From Summer

I've seen this on some of the plants we had where I used to work; it is slightly sticky but doesn't seem to be associated with any insects. It's a weird location for guttation; most of the time when I've seen plants guttate, the water's been at the leaf margins, though Ficus benjamina and F. binnendijkii get something that I've been assuming was guttation at the spot where the petiole attaches to the leaf. Which is roughly analogous to the location on the Dracaenas. Whatever it is, guttation or not, it doesn't seem to hurt the plants any, or indicate any problems. I've also only ever seen it on very big plants (more than 3 feet tall), though that could be coincidence.

Some years ago when I was about 50 I had blood on tissue, not a lot but daily. I stopped drinking sodas & it stopped. Yrs later I thought the Pepsi smelled so good,at a party, so I poured about an inch in a glass & drank it. Same aching, cement bags around my waist feeling & blood on tissue. So I discovered once damaged it does not heal or whatever. So then I found out my Bro. had every test in the book & dr. could not find out what was wrong. I called him & asked him what was going on. He said blood in urine. I told him, cut out sodas, I mean all of them, no chocolate Hanson's, Coke, Pepsi, orange, 7-Up etc. It all has same effect- causes you to bleed. The acid is sodas is also what damages bones. So bro & I have been free from blood in urine for several yrs now. So if you get checked out & they can't find anything like bro's Dr. did, could be what you are drinking! We did an experiment in college taking rusty nails & putting them in Coke, cleaned them up really nice. You can imagine what it does to your guts! It is hard to give up tho but if you get scared enough you can do it. Plus that pain is not fun.

I was just doing a little mold maintenance in my new terrarium (still finding that moisture balance!) and noticed this tiny reddish dot inside hanging from a dead frond. It's just a couple mm in size. I placed it on a paper towel and you can see it soaked out a little amber liquid. I've seen this same thing just once before, sitting on the soil in another terrarium of mine (totally different plant, container, and soil though), and posted a picture online but everybody was stumped. It clearly has something to do with mold/fungus, but has anyone here seen something similar? I'm just so curious.