Polkira

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[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yay they lived! That was a nice wrap up to the season, this is definitely one of my favourite shows currently. It'd be nice if Jinshi could just be forthcoming about his feelings, I'm still not even sure if Maomao feels the same though I guess she's not the most in-touch with her emotions. Maybe next season they'll stop tiptoeing around it. I'm happy to see Lady Gyokuyou become the empress too.

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Oh yikes, that's stupid expensive. Definitely not worth the cost. I think it'll get harder for me to not buy if they release a new Animal Crossing or Zelda, but honestly even then it's not worth buying a whole console for 2 games. Probably just have to play them by other means :P

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Doom: The Dark Ages, for example, is CDN$89.99 on Steam currently. Cost of living has gone insanely haywire in Canada honestly, we're getting price gouged left, right, and centre, and every company seems to be pushing their prices up because people just keep paying up. It's really frustrating.

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah I've already bought 10 games and a DLC... And spent less than $100 doing so! :P

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Nintendo is right out to lunch on these price hikes. The Switch and its games were already stupid expensive, and then they jacked them up even more for Switch 2. I usually buy Nintendo consoles and games but I've been priced out of the new console. I'm not going to spend $110 + tax on one game when I could get like 5 decent games on my PC for that price, heck more even with sales.

I'm honestly surprised at the amount of people willing to pay these prices. I'm so sick of corporate greed.

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Same, I really liked Loulan. I do wonder if the gleam in the bush was the hairpin.

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

It just looks like normal growth to me. I don't have a khroniana black so I can't be certain for sure though. Honestly if it were me, I'd just let it do it's thing and intervene if the plant's health starts to decline. You could spray it with a fungicidal spray if you're really worried.

The mold on the pon is harmless to plants, I get it on some of mine since it's so humid. I had to really increase the drainage on my soil (equal parts perlite, potting soil, and orchid bark), and the bonsai mix I use for my semi hydro develops the mold if I fill the reservoire up too high.

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I'm so here for it! r/hoyas is probably the reddit community I miss the most lol.

Beautiful compacta! Mine's working on a peduncle so hopefully I'll have some flowers to post soon :)

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Also sometimes it's unavoidable without workarounds. It shouldn't be crazy to expect to buy a product that works and works well without it spying on you. Why should companies get the right to continue to collect data and generate more profit off of an item the consumer owns. Why should consumers have to give up their right to privacy so that a company can make obscene profits off of their information?

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't recognize it or the guy in it, that's why I didn't think it was New Girl. It's probably from something I haven't seen.

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don't think it's from New Girl... Do you remember which episode?

[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just remember you don't have to prove yourself to anyone. People that gate-keep like this aren't worth your time anyways.

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I love hoya flowers (infosec.pub)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Polkira@lemmy.ca to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
 

This is my hoya sipitangensis, not sure why it chose to flower while I'm re-rooting it but I'm not complaining.

A lot of comments about the smell here haha. This one actually smells pretty faint and just smells like flowers. I have heard some varieties smell bad but so far none of the ones that have bloomed for me have been bad.

 

Went to a plant show yesterday with no intention to buy. I've had a h. gunung gading (bottom) on my list for so long though and the price was right so here we are... Also there was a carnivorous table so I picked up a sundew (top) to go with my pings that I had at home.

 

Shipping has closed for the winter so I will not be getting anymore plants this year. Probably for the better... I'll have no space once they all get bigger 😅

Got a couple of my wishlist hoyas (undulata and clemensorium) and some other beautiful plants including some succulents and begonias.

 

I've been waiting a month or so for the blooms to finally open up! They smell so good, very floral.

 

 

My hoya's sunstressing makes me so happy ❤

 

Featuring my cat 😺

More blooms:

 

Post pics if you got em! I think mine is my dioscorea elephantipes (at least right now, it changes often). Grown from a seed, she'll be a year old in July :)

 

Don't know if there's any Canadians on Lemmy that have ordered from Crystal Star Nursery but this is my third order and I'm so excited!

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My Collection (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Polkira@lemmy.ca to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
 

This is most of my current collection, minus a couple hoyas in quarantine, some succulent babies I'm growing from seed, and a thanksgiving cactus that is budding that I did not want to risk messing up the blooms.

Started with a spider plant in July of 2022, after almost a full year of keeping it alive I decided to try branching out last spring and here we are. A lot were cuttings from friends' plants :)

 

Hello! I'm looking to see if anyone has a good hoya seller in Canada, specifically looking to have it delivered to New Brunswick. I tried an Etsy shop from BC in August and received the fungus gnat infestation I'm currently still battling, so anyone reputable that you haven't received pests from would be awesome!

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