...I actually managed to find and purchase an unvariegated spiderplant (for what I thought was a steep price, at $13)!
I'm infinitely pleased with my new chlorophytum comosum, and I love him to bits. He was a bit damaged when I bought him, possibly by over-fertilizing (my maternal grandmother's spideys had similar issues and marks on them, and I'm relatively sure that hers were over-fertilized), but he was green and happy enough to have several long shoots cascading down from his hanging pot.
The reason I chose the plant I chose was due to the amount of baby spideys it had attached to it. If, for some reason, the plant itself doesn't make it, I should have a good dozen plants started, possibly within the month. Gosh darn it, I will get my $13 out of this guy, and then some!
I want to be patient with my new spidey, though, and let him do his thing without too much poking, prodding, or interference from me. Usually, when my spideys have shoots, I pick away at many of the potential pups, discarding them and leaving more spacing between each pup. It seems to have its intended affect (in that the pups left thrive and grow faster), but it means far fewer pups than if I just left it alone.
In other news, I have an opportunity to have a plant hanger or so taken off my hands, which I believe I mentioned in my last blog post. To facilitate this, I've gone ahead and put together all the simple macramé plant hangers that I have, which are not in use. I will also be bringing at least four plants with me on Sunday, with the intent to be rid of them (ehem, deliver them into new hands, rather). One will be a spiderplant, most certainly, as one has been requested, and I have two arrowhead philodendrons ready to go, too. I kind of want to bring specimens of both my variegations of spidey (I need Bonnie variations, still), so I might go with the two arrowheads and two spideys, or three spideys if I feel particularly enterprising. Two vittatum (because I have more of them) and one variegatum.
I really like giving plants to friends and family. There's something about giving someone else's house some green that just... pleases me. Especially when their face kind of lights up? It's very rewarding. Sharing is caring, right?
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In less "green" thumb news: my Medusa's Head airplant ended up with a case of rot in its center (which is almost certainly my fault, no matter how it's sliced), and ended up passing off into the Great Garden. This makes my kill count a few spidey pups which did not make it, 3 argentea thin leaf, 1.5 succulents (the other might come back, depending how I treat her remains, haha), 1 aloe plant, and 1 poor medusiae. I like to think I'm learning from my mistakes.
Signing off . . . |
Current Wishlist:
*Heartleaf Philodendron
*Tillandsia Xenographica
*Tillandsia Argentea Thin (3)
*Tillandsia Medusiae
*Bonnie Spiderplant
*Variegated Bonnie Spiderplant
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