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Dendrobium cunninghamii, in Puketi Forest, New Zealand. In full bloom :). Its indigenous Maori name is Winika and a Maori canoe (Waka) is named after it

"In the fork of the tree grew a type of orchid known as ‘te winika’ which blooms with masses of white and green star-shaped flowers, evoking the huia feathers worn by high ranking rangatira (chiefs). This led to the auspicious name being given to the waka taua, that served Maaori royalty for many purposes, from transport to ceremonial duties."

-50 years of majestic waka at Waikato Museum Source

Image by me

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 4 points 18 hours ago
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submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by nettle@mander.xyz to c/greenspace@beehaw.org
 

I found this while walking through the Bush it was on the track with its exuviae right next to it. They are bloody deafening at this time of year but I still love to see them. Unfortunately I couldn't get any photos with the eyes properly in focus (as well as the exuviae) and my dog was desperate to carry on walking so this is the best I got.

Edit: spelling

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Also how does a seed library work? is it where people bring there excess grown seeds to share with others, because if so that's so cool, I wish we had a thing like that here

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for your lovely reply. I'll try and answer as best as I can.

I stumble across most seed's while doing other things in the forest such as tramping or pest trapping. While the Kowhai seeds I grab from a beautiful old naturally bonsaid tree on an island I do conservation on.

The idea of eco-sourcing is that plants of the same species have regional variation which makes them better suited/more benificial for that region. So we want to plant planted with seed that came from a wild plant in the ecological region they are planted in. (Another benifit of wild plants is more genetic diversity).

The nursery is purely for conservation and is partnered with our department of conservation they sell plants at a price low enouph to buy the stuff to grow more plants and everyone there is a volenteer growing plants for fun (mostly lovely old people).

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Ive been eco-sourcing some nikau, kowhai, kareao and puriri seeds to bring to our native plant nursery where I volunteer at. Im also going to try and grow some kareao in my room.

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For harder ceramics like these a diamand coated bit (they aren't as expensive as the name makes the seem), always use water and drill through super slow so it doesn't crack (a minute or longer). Good luck!!

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I either drill holes or for round ones put a smaller plastic draining pot inside

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It all runs on good ol' clean green energy, and with the new turbines installed we're really seeing a rembursed energy of our exhausted ADP residents. They had been beginning to complain saying "I might just move to the mitochea with the wages us ADP get there". But I just said to those crazy fools "ya fools dont wanna go down that dark, dark road. want to know where the mitochondria get all their energy from? They steal it, steal it from right under our bloody noses, steal the suger we put our blood sweat and tears into". Most stay, but sometimes I feel a few sneak away in the night.

But you wanna know a secret, I've heard rumors.. rumors that in the mitochondria ADP once plump with riches will be taken against their will, kidnapped straight from their fancy mansions.

The few that come back stuggle to recover, but many are never to be seen again.

Edit: grammer

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 4 points 6 days ago

Yea I did something similar on GNOME I mapped one of my mouse side buttons to be META and that way I could use it to access the overview and applications aswell as using side button + scroll wheel to switch workspaces.

I love it so much I have implemented the same functionality In cosmic and would do the same in KDE.

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Its so delicate I love how the light shines through

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Oh and Its still good for humans in lower doses

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Yea microraptors have got to be one of my favorite creatures to ever exist

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In high doses capsacin can be an irritant and cause temporary gastrointestinal issues in dogs AND humans It is also a neurotoxin (GLaDLY only short term effects) The dosage required for children and dogs may be lower as they are smaller source It has not been found to be lethal even at high doses in dogs and is quickly eliminated from there system. Source: 1, 2 Still don't put your dog in pain (they can't tell you when it hurts) and the side effects of high dosage can be dangerous just like in humans.

Guinee pigs however are very sensitive they can have long term health effects and it can be lethal so dont feed your guinee pig chilli (capsicum is great tho). Also other small mammals like rats, mice and rabbits can easily have a lethal dose because they are so small.

But yea from my research it is no more toxic for dogs than it is to humans

 

Dendrobium cunninghamii, in Puketi Forest, New Zealand. In full bloom :). Its indigenous Maori name is Winika and a Maori canoe (Waka) is named after it

"In the fork of the tree grew a type of orchid known as ‘te winika’ which blooms with masses of white and green star-shaped flowers, evoking the huia feathers worn by high ranking rangatira (chiefs). This led to the auspicious name being given to the waka taua, that served Maaori royalty for many purposes, from transport to ceremonial duties."

-50 years of majestic waka at Waikato Museum Source

Image by me

Edit: grammer and written better

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