The Great Migration is underway, tender plants moving from outside to inside. Looking at my work deadlines, and the forecast, I decided I needed to take advantage of any sunny dry afternoon and attack the plant moves in small bite sized chunks. Working in front of my computer for a few hours, then getting up, out, and moving plants. It's surprising how much I can get done (both versions) in just two or three hours. This photo was taken on October 4th...![]()
Before any of the plants come into the house I look them over for small critters (slugs, spiders, mealy bugs) and clean up any dead leaves and debris. It's a great time to really appreciate the details and how much things have grown over the summer. This Aglaomorpha coronans threw out so many new fronds.![]()
I hadn't noticed the stripes on this NoID nepenthes before.
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Any experts that can make an ID? (I bought it without one)
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The top of the pitchers have a little alfalfa cowlick.
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Quesnelia arvensis, a gift from Steve at The Rainforest Garden way back in 2010! Easily the oldest bromeliad in my collection.
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The Tillandsia xerographica at it's base came from another friend, the center was showing signs of rot back when he gave it to me, but look... it's sending out a pup!
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October 16th now and more plants are inside. After reading a post on Martha's annual migration the day before I was feeling pretty stoked about what I accomplish on my own, with no staff, equipment, or pricy greenhouse facilities.
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My spiral cactus (Cereus forbesii) reflects the strange life it's had going from living with Gerhard in Davis, CA, to traveling up to Portland and living a split life between the basement garden and the outdoors. I love it's odd form.
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My golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) started growing pups off the top of it's head (looking like a spiky man-bun) a couple of years ago. When I went to bring the pot indoors it was obvious the big barrel was dying so I carefully removed the babies and planted them up. We'll see how long it takes them to outgrow this pot.
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Kumara plicatilis, Aloe erinacea, and Euphorbia platyclada.
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Deuterocohnia lorentziana
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Deuterocohnia brevifolia
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Side by side
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Agave pelona in the front.
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Agave stricta
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Echeveria 'Trumpet Pinky' and friends.
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Echeveria setosa got quite wet before I brought it in, I hope it doesn't mind.
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My Mexican fencepost cactus (Lophocereus marginatus) made a baby this summer.
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I brought the three mama plants (it was a group effort I'm sure) back from Truth or Consequences, NM, in 2013 they were so small then!
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These Pachypodium lamerei are even older.
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Buds on the schlumbergera.
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Ditto for the Lockhartia hercodonta, an orchid.
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One of it's tiny buds opened, it's a minute orchid flower.
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Right on queue this epiphyllum came in budded up.
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The flowers are already opening.![]()
The pots of bromeliad and rhipsalis that live on top of the tall metal cylinders in the SW corner of the garden grew tremendously this summer. That necessitated a rethinking of the bromeliad storage area.
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I caught a flash of color one day and managed to appreciate this small bromeliad flower.
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So many nepenthes pitchers on the Nepenthes 'Miranda' and N. lowii x ventricosa (in the same container).
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The garbage can lid bromeliad plantings are spending the winter on top of large terracotta planters. It's kind of amazing how many bromeliads I've accumulated.
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The basement garden as it is today...
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And a new area for hanging tilladsia, over the washing machine. Trust me, all of that space will be full soon...
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