Parodia Leninghausii that was not taken care of

No worries, the picture on the right is not a result of what my Parodia leninghausii has become. I brought the Parodia leninghausii on the right about a year ago.

I cannot really remember how it looked like a year back then, but it was definitely not like this. This was a result of not taking good care of it. After buying this poor cactus, I take care of it for a few months. As time goes by, I become more lazy and lazy and I forgot about it. It only received water once a month in this hot and humid weather here. Now comparing this two picture, I feel so ashamed and sorry for this poor plant.

The challenge is how do I save this plant now? It lost it's long golden spines, and it is now so 'skinny' and shivelled.

Sedum morganianum needs water!

Treating my Sedum morganianum like how I treat my other cacti caused it to shivel. After a week I brought it, I refused to water it as I thought it does not require a lot of water.

I was wronged! I notice it shivelled alot when I wanted to repot it. Oh my heart almost broke into two, I quickly soak it in a pot of water. It recovered a few days later.

I went to read up and realized that I have missed something. This species need abundent of water especially in the summer. Even if I did not watered for about 3 days, I notice that there are slight shivelling.

Cactus and Succulents!

My cactus and succulent collection as of 8 January 2010. I still find it amazing with a lousy handphone, I could still get such picture. It's time to get a new tray, and doing some reportting. =)

Mammillaria Seeds

These seedlings are about one and a half month old. I have shift them to a brighter place. They are still growing uner cover. However, the cover may be blown off sometimes when the wind is strong.

Are they still the same size as when they were two week old?

Echeveria lilacina

This is a succulent. Another plant unfamilar to me, this should be Echeveria lilacina. Brought on January 2011.

This is so lovely and I just found out it is considered a challenging plant to be grow in Singapore. If I manage to keep this survive, most likely you will see more collection of this species.

 

Sedum morganianum

Sedum morganianum

Brought on January 2011. This is a succulent. Maybe my blog title is going to change soon!

I am not very familar with succulent except for cacti and I hope that I will not kill this beautiful plant. Sedum morganianum or also known as donkey tails are great for hanging display. My Sedum morganianum as shown in the picture above above is a 'burrito' type where its leaves are rounder.

'It time for further study!'

Cephalocereus senilis

Cephalocereus senilis

Brought on January 2011, love it harmless white hair. This cactus also known as old man cactus. Not really sure if it is really Cephalocereus senilis, because Espostoa nana look rather similar. I hope the sunshine over here will be enough to make it's lovely hair nice.

Succulents!

Today something unexpected happened when I walked past a shop selling flowers under those HDB flats. I brought succlents! It may seems nothing 'big', but to me, it was totally something I never thought I would do because I do not know how to appreciate them. Initially, I just want to see what are the new stock for Cacti  as they always give me surprises, and then I saw Cephalocereus senilis. I wanted to buy it badly but it cost 3 for $10. I have no other choices but to choose two other species from the tray of cactus and succulents. After much consideration I actually brought two other succulent (most likely should be Sedum morganianum 'burrito' and Echeveria lilauina). They were so pretty.

I guess I time to start reading up, because from what I just found out, these two are not easy to grow in Singapore!