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Jan 5, 2014 6:00 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
I just love seeing the neighborhood, as I once described, looking "as if a Bed, Bath, and Beyond" exploded all over it. People in FL really like their plants, judging from the number of blankets I see my neighbors using. Jim, you're right about it being a warm day today. I was sweating running around at MOSI trying to round up any caterpillars I could find (six Monarchs!) and lecturing all the chrysalises to stay that way until Wednesday because no one wants to become a butterfly in 30 degree weather. We do have a heat lamp in the flight enclosure and of course the lab where the caterpillars and chrysalises are kept has AC and heat but I still worry about them.

I'm going to have to mist the vandas in the garage; I don't want them to get too dry. I think I can use my little pump-sprayer without making too much of a mess - not that there's much in the garage that can't get wet.

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