Velvet Leaves Of Adelaide
There are many ways to propagate your aroids and everyone has a prefered method. For me, I have evolved my method to cater to specific types of plants and cuttings. Over the past year, I started using Coconut coir as a medium for cuttings to grow in and it has been quite successful. However, I […]
Welcome to Aroid Season 2020/21. New growth is taking off with the warmer weather here in Adelaide. I love growing in hot weather, and the daily changes to my collection that come with it. Normally, I am gearing up to buy new plants after a winter starved of purchases, but the reality is that I […]
Disaster! A slug got into the seedling tray, with all of my baby Anthurium. I could cry! I had 5 Bakerii, 12 Gracile in there and both varieties have taken a hit. So hot tip!!!! If the air vents are open and slugs are about, its best to check for intruders. Especially before shutting them […]
If ever there was a more popular but elusive plant than the Epipremnum Manjula. The information available on this plant is beyond limited. However, I have compiled a combination of information and my own, and other growers experiences with this plant, to bring you this plant profile. Epipremnum Manjula is another patented variety of Epipremnum, […]
Philodendron Atabapoense I recently won an Ebay Auction for a P. Atabapoense cutting. This was on my wishlist, but I didnt expect to get one just yet. Its one of the more expensive and harder to find on my list. So to get a cutting for such a good price was a win for me. […]
I have picked up this lovely Philodendron Domesticum Variegatum that has mostly reverted. I have been wanting to play with a reverted plant for some time to see of I could revert its revertion…. if that makes sense. On its own, its a lovely plant. You can still see some signs of variegation in the […]
This is a common question I hear all the time. How to tell the difference between E. Manjula amd E. Snow Queen (Pearls and Jade). Ill make it simple. They are pure opposites in colour, and the stem colour is the key! I mean opposites because where Snow Queen’s leaves have green coming from the […]
A. Dussii (which is what I bought this plant as), and A. Guildingii are old name’s for A. Balaoanum. Here in Australia, it os often still referred to as A. Dussii. First published in 1898 by Adolf Engler Anthurium Balaoanum, a climbing anthurium with large thin but leathery leaves. One of the easier Anthuriums to […]
I have been trying different methods of propagating my Aroids, now that I have the room. I am now starting to favour different methods for different plants and cuttings. No one method works best nor does ‘one size fit all’. Here, I want to talk about starting stem cuttings in Zip Loc bags and Spagnum […]
On the 24th July, 2020, I finally cut my Philodendron Majestic. I have been back and forth on my decision to cut this plant. But at the end of the day, the plant was too leggy and needed something done about it. I bought it with the intention of cutting it for propagation and, by […]
Velvet Leaves Of Adelaide 