July 2023 - Desperate in need of water
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:31 pm
Thanking MatDz for the honour of winning the June 2023 photo competition on Icebergs of C&S.
I like the look of plants that have not been pampered too much and have a compact growth. One way to achieve this is to withhold watering. But when you overdo the withholding part, some plants can visually show a high need of water shortage. This could further appeal the look of a plant, next to the compact growth.
So for July 2021 I would like to introduce the topic of plants in a desperate need of water.
Do you have plants that have shriveled way too much, has droopy leaves, shrunk a lot, retracted into the ground? Show them here!
(Of course the plants should still be alive and fully revivable...)
Some examples from my own plants:
Resnova megaphylla - curled up leaves Monilaria sp. - droopy leaves Frailea castanea - fully shrunken into the ground Mammillaria luethyi - fully shrunken into the ground
I like the look of plants that have not been pampered too much and have a compact growth. One way to achieve this is to withhold watering. But when you overdo the withholding part, some plants can visually show a high need of water shortage. This could further appeal the look of a plant, next to the compact growth.
So for July 2021 I would like to introduce the topic of plants in a desperate need of water.
Do you have plants that have shriveled way too much, has droopy leaves, shrunk a lot, retracted into the ground? Show them here!
(Of course the plants should still be alive and fully revivable...)
Some examples from my own plants:
Resnova megaphylla - curled up leaves Monilaria sp. - droopy leaves Frailea castanea - fully shrunken into the ground Mammillaria luethyi - fully shrunken into the ground