Portulaca gilliesii

portulaca gilliesii from Hongkong Portulaca gilliesii The only plant that I bought from Hongkong last year that was propagated and really thrived. Out of 7 plants, this portulaca was the only one that I was able to multiply and was able to sell a couple of propagations and shared to other hobbyists as well. She is one  of my favorites. When I first saw the post on fb pages, I fell inlove and wish one day I could have this plant. I tried...

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Edithcolea grandis

Edithcolea grandis plant Edithcolea grandis bud Hmmmmm, its taking a while for me to blog and tell a story here. Its been a while and I guess I may have ran out of creative juices (waahahhaha I do hope) to so, but Im trying to piga ( its a tagalog/bisaya word which means extract) here. My first stinky ( smelly plant) Edithcolea grandis. There are lots of wierd stuff in the cacti and succulents world, and one of those are the stinkies. Whahahaha,...

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Tired of the I'm back phrase

Yohooo!!!! Tired of I'm back phrase, but like it or not, I'm just really back. so really back to hopefully the thing called blogging. Wahaaahah, seriously, I'm back! Hmmmmmm, I've been busy and all gardening with calloused and haggard looking hands with all those very minor cactus related wounds and itchy marks and the like. But, I think alongside this cactus and succulent addiction, might as well make use of these memorable things on this...

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