Update of the 2nd of April, 2017,

Yesterday, I sowed some seeds of epiphyllum that I couldn't sell. I had two species of epiphyllum hybrid and anguliger and also some seeds of zygocactus. 

Regarding the epiphyllum anguliger and the zygocactus, I sowed some seeds on top of a damp paper. I had ordered seeds of epiphyllum anguliger about a bit more than a month ago and none have germinated until now, so I wanted to have a better record and for that I sow in damp paper.

I also sow more seeds of frangipani, about 40 seeds. I really don't know what I will do with all those seeds, but they will take time to grow and if I don't give them much space, they should keep small. Then I might use some of them to play with grafting. 

I ordered some seeds from Koehres that I sowed last week, I think I mentionned it. And among those seeds were seeds of Talinum caffrum. I checked online how to sow it, and I couldn't find anything interesting. 

I basically soak them for 24 hours in water with oxygenated water (I don't know whether it changed something or not) and then sow them onto soil with some of those gravels. After 2 days one was already pupping out. 

This is today pictures, three popped out, one is already showing its first true leaves and I think I spotted three more. 

About three or four years ago, I planted some seeds of Gossypium (cotton) that I had found during my travel in Central America (I guess). It did fine at the beginning and then it was covered by bugs. So I kept it alive, god knows how and I was about to throw it away when I saw that it was actually growing back and now it gives me a lot of flower and here as you can see some cotton. 

My plumeria (from a cutting, I did) is flowering, another flower is arriving soon. 

My baobab seedlings (adansonia digitata)

 This week I also spotted some flowers that will be coming soon. First on my hedychium coronarium and secondly on an aloe I bought in February. 

My stapelia variegata is finally showing some growth and having the appearance it will have later. 

  

This is my stapelia gigantea with two blooms, they have actually already withered but I'm so happy to have it. It comes from a small piece and in two years it has grown this big. It is with two pachira and apparently it is doing fine. 

An update about my seeds of asclepiads from Koehres. It is going fine, I've had quite a good germination rate, except for the fockea edulis. However, I'm wondering if I shouldn't use the floating method with these seeds. Some seeds usually sprout after being soaked for one night in water and after being placed on a damp paper, some other seeds sprout during the day. I might try with my next order of asclepiad seeds to let them in water until they sprout. I read somewhere that using tap water is actually pretty good, because it has chlorine and no bacteria or fungus would develop unlike with distilled water. They usually sprout pretty fast, usually in one day, the slowest in two days. But this way, it might increase my germination rate.

fockea edulis

caralluma russeliana

sarcostemma viminale

hoodia gordonii