Peppermint, doing nicely:

First mango tree:

Second mango tree:

Cilantro seedlings, a few which popped up after the others died:

Chickpea bush, and signs of life, however small… (that is my pinky):

I dug up the date palm seed, which has been sitting for weeks and replaced it with a seed that has a stem. Hopefully the stem references its ability to grow.

Old seed:

New seed:

Last but never least, the star of the show… My Cherokee pole black bean!

My peppermint plant, after recovering from getting a little fried (I forgot to water it).

My first mango tree:

My second mango tree, which became a dwarf because it had three sprouts from one seed:

My cilantro seedlings, most of which bit the dust because I left them in the sun too long…:

Hopefully a chickpea bush:

Hopefully a date palm:

Hopefully a Cherokee (trail of tears) pole bean:

Check our blog every Friday to find out what’s going on… here’s what’s new this week!

New Vanilla Vine

Guests can now spot a Vanilla Vine (vanilla planifolia or the vanilla orchid) climbing in our Upland Tropical Rain Forest exhibit.

This vine climbs the trunks of trees throughout the world’s tropics.  Originally native to Mexico, this species has been spread around the globe, farmed for its valuable seed pod, in order to produce vanilla flavoring.  In its native habitat the flower, which will eventually produce the desired pod, is pollinated by a small stingless bee that is endemic to Mexico.  This confined the vanilla industry because without the particular species bee, the pods would not form.  It was only when the discovery that the flower could be hand pollinated that the vanilla industry was able to spread worldwide.

New Damselfish 

Two brightly colored Azure Damselfish have been added to our Survival through Adaptation exhibit.

These fish are easy to spot because of their bright blue and yellow coloration!

Be sure to check back every Friday to find out what’s happening!

Instead we went to Kapolei park!!

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Friday, I know plant update.

My sister and my seeds grew! :) Finally I thought they weren’t going to grow for a bit.
Mine is ‘calm’, and ‘happiness’ ~

Not much to update, I just replanted my clovers.

 
Clover played in the sun~

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Today we went to the plant sale!
I got mystery tomatoes!

Thought it was cute because the label said,
‘Mystery Tomato, we don’t know the name if what kind it is! Take a chance!’ 
That and it was 4 for $1!!

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After the plant sale we went to Sams Club, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that they were selling Steve Madden sandals, for $23~ and that my dad bought not only me one, but every one one!! :) My mom and sister got blush nude ballet flats you can see on her page, egg104.

We also got to go to the mall~ Forever21 had a good sale, unfortunately this wasn’t apart of the buy one get one free. But it was cute, and the right price so I got it anyway! Despite it being a mens cardi, I’ll still wear it since its kind of feminine!

We also went to Macys and found a great sale on Tokidoki! :) They came out with a Barbie theme, and it was only $16~

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Soju and cake to end the day~
Strawberry shortcake from ‘Cupcake and Things’

I’d give it a ★★★☆ (3/4)
Only because its more like cake with strawberries; they didn’t fill it with strawberries in side.
And also, the whip cream wasn’t so good.

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xo,emi.

I am all most done with 12 Signs of Love! I hope she ends with the writer, he’s so adorable, but I have a feeling she will some how get back with her ex!! I wish this drama lasted for ever; I love the cast, this was a great drama.

Love Rain, is also a new drama. I just watched 2 episodes of it so far its a good drama, it feels quite sad. :( Can’t wait to see what happens in the next episodes.

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The squash is growing sooo big! :) My clovers died, so I threw it in the garden, and the marigolds are growing so well, it has new leaves on it!! :D

Still growing clovers in my mint, so cute I shall not kill it!!
Seems like my thyme doesn’t want to grow anymore! :\

 
 
What seems to be foxgloves, although they are quite nice and green~
I wonder how they will grow, seems like foxgloves, I hope!

I ♡ my garden.

xo,emi.

Oh I forgot, Soju with my sister and dad! :D

Check our WATERlog blog every Friday to find out what’s going on… here’s what’s new this week!

Reef Scorpionfish 
We’ve added three Reef Scorpionfish to our Caribbean Camouflage exhibit.

Most scorpion fishes live on or near the bottom. They lie in crevices, in caves and under overhangs. This type of scorpionfish can change its color to better match its surroundings. For example, if it’s near sand, it will camouflage to look like sand while if it’s near red rocks, it will change its coloration to match the rocks. Thus he can blend in with its surroundings and go unnoticed by its prey.

Spring Blooms 
Our Cochliostema odoratissimum is currently in bloom in our Upland Tropical Rain Forest exhibit.

This large herbaceous plant is a tank-epiphyte, meaning the leaves form pockets at their bases to collect and store water. The leaves later absorb the water through small leaf hairs called trichromes. This characteristic gives this plant a very bromeliad-like appearance, making this species sometimes called false bromeliad; however, because this plant is rare in cultivation it has no scientifically recognized common name.

The leaves of the plant can grow in-excess of 1 meter in length and grow in a rosette, meaning its stem does not elongate and is comprised of overlapping leaf bases. The flowers erupt from clusters that form on the top of stalks, originating from the base of the leaf whorls. These clusters each produce a couple dozen flowers and must be hand pollinated in cultivation in order to produce fruit. The flowers have a deep blue to purple coloration and are highly fragrant.

Be sure to check back every Friday to find out what’s happening!

Plants are looking good!

My lunaria is growing ok~ Also the Hawaiian chillies seem to be ok!! But the squash looks very good~

My clovers are hanging in there, also the mint grew some clovers~ and I don’t really know if my foxglove is growing or if its a weed -_-

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My family and I caught the last day (I’m guessing) of showings of ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’ It was a super good movie I’m super glad we watched it!!

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After the movies we went to Walmart, I got cute cheap fabric for a dollar, and some stuff for my dogs! :D

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My sister also cut my hair!! :D
I have bangs again <3 and I also soon don’t wan’t layers anymore, so we trimmed a bit~ I only have like one layer now.

so thankful for an hairdresser in my family.

xo,emi.

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Here is the newly planted tomatoes from this post: HERE

It is growing nicely. I hope I get to have some tomatoes before fall!

As you can see the Chinese five colour pepper has grown alot.

As you can also see, it need to be depot to another big pot or maybe two small pots.

Here is baslye growing strong and healthy.
We try this new recipe, it was infusing strawberries with soju for a few days. Then Crushing basil leaves with ice in a cup.

Here is the rose mary plant. It is taking it slow to grow. Here is the post where I plant it