u/Kelliekitty22

Recently I potted my Lemon Lime upright (Golden Godess) into an 8" pot and she's done so much better as she had lots of babies in her pot I wasn't sure I wanted to separate her from. I kinda liked the full look. But all my philos have been pushing out leaves like crazy until about a week ago. I noticed an almost stand still in my Paraiso Verde which is constantly growing. Once I looked at its roots, I noticed that theyre coming back out of the top and bottom of the pot. Its already in a 6" pot so the next size up would be 8" as a 7" is just too small for such a fast growing plant. So I looked around at some of my other philos and noticed the same stand still as my Paraiso. My Jose Buono, my Billie, my Campii, my Wht Wizard, Ring of Fire, my Moonlight, and my Painted Lady. Those are just a portion of the ones that have roots coming out the bottom and I took even less pictures of them because, I mean, how many pics of roots can you possibly take that show the same thing. The only ones I didn't check, which I will tomorrow, is my PPP, Prince of Orange, Green Emerald, White Princess, Var. Ring of Fire, Florida Ghost Mint, Florida Beauty, Var. Heartleaf, and Gloriosum. I thought they could live in smaller pots but this Florida weather has put the 'grow spell' on all my philos. I have plenty of room for them, im just wondering if I should go ahead and repot the ones that need it into 8" pots or is that too big. Theyre in a chunky aroid soil mix and our rainy days dont really seem to affect them except for make them grow. (I swear theres something in the rain) 🤣 Almost every 4-5 days theyre pushing out new leaves...sometimes back to back, on top of each other. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Here are a few pics of the same old thing, pot after pot, and the last picture is of my Lemon Lime upright in its new 8" home and of my Painted Lady and Paraiso Verde. All my philos are on wooden dowels as support rods. Id like to add a couple climbing variety to moss poles I have here, like the Painted Lady, and the Paraiso Verde. They definitely need more support than a wooden stick. Thanks in advance!

What are these "pea pods" on my Pictum Tricolor? They are hard and not like my other Siam Auroras flowers. Are they seeds? This plant lives outdoors under a tree in speckled sunlight in Floridas humid weather. Its thriving as its grown 2 little youngins and its still a baby too. I got it as a starter in November of last year and its pretty much been outside since. An help identifying these pods would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I should know the answer to this question but im drawing a blank today. 😁

I just trimmed my Turtle Vine. It was very generous with the clippings this time. I guess I'll make a few more plants since they prop so fast and easy. They even have roots already on most of the cuttings.

Can we get a White Wizard appreciation post going here? Id love to see what everyone else's Wizards look like.

Heres some of the Philos that own me. I enjoy their ease of care and I live in the perfect environment for them to thrive. The majority of them were purchased as tissue culture babies or starter plants and have grown from there. I also have a few others that I dont have pictures of, including a Pink Princess, White Princess, Gloriosum, and a Green Emerald. I think thats all of them anyway...😆

Here's a picture of both my lemon lime upright and my lemon lime trailing (mixed with green heartleaf) philos. I love the mix of colors in the trailing pot. The dark green heartleaf and lemon lime heartleaf contrast each other so well. Show me your lemon limes. 🍋

My Black Beauty pot hasn't been cleaned out in about 2 years. After cleaning, I found a ton of corms/ tubers and about 99.9% of them grew. I have a bunch planted already and still some waiting in my prop box. Now I have more ears than I expected to have. I still have another pot the same size (About 24 inches) that needs cleaning out as well but I'll wait another year before I clean out that one, or I'll be swimming in them.

My shrimp bushes are in bloom now and as every year, they provide many blooms. Does anyone else have a shrimp bush? If so, what color? I also just purchased a baby variegated shrimp bush (pic 3) that has white flowers, and Im currently iso a blue flowered one as well as a yellow floweed one. They are so easy to care for, absolutely beautiful, and easily propagated too.

Is this the Tahitian Bridal Veil Tradescantia? Any help would be greatly appreciated! TIA.

This is Jose Buono. He was purchased in January of this year as a starter plant. (In second pic)

This is Jose now. (First pic) He needs a bigger pot today and has managed to make me so happy by putting out such beautiful leaves. Im going to put him on a moss pole today. Usually, I'd have him on some type of support but hes grown so compact on top of my koi tank for the last 3 and a half months that he hasn't even required a support dowel. (Which is my preferred option for starter plants) He's a super fast grower, along with my lemon lime upright, Prince of Orange, and Paraiso Verde. After his "spa day" (bigger pot, support, fertilizer, and fresh soil) He will be living his best life with the larger philos and monsteras outside under the trees canopy of speckled sunlight, warmth, and Florida humidity. He's growing up. 🥹

Does anyone know the name of this plant? Ive propped this plant every year from the mother plant in the 3rd picture. It also gets more light than the first 2 pictures plants. Ive noticed theres little white bits of leaves. Is this from too much light? Sorry about the state of the first picture, I was getting flown away by mosquitoes at the time I took it.

What an overachiever! Two flowers and a leaf!?! Indoors? Thats like giving birth to triplets for a plant. 🤣

I guess this year I'll try to pollinate it and see if I can make seeds. Good job Red, well done! 😁

This is my Pictum Tricolor that I bought as a tiny, baby about 4 months ago. So far its been loving the spring Florida weather, and has grown a separate baby in its pot.

Dont mind my dramatic, thirsty Homalomena Camouflage in the background. 🙄