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Today will mark the launch of - hopefully - a series of informative posts on… well… flora.
Otherwise known as plants.
Or “that green stuff with the nice colourful blobs”.

Whichever definition you prefer¹ I am going to take you places² that you’ve probably never been to before: to see some more… unusual… plants.

Almost everyone has heard of lilies, and a lot of people have actually seen lilies.

What most people are completely unaware of though are the few fascinating³ and rare species this particular plant has developed.

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Lilium Erotica

lilium erotica

A rather big flowered species of lily that produces a huge amount of blooms in showy colours, smells extremly strongly and produces twice the amount of pollen that most other lily species produce.
Possesses a strong sex drive.

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Lilium Perversum

lilium perversum

A subspecies of lilium erotica.
Possesses a strong, uncurbed sex drive.
Actively pollinates everything from unrelated plants like hibiscus over animals to humans.
The pollen is very aggressive and almost impossible to wipe off. In case of contact it is recommended to wash it off with soap and water. Feel free to liberally use disinfectant - you never know where the pollen has been before.

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1. you’re even allowed to make up your own [back]
2. figuratively speaking [back]
3. if at times somewhat bizarre [back]

A comment reminded me of something long overdue:
pics of the greenhouse being in use.

The outside seen from various angles:

The inside:

The terrace:

A so-called “balcony tomato” for cultivation in a pot…

… among the first we bought, and thus already starting on tomato production.

Although some of the tomatoes outside the greenhouse aren’t far behind:

tomato blooms

Hm, beans…

And back inside some of the seeds have been busy:

Don’t always believe “best by” dates. These Okra seeds were only supposed to keep till December ‘07 - and the package had already been opened!

The following pics are of the new ones I came across by accident in a home-improvement market. It was the only package they had (left?), and I immediately grabbed it.
The okras on the package look darker and more shiny than I know them, so let’s see what the plants will produce - if the filthy German weather doesn’t kill them dispite the greenhouse, that is.

And why are they “spineless” anyway??? Got no backbone, the fucking cowards, eh?!

+++ out of cheese error +++

+++ melon +++ melon +++ melon +++

I saw this on Journaliya’s blog (in German) and just had to make my own:

Hm, looks like this needs yet more work….

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create your own visited country map

As per Mafdet’s request:

my finger this evening

Can’t seem to be able to shoot less blurry pics one handed and without a tripod. But the scar and the damage to the fingernail that has been growing out of its hiding place are visible, so there…

sky northwest by west

northwest by west, zoomed

northwest by north

not very successful attempt to capture the purple sky I saw to the northeast

the west

the west, zoomed

plane leaving con trails strategically placed to the southwest

crescent moon and con trails

a slightly southerly west again

This is what I saw this morning from my bathroom window. I just had to hurry out again to get my cam and share…

dawn (with flash)

dawn (without flash)

more dawn (without flash)

yet more dawn (without flash)

As per your request: a few charming pics of my tormented finger, taken about 26 hours after the incident. Enjoy.

all three stitches

from above

from below

Nice blue, eh?

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still friends (early afternoon of Dec. 30th)

I was bored and sitting around with an unbandaged finger, so now you can suffer more recent pics (Dec. 30th, at around 10pm):

all three stitches - again

from above - again

from below - again

Here’s some Christmas fog from this morning for Lynette….

White Christmas