u/Naive-Management3140

I bought 2 pretty common and easy to care for Nepenthes, at least that's what I'm learning as I read about them. I rinsed them of their peat in distilled water and repotted in perlite and sphagnum moss. One had pitchers and graced me and kept them and today one opened. I fed it a freeze dried soldier ant larva and was ridiculously excited about it 😂
The other didn't have pitchers. The leaves of the second are slightly darker and wider. I'm wondering if they are the same variety. They didn't have specific labeling at the nursery.

Both are in south/southwest facing windows, but I live in the woods so they also get supplemental light from sansi grow lights.

I had my obavata splash on a hoop trellis but it's Vine is so still it was not working. So I decided to just put it on a tall stake. And it cracked and leaked a little latex. And now it looks like this. 😩 See all the little nubs on the Woody stem?

What should I do? Chop and toss the top? Chop and try and prop the top? Should I let this beauty do its thing and trail?

Checked on my props this morning and my multiflora gave me my morning dose of oxytocin.

I love my tiger paw begonia! It's such an easy keeper and I've successfully propped 2 leaves with ease. I did the cut across the vein and lay on substrate burying the short stem and just leave it be. Both times I used fluval, dampened then sealed in a Tupperware. First pic is my momma plant. Second is the first prop experiment. And the last is my latest. So far it just seems to have put up ,eaves from the stem but the leaf is very tightly rooted to the substrate so I'm going to leave it be for awhile and see if more plantlets pop up before I pot it up.

Home Depot has a sale on proven winners littles: 3 for $12. I ended up with 2 hoyas and this cool Peperomia. 😃 Now to look up it's. Are needs. It reminds me of my Metallica so I'm thinking they are related. They had other peps, hoyas etc.

I have been needing to chop and prop my wrinkled Khroniana for awhile now but my prop boxes are full. Today was the day. When all was said and done I had 3 cups of cuttings rooting in fluval and 1 healthy plant repotted.

I have discovered that certain pots do not work well for me with semi hydro. Specifically the cute little plastic resin pots (one in last pic for example) and the type this one was originally in: sort of unglazed interior pots. From now on if I use them as cache pots I will use a reservoir liner in them so the semi hydro is not in contact with them directly.

Excuse the poor quality of pic of original plant it's an extreme crop from an older pic as I forgot to take a before picture

Iwasso upset with myself that I couldn't even post: I had lovely single stem good-sized Pandurata with peduncles on a ladder trellis. I decided I would rather let it trail and as I was removing it from the trellis: SNAP!! 🤢😩😫 I broke it offatthe base. Ichoppedand propped into three lovely branches and propped in fluval and today I potted them up. The roots looked great. I have it in semi hydro and will eagerly watch and see how it does.

I'm spoiled cuz my peps tend to flourish here but I'm not sure I'm giving this what it needs. It's not getting as lush and growing as fast as my other peps. It's getting about 600 FC of light. I'm thinking a tad much? Does it look etoliated to you or is this it's growth pattern? Tho with that light it's unlikely....Thoughts?

I've had this White Princes for more than a year I think. She came with these gorgeous pink and white leaves. Since I've had her she's grown but never given me a leaf with that striking variegation. She's fruited, twice.

I bottom water. She's in a chunky soil mix. She has a dedicated Sansi bulb and it's reading 800 FC at the top of the plant. I fertilize with MSU fertilizer boosted with cal mag and silica boost. I don't see roots coming out of the bottom of the pot. Her newest leaf, pictured, is just kinda sad. You can see the cream I'm getting but no longer the dramatic white and pink seen in last pic. She had 3 of those leaves when I got her. She has 2 of them left. The other eventually faded and died from age. Otherwise she seems healthy

Is this just the reality of not living in a greenhouse? Should I move the grow light closer?

My first inner fenestrations on my monstera!! They aren't much but they are pretty exciting to me 😂

I love this plant so much. I shared her recently and you all loved her too. The common name is red log Peperomia.

She was in need of a repot: just couldn’t stay hydrated. So I took a few cuttings and today they were ready so I sized her up and here she is.

My newest pep is soooo charming. Since coming out of quarantine and into her well lit new home she seems to be showing a tiny bit of variegation or mottling on her leaves. I just love the variety!!

I was about ready to chuck my watermelon pep in the compost. She had funky leaves, and not many of them and just wasn't growing robustly. I had her in the same spot as some other very happy peps getting the same treatment but she was not doing well. I moved her to a different spot and it got worse. On a last ditch effort I placed her here. The only difference is the light is more diffuse: further from grow lights and filtered by other plants. And she is making a come back.

I repotted my Compacta because she was always thirsty and sucked the water when I bottom watered like a fiend.

This Crassipetiolata is 32 inches from base of plant to top of trellis. Once her tendrils get long enough to wrap across the center of of the trellis I do that and she rewards me with new leaves. Most of my large hoyas are in a chunky mix. She's my only one in semi hydro with tree fern fiber and perlite. She's thirsty!!

My silver multiflora is growing like crazy and has several peduncles. She has roots coming out the bottom of the pot and mingling with the wicks so I will need to up pot her soon.

My Cummingiana from a friend settled in and the cuttings I took from the crazy long stems with bare sections rooted up so I repotted her in my chunky mix with the cuttings. I was going to trellis her based on videos I've seen but I kind of like her wild look for now. When she gets really long again I will move her onto a cool obelisk trellis I bought for her.

(The poor Lacunosa is all wrinkly despite being previously happy in semi hydro. But my prop boxes are currently full so she is waiting her turn to be chopped and propped)

I am super careful to only bottom water her and ensure her leaves don't get splashed with water. She is otherwise happy based on how much she's grown since I got her!

She has the dedicated grow light you see in pic plus some light from the grow lights on the aroids, but not a ton. I fertilize when I water with MSU fertilizer with some silica boost and cal mag.

Any ideas? Too much fertilizer? Is the light a bit too intense? My other tradescantia gets the same watering routine and isn't crisping at the tips. But it's grow lights are a tad softer.

I recently upsizedher pot and she seems pretty happy. 💜

I picked up 2 smaller plants today and repotted into one pot. I soaked them in distilled water to remove the peat without being aggressive and planted them into sphagnum moss and perlite that I moistened with distilled water. They are now hanging out in with a grow light in quarantine for a few weeks.

I read up on them on Reddit and will purchase some crickets or meal worms when they produce some pitchers. I understand they will likely lose the ones that are forming now.

Can you tell me what variety of nepenthes they are and if the variety is fussy or easy? Once out of quarantine they will live in a bright SW window that, due to living in a wooded area, is supplemented well with grow lights. There are MANY plants in this room that are thriving particularly hoyas, orchids, Peperomia, wandering dude, lipstick plant etc.

A few are in rehab re-rooting and are about ready to be potted up in a few weeks. I made the mistake of not using wicks in a few when switching to semi hydro and sat them in water. Thankfully just about anything can be chopped and propped!😊

Hoya Engleriana

Hoya Rebecca

Hoya Lanceolata Bella outer variegated

Hoya cummingiana

Hoya Heuschkeliana

Hoya Lanceolata Bella sandwich

Hoya Noona

Hoya Lacunosa Poonsak

Hoya Mathilde

Hoya Thomsonii

Hoya Wing Bean

Hoya Lacunosa Amarillo

Hoya Chinghungesis

Hoya Lacunosa x Khroniana My Little Runaway

Hoya Bella

Hoya Serpens

I love this begonia! I have successfully propped a leaf from her and have a sweet baby plant. This one has grown like crazy. She's my only begonia and I'm not sure when I should size up. There are no roots coming out of the pot but she is beginning to expand over the edges. I tried to get pictures showing what I mean. Any feedback on if and when to repot would be appreciated!