It's always nice to see my #desertrose plants get their flowers going. It seems a bit late this year, and the eldest plant (around 14 years) is yet to bud.

Also a bonus shot of a Silver-Spotted Skipper butterfly stealing some nectar from the newest addition to our balcony garden.

#Gardening #butterfly #adenium #FlowersOfMastodon #succulent #SucculentsOfTheFediverse

I finished #Uppotting my upstairs #cacti and putting them outside for a few months of #Minnesota sun.

You can see which ones need a better lighting system next winter.

#AdviceWanted on helping that sad little #DesertRose without leaves #PlantCare #Help

#trichocereus #echinopsis #opuntia #succulents #cactus

Still stuck on my desert rose. Heaven's Gate or the Burning Bush?
#desertrose

Lucy on the ground, with desert roses....
#LucyintheSky #DesertRose

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Oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness... 😲!

I woke up to this outside my window. 👇
🌴🌹 #DesertRose

Finally!
Flowers!! 😊

Well, good morning there, beautiful! 🥰🌹

#plants #flowers @plants #YellowThumbs

Oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness!! 😍🌴

The little buds are getting bigger and they now have some pink color in them. 😊

Checked for bugs. 🔎 Zero. Looking good. 😉👍

#plants #PlantCare #DesertRose #CityGardening #ApartmentLiving #flowers 🌹🌺

#TheSongInMyMCsHeadIs

Day 24: Desert Rose - Sting and Cheb Mami

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg

#TiddleyOmPomPom
#Sting
#ChebMami
#DesertRose

Just checked on my #DesertRose. 🔎🌴

Bugs or buds? 😶

Those have* to be buds.
Right?
Right?!
Somebody tell me I'm right.
My eyesight can't be that bad.
😅

No more bugs, please. 🙏
#plants #YellowThumbs #CityGardening #ApartmentLiving

Don't laugh. 😐🪴

I did it again.
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I bought new #plants.
😅!

Everybody meet my new roommates, The #Celosias.

Relax. I haven't killed my #DesertRose, #pothos and #sansevieria. Yet. They're all still alive. 😃👍

Now I must look up how to not kill my new plants. #YellowThumbs #celosia #woolflowers #mfungu #CityGardening #ApartmentLiving

@susannah
Got it. 😃👍 Will keep an eye out for more bugs. 👀 #DesertRose #plants #pests 🧯💨

@jblue
Thanks. 🙂🙏 The #DesertRose is getting plenty of sun, from sunrise till around noon. I've only had it for 5 weeks. It grew a good deal of new leaves till the mealybugs showed up and the leaves started falling off. 🤷‍♀️ So far, no more yellowing/dropping leaves. 🤞

It's warm here most of the year. Cool #weather is rare. Strong winds and heavy rain (and my #YellowThumbs) are quite problematic, but not cold temperatures. 😃👍

#Philippines #CityGardening #ApartmentLiving

Just checked my #DesertRose again.
I give up. ☹️🏳️

Somebody please tell me it'll recover on its own if I leave it alone. 😐 #YellowThumbs
@plants #plants #PlantCare #tropical #gardening

Did a repot of my spider plant and desert rose. For the desert rose she has been put in new soil that will hopefully drain quicker and put in a larger pot so she has some room to grew. Let's see how she does before her first trim in Nov/Dec.
#desertRose #PlantSunday #Plants

@Kiki
Oh! 😲 So I brought them in with the plant when I bought it??

I better check periodically then. Maybe there's more of them. 😕

Bummer. So I should stop buying from that vendor where I got my #DesertRose. I bought a #Vinca from them months ago, and that too had mealybugs show up on the leaves after a few weeks. Or maybe sooner, I just hadn't noticed. 🤷‍♀️ That Vinca died. ☹️

#YellowThumbs #plants

Eww!! What is that on my #DesertRose?!!
😳 #YellowThumbs #plants

The leaves were yellowing and falling off. I thought maybe I watered too much (every 10-12 days), but upon closer inspection... I don't know what that is, but I decided it doesn't belong there.

I got out my house remedy solution + an old toothbrush. There was something under the leaves too. Sprayed and brushed as much of it off as I could.

I hope the plant doesn't mind all the spraying and the soapy solution. 😶 @plants

Oh, forgot to introduce y'all! 😃

Everybody, meet my new roommate #DesertRose.

Desert Rose, meet my Mastodon neighbors. They might tease you about my #PlantCare abilities. Worry not. You're special. You'll, uh, survive my #YellowThumbs.....

🤞😅
#plants @plants #ApartmentLiving

You kinda* know me by now.
So I'll just say,
before anything else...

Don't laugh,
but...
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I bought another plant. 🌴
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😂 Waaaaah!!

Oh, my #DesertRose...
Please don't die. 🙃

#plants #YellowThumbs 😅

Aphids are an annoying pestilence, but they are also cute.

#aphid #desertrose (niche hashtags there)

Assortment of #flowers in my #garden today.

#zinnia #gazania #desertrose

#desertrose #home #garden
One of my seed raised plants flowering for the first time