doing decently well on the windowsill (zygo and onci seem a little shriveled even with regular watering, so hoping increased humidity and airflow will help).

The weather will be cooling down soon, which is why I am moving forward with the build now, as they won't have the same airflow they have enjoyed over the last few months (particularly the ones in the shower).

Anyone have experience with orchids in their Fabrikor Wide? I think the bathroom humidity will be decently replicable (pics of bathroom vs current Fabrikor Wide hygrometers in post).

Here's my shopping/setup list:

• Grow lights (Barina T5s)
• Grow light mounts (can anyone confirm if they have these whether you can mount them on the underside of the top glass pane...?)
• Pegboard and shelves (one full, one horseshoe; both with airholes)
• Silicone for sealing
• Fans and mounts

Am I forgetting anything?! Any advice from Fabrikor converters and/or orchid hobbyists?? Thank you for your time! I will update when my build is complete! I am so inspired by your all's gorgeous builds.

Edit: wow just enjoy the sandwich pic yall who cares what we call it😭get a hobby

Genoa salame, capocollo, sopressata, provolone, shredded iceberg lettuce w/ red wine vin + EVOO, mama lil’s peppers, pepperoncini, tomato, red onion, mayo zhuzhed up with dried italian herbs + red wine vin + oil from the mama lil’s jar … on ciabatta! YUM!

was out taking my surfside green mica queen for a spin and we came across a MYSTIC PURPLE MICA QUEEN! mint af. I have seen three 2WD mpm’s in the wild but never seen a 4WD one. I will certainly scream/cry/throw up when I finally do…

Been in the game a little over a year. Last summer my friend gave me two very sad phals that were gifted to them when their mother died. One sadly didn’t make it, but the other just gifted me with my first successful rebloom! It feels even more special that it’s one of the orchids my friend gave me — and also, it bloomed while MY mom was visiting me, so I feel like it’s a message from my friend’s mom. What a lovely feeling, I have had success with roots and leaves on my other plants but no blooms yet. So excited!!

ETA: My other plants are a zygo, an oncidium, a bulbophyllum, and a maxillaria. Ironically I have killed two phals in my life but no other orchids, so kinda funny that the first one to rebloom is a phal.

Hi everyone! Recently moved to High Point from Vashon (with my boyfriend who lived in Queen Anne). His aunts gave us a hummingbird feeder and some bird feeders. We have gotten a scrub jay, some juncos and house sparrows but haven’t seen any hummingbirds yet so we moved the feeder into a tree and hung a fuchsia basket next to us.

Anyone here attract hummingbirds to their yards? Btw loving the neighborhood 💛🩵🩷💚

I moved recently, and during the move I (what I thought was!) temporarily put my Maxillaria tenuifolia and my Bulbophyllum lobbii in this little north-facing window shelf in the shower. Holy SMOKES are they happy, but particularly the Maxi!!!
All those little root growths have basically exploded over the last week and a half. The “spike” (or new leaf?? Can’t tell what it is lol) was already there but has started developing really fast.
Initially I kept with my once a week long soak watering schedule, but I started just running them under the shower every few days while I wait for the water to heat up, and that seems to be working just fine (and using less water).
The Bulbo looks pretty happy too, but it’s a little harder to tell because it’s mounted in a hollowed out log with sphag so I can’t see the roots as well.
TL;DR put your Maxis in the shower maybe lol

Pacific coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana) in Mt. Rainier National Park this morning. I just love coralroot orchids!!! Beautiful, and the whole mycorrhizae dynamic is so fascinating.

posted a couple days ago about my truck making a squealing/speaking noise, corresponding to rotation of wheels, since my (wonderful, sweet, but ditzy) brother hit a pothole HARD while borrowing.

here’s a video of the sound. My backyard mechanic BF and I spent about an hour with the rear end jacked up, trying to pinpoint the exact issue. there’s definitely something scraping in the wheel, we think it might be a bent backing plant but can’t say for sure. it’s going to a Japanese import shop Monday morning for a diagnostic :(

anyone had a similar issue and can share their experience repair cost/labor times?! I understand that replacing the backing plate requires disassembling the entire axle bearing ughhhh.

bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce :(

i <3 having a 28-year-old truck while at war with a major oil-producing country