Operculicarya pachypus

Marlon and I repotted and trimmed his two Operculicarya pachypus. They are doing so well that we were able to cut a couple of the root sections off to try and grow a couple of new plants!!! We'll do it again in six months or so.

Seed Pod

Long Pots and Air Plant Hangers

I saw these at Koolau Farmers at Beretania and McCully. Long pots that I think are for displaying flowers like plumeria - Air plant hangers. The artist is "Lori" as signed. They also had some wall hanging pots on the same rack as the air plant hangers. I always like visiting this shop!

Brighamia insignis Continues to Flower

I have these two Alula plants up on our second story lanai primarily to give it exposure to morning sunlight and wind throughout the day. I don't know for sure but I believe these are the conditions they prefer based on what the conditions are in their natural habitat on the seacliffs of Kaua'i. As you can see, these two plants are still producing flowers - and lots of them. I made a similar post a few weeks back and not having experience with this plant, I thought that I should pay attention as perhaps the flowering period was short. Well, it is nice to be pleasantly surprised to still have flowers (and lots of them).

Mammillaria vetula subsp gracilis

This post is for future reference for identification and growth. It is another plant I picked up at the last CSSH meeting.

    

 La has asked me to stay away from cacti - but the pickings at the meeting were slim and this one is pretty small so I think I can get away with having it around.

Some Form of Crassula (Jade Plant) Transplanted

I got this from a CSSH meeting several months back - it's a Jade Plant variant setup for bonsai. It has never really put out root structure that would support it vertically - maybe it hasn't had enough time between the temporary pot from the meeting, to the terra cota pot I had it in before this final transplanting. Well - that's what supports are for and chopsticks add a lot of character to a plant-pot setup. This was one of the three hard oval pots I made over the past couple of months. I think I'm done potting this Jade and it's found its long term home. Now to see what a few years, a bunch of light, some water and fertilizer will do for this plant.

Ebracteola wilmaniae Transplanted

More transplanting from yesterday. This one was placed in the Carbon Trap Shino Over Albany Black pot from this last kiln run. I'd say this was a great match!!!

Echeveria "Pearl Von Nuremberg" for La

I bought this Pearl Von Nuremberg for my wife - and I repotted it in a pot from the previous kiln run. The pot is a wide mouthed tripod. She placed it in our back lanai where she sits to have coffee in the morning ;)

Transplanted Euphorbia francoisii

I got the urge to use some of the pots I got back from the kiln. This combo just made sense to me - Out of order, but when repotting you should take the time to inspect the roots and other parts normally hidden by the soil. I ended up trimming a bunch of small root shoots, releasing some grit pieces that got wedged in tight due to new growth, and made sure there were no soft pieces and parts. I really like this plant and hope to continue the success I've had with it for a long time (like giant caudex and always flowering type success!!!!)

Caralluma schweinfurthii It Is

The flower bud opened yesterday. The plant is undoubtedly a Caralluma schweinfurthii. This is a really cool flower!!! 10/25/16 Update - Pictures in the sunlight

Pirate Pot

So this one pot lost a foot in the bisque firing. I have been pushing the limits of how thin I could go on the feet and now I think I've found the limit. I broke the second foot off by loading it wrong on the glaze firing rack - but I figured I could get it fired upside down and just add epoxy for the missing feet. I'd say the peglegs add even more charm to this pot!!!! This is another pot that I used the "Turq" glaze on - and again I am happy with the results of the firing!

Newest Batch of Pots Back from the Kiln

I went to the ceramics studio yesterday after work to drop off some more pots. And what do you know - the latest glaze firing is all finished!!! I had several pieces in this firing and I have to say the reduction was fantastic!!! I am more than pleased with this latest batch. This pot is glazed in "Buttery Yellow" I love how the yellow ran into channels. The other pieces I've seen glazed with Buttery Yellow had a more even finish - I'm going to have to use this glaze more often. This pot was glazed with "Red 25" - I tried to capture the very fine running that occurred - this red doesn't come out this vibrant unless the reduction process is well executed! This pot was dipped "Cranberry" This pot was first dipped in "Albany Black" to coat the bottom, and then the top was dipped in "Carbon Trap Shino". Another dipped in "Cranberry" - this one did get more of the violet (red and blue) to show than the first one. This is perhaps one of the most variable glazes I have used so far. Add just to show that I am making other things besides succulent pots, here is a tea cup I threw on the wheel. The glaze is a base dip of "Tenmoku" with a small dip of "Toshiko Orange" for the runny topping. And the second to the last one (the last one I'm saving for another post) I got from this kiln run is another cup. This one was dipped in "Turq". The other pieces I've seen with this glaze came out brownish-green - not this one!!! Bright turquoise on a gray-green background!