Seeing healthy grow tips emerging...a relief.

[Cadillactaste]

Most know...I've been down really ill again with my lungs. (Recovering finally)I couldn't even eat...or drink coffee. My stomach and my issues with food aversion since covid became really strong while my lungs were giving me issues. Which left me... with apparently mental sluggishisness. I forgot...I owned the tropical truth be told. When my family had asked about watering. I explained I knew I was done caring for them. I watered one last time the cold greenhouse. Told my family they were good. My regiment for them for care. Left out all care on tropical. Apparently when asked...I mumbled aggatatedly... to leave them be they were fine. So they didn't truly get watered under the lights as they needed. They were getting the care my dormant trees got. My fault... as the family went with my instructions. They were very neglected.

***I intend to make care sheets for when or if I become ill again. This won't happen.

My bougainvillea is being currently bagged. Fully self defoliation. From neglect...I don't believe in scratching a weak tree to have wounds to heal.

My ficus from Jerry Meislik's collection. Has never sulked... but neglected went yellow. Self defoliated as well...but healthy grow tips. I never doubted it actually. Being ficus...I never even bagged it. The bougainvillea... not moving forward as the ficus. Had me toss a bag over it. Today's inspection...leads me to believe that I've got healthy grow tips showing.

It's amazing...how daft I was. But...a true sign of species that can handle neglect and are drought tolerant is apparent. The tigerbark...never skipped a beat.

My accent plants on the kitchen ledge by the window. Was watered. As my husband was used to seeing me watering those often. I'm glad for that. I've a delicious dwarf fronds fern...that took me years to locate. That...the seller looked through his lot and sent the smallest of all in leaf size at that. Would had hate to lose it. As I looked for years for it. And off top my head. I don't recall the name of it.

It's like rabbit foot fern. But...dwarf size.

 

[coh]

You've had a rough go of it. Glad to hear you are doing better.

I almost lost a ficus a few years ago (tiger bark). I had brought it in and kind of forgot to water it for too long. Noticed the leaves turning a funny shade of grey, thought it was mites or fungus. But apparently the root mass had completely dried out. All the foliage dropped and most of the fine twigging I had spent years developing shriveled up and dropped. I couldn't believe I'd let that happen! As a last resort I soaked it in a bucket of water, then put it in a plastic bag in a warm bright place and crossed my fingers, not expecting much. But it eventually produced buds all over the still living trunks and I was able to regrow everything that was lost.

This one...back to where it was before the disaster. They are tough! Of course, it would be much further along if I hadn't been so negligent.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Thank ya kindly.

Glad you didn't lose it. It's a lovely tree. They sure are drought tolerant. The neglect they come back from. Mine was watered. Just underwhelming on a dormant schedule regiment.

 

[Cadillactaste]

@coh brain daft...I tell ya. I meant to tag you above.

 

[Japonicus]

Sorry you've been so ill. Hope eventually you make full recovery.
Love the fern

 

[Cadillactaste]

Sorry you've been so ill. Hope eventually you make full recovery.
Love the fern

Thank ya kindly. I should...just I'm impatient.

I love that fern. I even reached out to Suthin years back in attempt to locate one. Someone I once knew in the UK had one. I was thrilled to finally find one. When I had finally given up hope.

 

[Paradox]

Hope you feel better soon
Being sick sucks

 

[Cadillactaste]

Hope you feel better soon
Being sick sucks

Thanks...side effects from meds now. Always something. Insurance is ignorant. I refuse to drive almost 2 hours for medicine/prescription for it. (To see my doctor) I want a telecall. I have to wait to be approved. If I'm not approved by tomorrow at some point. I'll go into Stat care. It's 15 minutes from my home. Than spend an entire day...for a prescription to drive and see my doctor. It's preposterous. When you don't feel good...and it's a side effect. And common... its preposterous.

 

[nuttiest]

I always enjoy your unusual collection, even though I haven't seen them all. Can't tell you how many times working on a tree I decided it would never be a bonsai', and thought well, Darlene would make something out of it.' I really need to make a bench of Darlensai and take a photo for you.
I love that your whole family was worrying about the watering schedule : )
So, I am thinking if this fern looks like it was once at the brink of death and turned around and said "I'm fine, look at me" it only fits in with the crowd a little better now.

 

[Cadillactaste]

I always enjoy your unusual collection, even though I haven't seen them all. Can't tell you how many times working on a tree I decided it would never be a bonsai', and thought well, Darlene would make something out of it.' I really need to make a bench of Darlensai and take a photo for you.
I love that your whole family was worrying about the watering schedule : )
So, I am thinking if this fern looks like it was once at the brink of death and turned around and said "I'm fine, look at me" it only fits in with the crowd a little better now.

Would love to see them! that put a smile on my face.. I'm told I do ugly well. Lol and much of my collection began as ugly ducklings.

Well, no the fern has been lovingly tended by my husband. All my accents on that ledge watered well. As he sees me watering them in their tiny pots often. But thanks. They try. When I was bedridden 4 months from covid. I only lost a couple things. One was my husband's favorite tree. Dormant...he over loved it. For fear he would kill it with neglect. Poor guy. That said...we lost friends/family to covid. Material things you look at ... in a different light. I just felt...it would be replaced with something better. Then I added Jerry Meislik's Natalensis and felt it filled the bill.

It will recover... thank goodness. It definitely sulked from the neglect.
If I feel up to it. I should take a photo of the ramification that has come since owning it. With it bare. I just don't see my feeling up to it. But what I see...I'm happy with. it's just a wee little tree. That makes me smile.