Euro Trio, Kiwi Set, and Matt's Batch

My Euro Trio - French Gold, London Delight, and German Empress. Considering each pot has three cuttings of each, I hope these root and grow extremely well as the months pass.

I visited Matt over the weekend at his new nursery location up in Fallbrook. He took me on a tour around his place, which he was still setting up at the time, and he generously gave me the above eight cuttings. The Kiwi set includes Kiwi Crusader, Kiwi Party Dress, Kiwi Filmstar, and Kiwi Dress Rehearsal. The others, which I call Matt's Batch, includes Lily Dache, Impossible Dream, Wedding Bells, and San Clemente Sunset.

I'm eager to see all of these once they are of blooming age. Although it's going to be a long wait, it will no doubt be worth the while.

The Epi House

Until I set up an official shade structure with a stamped concrete foundation, I'm temporarily housing my epiphyllums underneath a modified square gazebo. I relocated six cuttings and the four recently obtained plants into my little epi house. Little by little, I plan to move the remaining cuttings that I've been rooting, outside as well.

Four More

I purchased Blushing Angel from the September 2011 SDES Meeting and repotted it today with new soil mix. It has a few ants from the care of its previous owner, unfortunately, but hopefully I can get rid of them over time. Aside from a few subtle knicks, it's a healthy plant and I look forward to seeing it grow even better under my care.

I also repotted three rooted epiphyllum cuttings that I purchased from my favorite eBay seller. From left to right, they are Melt Down, Real Delight, and Three Oranges. I was very fortunate to receive them in extremely healthy condition with impressively well-developed stems.

Awesome Threesome

I bought three sets of new cuttings (Crystal Flash, David's Golden Splendor, and Falling In Love) to test out rooting in 8" pots when in possession of multiple cuttings of the same kind. I also modified my soil mix recipe. There are as many soil mix recipes as there are growers; I am happy to call this mix my own.

Repotted Golden Jubilee

I removed one of the stems of my Golden Jubilee epiphyllum, repotted it with the experimental soil mix recipe, and added it to the family of 8" pots. It looks like it's in its rightful place, standing strong and proud. It makes me smile.

14 Experimental Cuttings

I bought 14 different epiphyllum cuttings from an eBay seller to experiment with a soil mix recipe that I put together out of research from various sources. Unfortunately, some of the cuttings turned out to be small and baby-ish. Hopefully, they still root and mature healthy and strong over the months. The type of cuttings are as follows: Star of Persia, Raspberry Ribbons x Jennifer Ann, Pink Cup, Welcome, Glamour, Mary Betty, Peach Magic, Tropic Incense, Chi Chi Castenago, King Midas, Atlantis, Grace Ann, Mystic Magic, and Aztec Treasure.

Acquisitions from My First SDES Meeting

I attended my first San Diego Epiphyllum Society meeting two nights ago and I ended up winning six different cuttings (Sam, New Horizon, Red Willow, Pegasus, Exuberant, and Bayou Belle) from the raffle, mostly thanks to a dude that was kind enough to give me four of his winning raffle tickets. I potted them today to initiate rooting.

I also got a free rooted cutting, Golden Jubilee. Although one of the stems look beaten up, the other stem is healthy.

Give these additions to my epiphyllum collection a few months and they'll surely be healthier than ever.