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Our bank’s apparently come up with a strategy to bribe and/or distract us from the fact they aren’t giving any freakin’ returns. First it was the free tickets, now it’s Poe.

This is a Ficus Panda plant. I’ve named him Ficus Poe Panda (i changed the Poo to Poe; yes, i was confused about how to spell Poe :P). According to the little card, plants grow faster if you talk to them once every day; i spent the whole day with Poe, he’s rather quiet O_O

Ficus Panda’s need lots of water, enough to keep their soil moist, and protection from direct sunlight, and they loved to be sprayed (his spray bottle’s arriving tomorrow :P). I’ve always enjoyed the idea of treating plants like people, so when they recommended it, i hope to embrace, and i certainly to hope to see my Poe grow big and strong, that is, if he wants :3

And heres what i got off google:

Description

The Ficus Panda has light almost Round Thick leaves which alternate up the stem.It has brown to reddish bark dotted with small horizontal flecks. Heavy trunk with terriffic aerial roots.

Styles:

Formal upright, Informal Upright, Slanting, Cascade, Semi-cascade, Broom, Rock-over-root, Clasped-to-rock, Twin-trunk, Clump, Sinuous, Straight Line, Group planting, Saikei

Location:

Indoor

Position:

Light position but out of direct sunlight

Watering:

Water well. Keep soil moist. Loves to be sprayed and misted. If grown in green house above 20c with a misting will give of lots of aerial shoots.

Feeding:

Bi-weekly during summer season. Monthly in winter. In warmer climates feed bi-weekly throughout the year.

Leaf and Branch Pruning:

Pruning encourages new shoot growth and is best carried out during the warmer growing seasons. To maintain shape cut back to the last two leafs on shoots that have grown 5-6 leafs.

Re-potting & Growing Medium:

Young trees repot every year in early summer when night temperatures do not below double figures. This is a sensitive Ficus when it come to root pruning, do not remove more than 20% of the root ball. Do not bare root if can be avoided. Use Loam, Clay and Sand in equal amounts. Do not attempt to wire or prune extensively for three months after transplanting. Sudden changes of temperature may cause all the leaves to drop.

Wiring:

Wiring can be done at any time of the year. Ficus branches are soft so wiring should not be allowed to remain on then for more then a few months at a time - to avoid wire marks.

Notes:

Ficus Panda can grow in very low light conditions, but if grown in low light the lower branches and inner reaches of the tree can shed leaves.

inlandwest:

Two Guns, Arizona

The sheer amount of hucksterism, fires, shootings, cultural atrocities, failed businesses, robbery and general western mayhem that have cursed this piece of desert reads like a history of Arizona itself.  

Two Guns started life as Canyon Diablo, and was nothing much more than a shortcut to Winslow through a canyon that flooded every year, making it impassible. Then, around 1910, a bridge was built over the canyon and it became part of the National Old Trails Road (AKA the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway) that went from New York City to San Francisco.  In 1926 the southwest portion of that road was designated as U.S. Highway 66, and both the iconic Route 66 and the future Two Guns tourist attraction were born.

Assorted ruins from the history of the property still stand, most notably the zoo of Fort Two Guns built along the canyon by Harry ‘Indian’ Miller, who advertised himself as ‘Chief Crazy Thunder’. 

Miller also created a tourist attraction in a nearby cave that was the site of an 1878 mass execution of 42 Apaches and their horses that had been part of a raid on Navajo land and were and burned alive by the Navajo as retribution.  He called it “Mystery Cave” and created his own fake ruins both inside the cave and above it, offering guided tours as well as a gift shop selling the bones of the dead Apaches and cold soft drinks.

Thirty miles east of Flagstaff at exit 230 on I-40, look for the abandoned yellow roofed KOA on the south side of the highway to find one of the most worthwhile stops you can make between Flagstaff and Gallup.

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The Apache Death Cave (link)

Two Guns, Arizona by Gladwell Richardson (link)

For the American Guide (link)

(Source: elledrivers)