Day 166

This post will give you a bit of follow up, on things, here, at the hacienda.

The escheveria, or, more commonly called mother-in-laws tongue in January, 2020.
Today. I was not sure if it was actually growing until I saw the photo above.
These little ones came with us from Juan’s house, when we came back home. Left to right, they are a prayer plant, a pepperoni a, and a jade plant.
Here they are today; the prayer plant, the pepperomia, the jade, and a new little plant; that is a wandering Jew. You may recall, it was the plant directly behind us, while waiting for the tires to be balanced.

These small plants all came from off shoots from the garden at Juan’s house, which I was able to transport, in a small container, here, to our place.

Three pieces of the wandering Jew, however, somehow managed to find their way into my purse! They must have found their way there while we were sitting on the tree surround, waiting for the tires to be balanced. That was a few posts back. I do not know how it happened. They were just there, in my purse, when we got home. Hummm.

As it happened, I put them into a small glass of water, and, within four days, all three pieces had enough root development to be planted. I found my very small terra cotta planter in the pantry area, (do not ask, I have no idea), and, transferred the jade into it. That gave up the slightly larger planter for the WJ. Excellent! (If you look, closely, at the recent photo of the jade, it has two new leaves, petals, on the top. Success.

Now, the pepperomia; that is another tale. If you look at the first photo of the three plants, the pepperomia has the round, thick leaves, and is quite tall. I cut off the top two leaves, when they were large enough, rooted them in water, then transplanted them into the planter, when they had developed roots. You can see the transplanted leaves in the photo; one is in the front of the planter, while the other one is in the back. The plant is quite a bit shorter, for now. It will get taller, and more full, over time.

While we are waiting for these plants to grow more lush, and, vibrant, stay happy, stay healthy, stay safe. Wash your hands, cover your mouth, and, protect your loved ones.