Sunday, June 19, 2011

Mother of Millions - Revisited

Click on photo to get a good view of the
dead and dying leaves, especially on the
lower part of the plant.
It's my sad duty to announce that my stupendous Mother of Millions plant (see January 2011 blog) has come under attack and appears ready to give up the ghost.  Some sort of mold (?) is creeping over its fleshy leaves and causing them to dry up, curl up and fall off. 
(Click on photos for up close examinations.)


Note the white mold, mildew, - or you
tell me what it is.









And then it gets uglier.



















Never-the-less, take heart.  All is not lost.  I have salvaged three healthy looking little shoots that I intend to re-pot.  Maybe one or all three will grow into  humongous 'Floppers' - if they take after their mother.

4 comments:

Linda Hicks said...

condolences and congratulations!!!

Anonymous said...

Oh, Nancy! How sad! I remember when a plant that I had nourished and one that had flourished for years suddenly up and died. It was an Angel Wing Begonia, and what made it so special was that it had first belonged to my mother. When she moved in with me, we moved it to our house. It did well, then, for many years after Mother died. Then it joined her in heaven! I wasn't smart enough to try to root one of the leaves! Congrats on having more forethought than I did; no doubt the new plant will mimic its mother!

Trilla said...

She's been a good mother and leaves a beautiful legacy! (You've been a good mom to her, as well.) I nursed my mother's night-blooming cirrus (sp?) for years. Now I have a new one from a plant sale in her honor.

Anonymous said...

Mother of Millions, huh? What a name. The future will tell. I'm so glad you were able to salvage babies. ss