#theplanthouse

just announced: @rinsestagram takes on @easternelectrics again an I’m going b2b @manara1766198272 On #ThePlantHouse stage because where else would you put A. Gardener? 🌱🌿🍃 https://www.instagram.com/p/BuoYGJ6ADMU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bhmj4xbla4dw

hello, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on what to do with this african violet. The first two pictures were taken recently and the third picture was taken back in February. The leaves have started to curl inwards and upwards. Any advice would be appreciated. :)

01/07/16: Frithia humilis, sometimes known as ‘baby toes’, although that name is more commonly applied to Fenestraria rhopalophylla.  It is a succulent in the Aizoaceae family, native to certain parts of South Africa. Like some Haworthia species, it has leaf windows to allow it to photosynthesize in the arid climates it inhabits. 

Dahlia ‘My Love’. This is a semi-cactus Dahlia, meaning that the petals are rolled up like those of cactus Dahlias, but not completely so.  It’s good to remember that a Dahlia, like most members of the Asteraceae family, is a composite flower, which is an inflorescence made up of many smaller flowers, or florets, and each large petal belongs to one of those. So there’s no one central stigma/stamens etc. but lots of smaller ones, each theoretically capable of producing a seed, much like a sunflower head.  This is the first of my Dahlias to bloom this year, coinciding with the first day of summer, which is nice. Happy solstice to all. ❂