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merry christmas!

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:45 pm

well, i think this will be my last entry for some time now. i am wishing you all at gardenstew a merry christmas and a happy new year. since the day of the wedding is fast approaching, i will get back only after a while.
some more flowers in the garden.



a new plant we got recently ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






new one again ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






it is so short, the flowers are hidden most of the time ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






bride's bouqet ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






jacobina ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






orchids ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )





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disappointed!

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:55 am

i am so sorry to report about the caterpillar of last week. one morning i found the pupa transparent, it was not broken at all. the next day, the shell also had vanished. what would have happened? i felt very sad and disappointed. well, it is also one of nature's ways, i believe.

i am starting a small experiment on vegetables. must see. some beans, some greens.
let me see how it comes out. i get a lot of pests, for which i normally use neem oil. but sometimes it doesn't make any difference. i do not want to use any chemical pesticides if i can.



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cat in 'samadhi'

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:44 am

well, yesterday i found that the caterpillar had gone into 'samadhi'- pupa stage. it's so beautiful. i wonder why it is decorated so much. when the butterfly comes out there is not a trace of the coulors or glitter on the used shell.


yesterday's cat ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






so small, compared to the cat ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






the empty shell of last week ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )





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one more caterpillar

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:23 am

ok, this seems to be the only thing i write about - caterpillars! this one is on one of my bonsai trees, and is growing still. i think this is of the black with red & yellow dots butterfly of which i had posted a picture earlier, just out of the cocoon.
then there was this monster of a hopper which one day chewed on one of my anthurium flowers. it was about 4" long and had legs so long, it was scary. i had to kill it to get it out of my shade net housing.


very fond of ficus leaves ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






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lost its long legs in the fight. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )





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pilgrim's progress?

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:36 am

ok, I thought i would put in some of the pictures i recently took. some of the flowers which on the blooming stages. one is the pink powder puff and the other is clerodendrun macrisiphon - that's the name i found in a database.



puffing up! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






in the process ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






young & old ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






i am the first! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






interesting to watch them uncurl. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






the bush with the flowers ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






the 'comma' ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






the day before they are open ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






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open for a short while, then drop ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






closer look ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )





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today's new ones

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:05 am

just a few new ones. gerberas are not very happy in our hot climate. i get very few flowers.
and the anthuriums are just blooming.



good morning! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






black liver - with the seeds getting ripe. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






choco - just blooming ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )





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another surprise!

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:48 am

I didn't know that my lawn is a hatching ground for the chamilions. today i found two or three little ones running around. they are shedding their skin and the colour is not very defenite on their back. i was not able to take a picture though. i got another shot of the other one on the tree.
there is another visitor doing his rounds in the morning. he does a rope walk also to the next building from the coconut tree in front of my house.
then i found this butterfly just out of its cocoon and resting. by evening it will fly off, i am sure.



closer than before. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






morning rounds ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






let me rest a while! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )





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today's findings!

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:58 am

see what i found today. first something i love.



morning glory ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






one of my favorites ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






brunfelsia pansiflora ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






first flowers of bogainvillae ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

now, i love butterflies, no questions. but i don't like them laying their eggs on the leaves of my plants. because in a few days, their monsters of caterpillars eat up all the leaves. see what this one has done to my alocasia.




poor thing! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






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he has opened the eyes! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






baby chamilion ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

this fellow has been on this tree for a few weeks now. very camera shy.
and the moth - i didn't know they have a web like nest to sleep in.



ok, sometime soon, will come back with some more findings.




just out of the cocoon. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )





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some trouble

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:39 am

why am i not able to post pics? there is an error on page message everytime i start a blog. someone help!

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morning glory

Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:50 am

i saw the morning glory by cherylad. so beautiful.
mine is simple compared to that. looks quite ordinary.
busy these days, preparations - full swing.
rains have stopped and it is getting warm.
my plants are in a sorry state because of the painting work in and around the house.



morning glory ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )






powder puff? ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )





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