From left to right:
1. Hobbit Jade.
2. What's left of Ms. Jade. I purchased her shortly before Christmas 1996 and she grew very big but has dwindled since then to just that one. Some people identified her as "Crosby's Compact".
3. I bought this from eBay in 2007 because I had never seen anything like it before. I asked about it after I got it and it seems to possibly be some sort of Gollum/Hobbit hybrid since the leaves are varied.
4. Hummel Sunset. The leaves are supposed to turn red at a certain time of the year but usually the leaves get very yellow with red edges.
I had to use a stick to prop up the Hummel Sunset but now that I think about it, I am seriously considering a hard prune since a lot of the branches got wiry. Might relieve some of the weight on it.
I plan to get more poultry grit and repot some more of my jades. I have a Gollum jade that's desperate for a repotting!
It'll be pretty interesting to see how well they respond to the gritty mix, especially when it gets hot. I'll have to keep an eye on it and see if it means frequent watering and get it down to a routine. Last year it rained regularly all throughout summer and it ended our nasty two year drought. So we'll see what happens this year.
It is weird how close our plant preferences are! I love my amaryllis, jade, banana, and desert rose plants! Unfortunately, I live in the north (Wisconsin) and I have to bring in all of my bulbs/plants every winter. You should try Amorphophallus Konjac (Voodoo Lily). I absolutely love them! You'll get addicted. I have been getting into cannas lately too.
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ReplyDeleteWow. I just found your Dragon Arum posts (which are almost the same as my konjac). And youR hibiscus, christmas/easter cactus, iris, spider plants, and venus fly traps. I'm not trying to be a stalker, but I'm freaking out over how many interests we share in the plant world! My gardens are the sad northern versions of yours. So far I have not had any luck getting my amaryllis to set seed. They always abort. And I tend to kill my venus fly traps after the second dormancy (but I keep on trying!) I'm trying my hand at pitcher plants this summer and I also have a love for hoya plants (especially hindu rope).
ReplyDeleteHey Bryce. Welcome to my plant blog. :)
ReplyDeleteMy poor dragon arum hasn't done so well after the last time they bloomed. They stay small and then die down a few weeks later. I'm back to relocating them to several spots to see what will make them thrive again.
Some amaryllis are incredibly picky. I have a pink/white one that never likes its own pollen or pollen of others. Meanwhile the red amaryllises are happy to get fat with seeds.