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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Ok, I'll assume I'm probably wrong it's just difficult to tell where the flowers are coming from.
    Mine are doing better after you suggested more of a sunny spot in summer, I used to keep them fairly shaded.
     
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      One and only house plant, Christmas cactus
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        That's beautiful @Logan :smile: I have always found them difficult to grow.
         
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        Thank you @Michael Hewett i hardly do anything to it, it doesn't get much water and i don't feed it. It's been in that pot for many years. It was in the kitchen until 2 years ago but there wasn't enough light for it to flower so i moved it into the conservatory and i don't put it outside in the summer.
         
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          It sounds as if I fuss too much with them :heehee:
           
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            Like @Logan I kept my Christmas & Easter Cacti for many years with little care though I did feed mine with tomato fertilizer during the summer months. Again they spent years in the same small pots. I got many cutting to root last year but whatever I do they don't seem to like it any longer! I have perhaps 2 that are struggling to exist still even though I was able to keep plants alive for years. I seem to be losing my green fingers with the pass of the years & now that I'm in the autumn of my life.
             
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              I got a pot of Hyacinths from my daughter & son-in-law for Christmas.
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                @Balc perhaps you're doing something different with your Christmas cactus cuttings. Lovely hyacinths your room must be full of their scent.
                 
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                  My aspidistra elatior has just flowered for the first time! I had to look the two flowers up, to be sure that was what they were. I'd call them curious, rather than beautiful - apparently they always grow at soil level, to allow pollination by fungus gnats:

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                  • pete

                    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                    I was once told that they are pollinated by slugs, but gnats does sound more likely.
                     
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                      Mine used to flower every year but hasn't done so recently, probably needs fresh compost.
                      Yes they are curious things aren't they ...
                       
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                        As I've never grown this plant I can't comment but it would seem much more likely they are pollinated by gnats rather than slugs!
                         
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                        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                        Nothing spectacular but a few pictures.










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                          Is that purple orchid scented? @pete? I found out recently that there's a purple Phalaenopsis with some perfume, after thinking for years that Miltonia was the only widely-available scented orchid :scratch:
                           
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                            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                            Not noticed any scent, the flowers are quite small.
                             
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