Succulent/tropical shelf

Stanley

Carnivorous Plant Addict
We just set up a new shelf for plants. Mostly succulents so dropping those photos in here. There is a small tub with plastic wrap on the middle left where I'm trying to geminate some drosera. We have another shelf (not pictured) that I'm going to dedicate to cp's.









Some air plants
 
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Tom

Plant
Nice! What is the name of the asclepediaceae at the left of your 4th pictures? Orbea variegata?
 

Stanley

Carnivorous Plant Addict
Nice! What is the name of the asclepediaceae at the left of your 4th pictures? Orbea variegata?
It's Orbea decaisneana. It's actually quite green in this photo from lower light levels. I now have it closer to the lights (just a few inches away) and it's starting to take on the whitish appearance again. My fiancee can't stand the smell of the flower (it's incredibly musky and I don't know how to describe it in a safe-for-work way lol) so we just remove them or keep the plant outdoors if it's warm enough while it's flowering.
 

Tom

Plant
Haha despite the smell, i cant help myself with those plsnts, I just love them! If ypu happens yo have one to trade in yhe future, let it me know, i have some less smelly huernia in extra ;)
 

Stanley

Carnivorous Plant Addict
Haha despite the smell, i cant help myself with those plsnts, I just love them! If ypu happens yo have one to trade in yhe future, let it me know, i have some less smelly huernia in extra ;)
Once this guy here but enough, I want to try propagating some of his "branches". It's just too bad how slow they grow!!

I had a heurnia zebrina that unfortunately suffered from really bad root rot and 90% of the plant basically does off. I was able to keep two tiny offshoots alive that seem to be recovering.

I'm actually really be at keeping stapelias. I readt then like my other succulents so I'm not sure why my zebrina did so poorly.
 

Stanley

Carnivorous Plant Addict
I posted this photo in another thread but it really belongs here instead. We've repositioned our large shelf away from the window because the afternoon sun was absolutely roasting some plants and many were suffering from that. Ever since we moved the shelf, the plants under lights are doing much better but the plants on the upper shelves aren't getting as much light anymore. Luckily they're mostly low-light plants like pothos.


This is my Lophophora williamsii var. caespitosa in flower. It's produced fruit/seeds many times but this flower didn't develop into a fruit. I usually hand pollinate but wanted to see if it would self pollinate if I left it alone as the flower does open/close every day and night. The answer is no. It's still best to hand pollinate as that's given me the most success:


Here are some seedlings from the above plant. These guys grow sooooooo slow. These seeds were sowed in August 2018 and they're still tiny:


This is a Thai desert rose that I purchased earlier this year and it's doing great under the warm lights. My parents also bought one at the same time but their's look months behind because they only have it sitting in front of a South facing window. These guys really love light and don't might being watered frequently:
 
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