A Mexican poppy photographed at the Turnbull Ruins in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

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This was my last aquarium. I had to give it away due to relocating.







Plants include - Salvinia sp., Utriculata sp,., Anubias sp., Drosera sp., Drosera rotundifolia, Echinodorus sp., Nymphoides sp., Microsorum pteropus, Tillandsia sp., Crinum sp., and others which I can't remember the names of.

There were also some grass shrimp, cardinal tetras, and head and taillight tetras.

I found this neglected Hyophorbe verschaffeltii at Home Depot. It only had one and a half leaves, and didn't even have a pot. It even has what may be a bullet lodged in it.

I took it home and potted it up, and to my surprise it started growing that same day. I was expecting it to take a long time to recover enough to start growing again. You can check a palm's growth rate by putting a mark on the spear (emerging leaf) and a mark on the petiole of the previous leaf, and noting the difference as time passes.

Happy Holidays to all!

Flowers growing wild near the summit of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii.

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along w/ some garden shots.

I took that photo on front of our house some days ago... the plants were so lovely standing together and got me that colourful ensemble:-)