#regnum-plantae

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've tried my hand with hybridising a few species of Oxalis with O. Triangularis with no success, all before researching the topic and realising O. Triangularis doesn't naturally set seeds and Oxalis species don't readily hybridise due to they're wild variations in ploidy, even within the same species :s

Photos for @regnum-plantae :) This is the Solandra they had at the Esquinzo Playa resort on Fuerteventura back in November. I thought I had taken photos of the entire plant, but those where the only ones, unfortunately - you can see how massive this one was on the second photo, though.

Aw I love them! I've just prepared a couple of seeds for germination, hopefully they'll live :)

@9thbutterfly they sell these at the garden centre where I work, they’re hilarious!

@9thbutterfly I thought the same the moment I saw it too, and ruined the post for me!

@plantanarchy where have you been in Europe??

I went on a few week long school trip to Austria and Germany in may 2015 and that’s the only time I’ve been! Most of that time was in Salzburg but we also spent a week in Vienna and a few days in Prien am Chiemsee and half a day in Munich.

The first two tree pictures were biergartens in Salzburg, third is Mirabellplatz in Salzburg, fourth is the River Salzsach, the fifth is on a trail in Hallstatt, and the sixth is Petersfriedhof, a big ole cemetary right below the big ole castle in Salzburg.

And isn't it magical when you read back something you wrote and it finally gets to that point where it feels like it wasn't actually written by you but by some being who possessed you for a while and you could never write something as good again? Lol what did you study anyway?

Exactly yeah, this happens for most of my poetry that I leave sit for a while and come back to lol and sometimes my fiction also. I definitely have taken a dip in writing ability since I quit writing fiction in uhhhhh 2015 and it’s slowly filtering back I think maybe?

I agree, the first time I tried I assumed they'd like it drier, and all the cuttings shriveled and died...now I put them in a 50/50 sand/potting mix medium and never let it dry out. 3 months ago I set up 4 cuttings and now I have 4 more tiny plants :)