Happy Holidays!

Just want to wish everyone a happy and relaxing holiday! I'd also like to mention that Anthurium should probably be sold as often as poinsettias as a decorative holiday plant. They're just as festive and offer the unique waxy flower. Just saying.

Lithops Update (10 Months)

Although they grow slowly, I've really enjoyed watching my Lithops develop from seed. It's been about ten months since I sowed the seeds and the first little sprouts started to pop up. You can see just how tiny they were nine days after sowing here. Although there were a few set-back along the way I've manged to keep 15 happy and alive. They haven't gone through a dormancy cycle or flowered yet. They are however starting to differentiate into different colours.

Does anyone think these look too crowded? I was wondering if I should repot or or wait a bit longer. I was also wondering if these Anthurium seeds might be fertile. I've never had any develop this far before. I think my current fluorescent lights are a bit too heavy on the red spectrum because many of my plants have started to flower.

Wordless Wednesday: Plant Zone

New Plants & Looking for More!

I've purchased a few more plants that I was either desperately in love with or were on sale for various reasons and super cheap. I'm also looking for more! If anyone in the Vancouver area has some extra houseplants or would like to donate some leaves for cuttings or plantlets it would be much appreciated!

The reason for this resurgence of plant purchases... the free section of craigslist. I received 3 - 4ft light fixtures with two bulbs each. The bulbs themselves are brand new and have a reasonably good spectrum (not ideal but I can replace a few).


I've just tossed the plants if for now but you can see most of them in this photo. You may notice I am extremely fond of plants with reddish or striped leaves. So clockwise from the bottom left:

(1) Alocasia x amazonica (I've seen this mislabeled as Alocasia 'Purple Prince' and 'Metallica' so please let me know if my ID is incorrect)
(2) Calathea roseopicta 'Medallion'
(3) Anthurium amnicola (with deep almost black flowers but NOT Anthurium watermeliense)
(4) Schefflera (old news)
(5) Ficus elastica 'Burgundy' (also old news)
(6) Spathiphyllum wallisii ($1.99 because it was slightly wilted, barely visible)
(7) Cattleya NOID ($7 marked down from $25)

Front Tray, left to right:

(1) Aphelandra squarrosa
(2) Ficus pumila (which I purchased and immediate took 5 cuttings of)
(3) Fernicus unknownicus (seriously, I have no idea, some fern)

The red container has three papaya sprouts. There are also my Tracycarpus and Chamaerops palm sprouts as well as my unsprouted Jubaea hidden in the back. Now...

Can anyone ID this fern? I have no idea what it is. It reminds me of a Microsorium pteropus 'windelov' but the edges of the one I have are not smooth but slightly saw-like. It's the one I split into three in the picture above. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.