Was a crummy/busy day yesterday but at least the yellow flowered Schlumergera has joined the S. truncata hybrid floral display!
All the different colours in one window definitely brings in the feeling of a warm tropical jungle into a day surrounded by a cold and abnormally mucky un-canadian winter day ❄🌺
Schlumbergera, Haitora, rabbit foot fern, & Ledebouria socialis are finally repotted.
While I would’ve preferred shallower/smaller clay pots for these particular houseplants, beggars can’t be choosers. At least the weight of the clay pots will make them less top heavy.
Fingers crossed that all the Schlumbergera truncatas in this repotting batch don’t end up aborting their flowerbuds.
Did an entire thread on twitter about repotting many of the houseplants (mainly the cacti/succulents) into larger (and mainly clay) flowerpots. The clay is key as the soil mix they’ve been put in is a bit more moisture retentive than I’d prefer for cacti. My Ferocactus I’m most proud of for their how much bigger they are from when they were little itty bitty seedings ;v; I need to make a knew before/after post for how much the Ferocacti grew. The one Echinopsis lost its rootball to probably rot so hopefully it’ll reroot in its new planter.
So many more houseplants need repotting before winter comes around the corner (Christmas Cacti, Pothos, Clivia, Dracanea to name the majority), its just getting around to the mess.
I felt such a temptation to get these cacti and succulents to add to the collection but… on a self-ban until my current collection thrives and/or I get more free growing space. Oh well; next time.
Merr Christmas. Even one of my tiny little Schlumbergera seedlings is blooming this month for the occasion! Gotta say though that the Schlumbergera x buckleyi is killing it for standing out this year though, even if the flowers are smaller than the rest!
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