These photos show how backdated I am in posting recently.
Anyway, this is a container planter I planted up a few months ago using the plastic container purchased from NTUC Fairprice. This Achimenes has been flowering reliably for months on now. Don't ask me what species or cultivar this is because I don't really care anymore. As far as I am concerned, this uncommon gesneriad has been rewarding me with lots of beautiful flowers.
I find it a challenge to grow the Achimenes because they always die on me. And I bought the white-flower Dendrobium bracteosum at the Alexandra Village as I am not going there anytime soon for a long time.
I was pruning my Aptenia cordifolia (variegated) when I saw 3 flowers. Strangely, this plant hardly flowers on me and yet this sprig sent out 3 flowers in close proximity of each other.
I also bought the Tradescantia fluminensis 'Albovittata' recently and planted it into a shady corner of my corridor. I love the striated green and white markings on its leaves. It is truly a handsome plant.
In addition, I decided to propagate some of my shrubs in the plastic container I bought from NTUC Fairprice. Amongst them are Fittonia, Pilea and Fuchsia. The Fittonia was propagated earlier and have rooted and the others were just added in. At the same time, I planted some of the other Fittonia and Achimenes into another container so that I don't have to keep closer tabs on its watering. Let us see how well they fare.
