I too love ventricosa x inermis. Mine took about a year before it got over the funk it was in when I first got it, but once it did it hasn't stopped pitchering. They produce a ton of basals too that vine almost immediately.
Right? I was impressed when two basals shot out after I clipped the vine to clone it, then amazed when they subsequently went right into vining growth. Then the vine I clipped activated a new node at the tip and that one vined immediately too! This plant is a real winner.
Wow, Joe, everything looks great! Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to see you notes on rooting your nep cuttings......
Thanks Keith, I'm flattered! How are the Neps I sent you coming along? They were some of my first test subjects so I'm very curious to know how they're adapting to more conventional accommodations. Still heartbroken that I had to cut that fusca x veitchii in half. x.x
Also your chinchilla is adorable. My chinchilla refuses to pose nicely for pictures aswell. Mostly I just get pictures of a blurry grey blob ^_^;;
She's a cutie, right? She was the runt of her litter (unlike most chins, she was born to a group of four - her momma was HUGE) so she has a naturally timid demeanor. She's definitely an accomplished troublemaker, but once she got over her, "I can eat this?" impulses with the camera it wasn't too hard to get some good pics, relatively speaking at least. I only had to toss out two thirds of the shots I took. It probably helped that it was around her naptime and the camera had a good macro setting so I could get it close to the box.
If I were taking pics of her playing on the perches, it would've been a different matter entirely. She'll be 13 sometime this summer if I've got my count right, but she's still a handful. I'm sure if she got more exercise, she'd be as spry as she was when I got her before her first birthday, but even with her kind of chubby and not in peak form, chasing her around totally wipes me out! XD Thank goodness she was well-handled as a baby and actually comes when I call her (sometimes.)
You got some amazing plants
And those are the biggest nep roots i've ever seen
Thanks! Isn't it awesome? I'm
soooo pleased with myself every time I go to look at them. Next batch will be the species that didn't like it so much from my initial test group - we'll see if the improvements I've made in the past year have helped.
Everything looks fantastic Joe. I have to say, I'm rather envious. "So it would seem that envy is my sin."
You may be kind of green, Travis, but still I take that as a big compliment. Thanks!
You guys are all awesome! Lately I've been kind of down on myself because my finances and health aren't permitting me to be as active with my plants as I would like, so such a positive response makes me feel really good. Thank you so much for your kind words.
~Joe