I think I've already told you about the Adromischus marianae v. herrei 'green form' I purchased back in November. These plants have very fragile leaves and mine arrived with two leaves broken off. Knowing that it is possible to propagate them with only their leaves I've stuck the leaves into a pot with Faucaria cuttings. I was watering the pot a little but almost every day since then (I think Faucarias surprisingly liked it very much!) and even though I could tell from the leaves' reaction to water that they already had roots for a long time the new growth started showing only now. Adromischus really do take their sweet time. Good thing I am so patient with plants ;)
Sorry for the lack of posts. I'm waiting for the sun to come out and shine on my windowsill to take some good pictures. It is still not the case, the weather is cold and gloomy all the time.
Sorry the weather is still so gloomy. By funny coincidence, I posted on Adromischus today, but about my Adromischus cristatus. It's a wonderful group of plants!
ReplyDeleteAny sign of spring where you are? :)
DeleteI've just started discovering these plants, it's fun! Your plant is really lovely~
Where I live in January we had three times the average rain. Everything is so damp but no frost.
ReplyDeleteYes, same here. Rain and rain and never frost. Very strange winter...
DeleteIt has also been a very cold winter here in Maryland. Tonight, February 27, we are expecting a low temperature of -10 C. I went out this afternoon and put blankets between the two layers of plastic on the over wintering frames.
ReplyDeleteAdromischus marianiae 'Hallii' is a great plant and worth giving some time and energy to rooting the broken off leaves. It's considered a very difficult and slow growing variation of A. marianiae. Now you are already in the beginning stages of developing your propagation stock for that planned nursery. :) You certainly are developing a wonderful collection of plants in an apartment window garden. You should be very proud.
Putting blankets on plants sounds so sweet. :) At least you have/had a proper winter! We just had 5 months of fall. 0 to 10 °C, almost never minus temperatures, no snow at all. They say if there's no proper winter summer will be cold and rainy :(
DeleteThank you, I really am proud. Knowing when to give up and when not to is the key. And a lot of patience. The second severed leaf is still not trying to grow new green.
I'd love to have red ones, too :)