Everyone's Woken Up

Marantha continues to bloom more.

Look who's unfurling a new leaf! It's the Monstera Variegata! Her root game is strong I might to repot soon.

Pluto also has been throwing out new leaves.

Squamiferum is going nuts! She even branches out now.

Hovaria finally sprouted! 

Kaffir lime is also enjoying the extra sunshine she's getting she's sprouting new leaves. They are yummy.

Krimson Princess also woke up, she has some blush now due to the sunshine and growing some new leaves. Micans is always a happy camper, look how full she is now in the background and she's gotten very long that I pinned it back to the soil so she can be fuller.

There are some fungus growing on the tongranulat for both Networks that I'm cutting down the watering but it's great to see her pushing out a lot of leaves. 

Another that's not too good is the mother cactus leaf fern, she's deteriorating. I don't know what's wrong with her, I'm just glad I have some rooted ones as spare. 

I was a little worried with Stephania as all her roots rotted after I pulled her out the other day, but today I pulled it again to see if she's rotted and she didn't instead she grew some roots. I really hope I didn't harm her again this time so I transfered to tongranulated instead. Now that it's warmer I moved her to the window sill. *Pray*.

Passive Aggressive

For a while, I have been thinking about converting my plants to passive hydroponics or also known as semi-hydroponics. Geoppertia kegeljanji Network, Nani, is looking pretty ridiculous ever since I combined both together so I decided to detach them and took this chance to convert them to passive hydroponics. 

Look, the size of both just differ so much.

Meanwhile, I'm starting to germinate some edibles - mainly carrots. Bok choy and some beans are next.

Upping the Indoor Game

Life is really weird. I mean, my obsession of indoor exotic plants came too late. Like seriously, those plants would flourish in Malaysia and they would be cheaper too. But no, that obsession has to come now, when I've moved myself all the way to the northern hemisphere. 

Anyway, let the photos tell you what I've acquired for the past couple of months.

Cactusleaf fern (Selenicereus chrysocardium), she's the ugly duckling right now having a 3-prong awkwardness. 

Philodendron Squamiferum. I was so excited for her arrival and she turned out to be smaller than expected. Damn false marketing. 

Philodendron Hederaceum, formerly known as Philodendron Micans. I absolutely adored the leaves. Althought I have to add that I purchased a bushier and bigger plant but the seller sent me a small one. Am waiting for their refund response. I bought this together with Squamiferum (and the next 2 plants which I wasn't satisfied with. I was so looking forward to this order though. Imagine my disappointment). Absolutely annoyed with this lousy seller.

Another very awkward-looking plant - Crocodile fern (Microsorium musifolium 'Crocydyllus'). The leaves are awkwardly-grown and of different size that I'm contemplating to trim the bigger ones so they look tidier and uniformed.

Got myself another olea Europea because I gave the first away to my sister. She wanted it. It's so much smaller than advertised.

The next 2 plants I ordered via Etsy. Peperomia Obtusifolia Variegata - absolutely stunning and they are bigger than I thought, which is great by the way. Just a little unfortunate it was improperly packaged. It came out of the pot and the leaves were cracked as you can see. 

I purchased another Calathea Musaica Goeppertia kegeljanii to fill up my miserable 4-leafed one but it turned out to be much smaller and shorter so it looks awkward now. Good thing is that there's a lot of new growth. 

 I got this from a Winter plant market and am very happy with it. Hoya Carnosa Tricolor  Krimson Princess. 

 Got these couple of bulbs from my sister-in-law, Drimiopsis maculata (Little White Soldiers) when we went to a nursery which was having a 50% winter sale. 

So erm, I smuggled in a few plants from a recent trip back home and most of them didn't survived - Ficus deltoidea, Pandanus and all-time fav, Platycerium ridleyii. Only one did (but has stunted growth, wonder if it's shock or just winter hibernation), Philodendron Pluto. This is a baby from the plant I purchased from the nursery. The mother plant was just a little too big to be packed into the luggage so now it's under the care of my sister. 

Check out the gorgeous new leaf. 

RIP my Ridleyii.

I found the wood from the forest so instead, I mounted a Platycerium Bifarcatum. It's also not doing so well as it's so much drier here.

The P. Bifarcatum that I got from Lidl. Cheap.

As an effort to make the cactusleaf fern nicer and fuller, I'm propagating a couple (one for sister-in-law). 

I also got myself a pair of Stephania Erecta by Etsy. This I look forward to. Planting in jars to give them higher humidity.

New European Babies

Me being me, a crazy plant lady I acquired some new ones. 

Olive sapling - Olea Europa.

Never a Calathea fan but this one captivated my heart. It is Calathea Musaica 'Network' Goeppertia kegeljanii Network.  It also happened to be my first Etsy purchase and she came from France.

Moving on the outdoor plants - my mother-in-law got me this balcony planter with thyme and rosemary while I added in the Basil that I have. 

Husband bought me a pot of yellow mums. I didn't care for it well the blooms were gone by the time Autumn started.

I bought some Dahlia tubers and some spring bulbs that I don't remember to plant but I had to leave the country due to visa complications so they were planted into ground late by my MIL. 

 A single bayleaf from my MIL.

Horseradish my MIL planted whilst I was away.

Our new apartment comes with a lanky fig tree. 

Garlic chives, also from my MIL.

And of course, my life is not complete without hydrangeas. Yes... I finally get to enjoy many of the wonderful varieties! I got these two half-priced from Bauhaus as they were not pretty but it's ok! They will be pretty next year!

Autumn bulbs like tulips, Crocus and Daffodils are in the ground few weeks ago.