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Nov 11, 2024 11:38 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
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This little false Aralia / Dizygotheca / Plerandra / Schefflera - whatever they're calling it on Mondays, is so slow & cute. Just a great plant for those of us with space issues.
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Nov 13, 2024 12:13 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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On Mondays.. haha, truth!
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Nov 16, 2024 12:53 PM CST
JC NJ/So FL (Zone 7b)
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@sallyg re: Amaryllis
it looks quite weak, so i would pot it up and water it well and see what happens next. If most roots were in plastic, it prolly could not push out enough leaves during summer. I grew small/weak ones on a sunny window sill thru winter until they got several more leaves. It does not have to go dormant. It might stall a bit after some time : then you can water less for a few months.
And you don't want it to bloom too soon (if it manages) as it will weaken it even further.
But if you do not have a good sunny spot for it over winter, then just keep it potted but without watering for a couple of months.
Do not cut off the leaves either: let them yellow and dry up on their own. After they dry up, remove them and put the pot in a brown paper bag so it is cool and dark. Eventually it'll restart growth.
When it starts pushing new leaves then you'll know to slowly start watering and put it in bright light.
I had one sit in pot on the balcony in shade and not grow at all during summer (after blooming last january). And that is after i took good care of it and transplanted it from a tiny pot to a normal 6" pot.
I just checked it and it was growing offsets: 2 bulbs! and one of them with roots already. so just cleaned up the old dried roots and put it back in the pot and watered it. It actually has a tiny leaf tip inside.
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Nov 16, 2024 6:31 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Thank You! skylark
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Nov 21, 2024 1:52 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
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Streptocarpella had stopped blooming when it got really hot but is back in business.
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Good things are happening @ the tips of trimmed lipstick (Aeschynanthus.) Not sure yet if it's just foliage, or blooms. Haven't had for very long and haven't seen a bloom yet. That would be so fun!
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Nov 27, 2024 12:58 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
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Is anyone else prone to doing stupid, spaz things like this? It happened this past Friday, when I brought in hundreds of pots in just a few hours. But I just had time to notice it yesterday. I'm famous for breaking off flower buds, decapitating trees going through doorways, dropping plants almost exclusively on carpet, so many dangers that I pose to the plants.
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Nov 27, 2024 1:35 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
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Little tree, pink arrowhead vine, wax Begonia, Kalanchoe, orchid. Things are much more equal during the short days of winter. Suddenly the plants that were in need of mostly shade for summer are right there with the plants that could be in the sun all day. Did not notice that I'd rumpled the foil until I saw it in the pic. I have trouble seeing beyond plants.
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Dec 19, 2024 10:26 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
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Some pics of plants in shed-posing-as-GH, and some that were taken out yesterday, getting a thorough soaking. Pls ignore the sawdust, DH uses his lathe in here when it's not full of plants. Also, I was going to replace the missing foil along the back (north) wall but didn't get around to it.
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The golden rule: Do to others only that which you would have done to you.
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The only way to succeed is to try!
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The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. (-Unknown)
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Dec 20, 2024 10:00 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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It's official, after a number of nights below freezing, that I gave up on my pink Epi hybrid. Zero flowers last year, too big, heavy, gangly and flowers wilted so fast when they did happen.
Plant it and they will come.
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Dec 20, 2024 4:06 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
Region: United States of America Houseplants Overwinters Tender Plants Indoors Garden Sages Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 2
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Sometimes that's necessary. But where's the pic? This is a show'n'tell discussion. LOL!
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The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. (-Unknown)
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Dec 21, 2024 3:34 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Seems not doomed yet but I'm not making any efforts to shelter it from coming deeper cold.
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Dec 23, 2024 8:43 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
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Not dead yet. It doesn't have to be all-or-nothing. You could cut off 1 or more of the nicest stems & start a new, smaller pot.
The golden rule: Do to others only that which you would have done to you.
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The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. (-Unknown)
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Dec 23, 2024 9:37 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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yeah but, I don't want to.
Plant it and they will come.
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Jan 8, 2025 7:49 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Weeks ago, I stuck some cuttings and put a loose produce bag around the pot. Took the bag off today. Hurray!
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Plant it and they will come.
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Jan 9, 2025 8:57 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
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That looks great!
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Jan 16, 2025 10:41 PM CST
Name: Steve
SE PA (Zone 7a)
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The Monstera adansonii is doing great.

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I don't like purchasing plants that need shipped this time of year, but...
Ran across a good deal on a Monstera adansonii Variegated. And since I'm a sucker for the variegated plants, I pulled the trigger.
Have the seller holding off on the shipping to see if temperatures are better the following week to ship the plant. It's to be single digits next week.
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Jan 31, 2025 1:37 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
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Blooming in the (heated when need) shed.
Streptocarpella
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My 1st lipstick blooms. The pics in the DB show that the middle part will open later. So far I love that this is taking a long time, compared to so many other blooms. It has already been over a month since I noticed the buds starting to form. Might have noticed sooner if observation has not been limited to less than weekly peeks into the shed. And the beauty & drama of just the buds is pretty amazing.

The dark red outer part is much more stiff than I was expecting.
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The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. (-Unknown)
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Feb 7, 2025 7:03 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Just want to report that yesterday I stopped my coworker and prevented a mess. She had a grocery-store type florist kalanchoe in a 3 inch pot, some flowers starting to dry and one leaf with a yellow tip. She was convinced it was DYING. She was just about to up-pot it directly into a 7 inch ceramic cachepot with 2 inches of big glass stones in the bottom 'for drainage' Smiling
Plant it and they will come.
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Feb 10, 2025 5:06 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- (Zone 8b)
Region: United States of America Houseplants Overwinters Tender Plants Indoors Garden Sages Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 2
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I would have suggested not doing that too. And I bet the glass stones are pretty & don't deserve that treatment.

Lipstick flowers all the way open now. What fun!

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The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. (-Unknown)
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Feb 10, 2025 6:06 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Some day I will have a lipstick plant. Pretty, and seem.easy.
Got 2 on clearnce today.
Philo Imperial Red
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Duranta Gold
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Any advice appreciated

Heres so m e of the existing stock
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Plant it and they will come.

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