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 to ask online but, yay, it was too pricey. I heard they paid 800 pesos for only a branch of that said plant and I said to myself, I cant afford such amount.

The Hongkong trip was the answer. I never thought I could find lots of plats at Prince Eduard flower market in Hongkong. I wish I had the whole day, but I only have a couple of minutes to enjoy and embrace the beauties before my very eyes. There was no time and I just grabbed a few pieces that I could afford.

this plant didnt survive

out of four plants; only the truncata survived

Looking forward for the Thailand trip on November 1-7, 2018. Hope I can have cool plants hauls and be able to propagate as well.

Common name: portulaca
Scientfic name: Portulaca gilliesii

Plant care: based on experience and the weather is Cebu; its full sun and water daily; to achieve the super red color; I place them on the roof soaked in a basin of water.

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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, wonder why even with the foulest smell people have gone gaga with stinkies these days. Wonder no more for they may smell unpleasant and like a dead rat, its one of the unique, colorful and beautiful flowers I have ever seen. This edithcolea grandis was on of my firsts. It doesnt look that great since it has spiny green to reddish body, greenish when its put under the shade but looks reddish when its placed under full sun.
A friend


Common Name:  Persian carpet flower
Scientific name:Edithcolea grandis

Plant Care: Full sun
water daily

Edithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species Edithcolea grandis (Persian carpet flower). Once classified in the family Asclepiadaceae, it is now in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is native to Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.^[1] 


 A plant blog a day is not that hard, just have to be excited and motivated.

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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 blog.

Each step of the way will be covered but I guess I'll have to recall those times when I first started it, and it would be such a tedious task, I dont have that photographic memory to start with but I'll try my very very best.

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