Sharing my new haul!

10 years ago

Hello everyone!

This is my new haul of succulents, ordered via mail from Bangalore to New Delhi. The weather much more extreme in Delhi so I worry a bit, but they seem to be doing okay so far.

After unpacking, lots of leaves were falling, some roots didn't exist, but overall again, not bad.

Half repotted here, in a mix of pumice, coco coir and potting soil, 2:1:1, roughly.

Fully repotted and relocated, soon after a drenching:

I lost one echie (the purplish one in the front in the black pot) to being left too close to an AC exhaust in a balcony. Also what I think is a kalanchoe tomentosa (blue and white pot on the left side) lost A LOT of leaves. Fingers crossed for recovery!

I'd love ID's, inputs, ideas , or general comments! :)

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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

Sanjana

Plants usually take bit of time to recover.

Hope I don't sound negative and hope I am assuming too much, I am just wondering why did you use coco coir and soil in your mix? Do you need so much water retention? IMO, one of these ingredients would be more than enough, other replaced with grit.

I didn't look up previous posts so may be mistaken, but I would imagine that importance of well draining mix was mentioned. In your hot & humid climate, I would use little of one or another but not both.

It looks like all of them had roots. Not sure if drenching was too much or just right. And I would think that all containers have drainage holes?

I was trying to see plant you think is K. tomentosa, but I can't find it in the photos (could be just me?).

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lmontestella
10 years ago
No, I don't see a K tomentosa either, blue & white pot on left is too distant to see what's in it.

Lena
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hookilau
10 years ago
Would looove to see close ups of each plant please =D
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marguerite_gw Zone 9a
10 years ago
Good luck with all your beautiful new plants, Sanjana.
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Sanjana New Delhi 11b
Original Author
10 years ago
Hi all!

Rina, the coir and soil mix is what most people use here for succulents, unamended with anything else. I decided to do a half and half mix of that with pumice, based on the amount of each material I had access to. I have not yet figured out a source for grit. Only one large plant (top right in the first and third pictures) didn't have roots. I hope the drenching wasn't too much - they were rained on about a week after repotting. All containers are glazed, with drainage holes.

Hookilau and Lena, I'll post close-ups just as soon as I can!

Marguerite, thank you! :)
Sanjana New Delhi 11b
Original Author
10 years ago
Close-ups as promised:

1. Graptosedum Alpenglow perhaps?

2. Pachyphytum oviferum?

3. Echeveria, but which one?

4. Is this the same species as 3?

5. Echeveria Black Prince - needs a lot of healing to look princely again!

6. This large rosette I don't know. It's about twice the size of the last three, with a really thick trunk-like main stem.

7. The sempervivum looks like it's in a bit of trouble. Is the new growth in the centre enough to discount the blackening lower leaves? What corrective action can I take? I've tried to keep it shaded from the rain, but it looks like it wasn't successful.

8. Bryophyllum - old growth is yellowing, but new growth seems to be coming in well.

9. Haworthia glabrata - I have one of these at work as well, I think it's in hibernation, because it does absolutely nothing!

10. What I think is the Kalanchoe. I don't have a close-up from before the leaf drop, but the furriness is visible here, even if the reddish edge look more like damage in this shot. Accurate ID or not?

They're all a bit battered, but I'm hoping to be able to nurse them to health, specially now that I have a terrace in my new flat! Whoop! :)
Sanjana New Delhi 11b
Original Author
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
11. Gasteria?

Also my aloe vera (12.) got too much sun too quickly I think, and turned red/brown. Not too much to worry about right?

Cat tax:

:)
Sanjana New Delhi 11b
Original Author
10 years ago
Bumping - the semp got a lot worse really quickly. I think it's too much sun/heat, because the lower leaves are looking and feeling dry and crispy. I've moved it to my office, where it's indoors in the AC, getting about 5 am to 11 am sunlight. Fingers crossed!