Adenium Diary: Albino Seedling Surgery

My attempt at a sideways graft with an albino adenium seedling.

Adenium Diary: Seedling Germination Time-Lapse

Have a look as this seedling bursts forth from the soil!

Adenium Diary

The journey of some desert rose seeds.

Desert Rose in Bloom

The progression of buds into blooms.

A Big Surprise!

A regular morning turned into a great morning

Amaryllis in Bloom

My amaryllis opened

Amaryllis Flower

My amaryllis plant is in bloom

A Little Hard Pruning

Results of hard pruning desert rose (adenium)

Mgambo Update: Strange Happenings

Recently I thought my Mgambo tree was dying. All the leaves just started to turn brown and fall off. But after a while I saw some new leaves coming out and that made me super happy.   I pulled off the other dying leaves to give the new ones a chance.  

Growth

My discocactus is growing.

My Mgambo Tree Journey: Update

I haven't posted about my Mgambo in a while so I thought I would share a photo. She's growing quite nicely. Lots of leaves there now. She has her first leaves still. They haven't fallen off yet.

Santiago and Me

Meet Santiago. A cactus... He is green. He has no spines. I bought him at a pet store but they didn't know what he was. Santiago adds a little life to my desk at work. Beautiful isn't he?

Lucky Seed (Cascabela thevetia)

So I decided to plant a lucky seed tree as well. Yellow oleander (Cascabela thevetia) is also known as lucky seed or lucky nut because the shape resembles a fortune cookie. It is also known as "be still plant" as all parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested. It comes in two varieties, yellow…

My Mgambo Tree Journey: New Leaves

I need to give my tree a name. She's been growing quite well over the past few days. Here are some photos of where she's at.       Here she is when she sent out her first leaves. This was on the 4th September.       The leaves got a little bigger by the 5th September       …

My Mgambo Tree Journey

So... I decided to plant this tree that has beautiful black velvety seeds in pods that are red on the inside. After about 2 weeks sitting in the soil, my seed sent out his little radicle and began his journey to be a big tree. Stay tuned for more updates on this amazing journey!