Pt 2: All the other pings!
I took most of these photos last Friday, hoping I would upload all of them by then. Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance, but some of these plants grow surprisingly fast so I took some photos today to capture the new growth.
P. caerulea, a small replacement to the large one I lost when I accidently let my warm temperates dry out during a really bad freeze.
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P. calderoniae, some of them like to be awake during the winter.
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P. chuquisacensis, the large one grows quite fast. It actually finished making the newest leaf in the photo today.
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P. cubensis, a tricky plant that needs high humidity. Does not seem to mind temps that are way cooler than it experiences in Cuba. Seems to have different leave morphology in different medias.
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P. cyclosecta
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P. elongata, considered to be one of the most difficult CPs to grow, though I don't mean to toot my own horn when I say this (oh who am I kidding, I'm gonna brag away!). It grows in a habitat called a Paramo, which is Spanish for "wasteland". In the wild, it can experience temps of low 70s during the day, dropping all the way to freezing at night. It is incredibly windy where it grows, and the soil is relatively dry year-round, though this plant does go through two different dry seasons, so the soil is marginally more moist while actively growing, though never wet it seems. I am looking into making a chest freezer-type grow chamber for it, so I can get those spectacular temp-drops at night.
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P. emarginata x jaumavensis
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P. emarginata
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P. gigantea
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P. hirtiflora, received on Friday.
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P. kondoi (a.k.a. P. reticulata)
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P. lusitanica growing on disgusting media
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P. lusitanica covering 90% of the surface area of this pot
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P. lutea, these are replacements for ones I lost during the winter, currently still settling in (they can take a while if barerooted).
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Some survivor lutea
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Dying lutea
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P. megaspilaea, starting to make slightly longer leaves and flowering, it must be noticing the slightly warmer temps we have been having. Guess they are just gonna wake up early.
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P. primuliflora
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P. primuliflora survivors (one on the right just took forever to settle in, that one was never outside).
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P. Yucca Do 1713
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