by Jen Greene | May 11, 2022 | Cacti, Tropical Plants
Unassuming in appearance, even vaguely ugly (depending on who you ask), the Orchid Cactus is an unusual looking plant whose true beauty lies in the huge, beautiful blooms they product through late spring and early summer. Depending on the species, they’ll bloom... by Jen Greene | Feb 23, 2022 | Tropical Plants
Continuing the theme of Anthurium magnificum this month, I also recently harvested my Anthurium’s berries and successfully germinated the seeds! Most of what I’ve read about Anthuriums has said that they’re not self-fertile, but this plant made two... 
by Jen Greene | Feb 16, 2022 | Tropical Plants
Continuing the bloom cycle of my Anthurium magnificum, right around the end of the month the plant decided it was done with the female phase of the bloom cycle and it was time for pollen. You can see the previous photos of the inflorescence emerging and entering... 
by Jen Greene | Feb 3, 2022 | Tropical Plants
My Anthurium magnificum has been producing at least one new bloom a month since late last fall, and with the new bloom at the start of 2022, I decided to photograph the bloom stages each day similar to what the folks at Exotic Rainforest did with one of their... 
by Jen Greene | Feb 2, 2022 | Tropical Plants
In 2020 and then through 2021, I’ve been acquiring more and more of the velvet-leaf Anthuriums that I love. By now, I have several species, duplicates of a couple, and they have been reaching a size and maturity where they’ll bloom. The crazy thing is,... 
by Jen Greene | Jan 19, 2022 | Tropical Plants
As the pandemic was just winding up and the insane plant craze was beginning, I snagged myself a nice big pot of Monstera siltepecana. I’d tried a couple times before with smaller, single-node cuttings that weren’t well rooted, and had had them slowly... 