Nice plants pagan, liking that dwarf black RCN.

I am pretty sure your mug of unconfirmed blob is a lophophora :-) probably williamsii?

Oh! I forgot this one; the second A. obesum x crispum seedling is starting to bloom now as well. Go Dimmit!

Phil, that DB-RCN has the most velvety leaves ever.

You can't beat flowers, love em :-)

Wow you got a bat plant to flowering size....lucky you. They are so unusual, malevolent almost. How old is it please, and size too?

oh almost forgot to say...nice DR,s too! Sorry I was so taken up with the old bat, lol!

Gill UK

OMG Gill! Thank you for recognizing this out of topic plant lol I am totally taking credit for this one, considering the amount of trouble it took just to keep it alive.

I got it as a wee seedling, about 4 inches, around 2011--one of my first plants when I had no idea how to deal with them. It was a dumb idea that turned into a cruzade! This was year 2 below, inside a contraption I made to keep it humid.

Year 3

Now the largest leaves are about a foot long. The flower is now a month old!

So...urm, back to our regular programming. My Golden Bell seedlings: did someone say somewhere that these are fast-growing?

Pagan

Pagan, I mentioned that mine were getting fat, but not putting out as many leaves.

Nice collection Pagan, it is always interesting to see what everyone else is growing besides DRs. First looks show you like to choose those plants that are a challenge to keep alive. Now I know how you are able to grow your Adeniums hard! You are busy taking care of these other difficult finicky plants! LOL. Thanks for sharing.

Tracy

Good to know, Dain. Mine are just being seedlings at the moment and I don't expect them to do much of anything unless I turn the heat on in the box. But I have other things in there that won't like it.

I have only expletives for that bat plant, Tracy lol It's probably going to throw some other kind of Level 2 tantrum now that it has bloomed.

Pagan

I had to repot my Rinoa plants. It turns out, recycled plastic pots really can not be used as pots which explains why they are sold as planters :-P They crack when subjected to the wet-dry-wet-dry cycle.

So, after a short trip to the kitchen department, here is one of them and it's even on the verge of blooming.

Yes. That's a plastic bowl. Nothing is sacred, anything and everything can be a pot.

Pagan

Are there holes in the bottom of that pot? LOL. What is with the bandaid P?

Oh I guess I forgot to mention I have drills and diamond crusted bits. So yes! If we weren't actively using the actual bowls in the kitchen I'd have drilled holes on those too. And I always add holes to pots. Anyone who sits still long enough around here will likely get drainage holes too.
It took a few seconds to figure out what you're going on about, Tracy, but I think you mean rinoa's plant tag? It came with the plant, I just haven't gotten around to removing it. So okay okay it's off now lol. Hmp.

(slaps forehead) I thought it was a bandaid LOL

Pagan, your weird plants make me drool. Such great shots of them random particularly fond of that tree looking planter in the 4th pic. Was that a purchase or a self crafted piece?

Fixed my comment above.

I was curious why you were pointing out it was Pagan's thread then I realized I was posting that comment and reading yours at the same time, must have swapped names in my mind. Sorry ladies.

Yeah Nick. When Tracy and I were babies, the only way people could tell us apart was from the way we grew our adeniums lol

Anyway, today's inspection , one more Adenium obesum x crispum seedling is indeed about to bloom:

And one of the Adenium arabicum x crispum:

Pagan

Blooms is a good problem to have! I love these crosses Pagan. You crack me up lady.

Tracy

Pagan, this is exciting! Flowers on seed-grown plants are always a treat.

Btw, I really like your "Dwarf Black RCN's". I am friendly person. So should you get tired of growing them, you can always send them to me. ;-)

I did not make that tree pot, someone gave it to me with an african violet in it which I promptly killed. It's resin and I had to drill several holes in it to make it non-lethal to plants.

Okay, Martin. You have the dibs on that one, if I get tired of it.

So Pagan, is the LED causing all of the blooms? Even in the absence of heat? Please catch me up if I am off base here.

Tracy

Not really, Trace. One seedling was under the LED panel (which is only 45 watts), one was under the T5HOs and the mature grafted plant is still under the T5HO shelf. I've had to bring the seedlings upstairs because I do not water much in the basement and these will need regular watering as well as some feeding for the buds to fully develop.

The grafted one also needs to be brought up, which I will do later. I had positioned it at the back because I was expecting it to slow down and go semi-dormant as it gets colder. I certainly was not expecting it to start blooming.

Also, it isn't that cold there yet---my thermometer is still reporting something like 20 to 25C. I've had to snatch my winter-growing xerophytes and kick them back outdoors.

Pagan