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It's been a long time since I posted a Friday Flora, too. We were talking about houseplants earlier this week, so here are some photos of a few of mine.
Being, from the left, a possible monstera start, a zz plant, a jade plant, a swiss cheese plant, an easter cactus (see if you can spot the rhipsalis peeking out from behind), and a tradescantia. Every one of these but the cactus began its life as a water propagated cutting. They all seem pretty happy in each other's company by the window.
A slightly different view of the same, in which a tiny potted rhipsalis is now visible. Apparently, rhipsalis and easter cactus are closely related; I had no idea.
The newest additions, having joined the household less than a week ago. The smaller of the two is a peperomioides, my having finally come to terms with the fact that not knowing anyone who could give me a start, I was going to have to suck it up and buy one if I wanted one. As if on cue, the local hardware store stocked a few tiny specimens for me. The larger of the two claims to be a "philodendron monstera," which is not actually a thing. I hope the label means monstera, but we'll see what it actually is as it grows up.
The cool thing about it presently is that it transpires--something I've only ever seen the taro in the living room do before. It's pretty neat to roll up to the desk and see little jeweled beads of water forming on the leaves.
これで以上です。
Being, from the left, a possible monstera start, a zz plant, a jade plant, a swiss cheese plant, an easter cactus (see if you can spot the rhipsalis peeking out from behind), and a tradescantia. Every one of these but the cactus began its life as a water propagated cutting. They all seem pretty happy in each other's company by the window.
A slightly different view of the same, in which a tiny potted rhipsalis is now visible. Apparently, rhipsalis and easter cactus are closely related; I had no idea.
The newest additions, having joined the household less than a week ago. The smaller of the two is a peperomioides, my having finally come to terms with the fact that not knowing anyone who could give me a start, I was going to have to suck it up and buy one if I wanted one. As if on cue, the local hardware store stocked a few tiny specimens for me. The larger of the two claims to be a "philodendron monstera," which is not actually a thing. I hope the label means monstera, but we'll see what it actually is as it grows up.
The cool thing about it presently is that it transpires--something I've only ever seen the taro in the living room do before. It's pretty neat to roll up to the desk and see little jeweled beads of water forming on the leaves.
これで以上です。
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I've been wanting a peperomioides ever since I started caring for plants, and I saw one in the grocery the other day and *almost* bought it, but I held off. I recognized yours immediately! It looks great!
I love your monstera (both of them *g*). And that is wildly cool that it transpires! Never seen such a thing. :)
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Part of my objection to the peperomioides was that it grows like a weed, so there's no reason anyone should charge 15 bucks for it. But it's instagram-popular, so there you go.
And yeah, at first I worried about overwatering, but apparently it's just what these plants do. Having primarily grown herbs for the past decades, house/tropical plants are a brave new world to me. :D
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