Cyclamen

I receive this cyclamen as a gift. I believe it was around December, before Christmas.

I kept in the house. I only water when I notice the flowers falling down a bit. You might ask why? I (almost) kill another one because I over water - I still have hopes that it is not dead.

Tillandsia Cyanea

This is one of the most interesting plants I ever got!

First, you see the spine in the middle (the pink thing).

Then, suddenly, purple flowers start to come out of the middle of the pink thing.

Because you can see through the pink spine, you can see that there is something there... but I would never imagine that the purple flower would appear. It was a great surprise.

Amaryllis

This is some pictures of my Amaryllis flower. It bloomed in February, as I got as a gift on Christmas day. I had a total of 8 HUGE flowers. Did I say huge??? :)

I have 4 more coming, and it is already March.

More Begonia

More pictures of the Begonia that is flowering right now, inside the house. Very lovely.

What do you think?

Thanks for dropping by,
Luiza

Begonia

The begonias are flowering right now, inside the house. I got this begonia from a teacher. The flowers were gone, and, most likely, it would be tossed. Being patient, and loving this plant when it was flowering, I asked if I could have it. She gave it to me.

It definitely paid off: beautiful flowers! What do you think?

Thanks for dropping by,
Luiza

Houseplants - Time to take care of them

While there is less things to do outside, it is time to take care of some of the plants inside the house.
Now it is a good time to clean some foliage of the houseplants. Days are shorter... So, there is less light inside. Cleaning the leaves, make it possible for the plants to use better the less light that is available.
Here are is a picture of my Christmas Cactus:

I went ahead and cleaned all the leaves, as they had some dust on it.

And a house plant that I am taking chances leaving outside :-)

These are some of my ferns. I used to have lots and lots of different ferns when living in Brazil!

Thanks for dropping by,

Luiza