JB--
I don't know the answer to your question re the older hybrids.
Just looking at the soil in my pots the only thhing i think of is that they may want to be
transplanted in better soil.
OR--I think my care of them is faulty. I really do not do much "caring" --besides watering.
And--I think I water my CC's at the wrong time and too much.
I will look at some of my plants and decide they need watering---then I end up watering everything....
At least all the cuttings that I have rooting under the lights are doing great.
Most of them are Easter cactus--even the pink ones from the one I bought last year.
I can't wait to see if the pink blooming ones were really pink--or if the ones I bought were
somehow 'doctored up" to lok pink.
I need to pot these up to a bit roomier pots---always a risky job. Maybe I should leave them alone?
The order of pictures and their descriptions may be messed up as I did some changing around....
1--my tray of rooted Easter Cactus babies-lots of warmth and lights here
2--The "birth" of a new Beefsteak Begonia plant--from a broken off leaf. I do many of these.
3-- Then--the Beefsteak will grow into something like THIS!
4--Here is a "juvenile" well on it's way...FYI---these begonias are some of the many offspring of
my original one which I already had in 2005. As are my old AW Begonias...(bottom right)
5--Like this picture--taken in 2005. Longevity rules--for sure!
Bottom left are my 3 cuttings I took last fall of Tropical Milkweed. One is blooming away.
It too has been under my lights since fall.
