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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Yes it does. The right amount of “extreme conditions” (direct sun, heat, cool temps) will bring out stress colors. Obviously without acclimation these conditions can hurt or kill the plant, but when the plant slowly adapts to the most frigid days of the cold season or all-day full direct sun in summer, these conditions bring out the most beautiful colors especially in succulents.

    I’m a total sucker for stress colors. It’s the same dopamine sensation as getting a color-changing item like a toy or cup, but you have to work harder and wait longer for the color change in succs haha.






  • They’re so derpy and sweet! I scrolled and posted a lot recently on Reddit (wah wah) on the mourning derps and stupid dove nest subreddits (hilarious) because I got a little dove nest in a plant pot on my own porch this spring! The mom actually just had another set of eggs! I have learned a lot about these damn birds.

    I really hope you get to see this one grow and get to see the parents, too. Our last set of fledglings spend a lot of their “teenage” days on our balcony railing instead of in the nest and the mom kept on coming back to feed wherever they stood, until eventually they were coaxed to start really flying. Maybe your baby’s parents will swoop down and feed. Or like someone else said the fledgling may just adapt and figure it out - surely it will get hungry enough to try!

    I’m officially a bird person thanks to mourning doves!