DirtyCoconuts presents: The flora and fauna of the Coconuts Compound

[DirtyCoconuts]

End of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr

End of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr


End of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr

More ‘chids by J Solo, on Flickr

[DirtyCoconuts]

Vanda on the house by J Solo, on Flickr

Vanda on the house by J Solo, on Flickr


Vanda by J Solo, on Flickr

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it looks like a chorus of comical angels dancing to tuba music sarcastically

Vanda on the house by J Solo, on Flickr

[DirtyCoconuts]

this is my arachnis Maggie oei, an epiphyte...perhaps she is confused..
This and that by J Solo, on Flickr

B little stars- becoming a favorite- it looks like a star trek ship
This and that by J Solo, on Flickr

This and that by J Solo, on Flickr

semi terete vanda spiking

This and that by J Solo, on Flickr

dragon fly trying to stay out of the wind on an epi radicans spike
Tags by J Solo, on Flickr

so, come here often???

Tags by J Solo, on Flickr

full show from the rando vando

Tags by J Solo, on Flickr

double petal addenium

Tags by J Solo, on Flickr

Tags by J Solo, on Flickr

Lizards and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr

den linifolium (sp?)
Lizards and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr

this is MINE
Lizards and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr

"why cant you be more like your brothers???"
Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

my giant noID Den with her twisting spikes
Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

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one more....i love it when you get a bloom on a Catt. and then it starts to fade a bit and you steel yourself for the fact that it was just a small bloom year for that plant and at least you got those two stunning flowers and they lasted a long while....and then....you realize it was just kidding you the WHOLE time!! lol

Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

[DirtyCoconuts]

i'll just keep on posting pics here to avoid cluttering other threads.


here is another of my Desert Roses, this one is fun, she's a double petal and the flowers are different patterned each time, see here the top middle flower is the most common color, the lower is a new one to me and the one in the back is a common variation with the white on some parts of the outer petal.

Zygo by J Solo, on Flickr

from below
Phrag by J Solo, on Flickr


this den looks like a cross between the choosing hat in harry potter and oogly boogly from nightmare before Christmas

Zygo by J Solo, on Flickr

hard to photo against the bright sky but the petals are kind of translucent...quite ethereal
Zygo by J Solo, on Flickr

Orange dwarf Epi radicans
Zygo by J Solo, on Flickr


common iris
Zygo by J Solo, on Flickr

my experimental vertical garden
Zygo by J Solo, on Flickr

Den MoNa Red
Zygo by J Solo, on Flickr

another addenium
Phrag by J Solo, on Flickr

tiny male Cuban Croaker..
Boogie by J Solo, on Flickr


he let me get really close bc my headlamp was distracting him...i got the camera maybe 4 inches away

Boogie by J Solo, on Flickr

this is the vanda root from a week ago...blowing up


Boogie by J Solo, on Flickr

Ar. Maggie Oei
Boogie by J Solo, on Flickr

my bougie bonsai....

Boogie by J Solo, on Flickr

[DirtyCoconuts]

start Friday off with some naked plants showing you all their special parts


Radicans by J Solo, on Flickr

i found this cool hibiscus at lowes a while back...pretty cool color they made but it drops a LOT of buds which makes me sad...i have to say, i enjoy these hybrids but they all grow like runts compared to the standards..I have a sorrel and a classic red and they grow about 5 x as fast as any of the fancy colored ones

Radicans by J Solo, on Flickr

voodoo
Keikis by J Solo, on Flickr

Keikis by J Solo, on Flickr

Sieden... by J Solo, on Flickr

i shared this pic in another thread but im putting it here because keikis are fun

Keikis by J Solo, on Flickr

PERSEPECTIVE!!!!!
Sieden... by J Solo, on Flickr

Keikis by J Solo, on Flickr

the above is a stick orchid or terete vanda or papilionanthe miss Joaquim growing on a Franigpani with a gardena in a 26" huge pot....it is the most amazing smelling thing in a few months


got a good feeling about this spike- i have never seen this Vanda flower- she was a gift from a friend who had too many ??? ( is that a thing?) [no spoilers please!] and it is a beast plant

Vandas coming by J Solo, on Flickr

Vandas coming by J Solo, on Flickr


I will punch this MFer right into next Tuesday! tomato caterpillar...JERK

Tomato hornworm by J Solo, on Flickr

the one satisfying thing is we have those brown curly tailed lizards and they are NOT herbivores lol....they annihilate these guys so i toss them on the short grass and just wait lol

five star jasmine vine i just planted and it is loving the spot

Tomato hornworm by J Solo, on Flickr


development on the buds on the NoID semi-terete

Sieden... by J Solo, on Flickr

weird how that lateral bud blasted

[Dollythehun]

FWIW: Tomato hornworms turn into beautiful and beneficial
Spinx moths. Pollinators too.

Tomato hornworms | UMN Extension

Just askin' are you sure your dwarf radicans isn't an ellipticum? The spacing, clasping, and shape of the leaves lend themselves to that thought.

[DirtyCoconuts]

I Know! it is one of the biggest challenges i face regarding my role in the food chain...i don't kill anything that i don't eat and i would really prefer to have killed anything i eat ( not possible but in a dream world)..i don't like to kill anything carelessly or needlessly and i always try to relocate rather than dispatch...within reason.

I want to grow my tomatoes so i need these guys off the plants until they are fruited out...i don't poison them or crush them as that would be just wasteful so i try to feed the lizards with them...last year i left all the tomatoes to grow after they fruited out and they were eaten to stumps in a few days!!! i felt that balances my karma with them...


as for the ellipticum question, i am NOT sure. i was telling Kim in the other thread that in the Redlands lots of nurseries do their own growing of these guys and have no real labels other than dwarf yellow blooms 4times lol

i made the "classification" myself but it was more a general way to ID them....thanks for the direction to look in

[Dollythehun]

We kill things we don't eat. Then we feed the Turkey Vultures. Our neighbors wonder why they roost here. We also have a nest of Sharp Shinned Hawks. That helps keep the vermin down. Lest you think me cruel, we learned in Master Gardening class that man is what has thrown nusance animal populations out of balance.

[DirtyCoconuts]

i think we are on the same wavelength..

one of my old dive buddies was a mojro dog guy, he kenneled about 17 and used them in everyway you could imagine from rescue to treeing, driving, herding etc....he also got into sight hounds....whoa!


the state he lived in (i forgot, possibly OK) had him and his pups help with the coyote population.

no doubt we messed things up. we killed apex predators and over burdened the heard animals and reduced the areas of all the remaining ones to toenail clippings of their former ranges...

-edited to reduce "soapbox" impression_

i just was trying to say i was not in favor of killing things for no reason

[Dollythehun]

You're soapbox is pointed in a different direction than mine. Especially in the critter habitat area.