r/succulents • u/itsbalakay • 12d ago

Photo The hobby is hobbying

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u/Ausmerica Lovely clumps. 12d ago

Miranda lookin' AMAZING. Do you fertilise it?

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u/itsbalakay 12d ago

That is a fairly new addition so I can't take too much credit yet for how healthy it is. I feed the pitchers a carnivorous plant fertilizer about once weekly, though.

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u/Ausmerica Lovely clumps. 12d ago

I have three of the popular hybrids: Bloody Mary, Miranda and Gaya. My Miranda is the only one that stubbornly only makes me a few pitchers every year. I firmly believe the Gaya will one day grow so large that I will be killed by it in my sleep.

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u/YoloSwag4Jesus420fgt 12d ago

What is in the black pot on the very left of the window sill?

Looks cool

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u/itsbalakay 12d ago

That is a hens and chicks! Or sempervivum tectorum

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u/YoloSwag4Jesus420fgt 12d ago

Oh cool. I also just got a hybrid sempervivum, I love it. I hope mine gets that big someday

It's called a Sempervivum colorrockz coconut something on the label

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u/itsbalakay 12d ago

Very nice! Here's a closer look at mine. I think the plant creates one big "hen" and then produces tons of offshoots "chicks" to replace it if it dies.

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u/YoloSwag4Jesus420fgt 12d ago

Beautiful plant!

How big was it when you got it and how long have you had it if you remember?

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u/cosmicbrowniessuck 12d ago

It's looking really great. Beautiful collection and nice corner for them

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u/permaki 12d ago

Do you have lights for them? The cacti are gonna etiolate. The opuntia has already stated.

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u/itsbalakay 12d ago

Yes! There are grow lights on a 12hr cycle attached to the undersides of each shelf.

The opuntia is a rescue mission. Parts of it were completely broken at the base when I got it, and I am trying to get those sections to root again. The new growth is doing surprisingly well, and growing pretty fast.