Anyone else like moths or shall I shut up now?

Herr-Berbunch · 07-12-15, 03:41 AM

At least August spelled hangars correctly

. My stepdaughter used to call moths 'bedtime butterflies', made them more attractive to kids.

Jimbuna · 07-12-15, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

At least August spelled hangars correctly

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LOL

Aktungbby · 10-12-15, 01:25 PM

In responding to Nipplespanner's "Pandora's Box" gun-thread comment I came across this:

GT182 · 10-12-15, 09:17 PM

I haven't seen any around here in DE, but I need the sphinx moth to pollinate my 2 Night-blooming cereus plant's blossoms.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...fo0&ajaxhist=0

Above is not mine but is the same flower. They bloom only after dark and thru the night giving off a scent that smells like heaven. When daylight comes they're done and close only to die if not pollinated. If the blossom has been pollinated by the sphinx moth or a bat, then it will produce fruit.

Which one needed, I have no idea. LOL
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...=0&FORM=IARRTH

Eichhörnchen · 10-16-15, 04:15 PM

That's a real esoteric hobby you've got there... top man

How did you become involved in this, GT182?

Aktungbby · 10-16-15, 07:56 PM

HUH! In Bride of the Water God by Yun Mi-kyung, a night-blooming cereus is referred to as the "Loneliness of the Night" and refers most specifically to Epiphyllum oxypetalum. Do try to keep up!

The flowers are described as being paired, so if one flower is plucked, another flower will die somewhere else. Therefore, they are also given the nickname "short-lived love". If you 'd just keep up with esoteric romance trivia you wouldn't need to ask such simple questions

. Even Armistead and Wolfertz know this stuff! At least have a Dutchman's Pipe Cactus in your conservatory

Naturally I lean toward the Sonoran Desert Cereus Peruvianus myself

...being a High Plains Drifter Rider of the Purple Sage anti-hero type. A word of caution: do not ever attempt to induce any of your inamoratii into field-trip night-viewing these baby's; They'll think your on some cheap 'make' and clobber you! (FYI the Peruvianus is pollinated by a moth...but I'm bats about 'em anyhow!)

Eichhörnchen · 10-17-15, 03:53 AM

Well you live & learn...

CaptainRamius · 11-15-15, 01:24 PM

I really don't like moths, I don't even remember why I opened this thread

Maybe it was to add to my post count. Maybe not

GT182 · 10-17-15, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

That's a real esoteric hobby you've got there... top man

How did you become involved in this, GT182?

I got into it by accident. And partly because my grandmother had one for over 25 years. Tho I only saw hers bloom once.

A friend gave me a cutting off her plant 7 years ago. No flowers until this year. I was literally shocked. 2 years ago a neighbor of hers gave me her huge plant. She had it for 16 years and was sick of messing around with it, even tho she had many flowers on if since she got it from a friend.

You see where I'm going with this? Garden shops don't sell these night blooming cereus plants. 99% of the time someone has to give you one or a cutting off of one for you to start. The other 1% are those that find them growing in the wild and get one that way.... which they eventually pass on as cuttings to start growing a plant, or giving away the whole plant they started.

No matter what, they are a tricky plant to get flowering. They can't be too wet, nor can they be too dry.

Oberon · 07-12-15, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

At least August spelled hangars correctly

. My stepdaughter used to call moths 'bedtime butterflies', made them more attractive to kids.

I could have meant coathangers, they were made out of the same material.

Bedtime butterflies, I like that.

Wolferz · 07-12-15, 11:54 AM

More like night terrors if they get into your woolies.

fred8615 · 07-12-15, 10:28 PM

The only moth I like comes with two tiny Japanese women.

Eichhörnchen · 08-08-15, 03:10 PM

Photographed today when I visited the 'hotspot' on my bike. There was a very large stand of Fleabane which had attracted a number of other species, such as Common Blues and Gatekeepers.

Oberon · 08-08-15, 04:03 PM

Found a little 'Small White' butterfly in the birds water bowl today, so I put him on the bird table to dry (there's no seed in the bird table at the moment so the birds don't even look at it), he then promptly kamikazed into the lawn, so I picked him up again and put him in the Buddleja where he seemed more content. It's not called the Butterfly bush for nothing after all.

Commander Wallace · 08-08-15, 04:09 PM

Very nice colors. I have been seeing them a lot lately. I decided to include this guy who in Florida, is big enough to qualify as the state bird

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GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	I haven't seen any around here in DE, but I need the sphinx moth to pollinate my 2 Night-blooming cereus plant's blossoms. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...fo0&ajaxhist=0 Above is not mine but is the same flower. They bloom only after dark and thru the night giving off a scent that smells like heaven. When daylight comes they're done and close only to die if not pollinated. If the blossom has been pollinated by the sphinx moth or a bat, then it will produce fruit. Which one needed, I have no idea. LOL http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...=0&FORM=IARRTH __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,447 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's a real esoteric hobby you've got there... top man How did you become involved in this, GT182? __________________

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,052 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Gardening for insomniacs! HUH! In Bride of the Water God by Yun Mi-kyung, a night-blooming cereus is referred to as the "Loneliness of the Night" and refers most specifically to Epiphyllum oxypetalum. Do try to keep up! The flowers are described as being paired, so if one flower is plucked, another flower will die somewhere else. Therefore, they are also given the nickname "short-lived love". If you 'd just keep up with esoteric romance trivia you wouldn't need to ask such simple questions. Even Armistead and Wolfertz know this stuff! At least have a Dutchman's Pipe Cactus in your conservatory Naturally I lean toward the Sonoran Desert Cereus Peruvianus myself ...being a High Plains Drifter Rider of the Purple Sage anti-hero type. A word of caution: do not ever attempt to induce any of your inamoratii into field-trip night-viewing these baby's; They'll think your on some cheap 'make' and clobber you! (FYI the Peruvianus is pollinated by a moth...but I'm bats about 'em anyhow!) __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,447 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Well you live & learn... __________________

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,447 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Small Copper Photographed today when I visited the 'hotspot' on my bike. There was a very large stand of Fleabane which had attracted a number of other species, such as Common Blues and Gatekeepers. __________________

08-08-15, 04:03 PM	#14
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Found a little 'Small White' butterfly in the birds water bowl today, so I put him on the bird table to dry (there's no seed in the bird table at the moment so the birds don't even look at it), he then promptly kamikazed into the lawn, so I picked him up again and put him in the Buddleja where he seemed more content. It's not called the Butterfly bush for nothing after all.

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,319 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Very nice colors. I have been seeing them a lot lately. I decided to include this guy who in Florida, is big enough to qualify as the state bird