T-rex Plants Blog

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Summer 2023 – General Update and Garden Progress

Apologies to anyone who typically visits my blog each week, eager to see a new post about a new plant, or an update to existing specimens. The last couple months have had a lot of chaos happening for me personally, and I needed to take a step back from writing so I...

How to Grow Echinocereus reichenbachii

I originally picked these up intending purely to resell all of them, but was so enchanted by the flowers when they bloomed before I could list them that I ended up keeping two. They're attractive even without the blooms, and a small enough size that they're easy to...

3 Big Tips for Indoor Plant Growing Success

Growing plants indoors is a whole set of challenges that are distinctly different from growing them outdoors. I'll preface this post with a note that due to my climate, I don't grow any succulents indoors at all, and would never consider any cacti indoors. All of my...
How to Grow Echinocereus reichenbachii

How to Grow Echinocereus reichenbachii

I originally picked these up intending purely to resell all of them, but was so enchanted by the flowers when they bloomed before I could list them that I ended up keeping two. They're attractive even without the blooms, and a small enough size that they're easy to...

3 Big Tips for Indoor Plant Growing Success

3 Big Tips for Indoor Plant Growing Success

Growing plants indoors is a whole set of challenges that are distinctly different from growing them outdoors. I'll preface this post with a note that due to my climate, I don't grow any succulents indoors at all, and would never consider any cacti indoors. All of my...

Growing Anthurium pendens From Seed

Growing Anthurium pendens From Seed

This anthurium is a species I didn't really set out to acquire, but instead, was gifted a berry from a friend of mine to try growing for myself. Since I was already successfully growing Anthurium magnificum from seed, why not give these a go?  To my delight, the same...

Sulcorebutia arenacea – Beautiful Bloomers

Sulcorebutia arenacea – Beautiful Bloomers

These cacti are attractive, dense little plants that produce large displays of vivid, orange-yellow blooms throughout spring and early summer. I picked one up in late 2021, and have been enamored with the attractive, dense growth since. Distribution  These are native...