here's a cutting taken off the aglaonema...

that's weird...thought I had another shot with the host that the above aggie came from.

Oh well...here's the little piece of C fragrans on it's way from a much smaller start/ It's very green of course because it's been indoor the whole time in tanks and jars while the other larger pieces were disintegrated outside. When I remembered/found that I still had a little of it in culture I was much relieved!

A bit of the canna is still alive. No way I'm letting it go dormant this year. This time I'm gonna see if keeping it going all winter does anything for it.

I THINK the palm seedling to the right is the one you sent.

Note above the ag that has that new chunk kicking off the side...that's all grown in since I took a near identical piece off and sent it to you. Just saying that's a surprising amount of growth for an ag in such a short amount of time(seems that way to me anyway).

Little bit of really light deprived and washed out WJ.

So long as I have the tiniest bit of it,from that,as you well know,pots and pots can be spawned(but admittedly it's a little easier to accomplish down south).

Here's a couple you may recognize...

Hey, those pics r exciting! It's hard for me to imagine anything growing up there at all, well done! The first thing "tiny shrub" is Alternanthera. I think it's a blast to watch WJ turn green during winter, back to purple outside for summer. Callisia repens in the last pic. What is the variegated leaf in the middle pot, last pic? Everything looks great. Impressive Fittonia too! TY for sharing.

Gah...been combing around in my emails unsuccessfully looking for it's name...think it started with an "h".

It was a lot creamier in color when it first arrived and by from what I gathered,had a rosette kinda growth habit. Quite a while back I had put it in a tall tubular vase and it grew from the bottom of it to the top do to it's constrainment...doing a weird leggy kinda thing. Not too long ago,it got moved to a tank with much more room to stretch out,so after potting it up a little and wrapping it around the top of the new pot,it will probably start looking like it's supposed to after a while.

Could it be an Alternanthera?

Nupe...that's the first pic. :)

Still no results from combing emails. It reminded me of a variegated ajuga reptans if that helps any...?

Think I just remembered!

Hemigraphis?

Oh and yeah...finally found the missing pic of the other half of the ag...

Edited to say that eventually the two pieces will likely be re-united after the cutting develops a bit more root-matter.

This post was edited by asleep_in_the_garden on Sun, Nov 2, 14 at 9:22

That's cool. That Ag's really in a pickle - LOL!

I've never seen a Hemigraphis like that, but I'm sure there are a lot of plants I haven't seen before. Does the tag say which one it is?

Tiff,
I noticed that Exotic Angel's website shows two Hemigraphis cultivars that look like Jon's (meaning maybe you'll be able to find one around you).

http://www.exoticangel.com/component/k2/item/628-hemigraphis-belgian-waffle

http://www.exoticangel.com/component/k2/item/627-hemigraphis-snow-white

Planto

Here's the fun part,..the hemi is one one the plants that you sent me last year. You're just not used to seeing one freaking out under my supervision,that's all

The important thing is that it is alive. It only recently moved from the vase it was in and is now capable of stretching out again. In time I'm sure it will look more like it should.

Thanks for helping out,Beth!
Mighty kind of ya! :)

Jon,
Sure thing. I know, I stuck my nose right in there. ;)

Planto

LOL Pretty sure nobody minds your nose,Beth.

Your commentary is always welcome. :)

Now that is all fun & funny! LMAO!! What r u feeding these things?

For a guy with a whole big box of individual bags of the granular mix,I'm really negligent when it comes to feeding.

The hemi has in all likelihood not been fed since it arrived.

Jon,
Thanks, I like my nose too. ;)

Planto

The nose knows! :D

Quick update...these two are together now. Heaped a bit of sphag up to meet the aerials. New growth coming on. things are lookin' up.

New growth on this one is pretty dark.

Here's a quick shot of what I'm doing with the repens at the moment.

Those look cool. These plants have gone from one wild experimenter to another. Fascinating how they seem to like everything that's done to them. TY for the update. I know you're always complaining about light, but the color on the Ag is great!

Hey thanks!

The snow outside is actually reflecting a bit more daylight into my "cave" these days,but all in all..it's still pretty dark in here. I've got like...fifteen lamps in my room and we're doin' the best we can! lol

Snow? Dang dude. I'm jealous. If temps like this are coming here, snow might as well be included! (The news refers to last years' incident as Snowmageddon. LOL!)

WOW!
That's a heck of a drop in temps(at least night time temps anyway). Looks like it's catchin' up to you and fast!

Don't be jealous...I am just ill with the white stuff. You remarked not too long ago about my little collection of rocks and stones out back...well...a whole lot of good it does to enjoy them when they are buried in piles of snow.

I've been meaning to make something out of the stuff ever since I first moved here,but somehow it never gets done. Easter island heads come to mind. Seems like everytime I feel motivated enough to get around to it,it seems like we get powder as opposed to a more pack-able quality. Considered making a mold to make snow "bricks" out of,and then start building a wall out front. Somehow I doubt the management would appreciate that too much though. lol
After the plows have isolated huge piles of the stuff,I've thought about carving step pyramids from them.

It all sounds so do-able in theory...it's the putting it into practice part that never seems to happen. ;)

DO try to keep warm,okay?

Here's a shot just taken out my bedroom window. Not bad right now,but believe me...it's gonna get worse!