I've started to bring my plants inside for the winter, inspecting each one for harmful insects. The spiders can stay.
The first of my fall-blooming plants is... a strawberry. I bought an ever-blooming strawberry, because fresh strawberries are great in the dead of winter. It had a slight thrip problem, but that has been resolved. I hope.
Next, I have my Lepanthopsis astrophora "Stalky" blooming again. I love this little plant. I always keep it in a terrarium with the bottom of the pot submerged in water. It needs constant moisture.
The pot is an inch in diameter. And just to give you an idea on size here's the whole plant:
(It's in semihydro.)
I also have my Gastrochilus bellinus in spike again. This spike will take a long time to develop. I don't expect flowers to open until April! And a Bulbophyllum cernuum is also in spike. This is the first time I've been able to successfully spike a Bulbophyllum. Very exciting, especially because it's not the stinky kind. (Bulbos are pollinated by flies, so a lot of them smell like death. Literally.) I have no idea why this one is spiking and the others haven't, since they're all right next to each other.
Also, both hibiscus in the same pot are blooming and happily established.
And also, some everbloomers. My crown of thorns and an anthurium rescue from Lowes. Apparently the color of both of these flowers is dependent on light, because when I had the anthurium in my classroom, it had red flowers, now it has pink flowers. The crown of thorns only has different shades of pink.
