A few weeks ago, Barb sent me some Christmas cactus cuttings---and then as a surprise bonus she sent me an Oxalis bulb--"Charmed Wine" I believe the variety is.--well obviously it took off and blooomed well didn't it???
Thank you so much, barb---This was so nice of you----
Below is the Christmas cactus!!!--There are cuttings of Red, Peach and White !! I think 1 or 2 may not make it, but as a whole they are doing well. ---Barb, I dipped them in root hormone before sticking them into the dirt.
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Wonderful You did it correct.. That is what the Oxalis looks like .It will multiply and always on one stem like that .. Different ..Blooms purple later.
It looks fine.
cactus takes a little while to root .. Dont keep them in the sun to root . More like shade.
what Imeant about the cactus----several of them seem sturdy when you gently 'wiggle' them--but a few, seem limp, so that is why I thought perhaps a few did not root--and then perhap[s they will yet--thay all are still green.
I am so glad the Oxalis looks good---I figured it was supposed to look that way, but I was thinking it was too spindly & I should of planted it deeper so it would of been stronger----I have it in the dining area now, because I was forgetting to keep it moist with it in the bedroom. The light it is getting in there is a muted indirect light--and that is only if & when I open the vertical blinds, so I think it is doing ok------I will watch it closely. Thanks again.
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Above is the latest photo of the Oxalis bulb that you so nicely sent to me, Dodge---I know you can see the second sprout but can you tell that there is a 3rd shoot coming up from the bulb?/ it is wonderful!!! I am loving it !!! It is so beautiful.
Thanks again.
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Above is the latest photo of the Oxalis bulb that you so nicely sent to me, Dodge---I know you can see the second sprout but can you tell that there is a 3rd shoot coming up from the bulb?/ it is wonderful!!! I am loving it !!! It is so beautiful.
Thanks again.
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Thanks junie girl,,
It will bunch out like something you never seen.
My favorite color .. It is called CHARMED WINE OXALIS.
Thabnks, barb---I am glad to hear that.---And from california, huh?? wait until I tell my youngest that one---she lived there for 1 year--& she loved it.
Sheri asked me: "will it bunch out more"?
Barb answered your question---yea it will, and is---I am so happy with it!!! :ding:
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[quote=JunieGirl]Oh thanks for showing me what I have to look forward to, Diane-----
it makes me think perhaps I need to transplant mine into a larger pot??---Do I do it now, Dodge or wait until it actually needs it??? [/quote
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You dont have to transplant.....I keep mine in the same container for a long time.. One is about 2 or 3 years .. They grow and die off and grow more leaves and blooms all the time.. Dont transplant ..Let them do their own thing.
so tell me, Dodge, is it ok if my Oxalis is not multiplying right now?/ I still have 3 stems--and they are doing very well, but I have not had any more come up from the bulb in say a week or 2. Am I doing something wrong, or expecting too much too fast???
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You are expecting too much too fast.....it sound normal and in time will go bananas.......Just leave it alone. It looses leaves and flowers and replaces them .....Just give it time..
I know they do the "dormant thing"--well now I do----but thanks for the information.
many years ago I threw away a small green oxalis with delicate pink flowers---because I thought it had died. --my DH's great aunt who had previously owned the plant was not there to tell me all I needed to know about it- I promise to be much more patient this go around, dodge--thanks.
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Finally the 4th stem is beginning to come up from the charmed wine oxalis bulb. --and it can be as slow, and as dormant as it pleases. just as long as it does not die--- :wink:
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That plant will never let you down.. Gave one to sil n she went nuts.. Now I have to give the other 3 one.. Nice for shamrock day too, huh.. Glad to make you happy......You gave me such a cute frog house.barb
Look at this, Barb----5 leaves---its reallly going to town now!!! Golly by March 17th it'll be even bigger---and in its honor I got it a new pot!!!
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Dodge--look !! see the new "leaf" that the "red" cactus cutting has?? I am ever so excited!! ALL the cuttings you sent seem to be doing well--- One day, when I am sure they are all strong enough for the move, I will find them their own new pot as well. :wink:
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I am so proud of you.......... They look wonderful........Dont separate them as of now.. THey like being crowded .....An you will be rewarded.......I was hoping so hard, you did succeed.
Anyone else want to learn in the spring? I can whip them on you..
That plant will never let you down.. Gave one to sil n she went nuts.. Now I have to give the other 3 one.. Nice for shamrock day too, huh.. Glad to make you happy......You gave me such a cute frog house.barb
Look at this, Barb----5 leaves---its reallly going to town now!!! Golly by March 17th it'll be even bigger---and in its honor I got it a new pot!!!
Charmed wine oxalis looks gorgous ..........Junigirl , I have faith in you and frogs............ Chuckle each time I look at my f house....... Frog
Now dont move it into a larger pot , it can expand lots in that one.. I love the pot too......An yes they seem to take off lots for st patrick day, and they are Oxalis.. Lots of stores sell as shamrocks ....... Your getting very good with my green thumb.. :ding:
Dodge--thank you very much for the Oxalis bulb and for the kind words---
I think of you and your kindness every day when I look at the Oxalis to see how it is coming along.
Diane--thank you so much----the "Charmed wine" does look nice, I agree but it has nothing on the one you got from Dodge--but I will get where you are one day I think/hope.
The pot I bought from Wal-Mart--I have several that match-- I also have several gnome pot hangers--and then some frog pot hangers---some gifts & some I bought-
PS: The 2 christmas pot hangers you gave me in a fall swap one year are out year round---
The light green object you see is a frog plant steak decoration. I think sometimes I have taken potting plants to a whole new "level" LOL
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