Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Orchids

I am now caring for five orchid plants. Three of them are Phalaenopsis orchids, another is a Cattleya, and the last is an impressive Vanda orchid.

One of my phalaenopsis has had two keiki's on it for the past couple months. The Cattleya that I got from my local hardware store had roots that were bone dry, and took several months to finally start growing has pt out a couple new growths, but still hasn't bloomed. It was advertised as having bright orange blossoms. The Vanda came with large, brilliant purple blooms, but has since dropped them all.

Phalaenopsis with two growing keikis!

Vanda orchid in bloom.

Blooming Euphorbias

I noticed today that a couple of my Euphorbias are in bloom!

Euphorbia tirucalli "Fire Sticks" with a small bloom.

Euphorbia anoplia in bloom.

Budding Hoya!

I have only gotten one Hoya to bloom before, and so this slow growing plant had be very excited when I finally noticed this!

Photo taken December 22nd.

Photo taken December 30th.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Rain

Here's one of my Kalanchoe after being rained on.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

New Additions!

I got two Haworthias. One of them is a truncata variation. I've wanted a truncata for such a long time! I totally don't mind that it's a Whirlpool variety! I also got a tesselatta as well, which is absolutely beautiful!



I also got an absolutely gorgeous Graptopetalum paraguayense variegated.


I got one more Stapelia to add to my collection. This one has yellow starfish looking flowers compared to the hairy red fleshy flowers my other two have.


Lastly, I have this weird looking guy that has thick fleshy leaves, and an almost euphorbia looking bulbous trunk. It's called Monadenium ritchei.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Two New Euphorbias

I got two new Euphorbias today.



I got a Tanzanian Zipper Plant or Euphorbia anoplia. It had so many little babies in it, so I repotted a few into different pots. When I took it out of it's original pot though, there were so many more new babies trying to grow up out of the soil! I'm certain this guy will be one of my more prolific growers if I can keep it happy!



I also got a crested Medusa's Head or Euphorbia flaniganii. I'm pretty excited to start my crested collection with this guy!

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

New Succulents

I've been feeling crummy for the last couple months, and also had to watch my spending. I'm finally feeling a bit of relief from both, so I went out and got myself a few new succulents!


The one on the left is a bulb! I didn't know succulents could be bulbs. How interesting is that?

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

New Stapelia

I got a new stapelia very recently. I just couldn't pass up how cute this little guy is! I'm pretty sure it's a Stapelia scitula. Her flowers are tiny as well as her stems. Just adorable!


Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Propagation Progress

It's been a while since I made cuttings from my plants. They are all sufficiently calloused so I potted them all up today. I put them on a shady part of my porch so they won't be overwhelmed. I think they look very handsome next to my pots of freshly sprouting leaf cuttings!


Friday, May 29, 2015

2015 Succulent Propagation

It's been a few years since I've gone out of my way to make as many cuttings as I could comfortably fit in my home! This year I'm trying again on plants that didn't work out for me before, and new ones I haven't tried as well as some oldies but goodies. Here are a couple pictures of my current propagation project!


In the top container I have leaves from my Pearl von Nurnberg, sunset seedum, anacampseros, and a few other plants I've not identified. In the bottom container I have leaves from my burros tail, and a couple varieties of stacked crassula. I have no idea if the latter will do anything at all. I had to snap the joined leaves in half in order to pull them off the cuttings. I figured instead of tossing them, I'd try rooting them.


In this box I have some cuttings out to dry from my crown of thorns, bears paw, stapelia, three varieties of stacked crassula, and a burrows tail plant.

Monday, April 27, 2015

Succulent Vertical Garden



I put together my first vertical garden today. I bought a cheap picture frame, removed the glass, lined it with a plastic bag, then put in the dirt and various succulents!

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Sprouting Seeds


My mixed salad greens seeds are sprouting today!

Friday, April 17, 2015

End of Cold Weather!

So, since the weather is finally nice, I've gone out and started adding to my collection again. I just came home with: okra, tomatoes, spinach, strawberries, lemon balm, and geranium plants. I also purchased a seed packet of mixed salad greens as an experiment. I've never grown from seed before, but I'm hoping to make some home grown salads soon!


Recently I returned from my mom's house and she let me take some cuttings from some of her plants. I brought home from her house: an Angel Wing Begonia, Fairy Castle Cactus, a night blooming cereus, and some sedum looking plant that i have never been able to identify.

About a week ago I brought home a few succulents. I got: a Key Lime Pie, sempervivum Cobweb, Echeveria 'Irish Mint', Echeveria 'Plush Plant', and Fire Sticks.

Around Christmas my family gifted me a dykia plant, and a cute collection of 1" potted cactus!


Recently, I repotted my two Phalaenopsis orchids. One of them already has two new flower spikes. And while I was out getting orchid potting mix, I picked up an orchid I've never grown before, a Cattleya. It was a very small plant, and when I repotted it, most of the roots looks pretty lousy so I'm not very optimistic that it will survive, but it will at least be fun trying out a new plant!