Here is another update of my indoor plants. It's late November and the days are getting shorter and shorter. My indoor plants are getting less and less light and a couple of them really suffer from that. Most of my plants are really growing a lot slower than earlier this year.
Since I just started propagating plants a couple of months ago, this is my first winter. So maybe it's always this way.
Anyways... here are some updates!
Pitcher plant
In my last update I showed the two pitchers on my pitcher plant were both dying, which is normal behavior after a season I read. There are quite a few new pitchers starting to grow, but they are all just a few millimeters in size. I expect they won't start growing again until spring.
I did look up what to do with the old and dying pitchers and the advise was to cut them from the plant so they don't take any energy from the plant anymore. So I did!
But the peculiar plant it is with its pitcher has turned into an ordinary plant now.
I did move it right in front of my window, so it gets a lot of light and I spray it with water regularly to keep the humidity high.
Alocasia Bambino Pink Variegata
My Alocasia Bambino Pink Variegata is also having some issues. Since my last update the green leaves have slowly turned a bit red. The first picture below was made in the end of October.
The second one today.
I've asked Planty, my chatGPT plant helper what could be the cause and among the reasons this for me was the most obvious:
"Too little light: On the flip side, in November, the shorter daylight hours in Eastern Europe might mean your Alocasia isn't getting enough light, which can cause stress and color changes. Consider moving it to a brighter spot or supplementing with a grow light."
Funny enough I had seen a Snap post by @engrave this week who was using grow lights for his plants. I think I must consider buying one or two for my greenhouse too.
https://peakd.com/hive-124838/@engrave/re-peaksnaps-sni7rk
I really hope it won't die because I really like to see the pink patterns on the leaves when it grows bigger.
Calathea Mokoyama
Another concern is my Calathea Mokoyama. I had moved it from the window sill with direct light to a nice and light place in the middle of my livingroom. It had rolled out a couple of new leaves and I had cut off the brown ones. I also cut back on the watering which is necessary during this time of the year I read. Unfortunately another leaf has started to turn brown. I actually don't know what could be the cause of this. Luckily I do see another rolled up new leaf coming.
Syngonium Albo variegata
After I had cut off two dying leaves and moved this plant to another place with indirect light it seemed to do a bit better. Only today I noticed that one of the two leaves that are over is also changing colours a bit. I think this one also needs a bit more light during these dark days.
Cuttings
The cuttings in my tiny greenhouse (which is white) aren't showing a lot of growth either. They do look healthy, but the roots aren't developing as quickly as they did in summer. But that might have to do with the season again.
My different Scindapsusses have quite long roots, but I'm still waiting for secondary roots before I will transfer them to soil.
Successes!
Is there really no success story this month? Yes there is.
My adult plants are thriving. My Scindapsus mother plant on the right is doing really good. And the monsterra and Zamioculas (Emarald Palms) are looking good and healthy as well.
And then the plant that is surprising me the most; my Philodendron Imperial green. Actually all three of them since I had cut off one branch to make it grow roots and I had splitted the rest of the plant in two.
And all three of them are really doing well.
The mother plant is the biggest and is making a new leaf almost every week.
The leaves look healthy and green and it's about 70 centimeters in size now.
The two other ones (including the large cutting I had moved to soil when it had grown roots) are a bit smaller, but also looking healthy and growing new leaves.
It's cool to see I turned one plant into three and they all are doing quite well.
How are your indoor plants doing?
Do you have any tips for me? Feel free to share them in the comments!
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Awesome collection! And regarding grow lights, you don't need to buy any fancy "grow lights" (I mean that blueish-pink that most people use to grow their weed xD). Regular bulbs (LED) will be enough and much better than nothing - just keep it close. Plants need energy to grow, and they get it from the sun, simple as that. It's especially important for variegated species because those variegations usually do not photosynthesize. I'm unsure about Alocasia, but other plants often discard those parts in low-light conditions.
Thanks! I will look into that!
That is a nice pitcher plant! You almost have an entire garden at home lol! congratz and they look all healthy!
Thanks.
That's what my wife says too 😀
The plants are beautiful.
You're doing a great job nurturing them
Weldone
Thank you!
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