Went to the Seattle PlantCon and found some awesome Huperzias! 🌱 I don’t often see these and the last post about them was a few years ago. I got them from Tropical Exotique.
Huperzia squarrosa
Huperzia nummulariifolia
Huperzia coralia ‘Dragon Necklace’
Huperzia filiformis ‘Blue Kai’
And I think I am asleep by the time it opens :/
I posted recently about my slightly struggling fishbone cactus and decided to investigate the roots. The original post is here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EpiphyticCacti/s/YXtdLiTEg5
I discovered that’s it actually 7 completely separate plants. Each with a very shallow, small root system. There was no rot by feel or smell and nothing to indicate why some of the leaves are being auto-amputated.
I think I’ll repot them in a shallower pot and give each one more of their own space. We’ll see how it goes.
Edit: Repotted pics below. Fingers crossed!
I bought this queen of the night as a tiny cutting on facebook market 5 years ago. Now she's a charlie brown christmas tree but also a giant monstrosity. As the sun changes position throughout the seasons I try to move her to the brightest part of my apartment. I have north, south, and west facing windows. The sun that comes through the west facing windows is intense in the afternoon (my place is at 5000+ feet in new mexico), and it's also the only place I can put my couch. The south facing windows are in the kitchen and entryway of my tiny apartment. The best windows are in small, high traffic areas.
I know she's etoliated but she has a few big leaves and puts out new leaf buds often. So she's surviving, but clearly, she's not thriving.
So anyway, what are my options here? Should I do an extreme prune and put a bunch of cuttings in a pot that I can hang? Maybe across from the west facing window? She's getting far too tall and it's getting very hard to move her around and find suitable spots for her. Will she ever bloom if I keep her pruned too small?
Please give me some advice, thank you so much!
Is this queen of the Night? Does it need reporting?
My fishbone cactus is strange - a lot of the leaves are firm and healthy but others are wrinkled and dying especially the small outer ones. It’s in a chunky soil in a dappled but bright window. I water it when the leaves soften, about every 3 weeks.
I haven’t unpotted to check the roots- probably should do that next.
Thanks for your suggestions!