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Friday, July 7, 2023

Nature with fuzzies and Feline Friday

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 This Rabbit's foot fern was living its best life in our friend's Sunroom.
It was a gift and just a 'regular' fern when she received it...then it 
started growing fuzzy roots much like rabbit feet.

Hares Foot Fern, also referred to as Rabbits Foot Fern (Davallia Fejeensis), is an evergreen perennial fern. It is indigenous to Fiji and a member of the Davalliaceae family. A resilient fern that can live both inside and outside is the rabbit feet fern.

The Rabbit’s foot ferns are named for their delightful furry rhizomes that creep over the top of the plant pot. The growing conditions required are similar to most other ferns including managing moisture levels well. Functional as well as decorative, the rhizomes absorb moisture and nutrients as they crawl across the moist soil.




In the green house at Reynolda Gardens which is located in Winston-Salem, NC
on the campus of Wake Forest University.   I have many photos from the gardens and greenhouse.
This is a 
Mammilaria Elonga
Mammillaria elongata, the gold lace cactus or ladyfinger cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceaenative to central Mexico. Growing to 15 cm (6 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, it consists of densely packed clusters of elongated oval stems, covered in harmless (although very sharp) yellow or brown spines, and in spring producing white or yellow flowers. It is among the most common and most variable of its genus in nature, and is a popular subject for cultivation


Funny Feline Friday 



17 comments:

  1. Hari Om
    Beautiful plants you shared today! YAM xx

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  2. What a fun fern and a most interesting cactus. Both quite unfamiliar to residents of Scotland!

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  3. My mother in law, when she was alive, was queen of house plants and she had a rabbit's foot fern! Love the cactus!

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  4. Neat fern. I don't get along with cactus. LOL... luv the 9 lies of cats.

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  5. I enlarged to see the fern's fuzzy feet, very cool! I don't think ferns would last in my house, too dry for too long during the 5 - 6 months of winter. The cactus is so interesting too. It looks like it could be some living creature found on an ocean floor. As for the cartoon, OMC, I love it! And it's all true, too! :-D

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  6. Love the rabbit fern even though the fuzzy roots look like hairy spider legs,,, not a bad thing! The Ladyfinger Cactus is awesome. After Pepperoni, the Peperomia, I won't be adding any plants. I am sadly a killer of plants. The cat cartoon is giggle worthy for sure!

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  7. nine lies! brahahahaha i have never seen either of these plants, i have tryed to grow other cactus and they always die. but then so do the non cactus I try. I like the fern best

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  8. What interesting plants you found. We've never heard of them before. That's a very funny comic, too.

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  9. I've never seen either of those plants before. They sure look interesting.

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  10. Hugs to Angel Madi and wonderful plants and photos of them ~ like them both ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  11. Mom had a rabbit's foot fern once. That cactus is cool and so is the 'toon!

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  12. I love those plants~ Wish I hade two of them and those 9 lies...perfection!!

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  13. That fern sure is pretty but that cactus looks a bit alien like!

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  14. Nice to learn about some plants. XO

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  15. Oooh, those plants are just so gorgeous, have never seen either, and especially love the ladyfinger cactus ...

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  16. I have a brownish thumb, but usually do pretty good with ferns and cactus.

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