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@toxicoradica.northsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 1:08 AM

🌼 ghost pipe 🌿
Monotropa uniflora

doesn't photosynthesize,
hasn't chlorophyll

#nativeplants #ecoregion71

three ghost pipes growing from bare dirt, near moss, on the forest floor. these small flowers each have a slender, waxy white to pale pink stem with occasional white, scale-like leaves with margins starting to turn black. at the top of the stem, not even making it up ankle-high, the stem bends completely over and terminates in a single nodding flower. there are more, larger, and fresher leaves by the top of the stem than in its upright section, all translucent white. the bell-shaped flower has white petals that obscure all reproductive structures within.

a twig has been used to bend one of the ghost pipes over to get a look inside the flower. within the curtain of white petals, there is a large cream white stigma, broad enough to fill most of the area within the petals. stamens with twin, pale yellow anthers are squeezed between the petals and the stigma around its circumference.

a line of six ghost pipes growing in bare dirt on the forest floor. their thin, white to pale pink stems are lined with small, translucent white leaves, especially by the top where the stem bends over sharply. at the end of each stem is a bell-shaped white flower with waxy white petals. the smallest flower is barely above ground; the tallest is still below ankle height.

@wearegonnafindout.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 1:05 AM

Bugs recently found still on flowers on a chilly morning

🌱🌿 #nativeplants
🪲🐝 #invertebrates #bugsky
🦀⛵ #Maryland
🌎 #ecoregion65

@rudiev.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 11:50 PM

Callicarpa (American beautyberry) showing off its lovely fall berries (which the birds do enjoy!) #plants #berries #PlantNative #NativePlants

@siardica.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 11:07 PM

Bloomscrolling the #nativeplants part 2! #eastcoast #zone6b #zone7a

@siardica.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 11:07 PM

Is it considered bad Bluesky etiquette to post a million photos? Cuz I took a million garden photos. #nativeplants #eastcoast #zone6b #zone7a

@pavlovcat.myatproto.social Sep 27, 2026, 9:38 PM

Around the yard: Just fall things edition.

Descriptions in alt text.

#NativePlants #BloomScroll 🌿

@siardica.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 9:06 PM

Plant #nativeplants, get cool native buddies! #bugsky #inverts

Black and yellow striped locust borer on brilliant yellow Canada goldenrod

Awesome bark camouflage-y brown speckled Carolina mantis on brilliant yellow Canada goldenrod

Common Eastern bumblebee snoozing on brilliant yellow Canada goldenrod

Rust colored northern paper wasp with yellow face blending into the yellow Canada goldenrod

@gardeningwithh.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 9:02 PM

omfg the lowbush blueberry came with its own liverwort, my garden is now blessed #nativeplants

flat green leaf-like branches growing in a planter under lowbush blueberry. probably common liverwort.

@watchinthesky.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 8:27 PM

Who’s got iridescence? Yes you do, Figeater beetle!
Several #invertes on our Desert Broom Baccharis #NativePlants 🌿

@zatoichi26.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 7:35 PM

Immediately after this photo of blue flag iris seeds I knocked them all over the floor and after picking them up they’re now mixed with an insane amount of dog hair which might actually make them rabbit and deer resistant 🤔
#nativeplants #gardensky

@jbtheexplorer.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 7:14 PM

Murdering some grass today. Another 250 square feet of native garden in the works. Still deciding what species I plan on sowing here in a few months, but I have ideas.

And I might just go to 300 sq. ft., because why not?

#nativeplants #garden #gardening #Wisconsin

@danisue.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 5:12 PM

An Oak Tree a Day
I used to think that green was just a color. Turns out that it’s what turns light into energy and this coyote brush in front of the oak is working extra hard at that mission. California #nativePlants #nature

A very large valley oak with dark green leaves is flanked by a coyote brush shrub with lime green new foliage that stands out like a bright green highlighter. The shy is blue with wispy clouds.

@sweincat.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 4:58 PM

Beauty Berry. I often see cardinals and other birds snacking on the berries
#NativePlants
#Mississippi

Close up of several clusters of bright pink/purple berries

@bjshirey.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 3:41 PM

#orchids #nativeplants #flowers #bloomsky #bloomscrolling

#Spiranthes cernua season in the garden. The fragrant white flowers are beginning to open. These plants are descended from a cultivated plant I got from Andy's Orchids years ago, but planted in a pot with a volunteer Pickerelweed.

While spirals of small orchid flowers popping up amongst the pickerel leaves and salvia foliage. I didn't realize portrait mode was on when I took the photo so there's a forced focus perspective to this. Not my preference, but it does bring attention to some of the flowers in the forefront.

@jbtheexplorer.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 3:39 PM

Green stink bug on a common milkweed leaf.

#nativeplants #garden #insects #Wisconsin

@cast-iron-garden.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 3:07 PM

Perfect day for #Monarchs in the Park #festival in @cityofnorman.bsky.social! First day of my Maximilian #Sunflower #blooming! Come buy #nativePlants from nurseries and say hi at my free plant advice table. Ruby Grant Park 11am to 4pm www.normanok.gov/monarchs-park

@citymousegarden.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 2:37 PM

Beautiful weather for #NativePlants #SundayYellow! This late blooming Helianthus microcephalus means even later seeds for our #birds friends as fall goes on. Mr. CMG saw 1st visit from Lincoln Sparrow on our Amaranth this week too!

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Bright sunshine yellow composite blooms—small but endless.