This week, which has already ended, I returned to the office, since my vacation is over. After arriving and greeting my colleagues and even before breakfast, I went to look for my cactus, which I had left in the care of two coworkers who have, let's say, virtues to take care of plants.
My cacti are better than when I left on vacation, only one died and my colleagues kindly replaced it with another one, they are all already on my desk brightening up my view, two of them need more soil, but that would imply covering them a bit or transplanting them and separating them, I will decide what to do about it.
But the nicest surprise and joy this week is that I have been given a new plant which, according to what I researched, is called a watermelon peperomia. There is a diversity of peperomias which are named for the colors of their leaves. For those who want to know a little more, I leave information here
Now, this plant, I had requested it to a work colleague for quite a while, but since it was not directly from her, it took her a while to bring it to me, since she had to steal some cuttings from her mother who refused to give them to her🤣🤣🤣🤣.
I was delighted to see how my partner improvised a planter with half of a mineral water bottle, which is proof that if we wish we can apply ingenuity and recycling.
Today, after doing some housework, I looked for a small pot to transplant it. It could not be an exaggeratedly big pot, since the intention is that it gives more leaves and then to transplant it again until I take it to the pot in which it will definitively be.
You will be able to see in the photographs the mini pot in which it was and even so you will also see that it was rooted, I transplanted it, cleaned a little its leaves and it is already at home, first I placed it in a window, but after investigating a little they advise that it must receive the sun in an indirect way, reason why I changed it of place and I put it next to another indoor plant that I suspect also is a peperomia.
The truth for those who do not love plants will see having a new plant as nonsense, but for me it is something wonderful, because from my point of view having plants in my windows and in the interiors of my home is something that I feel brings a wonderful and fresh atmosphere to any home and more to know that this particular plant is what is known as Pet-Friendly, ie is not toxic to pets that we have in our homes.
This week that is about to begin, I hope to be able to finally paint some mint supports that are a little rusty to move some plants that need to receive more sunlight, or that I want to bring indoors, but with a base that helps their mobilization in a more practical way.
I say goodbye hoping that your gardens are brimming with success, greetings to all and until the next publication full of greenery.
Esta semana que ya terminó regresé a la oficina, pues concluyeron mis vacaciones. Tras llegar y saludar a mis compañeros e incluso antes de desayunar, fui a buscar mis cactus, los cuales había dejado al cuidado de dos compañeros de trabajo que tienen, digamos, virtudes para cuidar las plantas.
Mis cactus están mejor que cuando salí de vacaciones, solo uno murió y mis compañeros amablemente lo reemplazaron por otro, ya están todos en mi escritorio alegrando mi vista, dos de ellos necesitan más tierra, pero eso implicaría cubrirlos un poco o trasplantarlos y separarlos ya decidiré qué hacer al respecto.
Pero la más linda sorpresa y alegría de esta semana es que me han regalado una planta nueva que, de acuerdo con lo que investigué, se llama peperomia sandia. Hay diversidad de peperomias las que son nombradas por los colores de sus hojas. Para quienes deseen conocer un poco más, les dejo información aquí
Ahora bien, esta planta, yo se la había solicitado a una compañera de trabajo desde hace un buen rato, pero al no ser directamente de ella, le costó un poco traérmela, pues debía robar unos esquejes a su madre que se negaba a dárselos🤣🤣🤣
Me encantó ver como mi compañera improvisó una maceta con la mitad de una botella de agua mineral, lo que es prueba de que si deséanos podemos aplicar el ingenio y el reciclaje.
Hoy, luego de hacer unas cuantas labores del hogar, busqué una maceta pequeña para trasplantarla. No podía ser una maceta exageradamente grande, ya que la intención es que ella dé más hojas y luego volverla a trasplantar hasta que la lleve a la maceta en la que definitivamente estará.
Podrán ver en las fotografías la mini maceta en la que estaba y aun así también verán que estaba enraizada, la trasplante, limpie un poco sus hojas y ya está en casa, primero la coloque en una ventana, pero tras investigar un poco aconsejan que debe recibir el sol de manera indirecta, por lo que la cambie de lugar y la puse junto a otra planta de interiores que sospecho también es una peperomia.
La verdad para los que no aman las plantas verán el tener una planta nueva como una tontería, pero para mí es algo maravilloso, pues desde mi óptica el tener plantas en mí ventanas y en los interiores de mi hogar es algo que siento aporta un ambiente maravilloso y fresco a cualquier hogar y más al saber que esta planta en particular es lo que se conoce como Pet-Friendly, es decir no es tóxica para las mascotas que tenemos en nuestros hogares.
Esta semana que está por comenzar, espero poder al fin pintar unos soportes de menta que están un poco oxidados para cambiar de lugar algunas plantas que necesitan recibir más luz solar, o que deseo llevar a interiores, pero con una base que ayude a su movilización de una manera más práctica.
Me despido esperando que sus jardines estén rebosantes de éxitos, saludos para todos y hasta una próxima publicación llena de verdor.
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Is that a hanging plant?
Yes, this plant hangs a little when its branches are longer.
Tha is one of my favorites. =)
That's the other cool thing about plants, right? They can be gifted, swapped, shared .. and stolen 😜
That's right, there are many ways to obtain them. I'm sure we've all stolen at least one cutting from a plant. It's pure adrenaline at the time of the act and then you see the plant at home and it's so satisfying to feel that you have it there.
That new plant looks good! It's nice to receive, trade or gift cuttings to multiply plants. My propagation 'adventure' started when I was gifted a cutting earlier this year.
I've been adding more plants to my house recently too and I definitely see what you mean!
It is interesting to know how has been your start in the world of gardening, which will make you feel very satisfied, sometimes there are mistakes and sometimes not expected results, but you always learn, that's for sure, and if a house where there are plants is always nice, so go ahead.
As for my new plant, it has me delighted, I already want it to grow and see many new leaves on it.