Why yes, this was a huge pain in the ass to repot lol. Definitely my biggest hoya in my collection.

This is from last week:

From when I first got it and was treating it for pests:

Watering - winter once a week. Summer every two/three days. There is a drainage.

Light - approximately one meter to side from a balcony window with a curtain. Window located to east-south.

East Slovakia - inside from 20-26 degrees.

Life - we have it around half year. 2 leafs grown since the purchase.

Pests - not visible.

This guy just loves to flower for me :)

4 peduncles currently active (pics below are from yesterday):

Here are my Pinguicula agnata and P. moranensis.
They are the "parents" and just a few months old themselves.
They were in the succulent stage when I bought them and finally developed their carnivorous leaves!

And here are the "babies". I made lots of leaf pullings of both donor plants. They make great gifts!

They all grow on LECA (semi-hydro) with a layer of living moss on top. They get distilled water most of the time, and the moss finally comes to life!

I made this planter (<- imgur gallery) to sell at a pair of craft fairs I'm attending this month and next. I needed something small enough I could fit a few of them on the 6 foot table. I can make them in any color but I love how the black and white turned out.

I would like to have one with a plant in it to showcase it on the table and was hoping you all would have some suggestions (this community always has great suggestions!)

It's about 4 inches tall and 6 inches wide.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Hoya heuschkeliana (inner var.)

First time this one has bloomed for me and it's looks like it's queued up round 2 right behind!

This is one of my ferns.
They give me a constant supply of baby ferns, which I can remove from the mother plant and put it into another pot.

Here's the plant as a whole:

I already split it into three parts this year, but it recovers to full growth in less than a few months!

This one was just one piece of root/ rhizome half a year ago. Look how big it already is!

Transitioning them into hydro has been a huge pain, but once they've adapted to the new environment, they thrive and are very easy to care for.

If you're interested in pictures or stories of my other ferns, feel free to just ask :)

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This is basically the only Oncidium orchid that has this issue. And I have plenty of them.

It's recieving a few minutes of direct sunlight a day through a small slit above, and the rest of the day it only gets indirect light.
That is the way it's recommended, since they supposedly need lots of sunlight, way more than other orchids like Phalaenopsis.

Others have a way brighter spot and don't look that way.

Might it be a bacterial infection, or a virus?

I've also looked for pests, but didn't find any.

It's also a pretty new specimen in my collection, is that due to transplant stress?

I don't know what is the problem - can you give me your guesses?

These cute little blooms opened up today. Look how adorable they were just before they opened:

Looking for the wisdom of the more experienced. I have what I think is pest damage on my alocasia. I was suspicious of spidemites, but haven’t visualized any pests on the plant. I have been showering it and treating with insecticidal soap. The last leaf came out facing upwards and bowed, and it’s working on a new leaf now. It’s been next to another alocasia (that I’ve also been treating), but I’m not having issues with it. I also did accidentally let its water reservoir go dry. I don’t think that helped anything, but I don’t think it was the cause.

They really do smell a bit like chocolate. Had this plant for almost 2 years now and it's finally showing its love.

I bought a banana tree in August of 2021 and never thought it would actually fruit. I was walking by it the other night and saw something purple/maroon out of the corner of my eye. Popped my head between some leaves and was greeted by some baby bananas!

I converted into a GIF, but somehow the file size increased from 4 to 120 MB 🥴
So, here's the video :)

I have a bit of a conundrum. Twice now I've seen fairly large mealy bugs in this ping's dish. ordinarilly I'd dunk the whole plant (roots and all) into insectidal soap for 30 minutes. With pings though I worry the leaves are too sensitive.

Has anyone ever successfully treated pinguiculas for mealy bugs or other soft bodied pests?

Luckily it's in my quarantine so it hopefully won't spread to my whole collection. Below is a closeup of the culprit, along with the plants in that room (mostly newly bought pings...)

I even got it on video! How can I share it here?

She's growing wild on her windowsill. Need to add new earth soon, this is going to be interesting since she already threw a small branch towards me when I turned her for the photo 😬

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The Calamansi…

The citrusy calamansi is native to the Philippines and parts of Asia. This particular calamansi plant has been thriving in the eastern US for decades and even bears fruit in the winter. How so? It’s in a pot next to a big window and never leaves home past September. It’s flowers have an intoxicating aroma reminiscent of another Philippine native- the sampaguita.

Currently, this beautiful plant is on vacation at my friend’s front porch as I repaint my living room walls. In exchange for caring for the calamansi plant, my friend was gifted with fruits and made her own calamansi juice albeit heavy-handed with the sugar. She has used it to top off her pancit and received many likes on her social media accounts for the calamansi photos she posted.

If you would like to learn more about the calamansi plant, Wikipedia has a page dedicated to this Philippine native.

This is my second try. I got a bunch of seeds from a hobbyist and put them on LECA first. Most of them got washed away, and those that stayed, died a pretty quick death.
I had to try a different method.

Gladly, I found some leftover CP substrate (peat + perlite) in my parents garage and placed it into a petri dish.

Now, about 3 weeks later, they germinated.

I transferred them into living sphagnum moss now and hope they will survive 😬 Update will follow soon! 💪