Going Green

There it was sitting in one corner of the garden, slowly wilting away its days, shrouded by plants taller than it. Its once-succulent green leaves going brown each passing day.

"I want to end this agony!" It seemed to scream in silence.

Maybe it was just pure luck or maybe its prayers were answered when one day I noticed a lot of weeds sticking out from under the plants surrounding it. As I was about to remove the weeds, there I saw these aloe vera plants wilting away. Just looking at its sorry state would make you want to give up.

I took these plants out into the open and took a good look at each one. There were 5 aloe vera plants all in all. 3 plants in a small pot and 2 plants in another pot of the same size. It was crowded for all of them.

Like any sane person, I separated each aloe into a pot for each plant, watered them once every 3 days and most importantly, placed them under the sun. I have noticed a change in them after 2 weeks. Their leaves are no longer brown and thin. They were turning greener & more succulent each day thereafter.

Now, these aloe vera plants are doing well in their sunshine spot. From saving these 5 aloes, I got 8 more plants growing from the original ones!

Heart of a Plant

What caught my eye of anthurium is that surrounding its flower is heart-shaped. When I was a kid, I mistook these plants as fake ones. LoL! Now... Not anymore! =)