Monday, January 25, 2010

This is just something I find interesting about my coleus plant. I have a few variants of the coleus plant with foliages of different shades. One fine day, I noticed something peculiar about this one coleus plant, which I grew from a cutting I took from the parent plant I bought at Giant. It turned out that a leaf on this plant actually appears different from the rest of the leaves of this variant. Instead, it is the same as the other variant I have, both in colour and design. Anyways, I think it's easier to just show what I mean with pictures. Maybe it's not that peculiar!

This is the coleus with the peculiar leaf.
The other variant I am talking about. Observe the leaf colour and design of this plant.

The peculiar leaf standing out from the rest of the leaves that define this variant I have. This leaf looks just like the ones above.

Besides my coleus, I have an update on some of the other plants that are currently residing along my corridor. More pictures below.


Ocimum Basilicum
Wormwood after a full trimming, Thank goodness it's growing again.
My codariocalyx desmodium, as promised. This is the younger of the two "gyrans" I have.
Peppermint I just got.
Thai Basil, I believe.

That's all for now. Bye.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

As always, I am passionate about gardening with my favourite plants to cultivate being herbs. However, that said, I feel that I have not been doing my gardening correctly. As a self-proclaimed amateur gardener, I believe there's definitely a lot to be learned. I just hope I can get my "corridor garden" the exuberance and splendour deserving of the wondrous plants I have.

These few days have been absolutely inspiring for me. After reading some blog entries and watching youtube entries for some edification, I reckon my desire for gardening has been renewed, not that it has ever really waned or anything. The truth is, I get depressed sometimes when I don't get the results I expected and this disappointed had translated to maybe a short hiatus from caring for my plants sometimes, sorry to say. There should be no reason to short-change my plants anymore, hopefully, from this point on. Even if I may fail in the future, I'm giving it a 25% chance of that with p=0.05 (no reason for this stats), I should just move ahead and just learn from this experience. Right now, it feels like a fresh start for me and I should stay positive about the outcome of the yield. Fingers crossed! Updates coming soon.

Watch this space.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

The codariocalyx gyrans plant is truly amazing. I just discovered recently that the leaves, albeit only the smaller ones, can actually move on their own. This observation is congruent with the materials I have read and watched online and adds to the intrigue I have for the plant. Ergo, I would really hope to understand the plant even further, starting maybe from the reason and method of its twitching.