I need more soil. And to clean up my 3D printed pot when I’ve finished adding soil lol.

Everything is semi hydro. Except the Cordyline Ti Plant which does have an air stone because I wanted to and I have so much extra aquarium stuff.

The other three are alocasias: azlanii, variegated frydek, and a mystery maybe frydek.

Using hydroponic fertilizers and dosing rates suggested by the brilliant @Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net in a post here on Lemmy.

My friend and I like to swap cuttings, I made out like a bandit this time :P

I only had about 5 cuttings for her this time, going to have to step up my game! (I'm running out of plants she doesn't already have 😰)

It's in a 2" pot for reference. Super cute and compact :)

After treating for spider mites when I first got it (May of this year) the leaves weren't doing so hot. The new leaf is beautiful though!

Also already has a baby that popped up last month :)

My indoor banana tree isn't even that old (about one year), but it's growing like crazy in hydro.

One of the cool things about hydro is that pot sizes are less relevant, because the root system is more effective at absorbing water and nutrients compared to soil.
This has resulted in absolutely huge plants compared to their pot.

The only noticeable downside so far has only been the increased watering frequency, but I didn't notice much stunted growth tbh.

This is (also) why I haven't repotted yet.

Sadly I noticed, that this resulted in quite a few forgotten waterings and therefore burnt roots.

This was the tree before:

And here it is in the new net pot:

I put this pond basket into a concrete mixing bowl for 5 bucks, which I now painted with acrylic paint :)

It even gave me a few cuttings of baby trees which I gave to friends

She started as such a little pup and now her leaves are bigger than my hand

I got her about 2 years ago.

I had no idea some succulents could do this. I mean, I knew you could easily propagate them from cuttings but I thought at least a small section of the stem/rhizome needed to be intact. This just happened by sheer accident after it broke off.

Why yes, this was a huge pain in the ass to repot lol. Definitely my biggest hoya in my collection.

This is from last week:

From when I first got it and was treating it for pests:

Watering - winter once a week. Summer every two/three days. There is a drainage.

Light - approximately one meter to side from a balcony window with a curtain. Window located to east-south.

East Slovakia - inside from 20-26 degrees.

Life - we have it around half year. 2 leafs grown since the purchase.

Pests - not visible.

This guy just loves to flower for me :)

4 peduncles currently active (pics below are from yesterday):

Here are my Pinguicula agnata and P. moranensis.
They are the "parents" and just a few months old themselves.
They were in the succulent stage when I bought them and finally developed their carnivorous leaves!

And here are the "babies". I made lots of leaf pullings of both donor plants. They make great gifts!

They all grow on LECA (semi-hydro) with a layer of living moss on top. They get distilled water most of the time, and the moss finally comes to life!

I made this planter (<- imgur gallery) to sell at a pair of craft fairs I'm attending this month and next. I needed something small enough I could fit a few of them on the 6 foot table. I can make them in any color but I love how the black and white turned out.

I would like to have one with a plant in it to showcase it on the table and was hoping you all would have some suggestions (this community always has great suggestions!)

It's about 4 inches tall and 6 inches wide.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Hoya heuschkeliana (inner var.)

First time this one has bloomed for me and it's looks like it's queued up round 2 right behind!

This is one of my ferns.
They give me a constant supply of baby ferns, which I can remove from the mother plant and put it into another pot.

Here's the plant as a whole:

I already split it into three parts this year, but it recovers to full growth in less than a few months!

This one was just one piece of root/ rhizome half a year ago. Look how big it already is!

Transitioning them into hydro has been a huge pain, but once they've adapted to the new environment, they thrive and are very easy to care for.

If you're interested in pictures or stories of my other ferns, feel free to just ask :)

Crosspost from !mosses@mander.xyz

Crosspost from !hydroponics@slrpnk.net

This is basically the only Oncidium orchid that has this issue. And I have plenty of them.

It's recieving a few minutes of direct sunlight a day through a small slit above, and the rest of the day it only gets indirect light.
That is the way it's recommended, since they supposedly need lots of sunlight, way more than other orchids like Phalaenopsis.

Others have a way brighter spot and don't look that way.

Might it be a bacterial infection, or a virus?

I've also looked for pests, but didn't find any.

It's also a pretty new specimen in my collection, is that due to transplant stress?

I don't know what is the problem - can you give me your guesses?

These cute little blooms opened up today. Look how adorable they were just before they opened: