Hot philos blooming!

The first bloom is starting to open. No detectable odor. Palpable heat, and an IR thermometer reads it easily 10 deg F above ambient. And now I read online the bloom is poisonous! The coffees refuse to produce edible parts and now the philos laugh at them with flowers we cannot eat (but look like thin bananas). Ah, nature.

coffee update 1104.14

The coffees enjoyed a few days out on the floor of the shop, awaiting refills of CO2 for their chamber. The gas delivered, back in they go, and boom - more flowers! Mealybugs still a pesky, difficult problem, though we had a little success with launching cryptolaemus destroyers.

philo phlower update

Swelling in size, no detectable change in temperature. Reference tape added.

Phantastic Philodendron news!

One of the philodendrons expresses its satisfaction with the recent transplant by sending out an inflorescence! Honestly did not expect to see this on any of them for another decade or so. It's not at all warm to the touch, once something starts "happening" the photo frequency will increase.