#anacampseros rufescens

[wishesofhappiness]

[rederiswrites]

Happy to say that my succulents are mostly thriving after two weeks with the housesitter.

My Sticks on Fire put on a ton of new growth, and my recently-purchased Jade plant is looking great. The jade variant trio needs to be potted out, which is a shame because it's been great together for years. The ruffled jade has Been Through It with my persistent mite problems, but it's still going, wearing its scars with pride.

The Anacampseros rufescens is picking up more pink from being close to the grow light than it was in the window, and looking happy in its new pot. And the Haworthia cymbiformis is crazy crowded and needs to be divided but oh, it's so pretty like that.

[cantankerouscatfish]

sometimes, work involves (valentines edition) :

we sold out of a lot of stuff yaaay 🎉

selling things involves dealing with customers... yaaay...... NO UH it's fine, no one (that I saw/heard about) was mean this year. which is really nice! no yelling in the shop except excitedly about silly things!!! 🎉

the florists do enjoy the knife valentine. nice.

the newer office lady brought a box of donuts and coffee to the snacks pile (next to my work station) going 'these were brought in by... A Guy.' and we were all like, oh. a guy. alright. thanks, guy. it was the floral shop manager's future son-in-law lmao. most of us know him by name. new office lady does not. I woulda gone up to wave hi!

DJ brought in a box of bud vase boxes, and literally the moment I cut it open, I started sneezing nonstop. for like 5 entire minutes. it stopped as suddenly as it started. ???

M the office lady walked down to the wrapping station, got my attention, then flicked me (gently) with a rubberband. said 'Ro said to say that that's from her.' so I yelled up the length of the back workroom up the stairs to her. 'YOU'RE OUTSOURCING YOUR VIOLENCE NOW??' 'YES! :)' they did this a few more times. thing is, Ro was busier than me, so I could spare a moment to actually run over to the bottom of the stairs with the rubberband to fire back with more force. she did get me directly a couple times. namely on the ear AGAIN...

a guy came in with a funny long scarf and it turns out he's a preacherman. the floral shop manager made some comment about it being the ashes day, and he literally pulled a thing of it out of his pocket?? and she and a few other coworkers came over to get dirt put on their faces on purpose while the rest of us were like... awkwardly still working and sharing Looks. the dirt stays on all day...? christians are weird.

THE SUN CAME OUT and I caught up on wrapping stuff for delivery, so I took it an excuse to putz around out in the greenhouses for a bit. helped a couple customers but mostly just checked on plants. the Anacampseros rufescens seeds have germinated. :D

also some of the fern 288 trays have leaves on them now. most of each tray is still covered by the uhhh fern larvae. reeks of algae like a slow creek. it reminds me fondly of fishing, but makes one coworker super nauseous. odd to find someone more grossed out by a smell than me. and it's a shame bc it means she can't get her face real close to see the funny little slimes. u_u

[botaniqueer]

I kept forgetting to mention!! I finally joined a plant society! They're great ways of connecting to people, getting expertise, and also trading seeds and plant material!

The one I joined is the North American Rock Garden Society, but there are a ton of different ones out there around the world. After paying all the dues and stuff, they let me put in seed repository requests! I got waaaay more than I thought I would, and a good variety of different stuff! (Unfortunately no super weird Claytonias like I was hoping :P)

Some of them have even been sown and have germinated by now! The little specks of green Anacampseros rufescens (12 days) and Rhadamanthus (=Drimia) platyphylla (12 days) respectively.

[kumaunpalnts908675]

Anacampseros Rufescens (Bare Rooted)

[tarynandre]

This is what having low light in your apartment can do to your succulent... bend it out of shape. It was by the window but not getting enough direct sunlight so it started growing leggy. I like the shape though. It’s more interesting to look at.

[uglifruit]

got some new succulents. the last pic is all my plants together

[savannahs-succulent-garden]

Day 12: Plant Gang

A gang of succulents approaches! Beware the copper king! He will stick you!

[discoveringasterismsart]

Succulent collection; watercolor

prints available, link in description

[zaydaliciousdesigns]

For some reason, I have been wanting to share these two pieces again recently. I made them for Inktober 2016 and I have always felt rather proud of them. I liked the idea of mermaids being more than sex symbols or sirens or vengeful spirits, and showing them as mothers seemed like a good place to start.

They are up for grabs, feel free to dm if interested. I’ve always thought they’d make a nice baby shower present for a mom to be.

[my-little-succulents]

anacampseros rufescens

[missmoonbby]

Channeling my anxiety in the right direction, well trying to.

[davvic]

[kokoro-no-niwa]

So the flower stalks on my anacampseros rufescens never opened for me. :( At least, I’ve never seen any. Noticed one doing this today, tho. Wonder what it’s all about.

[kleptoplante]

Look at what my wife ordered for my birthday 💚💚

Can’t wait to find proper pots for them!