Nick in NC
@nicknc.bsky.social
gardener, amateur naturalist. neurobiologist. mennonite.
Views my own. All photos mine. May include predator-prey interactions, spiders, and snakes.
https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com
Views my own. All photos mine. May include predator-prey interactions, spiders, and snakes.
https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com
Monolena primuliflora is a plant that becomes cooler the longer you look at it. It’s flowers are pretty, but no different than any number of Melastomataceae. Usually only one is open at a time, but . . .
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November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Monolena primuliflora is a plant that becomes cooler the longer you look at it. It’s flowers are pretty, but no different than any number of Melastomataceae. Usually only one is open at a time, but . . .
🌴 🌱 1/5
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Perfect reading material for cold, dark evening. Pairs well with sandwich of Thanksgiving Leftovers and a can of Sapporo.
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Perfect reading material for cold, dark evening. Pairs well with sandwich of Thanksgiving Leftovers and a can of Sapporo.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild.
Indian crested porcupine
Haitian dwarf boa
cuckoo wrasse
Japanese macaque
snowy owl
Indian crested porcupine
Haitian dwarf boa
cuckoo wrasse
Japanese macaque
snowy owl
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hoopoe
Hedgehog
Varied thrush
Santa Cruz Island fox
Pika
Hoopoe
Hedgehog
Varied thrush
Santa Cruz Island fox
Pika
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild.
Indian crested porcupine
Haitian dwarf boa
cuckoo wrasse
Japanese macaque
snowy owl
Indian crested porcupine
Haitian dwarf boa
cuckoo wrasse
Japanese macaque
snowy owl
Introduce yourself with five concerts you have seen
Miles Davis
Solas
Rollins Band
Wailin’ Jennys
Soundgarden
Miles Davis
Solas
Rollins Band
Wailin’ Jennys
Soundgarden
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Nine Inch Nails
Duran Duran
Gary Numan
James Brown
Mötörhed
Nine Inch Nails
Duran Duran
Gary Numan
James Brown
Mötörhed
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Barenaked Ladies
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Florence + the Machine
Fitz and the Tantrums
Barenaked Ladies
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Florence + the Machine
Fitz and the Tantrums
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you have seen
Miles Davis
Solas
Rollins Band
Wailin’ Jennys
Soundgarden
Miles Davis
Solas
Rollins Band
Wailin’ Jennys
Soundgarden
Nepenthes veitchii ‘Big Mama’ x ‘Pink Candy Cane’. Young plant with juvenile pitchers, but it is starting to color up nicely.
When I started growing Nepenthes in the 1990s, there were only 2 mediocre clones of N. veitchii available. Now, colorful line bred seedlings and clones are everywhere. 🌴🌱
When I started growing Nepenthes in the 1990s, there were only 2 mediocre clones of N. veitchii available. Now, colorful line bred seedlings and clones are everywhere. 🌴🌱
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Nepenthes veitchii ‘Big Mama’ x ‘Pink Candy Cane’. Young plant with juvenile pitchers, but it is starting to color up nicely.
When I started growing Nepenthes in the 1990s, there were only 2 mediocre clones of N. veitchii available. Now, colorful line bred seedlings and clones are everywhere. 🌴🌱
When I started growing Nepenthes in the 1990s, there were only 2 mediocre clones of N. veitchii available. Now, colorful line bred seedlings and clones are everywhere. 🌴🌱
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Today we celebrated the lovely warm Fall day with a hike on the Hw River Trail at Glencoe. Glencoe is a lovely preserved mill town and the trails along the river are worth the visit. Up river is Great Bend Park and dam--we had a lovely lunch here 1/n
www.hawrivertrail.org/glencoe
www.hawrivertrail.org/glencoe
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Today we celebrated the lovely warm Fall day with a hike on the Hw River Trail at Glencoe. Glencoe is a lovely preserved mill town and the trails along the river are worth the visit. Up river is Great Bend Park and dam--we had a lovely lunch here 1/n
www.hawrivertrail.org/glencoe
www.hawrivertrail.org/glencoe
Predatory oak tree engulfing an innocent sourwood. 🌱
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Predatory oak tree engulfing an innocent sourwood. 🌱
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Saturday morning Nepenthes pics: N. veitchii (m) bario (giant x squat) EP, N. truncata rippled leaves x veitchii red tiger RE 0103, N. x 'song of melancholy' Leilani (B), N. veitchii "Big Mama" x Redonkulas CAR-0152
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Saturday morning Nepenthes pics: N. veitchii (m) bario (giant x squat) EP, N. truncata rippled leaves x veitchii red tiger RE 0103, N. x 'song of melancholy' Leilani (B), N. veitchii "Big Mama" x Redonkulas CAR-0152
I wanted to be a scientist (subtype: biology) from about the time I could first walk and talk. Later, Mom tried to talk me into med school, but it didn’t stick.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I wanted to be a scientist (subtype: biology) from about the time I could first walk and talk. Later, Mom tried to talk me into med school, but it didn’t stick.
Another week, a little more progress. This Stenorrhynchos speciosum is killing me. Such slow growth. So much time for a slug to attack before it finally opens. 🌴 🌱 #orchids
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another week, a little more progress. This Stenorrhynchos speciosum is killing me. Such slow growth. So much time for a slug to attack before it finally opens. 🌴 🌱 #orchids
Latest pitcher on my Nepenthes x Dyeriana. ~40 cm tall.
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
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Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Latest pitcher on my Nepenthes x Dyeriana. ~40 cm tall.
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
Just an inspired bit of plant breeding by George Tivey. Description was first published in 1900, so he presumably made the cross sometime in the early/mid 1890s.
Nepenthes (northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii)
🌴 🌱
Morning walk around the neighborhood. This particular lot seems to home to lots and lots of eastern newts who appear on the road when migrating to and from their breeding pond.
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Morning walk around the neighborhood. This particular lot seems to home to lots and lots of eastern newts who appear on the road when migrating to and from their breeding pond.
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I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
At a preview performance of Playmakers’ new show. Lots of fun!
You Can't Take It With You | PlayMakers Repertory Company
On stage Nov 19–Dec 7, 2025. Laugh out loud with this heartwarming classic. When an eccentric family collides with a "normal" family, hilarity ensues.
playmakersrep.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
At a preview performance of Playmakers’ new show. Lots of fun!
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
Things that stood out in the first part of Ken Burns’ _The American Revolution_:
1. The Six Nations. I knew about them vaguely, but now I want to know more.
2. The extreme ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in the colonies.
3. Role of misunderstandings in the initial skirmishes.
1. The Six Nations. I knew about them vaguely, but now I want to know more.
2. The extreme ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in the colonies.
3. Role of misunderstandings in the initial skirmishes.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Things that stood out in the first part of Ken Burns’ _The American Revolution_:
1. The Six Nations. I knew about them vaguely, but now I want to know more.
2. The extreme ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in the colonies.
3. Role of misunderstandings in the initial skirmishes.
1. The Six Nations. I knew about them vaguely, but now I want to know more.
2. The extreme ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in the colonies.
3. Role of misunderstandings in the initial skirmishes.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Yeah, I put breaded fish sticks in my sushi rolls tonight*. I have no regrets.
*fish sticks, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon.
*fish sticks, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon.
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Yeah, I put breaded fish sticks in my sushi rolls tonight*. I have no regrets.
*fish sticks, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon.
*fish sticks, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon.
Latest blog post. Perhaps I should have posted it closer to Halloween. 🌱 🌴
Living dead plant
Nepenthes samudera [1] is a recently described pitcher plant species from Sumatra. Its twin claims to fame are that it has the largest mature pitchers of any Sumatran pitcher plant species, and it …
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November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Latest blog post. Perhaps I should have posted it closer to Halloween. 🌱 🌴
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A roseate spoonbill drops gently into the wetlands, its pink wings fanned wide as it prepares to land among the lush greens below.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A roseate spoonbill drops gently into the wetlands, its pink wings fanned wide as it prepares to land among the lush greens below.
rebeccaherranen.com/featured/spo...
#birds #nature #wildlife #buyintoart #naturephotography #photography #fineart #giftideas #birdlovers #waterbirds #art
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#birds #nature #wildlife #buyintoart #naturephotography #photography #fineart #giftideas #birdlovers #waterbirds #art
There are just so many of these little guys in our yard.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There are just so many of these little guys in our yard.