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Marcgravia ‘white’

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This one of the various ‘white’ species out of Ecuador. New growth is this crazy color and more mature growth has white leaf venation (in high light) and edges. The more mature leaves of ‘white’ are an emerald green with stark white edges. It is a slow growing species, and so far has stayed on the small side. Both of these species pictured below are probably a little paler than usual though, as they have been in very bright light […]

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: Ecuador, Marcgravia, Shingler, white

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Philodendron verrocosum ‘dwarf’

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This is a dwarf cultivar of verrocosum from Ecuaflora. In my care, leaves have only gotten about 4-5″, but I’ve only been growing it about a year so cannot say for certain that it would not get slightly larger. Other than the small size, it seems to be almost visually identical to the new growth of a standard Philodendron verrocosum. The only difference is the leaves seem to curl downwards, whereas the standard verrocosum the leaf edges are erect, or […]

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: dwarf, Ecuador, philodendron, verrocosum

Marcgravia ‘Mendez’

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This Marcgravia is similar in appearance to the one from St. Lucia, both having elongated leaves with rather pointy leaf tips. This one seems to stay smaller although it’s hard to say how large it would get if given enough room. It is a very compact grower and when growing up a background, the leaves do stay small in my experience. New growth is a nice bright yellow. This species is easy to keep and on the quicker side.

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: Ecuador, Marcgravia, mendez, narrow, Shingler

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Marcgravia ‘Brown’ Ecuador

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This colorful Marcgravia from Ecuador has only produced immature leaves in the terrarium for me, and it stays very small (leaves under .5 inches, closer to .25 inches). It maintains the nice dark brown/red color and is one of the easiest Marcgravias to grow in my experience. There is a possibility its mature leaves are larger, but it seems unwilling to produce these leaves easily in terrarium conditions.

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: brown, Ecuador, Marcgravia, Shingler

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Kohleria sp.

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This pretty Kohleria sp. was another Gesneriad sale purchase, and did not come with an ID. Kohleria are not a genus I’m familiar with at all, so I don’t have any guesses as to what this could be, and it hasn’t flowered yet, so, it remains a mystery for now. It’s foliage is what sold me though, and that it seemed to be growing somewhat sturdily (I’ve got the impression of many Kohlerias that if you so much as look […]

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: gesneriad, kohleria, noid, purple, sp

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Episcia ‘my precious’

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This fast growing Gesneriad produces butter yellow blooms and is easy to grow. It does great in terrariums and seems tolerant of a wide variety of conditions so long as temperatures are moderate (60-80) and humidity is high. The leaves are rather thin, and have a large swath of silver down the center, with silver leaf venation.

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: cultivar, episcia, gesneriad, my precious, precious, silver

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Begonia hybrid, ‘green’

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This was a Gesneriad show purchase, and unfortunately this one didn’t come with an ID. It is not surprisingly very easy to grow and propagate, and seems to stay an appropriate size to use in even smaller vivariums. The leaves only reach about 2″, and the growth habit is such that it will ramble as much as you let it, but it’s root structure is rather ill formed (at least in humid terraria) so it is very easy to cut […]

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: begonia, green, mystery, noid

Begonia sole-mutata

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This Brazilian hybrid has dramatic leaf green leaf venation, cast against a darker green (or red if new growth) foliage. It is easy to keep and is a rhizomatous species. The name ‘sole-mutata’ means sun changing, as it’s leaves will vary their color depending on how much light it is receiving. It does well as a house plant as well as a terrarium plant, and depending on conditions reaches about 12-18″ in diameter, and half as tall.

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: begonia, brazil, mutata, rhizomatous, sole, sole-mutata, sun

Alsobia dianthiflora

February 7, 2019 by ofsmallthings

This trailing Gesneriad makes an excellent house plant as well as vivarium plant, and blooms often. The flowers and white with tattered edges. Is a very easy species that can grow as a foreground plant or in a hanging basket, where it will grow long pendant vines. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Peru.

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: african violet, alsobia, brazil, Costa Rica, dianthiflora, flower, gesneriad, mexico, Peru

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