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Birkin is running out of ink! - Whenever I observe

Birkin is running out of ink!
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Whenever I observe major differences in leaves, my first thought isn't "what's wrong?" but "what's happening?"
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When you jump to assign wrong/right, you get the impression that everything can and should be fixed. That was my tendency as an engineer - learn how things work so you'll know how to fix them.
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But caring for plants has taught me to find the balance of doing my best with care (things in my control) but accepting the things that are out of my control: environmental conditions and the fact that plants are living/growing/changing - letting Nature take its course.
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So if you've owned a Birkin for a while (more than a year), how does Nature take its course from here? What might the next leaf look like?
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Enjoying the simple pleasures of a Schlumbergera b

Enjoying the simple pleasures of a Schlumbergera bloom - a pop of pink in the sea of green.
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Have a wonderful Saturday!
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Since getting my fiddle leaf fig in April 2020, he

#tbt why did my plants grow so well in my old hous

#tbt why did my plants grow so well in my old house? 2️⃣ Skylight - basically a huge softbox for pleasantly lit photos and ideal "bright indirect light" for plants. This was the last photo I took of this space before my parents moved.
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But the memories are forever recorded in my book.
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Hoya kerrii progress: two months ago, I repotted m

Hoya kerrii progress: two months ago, I repotted my Hoya kerrii and put her into Ikea Greenhouse Cabinet. She got the prime real estate - top row, receiving 1000 foot-candles of light for 12 hours.
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The newest 4 leaves all grew nice and large just from the time of being in the cabinet.
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2️⃣ Two years ago, the first set of leaves to grow on this plant were domed shape and much greener as a result of the lower light levels at my old house: under the skylight, getting 1 hour of direct sun through a window (about 5000 foot-candles) and 200-300 foot-candles indirect light the rest of the day (this would be great light for any lower light plant but only "enough to survive" for the kerrii)
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Whenever I look through old photos of my plants, it's nice to find a visual anchor (*) like a particularly nice leaf - helps to see the progress!
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Tillandsia ionantha: sometimes they form a multi-g

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