Ahhh yayyyy. I've been checking mine everyday but nothing yet
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Repotted my mama monstera last night - what a workout that was! 
Three branches were cut off for propagation and I had to sacrifice a few of the non-fenestrated leaves to neaten her up!
Before… CHAOS:
After
Three branches were cut off for propagation and I had to sacrifice a few of the non-fenestrated leaves to neaten her up!Before… CHAOS:
After
Great job. Looks like a complexly different plant!
You have done wonders!! I was abandoned with a similar looking plant in December without the knowledge that owner wouldn't be coming back to reclaim it. He decided to move.Repotted my mama monstera last night - what a workout that was!
Before… CHAOS:
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With my history of pot plant killing I'm looking at it warily, it seems to be doing OK. How dare he abandon it with me?!
I've got a few plants with new leaves coming through. There's a wonderful looking one on my Monstera and this one on my Chinese Evergreen. After being a tube for ages, it's just started unrolling 
. I can't work out what's going on with the leaf in the background though. It looks half dead but feels OK and the stem is still firm.
. I can't work out what's going on with the leaf in the background though. It looks half dead but feels OK and the stem is still firm.
Great job on the monstera!
My incredibly temperamental begonia flowered! I can't believe it!
My incredibly temperamental begonia flowered! I can't believe it!
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Could someone tell me what’s wrong with this plant? Says it’s an Alocasia Baginda. Seems to be moldy? Also the leaves are going brown.
Looks like a Dobbies rescue shelf purchase? I think it has been overwatered and tightly packed on the shelf which has caused the mould.
I'd get it repotted, remove the mesh that is most likely around the roots, save any corms that you find in the soil so that you can start off some spares and keep it somewhere reasonably warm and humid.
Baginda is a term that seems to be used for types of alocasia dragon scale but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. It has a little look of Black magic to it but I'm not sure it is.
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Thank you! Yes it was a dobbies rescue. There was loads of them and some of them quite sorry looking. I need to get some more soil and then I’ll have a wee look at it in the next few days. My other rescue orchids seem to be ok. Plants I’m not the best at but somehow orchids I can do well with - make it make sense hahahaaLooks like a Dobbies rescue shelf purchase? I think it has been overwatered and tightly packed on the shelf which has caused the mould.
I'd get it repotted, remove the mesh that is most likely around the roots, save any corms that you find in the soil so that you can start off some spares and keep it somewhere reasonably warm and humid.
Baginda is a term that seems to be used for types of alocasia dragon scale but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. It has a little look of Black magic to it but I'm not sure it is.
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I love the rescue shelf but there have been slim pickings at my local recently. Hopefully it gets better in the spring/summer.
I grow the corms on damp moss. Just lie them on top and keep the moss moist.
I grow the corms on damp moss. Just lie them on top and keep the moss moist.
Happy valentines day tattlers, I hope all your babies are doing well 
Happy valentines day plant lovers
My var. Frydek is giving me 3 new leaves. One of them looks really good, one a bit meh and the other is too new to tell.I’m so jealous of your begonia success! Mine withered away into a shrub over winter! Your’s looks so pink too!
Monstera update - the fancy biodegradable pole couldn’t withstand the weight of my monster
Found it snapped in half on Saturday morn so had to make an emergency visit to a garden centre for a giant moss pole 
I bought this little chap in Lidl the other day, a baby variegated Rubber Plant (ficus elastica) It was bone dry, so dry the soil did not even support it properly because nobody in there looks after the plants at all, so I shall be going back again to see what they have as leftovers from Valentines day to do a spot of Rescue 
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They had the succulent with hearts on sale today. Managed not to buy anything.I bought this little chap in Lidl the other day, a baby variegated Rubber Plant (ficus elastica) It was bone dry, so dry the soil did not even support it properly because nobody in there looks after the plants at all, so I shall be going back again to see what they have as leftovers from Valentines day to do a spot of Rescue
That baby is beautiful! As for OP's plant, definitely looks like an alocasia black velvet.Looks like a Dobbies rescue shelf purchase? I think it has been overwatered and tightly packed on the shelf which has caused the mould.
I'd get it repotted, remove the mesh that is most likely around the roots, save any corms that you find in the soil so that you can start off some spares and keep it somewhere reasonably warm and humid.
Baginda is a term that seems to be used for types of alocasia dragon scale but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. It has a little look of Black magic to it but I'm not sure it is.
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First healthy leaf from my Alocasia Silver Dragon that was a £5.49 rescue from Dobbies. She's got another shooting too so soon I'll be able to look at taking off the unhealthy leaves. I got a few corms when I repotted this one but they were pretty small so slow to grow.
We have alocasias in work again. They are nicer than the last bunch and only £5.99, I might take the plunge 
Do itWe have alocasias in work again. They are nicer than the last bunch and only £5.99, I might take the plunge
Lidl have lots of new plants at the moment. Saw aloe veras which I haven't seen before at my local.