Giant Corn Plant

I bought this plant when it was a wee little 4" from Home Depot. It has moved around work with me for over 10 years and I had to keep moving it to a lower place to compensate for the height. Finally, I had to take it home. It was hitting the ceiling and my office mates.

It had a traumatic car ride home.



Yes, it's giant.




And finally, it resides on the air duct where all the giant house plants go when there is nowhere left.

New Office Plants

We've been doing some spring, well winter cleaning and I decided to actually buy some plants! I haven't done this is over a year.

A new peace lily for the corner, elephant ear to fill in the gaping hole where the corn plant left, little blue succulent & a new red succulent to fill in a mixed pot.

Open Letter to My Plants - I Suck.

Dear plants,

I love you, I really do. It's just that I got distracted. I forgot about you. And I'm sorry.

I trained for and ran a marathon in early December and it ate all of my free time for months. I know that's not a good reason to neglect you, but that's what happened. Some of you have survived my marathon journey, a few have been lost and all have suffered.

For those who are still with me, I swear I will take better care of you. Today I watered and fertilized everyone - too little too late, I know but it's a start. I trimmed some of you, removed some dead (well, lot's of) leaves and made sure you weren't infested with bugs.

Porch plants, I know your home loosk horrendous and I promise to clean, organize and refresh out there. Just give me one more week.

Indoor plants, I'll give you some worm compost tea soon and a fresh layer of soil this weekend. I'll move everyone around according to the new angle of the sun, and turn you so you stop leaning weird ways. I will stake your gangly shoots and dust your leaves.

I promise.

Sincerely,
Scribby

Sansevieria cylindrica

I recently bought this African Spear at the wholesale florist. Soon after getting it home and in a pot, it shot out a little flower stalk. I had long white hanging blooms that were super thin. I really couldn't figure out how it would open.

The late one night I came home to find and explosion of stamen! It also had a very sweet smell kind of like a lily. By the next morning there was no more scent.

What a great little plant!

Indoor Orchids

I haven't been focusing on my orchids this year so I was surprised to see these bloom! Lucky me...

The Porch in Spring

Spring. The most gorgeous time of year for the porch! Everything is lush, happy, full, blooming and beautiful!

I'm enjoying it now before the burning sun tries to turn it all into plant chips.

Yuri Orchid Blooms

The Yuri Red orchid that was abandoned by a coworker over 4 years ago finally started to fill in and this year it bloomed! One spike of pretty burgundy flowers.

Now it would have been much better if the top four buds didn't get broken off by some clumsy cow. And yes it was me.