My Monkey Tail bloomed.

My Monkey Tail bloomed. There were a few smaller flowers, too.

I also really love when my Echeveria start to flower and it's all short and adorable.

I missed some blooms while I was busy being sick. 🙁

I missed some blooms while I was busy being sick. 🙁

The first 2 pictures were their first times. I'm bummed.

Look.

Look. I have been trying my best, but this is what my Ponytail Palm looks like. 😬 I feel so bad for it. I've killed several over the years. 😭 This is the longest I've kept one alive (which hasn't been long, unfortunately), but just look at it! 🫠

Harley likes to mess with it, so I've moved it to the greenhouse to see if it'll be happier without a cat chewing on it.

I trimmed its ponytail because it was so brown, and this is how it's growing back. 😂 It looks awful. This plant is clearly in middle school. 😂😂😂

I have concerns about it being in the greenhouse because it'll be getting more light and less humidity, which could contribute to the leaves browning. I don't think I've over watered it. If anything, I may be underwatering. I think I'm gonna put it on the shelf of plants that need more water and less light and see how that goes.

Paws crossed that I can get it feeling better. I feel so guilty, like I'm abusing this poor thing.

I really wanted to spend some time in the greenhouse today, but...

I really wanted to spend some time in the greenhouse today, but it was super windy and dusty, so I watered the plants who needed it and called it a day.

I have plans to repot a couple of things, but I won't have everything that I use in my dirt mix for a few more days, so I guess it mostly didn't matter that I couldn't hang out there today.

The two Anacampseros (with the pink flowers) bloomed today. They are super cute.

I almost lost my 2 trailing plants in the bottom of the picture because the pots were too big. They've been downsized and seem to be doing better.

Also, the cactus on the bottom right has a cluster of buds forming, as well as a few pups.

The cactus in the top left has buds forming.

In the center-ish, between the yellow/gold cacti, that little fuzzy dude has an orange bud.

Of course, I love the pretty pink flowers throughout this tray.

Bottom Right: I think my Feather Cactus has some tiny pups!

The red bud forming on my Monkey Tail. I find this to be funny, but it'll look nicer when it blooms. 😂

So I have a story...

So I have a story about the Echeveria Cantes (the blue-ish plants in the white planter...)

I ordered the one on the right in November of last year. It arrived a little smushed and also yellow-ish in color. I potted it up anyway thinking that it would recover, but it started showing signs of rot pretty fast.

I emailed the seller and they asked me to give it a couple of weeks, so I trimmed the rot off, let it callous, treated it with rooting hormone, and waited. It didn't start growing roots, so they sent me another.

The one on the left is the second one they sent. It arrived in much better condition, but it eventually started rotting, too. I know that some Echeveria are more sensitive to water than others, and even though I hadn't been watering it often, I realized the pot was too large and not drying out fast enough.

I moved them both to terracotta pots with only Bonsai Jack for substrate, and I kept an eye out for roots. I checked them a couple weeks ago and they were FINALLY putting out teensy little roots. It took them 6 months! They definitely used up a lot of their lower leaves, which is one reason they look so raggedy, but hopefully they'll look better over the next few months.

I recently moved them to this shallow pot with only Bonsai Jack in it. I really don't like having more than one pot of a type of plant. I like them together for some reason. But so far, they're still making progress and I'm really looking forward to their recovery.

The only other plant I've ever had that's this sensitive is an Echeveria Laui.

I got a couple of orders today.

I got a couple of orders today. Here are some of the new babies. This picture makes me so happy! ❤️

The Tephrocactus finally bloomed today!

The Tephrocactus finally bloomed today! I'm so excited!

A few others bloomed, too, but they don't keep me waiting like that one did.

Also, my Monkey Tail has a tiny bud. I had to say it, but with the shape of the plant and the tiny bud, it looks like a genital wart. 😂 It'll be pretty once it blooms, though.

Shaun put electricity in the greenhouse today.

Shaun put electricity in the greenhouse today. No more extension cord running from the sunroom!

Here are a few blooms from today. They make me feel so happy! 😊

I went to close the greenhouse door...

I went to close the greenhouse door and this cactus was really showing off! These are so pretty!

A few flowers from today:

A few flowers from today:

More blooms!

More blooms!

Sweet little orange flower! 🧡

These are opening up slowly but surely. 💛

I almost missed this one!

Pickle Plant flowers and my Trumpet Pinky doing well.

This one is gonna bloom, but I worry about the top growth. It was chewed by someone last year and hasn't grown at all since. Should I remove it? Gianni, what do you think?

Another yellow flower! 💛

Look at this goblin I found at Lowe's.

Look at this goblin I found at Lowe's. It's got a heart and a bird finger. 😂 It had to come home with me.

I feel like I'm in an anxiety-induced depressive spiral...

I feel like I'm in an anxiety-induced depressive spiral. I'm having trouble doing anything productive.

Look at the flowers, though. It's the pink one's first time!

Greenhouse photo dump from the last few days:

Greenhouse photo dump from the last few days:

I don't know why these randomly decide to crest, but they're definitely never dull. 😂

So many buds!

A few buds and a bloom.

I was surprised to see these beauties today. 😊

I've had this cactus for YEARS and she's finally gonna bloom!

My little conjoined twin cactus has some buds.

I think this one is enjoying the shadier spot.

Anacampseros flower!

Orange blooms in front of a Prickly Pear.

I can't believe this one bloomed again ALREADY.

Caitlin, she's putting on new growth!

This little weirdo has bloomed again. ❤️

I got this crazy Aloe...

I got this crazy Aloe from Bitis Botanical yesterday, and it's gorgeous! I potted it up today and did some other stuff in the greenhouse.

I repotted around 50 plants today. Most of them were my small Echeveria. I had noticed at my last watering that some weren't fattening back up, so I uprooted them early last week and saw that my soil mix was off and their roots were in rough shape. I cut their roots and left them out to callous until today. Then I hit them with some rooting hormone and potted them in a much grittier mix today. They are in a shadier spot for now. I'll give them some days before I water them. I think they'll be ok.

I also had 3 trailing succulents that weren't doing as well as I'd hoped. I think the pots they were in were wayyy too large. So they were put into a grittier mix in smaller pots. I think they'll be ok, too.

Years ago the plants would have probably had to get into worse shape before I knew to take action, but these days I am better at spotting when something isn't right. I don't get out to the greenhouse every day, but when I do I'm testing the plants for thirst, watering the ones who need it, and checking within the next day or so if they've drank or not. If they haven't, I know something is wrong.

I'm posting this picture just because it's pretty.

This last photo is one of the plants that got mealy bugs last year. I sprayed it down with alcohol to kill the bugs, which worked; however, it messed up the farina (the powdery coating on succulents), and that's why the lower leaves are orange. The blue/pink/lavender growth at the top/middle is what it's supposed to look like. I'm happy to see that it's doing well after that ordeal.