I thought these were being phased out in favor of the 'Yellow Sunrise." I'm glad I found another one. My other one is in a pot, but I'm going to put this on a moss pole.
I would normally have a leaf or two start drooping and yellowing/browning at this point, but these five are holding steady. It's in a pon/LECA mix.
I've seen some sharpening videos in which honing rods are described as useless and even detrimental to knives. I just watched another one where the person, who seems to be in the knife industry, recommended using a ceramic honing rod and demonstrates how to use it. He used the rod after sharpening on two whetstones. He finishes on a leather strop. So is there a place for honing rods? And if there is, are ceramic rods better than steel?
I finally got around to taking this Albo out of its original pot after six months to put it on a moss pole (it came with pretty good soil). I had it tied to a wooden skewer, and when I took the skewer off, I didn't brace the stem and it fell over and snapped. I'm looking down at white sap coming out and let out a few choice words. Change of plans. I put the bottom part, which has good roots, back in the pot with new soil and put the top part in some moss with several nodes submerged. I hope those nodes grow roots.
I learned this method from an experiment that LECA Queen did. I just pick off the loose soil and give the roots a shake. It has worked well for my alocasias to combat leaf loss and other stresses that come with transitioning to semi-hydro. Alocasias in general seem to have sensitive roots, so the less you disturb them the better. Btw, this is my first Ninja.
I brought the top section down to the bottom and added an extension. It's tedious, but this plant is set for a while. Being able to do this and to have a more mature plant from bottom to top is one of the main reasons I use moss poles instead of other supports.
I have one bottle for each pole and I keep them on the top.
From what I read, inflorescences are uncommon on ROFs if they're grown indoors, which this was for about 16 months. And there are two inflows, and a new leaf right behind. I think the moss pole helped it happen. I gave it away to a person in the local FB plant group. He was excited about it. But before delivering, I took a pup out, and that's going on another pole. Pic in the comments.
My sister gave me this Chinese Evergreen last year (2nd photo is right after I got it). She has done really well in LECA. Very low maintenence. In fact, sometimes I won't even realize the reservoir is empty. She just grows regardless. I wish all my plants were like her.
A year ago a friend and coworker gave me my first Frydek. She ordered one for her and one for me. It was tiny, maybe three leaves in a two-inch pot. Well unfortunately hers died, but mine grew, a lot. Now I have some propagating, and I'm giving her the best one. A year from now she'll have a big Frydek too.
I saw this Golden pothos in someone's backyard at a party in Texas. It wasn't the only one growing up a tree.
I told myself I would never buy another Polly because they always develop issues. I have some growing from corms, and I thought that was it. Then I saw this one at the supermarket with three plants in it (all the others had one). And for $13.98+tax? I couldn't pass that up. One thing I won't do for a long time is repot it. It's happy and healthy just the way it is.
I'm going to list these on my local FB plant group because of I have two of each and I barely have room for one of each. What would be an appropriate price? Gloriosum and Florida Ghost.
Saw some Fernando's Fire pothos at Home Depot today. I didn't buy one, but a friend of mine did and she's going to give me a couple of cuttings so I can put them on a moss pole.
It's from Dollar Tree (U.S.A.). It's a tray from a two-tier organizer. I spray over it with a hose and the roots slide out.
A gift from some of my high school students on the last day of school. I couldn't believe they found a philodendron locally that I don't have. What sweet kids.
Another post today had me thinking the plant I think is a Verrucosum might not be. I researched a little and found information about the undersides of leaves and the petioles. It's the petioles that really have me wondering. Every picture of petiole on a Verrucosum show them to be quite fuzzy and hairy. The petioles on my plant are more bumpy/prickly. But the undersides don't have the solid wine color like the El Choco Red. What do I have?