I wasn't staying at my place for a few days last week, and the first thing that greeted me when I came back home was this beauty. In general, I own two Alocasia Dragonscale Mints, but this one is definitely my favorite.😍
The first picture is from Sunday evening, and the other was just taken today.
But look at all the pretty colors!
Begonias—'Shadow King Rose', 'Curly Peppermint', 'Dibs Rothko', 'Black Mamba'
Coleus—'NYC Nights' and "oops the tag fell off now I gotta search the car for it or it's a NOID"
Anthurium 'Hearts Afire'
Syngonium—'Maria Allusion', 'Cream Allusion', 'Confetti'
Alocasia—'Mayan Mask', 'Calidora', 'Golden Dragon'
Hoya—'G4Y0002' FLAMINGO DREAM, vangviengiensis, 'Mathilde' (splash)
Epipremnum amplissimum 'Silver Streak'
Not pictured: Colocasia esculenta 'Waikiki' and Philo Red Congo b/c I'm lazy.
I have been struggling with the corms I got from my momma Gageana Albo. They’re all lacking a will to live and just keep spitting out ghost leaf after ghost leaf. I had 3 corms and they’re all growing in like that. However, I finally have ONE that has given some green!!!
*Momma is picture 2.
Had a whirlwind out of town trip for the weekend. My husband had a convention thing for work he had to attend and he invited me to tag along. First thing I did was research if there were any planty places within driving distance LOL! Of course there were! I had fun visiting them both and buying some new babies! 😍😍😍
I also got a planty themed custom tattoo on the trip! 😉* *
My most expensive plant yet🙈. Paphiopedilum papilio-laoticus. I won't mention the exact price, but you can look up what they ask for this species... A gift from my mother ❤️. Second small paph is a QF Winona, very similar to the Paph. psyche I've been looking for. And got a VFT finally haha
This is my philo tripart. Rooted in water and potted up last night! He’s gorgeous!! I love how he looks on his support too! Can’t wait to see him get big!!! There’s also a sneak peek at one of my new plants! I wonder if anyone will be able to spy her?! I’ll share in detail tomorrow!
Who’s been shying away from your camera? I’d love to see babies you never post about!
This is Velma. She’s been working on this leaf for about a week now and it’s still not fully hardened off!! It’s a major size up, her first leaf is to the right, 2nd to left. She is beautiful and I’m so proud of all of her hard work! 🥹😍
*Alocasia Venom. Growing in a self-watering (with wick) set up in my DIY Pon mixture.
Can't wait to see it all stretched out!!! And I've got some absolutely gems for monday 👀, got a special gift from my mom (very rare orchid) and got myself something similar to what I've been trying to get 😉
1-2 - Alocasia venom
3 - Monstera burle marx flame, 4 holes!
4 - Anthurium veitchii, but damaged, but it's a size up :)
5-6 - Anthurium pallidiflorum, seems like although the lower part remains attached, it won't expand as much as it would have. When it just broke it was almost half of the leaf. As you can see it's a much smaller percentage of the total leaf area now. Ahhh mourning what could have been a HUGE leaf. Although the next one will probably be even better 😍
7 - Alocasia ninja (big plant), leaf behind it (cuprea) was attacked by aphids lol
A new leaf baby (the first in my care) has emerged! 😍😍😍
*Alocasia Shattered Glass. Currently acclimating (from soil) to semi-hydro in a self watering (with wick) set up in a stratum/perlite mix.
Picture 1: The baby from this batch I am keeping
Picture 2: The babies I am not necessarily keeping lol
Picture 3: Momma Plant
My Alocasia Odora ‘California’ is quite the producer. When I repotted her on April 2, 2026 I got eleventy billion corms. I also separated several smaller pups, and left several larger pups still attached to momma. I delivered and mailed some corms/pups out to friends, and kept 1 pup for myself. When it was all said and done, I had a LOT of corms to grow out myself.
Yesterday, May 14, 2026, I was working on one of my baby trays. This is the result.
***Note: this is batch 2 of sprouting, batch 1 was 2 fully sprouted corms that have already gone to live somewhere else. I still have 4 or 5 more corms in various stages of rooting & sprouting. 🫠💀🥹
I know this group pretty well and I know there are a ton of us that have so many plant babies so I thought I’d start here. Just a general question.
I just moved and the water here is so chlorinated I can smell it from the faucet 🤮. I’d like to figure out a way to treat this water…if possible…or I’ll have to buy distilled water for my plants and I have a ton of them. So it’s gonna cost me!!
I’ve seen so many conditioners that claim to remove chlorine and the other harsh chemicals. Has anyone used them? If so do they work?
Look at this beauty! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw those two little holes! 🤩