Twenty-two and nursing a gardening addiction in a little apartment while I figure out life. I prefer succulents and other weirdos of the plant world, but all plants are beautiful. Questions and comments are welcome. Suggestions are welcome if you have thought them through.
Whew!
That re-potting session took longer than I thought. My ponytail palm (that was still in the pot from the store) was in really crappy soil. I would’ve re-potted it sooner if I had realized.
I also realized rather late in the game that it was possible to separate the caudexes of the ponytail palm, and I decided rather impulsively to do so. The two biggest ones are in the big new pot I bought for the purpose; it wasn’t possible to completely untangle the roots, but they’re now several inches apart. The smaller ones are each in their own pots. I hope this will improve the health of the plants.
I still have an echeveria that needs re-potted, but it will have to wait for another day. It’s going into the pot that the other plant came out of. Ha!
My windowsill, finals week (December). Soon I will be back at school, see my friends again, and have my plants back!
Hopefully I will have a schefflera cutting to add to my collection. The first one grew new leaves and rooted, but then mysteriously bit the dust. I took another cutting from my dad’s plant, and I think it has roots already!
I also hope my echeveria and Sedum morganianum cuttings have grown while in the care of the greenhouse people. I’ll have pictures and updates of them when I’m back :)
Artsy-fartsy back-lit photo of my Haworthia attenuata, with a part of my Bucarnea recurvata (ponytail palm) behind it and my other haworthia to the side.
The jungle on my windowsill in my dorm room, as of a few weeks ago. They are (roughly clockwise, starting at the biggest one):
- Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail Palm)
- Haworthia attenuata? (Zebra haworthia)
- Haworthia cymbiformis (Cathedral Window Haworthia)
- Crassula ovata ‘gollum’ (Gollum Jade, Spoon Jade)
- Sedum morganianum (Donkey’s/burro’s tail)
- Echeveria ‘lola’
- Sedum ‘Joyce Tulloch’? (maroon, upright)
- Adenium obesum (Desert rose)
- Plectranthus coleoides ‘Cerveza ‘n Lime’
