Dendrobium orchids have one of my favorite propagation techniques: you can take a dendrobium "stick" with no roots, set it on the forest floor, forget about it, check it much later, and it might have a keiki!

https://youtube.com/shorts/Cfi7aqEbWUA

Some nuance: as you might be able to tell from the video, it's not *completely* on the forest floor. It's balanced across a pot, so it's lifted a bit off the ground. It's also in the shade, and I covered some of the nodes with leaves, to protect from the sun, and encourage it to root. In short, I tried to mimic "a piece of a dendrobium (that lives in a tree) fell off and landed lower in the canopy. Then, over time, leaves and other growth settled around it."

FYI, I didn't invent this technique. I saw it in a YouTube.

#orchids #gardening #propagation #plants #hawaii

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I chopped my Jade plant in half a while back in the hopes of making it branch. While the top half looks to be doing well in it's new pot, the bottom wasn't seeming to do anything at all. About a week ago I noticed a piece of the trunk(?) below where I cut it had loosened away from the rest of the plant and now it *finally* looks to be branching! Look at those tiny nubs! 😍

I also planted the top I had cut off and it seems to be doing well. It has grown at least half an inch and looks healthy. I was a bit worried since the 4 lowest leaves were very... spongy, I guess? But I think they were simply too low on the "new" plant. I cut them off and the rest of the plant seems great!

#plants #houseplants #JadePlant #succulents #propagation

Several coronal mass ejections are expected to impact the Earth within the next 24-48 hours, possibly resulting in significant geomagnetic activity and visible auroras in far southern Victoria and Tasmania during local nighttime hours. Aurora alerts will follow if significant geomagnetic activity actually occurs.

#cme #propagation #sws

Source: https://listserver.ips.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-aurora-alert

This weekend's haul wasn't too bad for how terrible conditions were. Propagation was pretty horrible, but still managed about 50 contacts. Can the sun please chill out a bit?

#amateurRadio #hamRadio #40m #20m #17m #pota #propagation

@neonsnake

Any #gardening #GrowYourOwn #solarpunk #permaculture peeps have thoughts on this?

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