palm

I should have put them in water for some weeks first... This pic was taken on day 1 but meanwhile they have started to dry out.

tail that dropped off

you can never have enough succulents...

The hanging basket installed...

sedum morganianum

is the wee dangling succulent I'm looking for

Bob's rehab - part 4

3rd generation of new leafs in 2 weeks!

fiddle heads on the french fern

It doesn't seem to mind the mediterranean sun and heat so far. To be named.

new home for the floating fern

let's see how it does in his new - less sunny - home

Cymbalaria

Is settling in nicely

cutting - propagation methods

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_(plant)
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flowering kusamono

Flowers are slowly opening

Old botanic garden - around Montjuic, Barcelona

Cymbalaria muralis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbalaria_muralis

Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved toadflax or Kenilworth Ivy) is a flowering plant native to Mediterranean Europe and widely naturalised elsewhere. It spreads quickly, growing up to 5cm tall—it commonly grows in rock and wall crevices, and along footpaths. The leaves are evergreen, rounded to heart-shaped, 2.5-5cm long and wide, three-seven lobed, alternating on thin stems. The flowers are very small, similar in shape to snapdragon flowers.[1]

This plant has an unusual method of propagation. The flower stalk is initially positively phototropic and moves towards the light—after fertilization it becomes negatively phototropic and moves away from the light. This results in seed being pushed into dark crevices of rock walls, where it is more likely to germinate and where it prefers to grow.[2]

fig cutting

water landscape

finally flowers

A cutting from 2 months ago.

Geranium

the flower growing out of the stem
this is the main stem that keeps growing

the newbies just after re-potting..

hopefully a good enough excuse for those easily disturbed by bits of soil everywhere. it's not the plant, it's me!

Tropaeolum majus - Nasturtium

2 days later..

is growing fast

fern - not yet identified

did a bit of reading on "growing ferns from spores" and immediately found a nice manual starting "it's remarkably easy..."
http://website.lineone.net/~margaret_cole/SFG7/growing%20ferns.htm
It seems easy enough but the fact that it takes YEARS is a bit discouraging..