Geranium Update

Well here it is again. I wrote about the Geranium plant in January '09. I said then, that I should probably repot it before spring. Yeah, that didn't happen.

So here it is, blazing middle of summer and this darn plant has doubled in size again! The pot is so small compared to the size of the plant, the over 100 degree days have been fierce and it's looking perfectly happy, fresh and lovely! What a rad little plant!

I never expected to like a geranium, but this one has changed my mind. It's awesome!

Succulent Flowers

I got this little succulent back when I first started working at the Zoo so it must be going on 10 years old. I got it from a guy who would sell rare plants out of his backyard - no joke. It loved plants and once a year would sell some off for charity. It was a little square 2" pot when I got it. After a few years I moved it into a 3" pot that it just loved.

He told me they like to be crowded so I never moved the little guy along, until a few years ago. I jumped straight to a 7-8" terra cotta pot that I had laying around. It did pretty well and has grown, once again, to the point where you can't see dirt at all... Just a lot of papery covered, bulbous roots.

It's a totally adorable spotted leaf plant that I love. In the late spring it busts out with a huge amount of flower spikes! It practically doubles the size of the plant for a couple of months. The little spikes are covered in super tiny, bell-shaped blooms that range from soft pink to purple.

Like most of my older plants, I have no idea what it is and have never seen it in a nursery. Oh well, I will enjoy it all the same...even without a name.

JULY 2014 Update: It's a Ledebouria socialis!