Plant shots

On By CarynIn Garden

Today I present some photos of plants around the house, inside and outside, and the reason they are unusual enough to warrant a picture.

Photo description: the hibiscus managed a few blooms this year, despite being choked out by the Gregg’s Mistflower. The Mistflower did not stay under 12 inches, but got leggy and tall because there isn’t quite enough light in the front bed. Mistflower does not respond well to being trimmed. The plan is to take out the whole bed and put it in the meadow, where there is more sunlight. Being a native plant we hope the Mistflower will do better there. For the hibiscus, maybe I can find it a new home.
Photo description: inside the house we have a jewel orchid living almost its best life. This is a closeup of a new leaf opening up in a spiral. I have the orchid in a bed of live moss with a tall clear cover to keep in the moisture. I don’t have to water it very often as the moss releases and reabsorbs the moisture in the closed environment. I don’t know why the leaves slightly curl the other way once fully open.
Photo description: this is a succulent in my terrarium and it seems to have produced flower-like leaves. The leaves on the left are white tinged with pink edges, rather than the striped green. I’m not sure if this is normal, or a sign of poor conditions, but they are pretty.