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The Story of My Monstera Deliciosa

Keep any plant long enough, and your life’s stories start to stick to them. Here are some stories that have stuck to my Monstera deliciosa. I have to come clean about something right here in the...

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Never Say Die

A couple months ago, I put four Hyacinth bulbs in a large bowl, filled it up with rocks and water, and set it in a window. I’ve done this many times and have always had the sweet smell of Hyacinths to...

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The Story of My Dracaena fragrans

Keep any plant long enough, and your life’s stories start to stick to them. Here are some stories that have stuck to my Dracaena fragrans. 1992. I was walking down the street near my apartment in Santa...

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Forgotten Amaryllis Bloom

Keep any plant long enough, and your life’s stories start to stick to them. Here’s the story of one of my Hippeastrum* bulbs. Years ago, for some forgotten holiday, my sister gave me an Amaryllis kit...

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A Hole in My Park

I live near Buena Vista Park. She’s not the biggest park in San Francisco, nor the flashiest, but she’s our park – Heather and I walk the dogs there every day. At a certain point in our daily loop, on...

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A Teachable Moment

We had a bunch of people over for a Fourth of July party this weekend. One of them was Tom, who is four. Tom was especially curious about my little bog of carnivorous plants (all of which were gifts...

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The Devil Made Me Do It

The Devil’s Hand (aka Chiranthodendron pentadactylon) is my new favorite tree. And luckily, there’s one blooming in the San Francisco Botanical Garden right now. Those red fingers are actually flower...

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Rhaphidophora

This is the story of my Rhaphidophora cryptantha, but it’s also about the International Aroid Society and how awesome plant people are. Let me explain. I first noticed Rhaphidophora in Thailand. Some...

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A Repotting Lesson from a Philodendron Cutting

Last year, my friend Leland sent me a cutting of Philodendron pinnatifidum x melinonii from his yard. The photo on the left below shows what it looked like when I received it. It was just a few inches...

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Anus Starfish Bloom

Two years ago, my plant buddy Zach sent me a bunch of Philodendron cuttings and threw in a Stapelia, too. I knew nothing about the genus, but I stuck it in a pot, set it in a sunny window, and it’s...

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