Speaking of cut roses, the ones I rooted earlier this year have actually fared pretty well, health-wise. I know there’s a couple of conspicuously gross leaves here, but most of them are clean, and that’s what we want. The general fall rose bloom I was looking forward to was aborted by weeks of rain and the early freeze, so even this one flower feels worth celebrating.
I got some cuttings of my grandmothers Christmas Cactus a few years ago, I’m finally taking care of her properly, she won’t bloom this year but maybe next year.
This is a (plectranthus) Mona Lavender i got her a few weeks ago I was looking for regular lavender, but Home Depot didn’t have any, so got this instead. I finally did get some regular lavender about a week later at Lowe’s.
Epiphyllum oxypetalum. Pot it in well draining soil and give it some direct sunlight and it’ll do well 🙂 the pot shouldn’t be too scarce either, if you want to see flowers. If you’re thinking of potting up cuttings in a pot, choose a smaller pot if you have fewer cuttings. They like the stems to be close to each other.
Through out the rocky splash cliff communities in Appalachia grows the unique appalachian endemic cliff saxifrage, if you find this species there is a chance that other prostrate and or densely pubescent hydrophilic cliff dwelling species are also assembled there.
Common assemblages-
Round leaf drosera, film mosses, rock cliff mosses,
brook saxifrage, Oconee saxifrage, hornworts, many liverworts,
small-flowered alumroot, palmate false saxifrage, rock club mosses, lithophytic ferns, cliff foam flower, violets,
enchanter’s night-shade, meadow rue, mountain meadow rue, drooping sod, and many others.
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