Purple Flowers

It was the one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple eater.

Crazy Geranium

This crazy geranium, in order to get more light, grew right over the spider and aloe plants right next to it, made a 90º turn and eventually reached the top of the window. Pretty impressive for how small its pot is. Don't be let where you come from define you, I suppose.

Strawberry Flower

Really I have no reference, but this strawberry flower sure is nice.

Morning Glory Flowers

Probably because these are Morning Glory flowers that were growing around the raspberry bush, fooling me pretty easily. I should get it over with and rename this the flower blog.

Jalapeno Plant

Maybe I can make some salsa.

Bonsai Seedling

Reading the fine print is too much work. This Bonsai got delivered in seed form when I thought I was getting a mini-Bonsai forest from Uncommon Goods. I knew it was a bad sign when only two of the 6 or so seeds even sprouted. No problem, I thought I would be pruning my Bonsai in a month or two. Well, these Black Pine is 4 months old and roughly the same size it was on day 30. Won't be using those pruning sheers anytime soon. This is the second thing I got from Uncommon Goods turned out to be a lot of work (adventures in home beer brewing).

Office Amaryllis

Every picture I've ever seen of an Amaryllis is when it is blooming. I like it better when it has the nice big leaves, and it should be a crime to cut them back just so you can get your flower. What, like Amaryllises are just waiting for someone to come prune them? Reminds me of the rock crab, who gets its arm taken off for consumption and thrown back in the water where it is able to grow a new one. Don't get me wrong; it is tasty. But what the heck must that crab be thinking: "Holy crap you just took my arm! What if it don't grow back this time!?"

  

Orange Tree Sapling

Fast-forward 5 years from the best souvenir from Florida ever. The orange tree has grown zero oranges, had one flower (I think), has come close to dying several times because it requires an insane amount of water (it drinks one of those aqua globes every day), and needs to be put inside every time the temperature could come close to 32ºF because it will die if it hits that temperature or lower for 4 hours. How the hell do they raise these things, even in Florida? What happens if they get a hard freeze and they all die? This is taking forever. I only wanted to provide my family with a healthy fruit! Should have gotten the lemon tree.

Orange Tree Souvenir

I got this baby orange tree at an airport in Florida on the way back from a business trip 5 years ago. You could only buy it if you could prove you lived outside of Florida. The sapling came in a box and, while it was a pain in the ass to carry home on the plane, the other passengers were jealous and they all wished they had one. I meant to give it to my better half, but I have greedily raised it myself.