My Plant Recommendation
I’ve been potty about plants for a while now i used to be obsessed with growing sweet peas every year whilst I was in one place long enough at the right time. However, much to previous flat mates and currently family I love house plants. The varieties the rare ones and the not so rare ones the bold and beautiful the simple yet elegant I truly believe in the beauty of how they can be for your mental health. The feeling I get when you see a leaf pop up or when you experience those fuzzy roots wrapping around the soil to grasp every bit of nutrients and the way some plants will be towards the light or dance gracefully throughout the day.
I filmed this plant above for 24 hours to see what it did and I also noticed that Both moved, all my childhood dreams of toys waking up came true.
My collection of house plants has changed so much since I started and even before the real collection began I was always often seen in Feb preparing my sweet peas. When I was maybe 9/10/11 years old when I grew my first real plant in the garden this young boy who lived in the house that backed into our street their family was about to move out from the house and they had a lovely rose bush in there house and decided to cut me a rose of that bush and after the flower wilted I planted it into the ground, its ended up growing into a beautiful climbing bush. But my first two official house plants were a trusty Aloe Vera, She’s huge now and she flowered this year for the first time. It's just a shame I don’t have a picture of when she was very small and I had a pinky red Gymnocalycium Mihanovichii - Hibotan Cactus - Grafted 'Moon Cactus'. And now its grown I’ve fully lost count of how many but hands down my favourite planty family is Alocasia. This is why….
Growing Red Secret Alocasia From Corms
What I enjoy the most about my plants its being able to watch them grow especially when i grow them from the little corm like I often do with my Alocasia. The idea and the fun of watching something you grew for a small seed of Corm or Bulb and watch it grow into a beautiful baby plant makes me feel good about myself. I have a habit of looking at them often getting excited by each little moment of new growth. When the white roots start peeking out or a tiny shot shows. The lovely darling colour of the first leaf and I squeak in excitement as I think with a sense of purpose living in the moment enjoying the enjoyment of the new growth.
If you want to get yourself an alocasia as a House Plant. I’m gonna give you five tips: