Rain has been off and on the last two days, with thunderstorms throughout the day. Gives me a break to post a bit.
Looking around the greenhouse I took notice of the pond full of the tiny lily Minuta. There are about 20-25 potted lilies in the pond and they have been blooming all summer. I had noticed the blooms, and how well the plants were doing, but had not thought about how well the plants make seed. I pondered that today as i looked at the large number of tiny plants growing from seeds in the bottom of the pond. The plants are not known to easily make tubers (if at all), and this being my first year having the plants, i do not know if any of the plants will tuber. I have not tried to store seeds, so I may need to take some of these seedlings and put them into pots and put them in an aquarium for the winter. The mother plants did not grow very quickly when I did that last winter, but the little plants survived! There are hundreds, if not thousands, of the seedlings, so maybe some will survive. Notice them on the bottom of the pond in the pic.
Walking around in the greenhouse and observing the plants, it also came to my attention that one of the leaves of a Mickey Mouse taro was almost completely yellow. Although the pads often have some yellow or cream coloring in a leaf, there are not many that are all yellow or all white. Mickey Mouse taros are among my favorites, and although it is not a well formed Mickey Mouse shaped leaf, the yellow leaf is beautiful! A "normal' leaf is also pictured.
Time to take some boxes to the post office. Happy "pond"ering!