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The Magic of the J

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The NBC bloom, once it get serious, curls upward into a letter “J.” Shades of the Monarch butterfly caterpillar once that is hanging upside down and readying to spin its cocoon. It also becomes a J.

Must be something about the letter J, as there are other cool things in nature like the Chambered Nautilus’ golden spiral,  a sea creature in the same class as the octopus.

If you know of another J, by all means report in as able.

The NBC Always Surprises

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The Night Blooming Cereus is ever mystical. Today I opened my window, and found this bud… way earlier than usual. Had no idea it was coming.

Then I moved some of my crap to better photograph her and found this down below:

For God’s sake, this bud is well on its way! Plus, I’ve never had more than 1 bud at one time in all these years. So…we’ll see what happens. Buds fall off. This big baby got jostled BAD the last few days as I didn’t even know it was there. I give it…a week till show time?

An Independence Day miracle, children! Will report in as able.