Bloody Post

Some people repeatedly say the word "bloody  #~*-%@#?" when they are mad or upset! I will not say that, but i feel like it because many of my photos were stolen by some people.The thieves posted my photos as their own because they want to sell seeds or plants on line to interested people frequenting a gardening forum site.  I was not really alarmed, nor too upset when they got the photos, but they pretended to be the owners of a garden having my plants. Moreover, they pretended to be graduates of my alma mater and the short experiment i did on amaryllis, they profess is theirs. I was at first amused by it. However, when i surfaced in the forum site and claimed what are mine, those other people who seemed to notice the anomaly in the thieves' "unusual photos", did not believe me despite my thorough knowledge on the matter and the plants in question. It looked like the owner being me has the burden of proof, for them to believe!!! They seem not to know  how to correlate specifics for being true and being false! I showed them my deep knowledge on forcing amaryllis to flower. I even taught them a lot of technical considerations so they will learn on their own strategies, instead of just following a recipe-like instructions. I even told them that flower-forcing in the tropics is somehow different than when you are in temperate climes. And i privately messaged some of them, so they will personally know. Do you know what i received in return? They berated me for the technical instructions i know and how i expressed them. They even got so sarcastic because i know technical things! Someone even asked if i have technical journal articles, even if i know they will not even understand a bit of it. When I sent them the links in spite, highly scientific vs slightly popularized, i didn't hear anything but a "what are the things you are delving into now"? Isn't that ridiculous, bordering on disgust!

Thanks to Plantchaser for alerting me of my stolen photos.

One of the photos stolen from this blog doesn't have watermark then. They cannot believe this is from my backyard!

I remember it was Autumn Belle and leavesnbloom who experienced this a few months back. I still remember Autumn Belle's expression of disgust in her post. They even taught us to be cautious and put something in the blogpost to at least lessen thief occurrence. But because i am not very good in following computer instructions, i didn't follow. Now, i try putting watermarks in my photos, which are not full-proof measures. It is not actually the stealing part which disgusts me, it is the reactions of some people in that forum. Anyway, i will be posting the blood lily to correlate with the experience. It is also a bulb like amaryllis and it is bloody red. By the way, my stolen photos include several Curcuma elata, several Delonix regia photos, and of course the wonderful amaryllis, in its hedgelike splendor, including the experiments. Those who frequent this site will remember those photos.

My feeling now is to be happy that i have the technical knowledge about plants, being a plant physiologist. Physiology is the science of functions, which include physical and biochemical functions of living organisms. So plant physiologists are the people who study the hows, the whys and the reasons why plants behave like what they do in certain conditions or environment, especially in times of stress. And photography is my hobby, so i create my own photos,  explain what I see to the best of what i know for the purpose of sharing, being good to people, and appreciating the goodness of gardeners/photographers! So be it!

Like the red-orange amaryllis (Hipeastrum puniceum), this blood lily (Haemanthus/Scadoxus multiflorus) also flowers here in the country after the first heavy rains following a long dry season.These are also in my backyard and sometimes behave as weeds. We have beautiful weeds, don't you agree!

They just grow there with the weeds, which seem to magnify their beautiful presence among greens

The remnants after the red colors dried and dehisced. Those round tips are the fruits

Only a few fruits seemed to have been successful above. I will try to let these mature and gather the seeds, experiment on its germination and probably give to friends.

Leaves sprout when the flowers start to wilt. These vegetative portion will continue to grow during the rainy season, after which they dry and the bulb become dormant again during the dry season. These green vegetative portion will be beautiful if placed in nice containers and mixed in other colors in the garden. Next time i will experiment also on its bulb, if they can be forced to flower like the Hipeastrum puniceum.

The previous post on this and the amaryllis is http://www.abagillon.blogspot.com/2010/03/bulbs-tropical-style-for-blooming.html  


This is also linked to  Show and Tell Friday