Murky said: Can I ask what online stores for future purchases? Always good to keep a list of honest stores with good quality plants.

Hubby bought me adenium seeds from Tillandsia at etsy and free shipping. We haven't bought any live plants online from them. Curious to see if my seedlings will bloom "double" or triple like they supposed to be. Hopefully I still have enough growing season to find out. I will give them weakly-weekly blooming food for 2 more weekends, to see if I can coax them to bloom.

sedumzz said: What plants did you order? This might help my future orders, that is, if I ever order from them....

Was last year. Ordered 3 Fancy Leaf Geraniums (including the old Mrs. Cox) They shipped sicky little cuttings with no roots, of course _none made it. Don't remember how much, but they were overpriced & felt $cammed.

Did you call them to get a refund or at least a credit if they issued one? I understand sometimes plants die in shipping, the heat and jostling by shippers can't be controlled. It's even happened from one of my favorite places I've ordered from, White Flower Farm. They gave me a full refund for the entire order including shipping, even though I said 3 of the plants might recover with a bit of time (and they indeed recover for me).

But if they refused to give even a credit or reship new plants, that would be huge strike against it for me for any future orders.

Edit just to add that this is one reason I always use a credit card for online orders. That way if they refuse to do anything about the dead plants, I can initiate a complaint through my credit card company and get my money back that way.

I brought my small plant squad indoors today for the long winter rest. Adenium plants and several Uncarina plants

Gerris2 said: I brought my small plant squad indoors today for the long winter rest. Adenium plants and several Uncarina plants

Six years ago there were only 5 desert roses in my collection. Now I have way too many!

Gigi I only have 6.... but have my eye on 1 more....

BBQNBLUES said: Gigi I only have 6.... but have my eye on 1 more....

It is hard to stop on 1 more… once you start.

It takes a lot for hubby to get rattled on anything but hurricane season I could tell he was stressed out with my too many plants. Thank goodness we invested on the heavy pots and I kept my desert roses short so they were not too heavy and was able to withstand the wind gusts.

I used to have more but I gave away the extras and now am happy with my current fat belly troop

For a number of years I was afflicted with Plant Acquisition Syndrome. Fortunately I was able to shake it off.

I think I have reached my max, hurricane Ian is a wake up call. So I will just keep what I have, which is still a lot, and resist the urge to acquire more!

I can resist the urge to acquire more, almost always, but I'm helpless to stop propagating what I do have. I do compost a lot of extra stuff, but I can't NOT keep some of the best chunks that get cut off of potted plants so they don't get too big.

My problem is my plants giving me 20babies from one leaf !
Never propagating AV Louisiana again…

Same here, I have hundreds of Euphorbia knuthii every year. Have been given away to some friends, still have a lot, will give them to the seller now. I think will gave the same problem with portulacaria

@Gerris2
Question About yr Uncarina.. did you get it rooted or from seeds? I tried several times to root Uncarina sort of like Plumeria..and they rotted ev. time, even with callusing for a few days.

Gerris2 said: I brought my small plant squad indoors today for the long winter rest. Adenium plants and several Uncarina plants

Joseph, what are the two plants on the bottom right?

antsinmypants said: Joseph, what are the two plants on the bottom right?

Uncarina roeoesliana

skylark said: @Gerris2
Question About yr Uncarina.. did you get it rooted or from seeds? I tried several times to root Uncarina sort of like Plumeria..and they rotted ev. time, even with callusing for a few days.

I grew these Uncarina plants from seeds started near the beginning of the pandemic. Some of my pandemic babies 😂

your chubbies are impressive too ;). Are those A. arabicum?

One was supposed to have arabicum genes. Others are obesum. I have swazicum but they are not in the photo.