Random Plant Updates

One of several plant racks in the basement.

Its that time of year where all of the plants that were brought outside for the season have to come back in. They go through a week of spraying to reduce any insect or pest problems. Then I let them all dry out and then start bringing them in. At the moment I am about halfway done but by the end of tomorrow ninety percent will be back inside, hopefully...

Some of the plants from previous posts have been doing some exciting things. The Scadoxus has developed two large size fruits that aren't ripe just yet. From what I've read online they'll turn a bright red color when ready and they're currently a yellow green. I dont know yet if there will be multiple seeds per fruit or just one, but either way I will be starting them, that can be a future blog post.

Scadoxus multiflorus fruit.

The epiphyllum seedlings haven't been doing much of anything. they have grown a little and some are starting to randomly flatten or twist in the stems, but others have done absolutely nothing. Next year I'm definitely bringing them outside for the summer, hopefully the humidity will prompt some new growth.Until then they'll probably still look like this..

Epiphyllum seedlings.

In addition to the epiphyllum seedlings I recently started a batch of schlumbergera seedlings aka Christmas cactus, a batch of rhipsalis seedlings, and a batch of Easter cactus seedlings. The first two sets of seeds were from another blogger who was nice enough to share them. As soon as they're a little more developed i'll post an entry on them as well.

Currently I'm working on several new posts, Dragon series Dracaena part two and three, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, Dracaena Whitney, Crinum lily, Bougainvillea and one or two more. keep an eye out for them.