Gardening and Plant Thread

[Just_A_guy]

Fair enough. It may just be me being a huge fucking weeb, but I do like how its beauty only really shines when you look closely and intently.

It took years for that orchid to not look like a silly, tiny little single fan in a pot almost too large for it. There's no defending the prices though lmao. I think that single little fan of Koto-Fukurin cost me about 40 bucks, which was a lot to a young landscaper at the time.

That being said, I'm also looking out for flowers of a supposed Vanda x Neofinetia cross. As much as I'm a species purist, intergeneric smashling freakshows are a source of intrigue and novelty to me.

The 'Witchcraft' I posted earlier is actually a clone of an FCC winning intergeneric hybrid between Catasetum, Cycnoches, and Mormodes. Monnierara Millennium Magic is the hybrid name and I am very excited for it to bloom because it is one of the few true "black" orchids. The plant this clone comes from is well known for its spectacular flowers.

Obviously not mine but here is an example of one in bloom.

 

[Gnu Fig]

The 'Witchcraft' I posted earlier is actually a clone of an FCC winning intergeneric hybrid between Catasetum, Cycnoches, and Mormodes. Monnierara Millennium Magic is the hybrid name and I am very excited for it to bloom because it is one of the few true "black" orchids. The plant this clone comes from is well known for its spectacular flowers.

Funny you mention those, I do have a Fredclarkea "Black Pearl" that's also in my care. That one has been a joy to grow too, even though it refuses to abide by normal seasonal dormancy for now.

The leaves are all bumpy and wrinkled from edema because it actively grew its leaves and pseudobulb in my cool, dry house, and warm spring weather came very late this year in my area. I'll have to grab a picture of it tomorrow afternoon.

Best of luck getting your specimen to bloom! I'm assuming yours is close to or at blooming size already?

 

[Just_A_guy]

Funny you mention those, I do have a Fredclarkea "Black Pearl" that's also in my care. That one has been a joy to grow too, even though it refuses to abide by normal seasonal dormancy for now.

The leaves are all bumpy and wrinkled from edema because it actively grew its leaves and pseudobulb in my cool, dry house, and warm spring weather came very late this year in my area. I'll have to grab a picture of it tomorrow afternoon.

Best of luck getting your specimen to bloom! I'm assuming yours is close to or at blooming size already?

The Nursery said their 2" potted specimens were blooming size so It should bloom some time in the mid to late fall. Some people report spikes as soon as September others don't see one till October. Its down to how you fertilize it and the like. I look forward to seeing how its dormancy goes if it enters it orchidweb has similar growing conditions to myself and says their witchcraft doesn't enter dormancy at all.

With it being a complex Hybrid the Catasetum care sheet is a bit less strict in regards to dormancy cycles as the plant might just decide it wants another bulb or it decides to flower later than usual.

 

[NoReturn]

I have managed to propagate one of my pinguiculas. Please hold your applause.

 

[Just_A_guy]

The repotting of the 'Witchcraft' went well because a light edema developed which tells me the roots didn't get killed. I'll hold off on watering for the next couple days it didn't get a lot of direct sun the last day or two, so it didn't dry out as quick. Thankfully it loses it's leaves so I'm not terribly concerned with it.

 

[Gnu Fig]

As mentioned by me earlier, here's my ratty-ass Fredclarkea, but despite the tattered leaves and freak cold front, the growth this year is better than last's so I'll take any victory I can get.

As a bonus, I'll even throw in a pic of my variegated konjac plant as penance for my ugly orchid lmao

 

[Just_A_guy]

As mentioned by me earlier, here's my ratty-ass Fredclarkea, but despite the tattered leaves and freak cold front, the growth this year is better than last's so I'll take any victory I can get.

As a bonus, I'll even throw in a pic of my variegated konjac plant as penance for my ugly orchid lmao

Thankfully it drops its leaves every year so you won't be cursed with those leaves forever. My Witchcraft had a bit of a time in shipping and the nursery managed to scorch parts of the leaves and some are split but it is otherwise healthy. I've seen people cut all the old roots off of these things when repotting with new growth and they'll bounce right back.

 

[Gnu Fig]

Here's something cool:

I found some Dodder parasitizing some Yarrow on my walk today.

 

[Just_A_guy]

Awesome photos. I was just checking my orchids like I do in the mornings. The Witchcraft has responded very well to the super thrive treatment after I repotted it. The edema has cleared up and the leaves are producing little drips of sap which tells me the plant is healthy and doing all the stuff it normally would. I think I might get it to bloom this year I've moved to a 15-30-15 artificial fertilizer to encourage it to spike.

 

[NoReturn]

Here's something cool:

I found some Dodder parasitizing some Yarrow on my walk today.

Plants just live in the real version of Annihilation all the time while we look at them like "Wow, gorgeous."

 

[Just_A_guy]

The decorative pot I ordered for the kokedama has finally arrived!



I'm a bit of a lazy fuck when it comes to dishes so I decided to make the kitchen a pleasant place to be so its more enjoyable to do boring chores.

 

[Bassomatic]

No pictures because it's kinda depressing to look at but, monarchs ate ALL my milkweed. Like it looks like a fucking dead forest now. Gonna have a lot of butterflies!
Mrs basso is all giddy. But I saved a few seed pods so we can do even more next year. Those darned catapillers can out eat a Labrador ffs.

 

[Gnu Fig]

Surprised to find figlets on my "sold to me as a Chicago Hardy but now suspected to be Violette de Bordeaux" fig tree.

For context, I got it as a little branch from Wal-Mart last spring, so I figured I'd actually see fruit come summer 2026.

Hopefully we'll hit the gas on growing and ripening when this Seattle-tier weather goes away and it gets hot and sunny again.

 

[femboy fart huffer]

Man do you ever eat a fruit so fucking good you just want to rip out your entire garden to grow them? It's been fucking years since I ate a peach don't judge I work in fucking construction the fact I eat any fruit not just kebabs is a miracle and holy fuck I think I see why people say that peaches look like asses now because fucking hell I want to have sex with this thing and bear it's children. As much as I love the meadow and as much as my dumb pet polar bear loves the lawn and I love the emperor dragonflies that seem to love the garden right now holy fuck the only thing stopping me ripping everything out and replacing it with peach trees is the shit we call weather where summer fucking ended halfway through July. I'm off moving down to Spain or whatever, sure the giant furball would probably overheat but she can take shade in the uh whatever the fuck you call a peach plantation other than just a midget at a strip club. Peach rings absolute top tier sweets, peach based cordial never misses, absolute fucking top tier fruit I fucking love peaches. When I was a kid I'd go see my grandma, she's do this thing where if I ever said I liked something she would always have that in stock for when I went to see her even if I only said I like it and that was it, she would think that I absolutely loved it. I wish I could bring her back to life and imprison her in my house and use her as an infinite peach dispenser holy fuck. Even the UK hardy varieties aren't even UK hardy because I live closer to the fucking arctic circle than where they're designed to grow.

 

[AnOminous]

Peaches have been phenomenally good this year.

 

[NoReturn]

Man do you ever eat a fruit so fucking good you just want to rip out your entire garden to grow them? It's been fucking years since I ate a peach don't judge I work in fucking construction the fact I eat any fruit not just kebabs is a miracle and holy fuck I think I see why people say that peaches look like asses now because fucking hell I want to have sex with this thing and bear it's children. As much as I love the meadow and as much as my dumb pet polar bear loves the lawn and I love the emperor dragonflies that seem to love the garden right now holy fuck the only thing stopping me ripping everything out and replacing it with peach trees is the shit we call weather where summer fucking ended halfway through July. I'm off moving down to Spain or whatever, sure the giant furball would probably overheat but she can take shade in the uh whatever the fuck you call a peach plantation other than just a midget at a strip club. Peach rings absolute top tier sweets, peach based cordial never misses, absolute fucking top tier fruit I fucking love peaches. When I was a kid I'd go see my grandma, she's do this thing where if I ever said I liked something she would always have that in stock for when I went to see her even if I only said I like it and that was it, she would think that I absolutely loved it. I wish I could bring her back to life and imprison her in my house and use her as an infinite peach dispenser holy fuck. Even the UK hardy varieties aren't even UK hardy because I live closer to the fucking arctic circle than where they're designed to grow.

Peaches have been phenomenally good this year.

Guys: https://peachhaus.com/shop/

 

[Just_A_guy]

Man do you ever eat a fruit so fucking good you just want to rip out your entire garden to grow them? It's been fucking years since I ate a peach don't judge I work in fucking construction the fact I eat any fruit not just kebabs is a miracle and holy fuck I think I see why people say that peaches look like asses now because fucking hell I want to have sex with this thing and bear it's children. As much as I love the meadow and as much as my dumb pet polar bear loves the lawn and I love the emperor dragonflies that seem to love the garden right now holy fuck the only thing stopping me ripping everything out and replacing it with peach trees is the shit we call weather where summer fucking ended halfway through July. I'm off moving down to Spain or whatever, sure the giant furball would probably overheat but she can take shade in the uh whatever the fuck you call a peach plantation other than just a midget at a strip club. Peach rings absolute top tier sweets, peach based cordial never misses, absolute fucking top tier fruit I fucking love peaches. When I was a kid I'd go see my grandma, she's do this thing where if I ever said I liked something she would always have that in stock for when I went to see her even if I only said I like it and that was it, she would think that I absolutely loved it. I wish I could bring her back to life and imprison her in my house and use her as an infinite peach dispenser holy fuck. Even the UK hardy varieties aren't even UK hardy because I live closer to the fucking arctic circle than where they're designed to grow.

Fun fact these guys made a band to pretty much say some guys with no talent and half broken instruments cant make a band that will play on the radio.
@Null At the risk of destruction I welcome our overlord to the gardening thread with this song offering and hopefully he will admire my orchids.

 

[Justsomecicada]

I have managed to propagate one of my pinguiculas. Please hold your applause.

how did you do it

 

[NoReturn]

how did you do it

Leaf propagation! Like a succulent! It actually worked!
Well, one of them worked. Several died, but one worked and now it's about an inch and a half in diameter! I didn't want to post here until it was established since the other attempts failed.

 

[Spaced Outside Cargo]

When we were in college, my wife got me a rubber tree sapling. When we moved to a new city it started growing extremely large. I thought it was cool, but i wasn't thinking about what to do with it when it got too big to fit in a container.
I managed to get a cutting to grow roots in a pot. This time I will keep it indoors and prune it so it's not just one giant pole with leaves on it.
I still dont know what to do about the parent tree because it will surely die this winter if I plant it. Although it's getting too large to fit in the garage during the cold anyway.