Hey y'all, remember that Homalomena that I just rescued from certain death?
MUAH HA HA HA HAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Damn, I'm good! Now come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab.
Agave parryi is back inside, beginning the adjustment to winter quarters. This is my first experiment with tender perennials. Will it survive? We'll see. Is the cat tail more a photobomb or a derp?
Dieffenbachia (noid) had to be rebooted. I don't know what went wrong... maybe it was a watering problem, because all the leaves went chlorotic. In any case, this is still an open project... after being cut back to square one, new leaves are sprouting nicely!
Amaryllis hippeastrum 'Sydney.' Man, I really should put a cute soil cover on that to hide the plastic. By the way, if you want to have an Amaryllis bloom in time for Christmas, you need to get started... well, a couple of weeks ago actually. But there's no harm in starting now! You may get a bloom in time for the holidays, and if you don't, think of it this way: won't you be needing a little botanical cheer in your life come January, when the christmas lights are all down, and there are no flowers to be had until spring? With this in mind, I'm staggering a few bulbs for continuous bloom. Including...
Narcissus tazetta (paperwhite); an oldie but a goodie. DANG I need to get some soil covers going on. Maybe I'll buy some of that heinous neon-green dyed moss.
And finally, a mixed grouping of sedum cuttings, plus some sempervivums and one opuntia. Don't ask me why I keep growing different opuntias, because I don't know. "Opuntia: A Genus of Assholes." Anyway, I'm hoping to have them all rooted in time for spring container planting!
Hey, I recognize some of these plants from when you adopted them. I'll be curious to hear how that Agave does. A smart kitty will stay away from it. At least the second time.
ReplyDeleteHow's your ginger? Mine is browning at the tips. Trickier once the heat came on. But, as the song goes, not dead yet.
The begonia cutting you gave me is doing great. The training leaf came off and many new leaves have grown. Thanks so much for that, dear.