Green Forages

It’s not doing so well now. Leaves are not as big though i found out how it can be propagated through cuttings. I suspect i am not giving it the right nutrients. Fertilising is not quite in my department for now but I may need to consider slow release pellets as a form of time management!

My new plant. A gift from sis’s mother-in-law. At first sister thought this is the pencil cactus which i had remarked that i wanted. I only realised it is a rhipsalis baccifera (mistletoe cactus) today! Seems like it is also an epiphtic plant! I have high hopes for it and will tend it well!

Propagating this succulent as a giveaway. Using this photo to demo to sis how to protect newly potted plants from water propagation using a bubble tea cup to manage humidity as it aids transpiration in plants while roots are still establishing. Putting a pinch of epsom salt is also what i do to help root growth; at least that is what I read online.

One more flowering in June. It missed April because I think it had killed the young buds due to lack of watering. Now that it is August, no signs of flowers and it could be because I had repotted it. I found out that hoya liked to be root- bound but i think my medium (coco husks which is sold as orchid mix here) is not suitable as over time it will disintegrate and roots loses its anchor. Similar to Orchids, Hoyas are epiphytic plants. Time to seek alternatives like bark or charcoal. 

My ficus elastica didnt do too well because i was overwatering it after I switched its position indoors. I had to change the potting medium a little, added more perlite to it. I also started a regime of watering once thoroughly on weekends, giving it sun out at the planter and letting it dry over a week indoors. A lower leaf also broke so i tried to propagated it. It rooted but to date (9 August 2021) it remained a leaf with roots. No sign of new growth yet

My variegated Indian Borage growing shrub-like because of frequent pruning. Have you ever wondered why your plants look leggy. Sometimes it could be lack of sun or sometimes it just needed a haircut to get it grow bushier!

Back in my office, I realised that i could make easily cuttings of cordyline fruiticosa as the proliferates outside my workplace garden. They were planted by a garden volunteer who hoped that the service users can see the greenery instead of the concrete wall outside the fence located at the basement of a block.

Because of that, i get multiples of them. Gave this away with the beautiful tiny pot to cousin XY

It’s season of flowering for my tillandsia ionatha!

Feb 2020

It gave more blooms from the peduncle subsequently. Fortunately i didnt cut the bare stem away!

This plant roots so easily in water and even as a cutting I found that it continues to flower! 23rd Jul 2021. Cutting was given away to a friend who love plants. Hard to find people around me who appreciates these cuttings because i have more of them than i can give away!

This is my string of hearts in June 2020, a cutting that i had received with the pink syngonium but never did successfully grow it as it die back. i tried reviving it a few times which worked but recently (August 2021) the cuttings didnt make it. 

Another post dedicated to the streetview close to the end of circuit breaker in Jun 2020. Though not my plants, it is still a noteworthy period to document. 

The changing arrangement. Plant gang in Oct 2020

The last is a picture of an area in my workplace.

A group shot of my plant gang back on 16 May 2020. Alsa, not all are looking as good now Some were also given away as i tried to reduce the number of plants to appease my husband and to prepare for the eventual cessation of domestic help cos i cant be tending to garden if I need to cook and wash for the family.