Bloomin' Tuesday! 01/26/09 inside friends

For Bloomin' Tuesday, I'm spot lighting some of my inside plants (cold and ucky outside bbbrrrr,)

Blurry pic (sorry), new growth on the ZZ, Zamioculcas Zamiifolia, from a plant trade (look close at bright green on the plant on the left) SO EXCITING!! (also Draceana and Ponytail plants)

Bathroom kalachoe buds, this is really the most tolerate plant (IF you don't drown them), I can't wait til they open up for me! Most are the old fashion red, and I think I have some new fancier colors in there too. We'll see:)

Saturday I treated myself to a stop at Home Depot (plant department-of course), and some new friends, this big philo was on sale and wanted to come home with me, here it is beside my old baby rubber tree plant (on left)

Close up of my philodendron hybrid, 'Autumn', I have good luck with these (unless they are left out in the hot summer sun, for weeks, during a move, can you say 'burnt to a crisp'?)

Alocasia Polly (thank goodness for tags), I had this beauty before, and paid full price for this replacement (either burnt crisp or drown victim from the move)- so Miss Polly here better do her part:)

A red cyclamen, I never get one of these, but my uncle grows these outside so I thought I would give it a try (I'm was concerned about it melting in the summer heat-but his survived:), I bought a pink too. I love the blooms which remind me of butterflies, and the leaves which remind me of wild ginger. Currently it is smiling at me in the kitchen window:)

Cuttings from the expensive Jew, free on the floor cuttings from Lowe's, you can't tell, but the white stripes are tinged with pink

This was my succulent pot in 09/08, it is on the shelf above my kitchen window. I received so many zig zag and Christmas cactus cuttings I had to go to a bigger pot (tradigity, I know)

This is it today, can you see all the cuttings??? They are rooted, and some have new growth!! Woohoo!!!

This is the pot on the left side of the shelf above my kitchen shelf. These guys like lots of watering (unlike the succulent pot). This was taken 09/08

This is the same pot, same layout today. These little babies are growing nicely:)

Looking down at my most favorite grouping,

This was it 09/08, it sits on the window sill of the kitchen window

Here are the kalachoe (free on the store floor) cuttings in 09/08

Since then they have grown roots, new leaves, and is now working on budding:)
Must say again, this is a great plant:)

I had a large very neglected mother-in-law tongue plant that did well until I drowned it. I managed to save a leaf and was able to root it, I was so pleased to see this new growth (it is left of the fork)! This plant will get too big for this pot (in the window) but for now this is perfect.

Best picture so far of this pot-sickly mini roses have been removed, kalachoe and Christmas cactus, and red begonia are filling in nicely:)

This was my kitchen window 09/08

This is it today! Makes washing those dishes a little more pleasant!

Hubby just called to inform me of the pending ice storm (our first this winter), and that it was too cold for his old basset to be outside:) I asked if that was his reason for calling, he said the too cold for the old basset was a second thought, I was the first-but I wonder...{in case you too are concerned, BOTH the bassets are inside, safe and warm in their bed:}
Stay warm, stay safe:)
Happy Bloomin' Tuesday!
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