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growlithops:

So I’ve been hearing about all of the problems with tumblr recently. I wish there was a way to easily transfer all of my posts to a different blog site and keep all of the friends I made along the way. If tumblr does shut down or become unpopulated, I probably won’t continue the updates the way I’m doing it right now. It’s been a massive amount of work and losing that will be such a big stab in the heart.

I did just make my very first Instagram account, www.instagram.com/helledesigns where I’ll be posting occasional updates of plants when they’re doing something awesome. It will probably mostly be art related though.

growlithops:

There’s always a bit of history with Pileas and the metric ton of pups, they produce. If you own one of these, you’re almost obligated to share a cutting or 30 with friends, family and neighbors.

I got this plant as a smallish cutting 3 years ago from my mom. Since then it has produced around 60 little pups. I wonder how many grandchildren and great grandchildren it has now.

growlithops:

My old Astrophytum ornatum when I got it in March 2016 and now, 2,5 years later. I actually didn’t think it grew much at all, but now that I look at my old pictures, I can see a huge difference.

I’m glad I bought it with an oversized pot and changed the soil from 100% peat to a cat litter/aquarium gravel mix immediately after buying it, because repotting this bad boy now would be a bit of a hassle.

growlithops:

Earlier this week I saw the most beautiful deep red Nepenthes at my local florist’s website and instantly fell in love. I wasn’t going to add more plants to my carnivore collection, so I waited a few days, hoping I would forget about it. I didn’t. And here he is.

Everybody, meet Nepenthes “Bloody Mary” (AKA Lady Luck).

It’s much bigger than I thought it was, but I’m not complaining!

growlithops:

My Aloe is now absolutely humongous. There’s no room for him indoors, but for now he really likes it out there, even though the temperature hit 2°C a couple of times already. It won’t be long before I close the glass panels on my balcony to protect all of the succulents from frost.