Last year, my seedling produced 8 seeds. Please find it here.
This year, all 8 seeds have been germinated and growing very well.
The parent plant is running aroung spaces in between roses. ↓
I am hoping that they will produce orange fruits this year again!
I love plants to see them living like themselve and how they are.
And I love plants which have very round leaves…, and more, of course.
This species came to my place a short while ago, and each time when I see it, I feel something excited.
It’s like a comical alien from the different space, or might be friends with ‘Voynich Manuscript’?
This species make me feel so special to live in the world.
わたしは まっすぐで凛と伸びる植物の姿がだいすきです。
そして それとはべつに 完全にちかいまん丸の葉っぱをもつ植物に すごく惹かれます。
少し前に我が家にやってきたこの植物を観察するたびに 胸がドキドキします。
まん丸の葉っぱがポンポンと 塊根から生えている 妙に不可思議で コミカルな宇宙からやってきたような こんな生き物と一緒に暮らせるなんて この世界も捨てたもんじゃない〜！ と毎日のように思っているのであります。
“Oxalis Megalorrhiza” came to me about 3 weeks ago.
It arrived in a hot weather and had root rot. Especially summer time, we should use 1st class mail for live plants.
This is a very strong plant, it’s flowering now and produces seeds very quickly.
Last year, I sowed seeds of “Dioscorea Sylvatica” and was growing the seedlings for my first time.
In the winter, when the leaves turned to yellow and went dormant, I digged in the pot. I was really surprised because my “Dioscorea Sylvatica” produced many potatos in the soil like normal potatos (as we eat)!
I have had “Dioscorea elephantipes” for a few years but never seen like that before.
I cut some small potatos indivisually, but kept 3 potatos connected together. And I buried them in soil to sleep during the winter. Honestly, I didn’t know what to do…
In June 2019, I found this today.
New leaf is coming like this and it’s very strange to me.
Again, I don’t know what to do about this… so I planted it as it is. haha.
I’m very looking forward to seeing how it grows this summer!!!
I found this yesterday… ♡
It’s my first time to see the flower.
Last November, someone ate all its root!!! This happaned to the plant. ↓
So it was a really good surprise to me!
The flowering made me very happy.
In early winter 2018, I fell in love with “Dischidia nummularia” and I bought one which was in a hangling basket. When I recieved it, it wasn’t in great codition. So I really wanted to make it healthier and well.
However, I couldn’t get it right. I didn’t know anything. It wasn’t similar to any other plants I have.
I failed, and it got smaller and smaller during this winter. 😢
Finally, spring has come…
They are growing so much now!
I am thinking they just don’t grow in winter as much as the other house plants?
Maybe, I didn’t need to do anything? What I could do was just waiting for spring?
I never know.
I will find out more beside them.
This is my new favourite, “Dischidia Nummularia”.
I got it because they have round leaves. (You might have already known that I like the round leaves. 😄)
After I received this plant, I thought…
No I can’t be like that. It should be stronger, bigger and have thicker leaves! 😔
I went to search “Dischidia Nummularia” on Google and Instagram.
A lot of photos show that thicker round leaf as they are succulent.
And very few but some photos show the leaves like “mentos”!!! 🤩
Very very thick and fat round which I was amazed by.
How could I make my thin, plastic looking leaves like that?
Apparently, they need full direct sun to do that and it’s quite difficult matter here in London but I will do my best.
I want to make my Dischidia healthier and thicker!
It became one of my missions.
An aspect of my favourite plants is definitely a round leaf!
This is a classic ↓
(No.1)
This is my long time favourite and propagated loads.
(No.2)
This is Half-succulent plant, “Peperomia Hope”.
Easy going house plant. Really nice to live with.
(No.3)
This might be my NO.1 plant.
I am absolutely in love with these round leaves!
I love the 360° leaves and its stem and thickness, everything about Xerosicyos danguyi.
(To be continued)
Scientific name: Xerosicyos danguyi Humbert
Common names: Silver Dollar Vine, Penny Plant
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Zanonioideae
Tribe: Zanonieae
Subtribe: Zanoniinae
Genus: Xerosicyos
Origin: Southwestern Madagascar
Sun: full / partical shade
Flowers: tiny yellowish-green in colour
Cold Tolerance: 0°C
I personally loves round leaves plant.
This has one of my favourite leaves.
Their leaves are turning to yellow and falling.
They don’t like coldness, so already are going dormant.
They are 2 years old, seedlings.
This winter will be their third one.
See you next year.
This is a fruit of my seedling of “Kedrostis Africana”, 1 year old (It’s the second Autumn, 2018). It has produced some fruits for first time. It had tiny green/yellow flowers in Summer.
All leaves are yellow and going dormant.
Botany Notes 