House plants December 2016 photos!
December 5th and nobody seems to be starting new thread - so here it is (hope Mike will continue :)
Debra posted photos of few beautiful plants just little while ago in November thread -here-
I have mostly succulents, but few other plants are overwintering indoors -
still blooming Brugmansias:
Small hibiscus with huge flowers:
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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
7 years agoLovely! Not much new here that I didn't show last month but a few buds are getting close!
Ludicrously laconic Ludisia is making either a *5th* leaf or bloom. It's always been suicidal & never had more than 3 leaves, for yrs.
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7 years agoTiffany
Did you have blooms on your ludisia before? Mine skipped blooming last year - but leaves are really what I like most :)
Hoya:
Drastically pruned Bougainvillea just starting to grow new leaves (should have pruned more!):
Aeonium balsamiferum growing lots of offsets since indoors:
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoJust a pic of the tree room.
This is where I sit and drink coffee after work. Temp is always about 75° F and the relitive humidity is always about 65-70%. It's nice in the winter!
looks the same as always. Ha.
ill have to find a new home for the schefflera next fall. The ficus wants the whole window to himself.
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThey don't have to be blooming robe posted :)
Plain and variegated Haworthias:
Loquat:
chuckerfly
7 years agoTillandsias having their weekly soak
And my other orchids which have finished blooming, all have new growths (keikis?), still in their temporary dwelling (in plastic bucket/basin? near the window in the spare bedroom, hahas..), no proper display yet.. ;D
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7 years agoSome sort of Haworthia sp first time to spike twice in a single year
Echeveria of some type ( with false sea onion babies/pups) was a single leaf April 2016
Haemanthus albiflos I'm hopefull the still green seed pods will ripen up over winter
It's not dead..... it dormant
Like the other one it has no idea what time of year it is
Note to self: Don't forget to rotate em on that sill
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHere are a couple of my more unusual ones: cape stock rose (Sparmannia) and jammy mouth (Ruttya):
Also a few orchids:
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MrBlubs
7 years agoMy Majesty palm and large green spider plant hidden by the fronds.
My other spider plant
My Peace lily and some neon pothos + some philodendron growing in a vase
My heart leaf philodendron
Lipstick (has some buds) and wandering jew... It's almost grown to the floor!
A new TC I bought a couple weeks ago. This photo was taken in the end of November as currently all the flowers are a wilted mess!
Pregant onions, Haworthia, Aloe p...., and my Mish mosh of succulents. It's so cold here I have to bring them out of the windowsill at night! My Pony palms leaves got coated in ice and we're stuck to the window! Mind the spots on the Aloe, it got forgotten and didn't get watered at all while I was away back in August.....
My Selaginella.... something...something! Fairy Fern/ Christmas fern. Just got him a couple days ago.
My other TC. Had an intial bloom of about 8, but there's a second wave coming! There's gonna be a ton on it probably near the end of this month. I'll post again when it happens. Mind the grey scale thing at the top...the only way I can find photos is if I screenshot them.
My COT some Lemons and an Echerveria that almost got left outside in the cold! Well it did and it got snowed on, but it's fine now ;)
That's all my phone wants to post today. I'll post the rest some other time.Sorry for the bad photos!
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoAudrey
Does Sparmannia have a scent? Do you get hummers visiting Rutya? They both get quite large from what I read, do you prune them?
Mr Blubs
That is quite a jungle there - and all in z3! Great growing. Your plants look really healthy. Both COT & echeveria got snowed on???
I have only red Euphorbia milii (COT) - I hope to fid other colors. This plant has never been without flowers:
Persian shield - looks still good, but usually doesn't like it much indoors. I like the color a lot, this is 3rd winter I am overwintering it:
Dichondra - all green, leftover from summer hanging basket:
Debra (6a) West Ma.
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socks
7 years agoA few brown tips above; could be too dry in the house, not sure.
Rina, Persian shield is one of my favorite plants. The color is breathtaking, more impressive than any coleus.
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7 years agochippechinaplate
Beautiful hoya - leaves and blooms. Do you know which one is it?
Socks, here is better photo from summer:
Cuttings of xGraptoveria 'Fred Ives' - hey are not potted yet, and do not seem to mind at all:
Ledeboura socialis:
nomen_nudum
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago@ Rina Ledeboura socialis( as are all the other Ledebs.) are such a fun plant(s) FWIW Unless you are sharing a pot or two (it's a bit late to do it right now) but would use one pot for them all. Any plant junky would consider the one pot for all suggestion as a future space saving plan to gain more plant real estate
Ledeboura socialis in a 2 inch pot with 7 bublets it won't be split up until there are close to 30 bulblets.
Yeah I know, I should practice what I preach but sometimes ( like many others) I don't
Example: A single False sea onion in a ten inch shallow.
Also did this today with before just to see how they are (allegedly) versatile & opportunistic
Some type of Kelly Griffin ( Sp) hybrid aloe and it's pups for techinicly an off season rooting.
Yoo Hoo Ohh Mike wazz up, yah got some time to post a pic ?
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7 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
7 years agoColeus cuttings added to palm tree pot 5-6 weeks ago are doing well. Foliage to the right is Dracaena 'Rikki/Ricky.'
Some recent Coleus cuttings added to pot of Hoya cuttings from springtime.
Peperomia 'Jellie/Jelly' is so pretty!
Succulent colors! Buds on the Kalanchoes in front & to the left.
Schlumbergera truncata, almost-white, potted with Coleus & Begonia 'Medora.'
Air plant is going to bloom! Can you see the purple forming in the center? (Tillandsia ionantha.)
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Kate
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoReally beautiful plants everyone! I'll just share what's in bloom at the moment.
Couldn't resist these guys! I just bought them with buds last week, and this is what they're looking like this week. I bought two each of the white and salmon pink, and placed all four containers in this pot for now. Will wait to pot at the best time.
I also have this one. I haven't repotted since buying it, and it seems to pretty happy to me!
My other bloomer is a Clivia I bought over the summer. The blooms are compacted, but still pushing through best they can! There's a few more around it. I hope they all make an appearance. :)
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7 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
7 years agoOrange Schlumbergera truncata.
A Euphorbia tirucalli (firesticks) individual that didn't fit in house or greenhouse. Still kickin' in the front yard, next to a tiny late-sprouting Zinnia, & has turned the most amazing color!
Debra (6a) West Ma.
7 years agoHere's one of my Amaryllis in bloom...it has 4 blooms on it. so pretty.
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7 years agoDwarf umbrella (Schefflera arboricola) with variegated zigzag (Euphorbia tithymaloides.)
Kleinia/Senecio fulgens starting to bloom.
MrBlubs
7 years agoHave about 6 fruits growing on my TC! I cross pollinated both of mine
Don't think this one's going to have its second boom until January. The buds are still rather small!
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7 years ago
this is just my kitchen. More in the other rooms. Yep I have a problem! Or at least my hubby thinks so. Hehe!rina_Ontario,Canada 5a thanked monarae_gwchippedchinaplate
7 years agoDave
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoSchefflera just started putting out new growth after a couple months off.
Fern seems to be doing better this winter than last.
These two cuttings haven't taken anytime off from growing.
ficus cutting i started last spring
my favorite
Large and small leaf peace lily
pothos
kitchen plants
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoCorn plant (Dracaena fragrans.)
Combo pot. The orange flower belongs to Kleinia/Senecio fulgens. (Plants are back outside for a spell of warm weather.)
Catching some winter rays.
I gave the pot on the L as a gift.
Buds forming on basket plants (Callisia fragrans.)
Foil is my friend! (Lining north wall of greenhouse.)
As long as there's an open drain hole in a hanging pot, you're NOT out of room yet!
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
7 years agoSchlumbergera truncata is about finished in this pot, but Callisia elegans is just getting started in earnest. Camera hates this plant for some reason, so hard to photograph. (The tiny white blooms.)
This pot is prettier every time I look at it. Variegated Plectranthus & devil's backbone (Euphorbia tithymaloides,) Stapelia, Gasteraloe, and trailing Jade (Kleinia petraea/Senecio jacobsenii.)
Some snake plant blooms are starting to open (Sansevieria trifasciata.)
'Moonshine'
Plain species.
Palms are preparing to bloom.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
7 years agoThis may be my fav pot, put together 4-5 months ago. Outside during a warm spell in the weather.
chippedchinaplate
7 years agoI rearranged the plants above my kitchen sink. I think I need to add a bit more color though. But those guys needed the southern light more than my Philos and Pothos.
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7 years agochuckerfly
7 years agoMy new addition, green/spring onion or whatever it's called. I can never seem to be able to use up the bundles from the store quick enough before they wilt, so I saved up some with roots and try to grow them instead. I have them in water for a few days now, and they have grown a lot. I plan to pot these perhaps on the weekend.. ;)
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