16/03/2014

Indoor Potted Plants


Mr sun, come and shine on me! Putting my indoor potted plants to get some sun light.
Been raining these days.....


Splitting a pot of Anthurium into two



Have you ever bought a plant back from nursery but later found out you have no idea how to transfer it into a bigger pot? 

Today I'm going to share with you how I did repotting.

I got a pot of anthurium from my mother in law two weeks ago. She brought it back from Cameron Highlands. According to the plant nursery owner, this anthurium is an unique species given its twisted flower petal. Common anthurium flower petal is flat as shown in the picture below.

I let the flower get used to my garden surrounding for about a week before deciding to split the plants into 2 pots.  It is not until I make sure the plants have adapt to my garden weather, sunlight and humidity (the easiest way to know this is when you see there is new leafs or baby plants coming out).

Depending on the type of plants, some plants are more sensitive to changes such as weather, soil and sunlight. To me, anthurium is not too much difficult to take care but she is also not too easy to grow beautifully. I leave half of the soil (in this case it is cocoa pit)  in each pot and filled the remaining space in the pot with new soil. I then put them back to their original spot where I concluded they live happily there. 

The first week after the splitting and repotting is crucial. Water the plant at least twice a day, watch for any adverse reaction of the plant growing. 

Lastly, don't forget, LOVE! Be connected to your plant and I believe, they can feel it. They will grow with radiant when they feel loved. 

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15/03/2014

Frangipani - relatively easy to take care



Frangipani, suitable for tropical weather, can be planted under direct hot sun.  Easy to take care. I have 3 in my garden, they are of yellow, orange and red colours.

If you don't have time for gardening but you want some colours in your garden, I recommend Frangipani.

Little story to share with you that tells why I say Frangipani is an easy grow plant.

Two weeks ago, I saw my neighbour chopped down fews (about 5-6 ) branches of Frangipani from her already matured grown Frangipani plant. She then planted those branches in a roll in front of her house. Everyday I passed by her house, I observed these branches grow. First few days the leaves turned yellowish and a bit dropping, I guess it is partly due to transplanting shock and also lack of water intake as there are no roots (as they are planted directly after cut). I was thinking this is not going to work.

Surprisingly after a week, those cut branches have established, new leaves started to form. Now, after 2 months, those branches have turned into an individual plant and started flowering.