jenn, phd | 馬丽珊 ☯️

true story: i sat on euphorbia trigona [#jmeuphorbiatrigona] when i was checking in on another plant & broke half a stem its all g though, theyve put roots down in their new home. the other member of this trio is the red trigona cutting my friend mj gave me to the left. these guys are easy going...

this months #lostinplantopia book feature is red skin, white masks by glen coulthard, a yellowknives dene professor. i read this book during my thesis & it transformed my thinking about colonialism + ways of supporting indigenous sovereignty by embracing anti-colonial resistance & liberation thro...

these guys [#jmsansevieria] are some of my faves. theyre super chill & havent had any pests or other plant issues. this summer im finally going to repot all of them

do you know vincent chin? he was a chinese-american man who was murdered by two white men in a racist & xenophobic attack right in detroit in 1982. last night i watched a documentary by renee tajima-pea & christine choy, which pieces together what happened to vincent chin, the injustices committe...

day dreaming.

when the light hits just right. [#jmbedroombench]

riding the wave // facts: historically, the fibre of sansevieria plants has been used as raw material for textiles researchers in northern india found that fibre extracted from sansevieria trifasciata, through methods such as water retting, is strong, fine, & doesnt elongate (kant & alagh, 2013...

what &/or how is your relationship with plants? specifically, the plants you live with? how does this connect to your community & the land you live on?these are the questions which centre my current work in the community & academia. today i presented at a conference & my talk focused on the relat...

psa: dont forget to wash your plants dust that accumulates blocks your green babies from receiving light, therefore inhibiting photosynthesis + respiration, processes necessary for your plants to thrive.as ive been moving my green fam around ive spent time washing the leaves of each plant. the f...

s/s 21 set up. #jmbalconyshelves

scindapsus pictus exotica was pruned a while back & is in need of a repot [#jmscindapsuspictusexotica] shes one of my faves whats your spring plant care routine? for folx interested - i put together a blog post on how i get ready for the growing szn [ in bio] it includes repotting, feeding, prun...