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...
by Jen Greene | Jan 5, 2022 | Cacti, Succulents, Tropical Plants
New year, new projects! After a short hiatus for the holidays and unusual weather for San Diego, we’ve been busy over in our little garden corner! The weather was the most draining part of the month. We had nearly 4″ of rain over the course of 8 days,...
by Jen Greene | Oct 27, 2021 | Cacti, Mesembs, Succulents, Tropical Plants
One of the best things about being part of the plant community is that there’s always something to learn and share with others who grow. Every grower has their own tricks and knowledge gleaned from their collection, and sharing that knowledge helps elevate us...
by Jen Greene | Sep 23, 2021 | Cacti, Mesembs, Succulents, Tropical Plants
Earlier this month, I was fortunate enough to be on the podcast If Plants Could Talk! I brought in a handful of my larger tropical plants, and we spent over an hour discussing plants, reptiles, shipping, and what it’s like slinging plants on the side. At the...
