{"id":8542,"date":"2022-02-20T10:45:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T18:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8542"},"modified":"2022-02-20T10:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T18:45:43","slug":"cymbidium-datura-prickly-pear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8542","title":{"rendered":"Cymbidium, Datura, Prickly Pear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cymbidium are doing great his year. I had planned to repot them for two years and kept missing the dormant time. The pots are also full of leaf litter from the wisterias covering the deck. The cymbidium will continue to bloom for several months. Maybe later this year I can repot them. Also wanted to pop some in the courtyard garden.<\/p>\n<p><b>Cymbidium 1<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Cymbidium1_IMG_2450.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Cymbidium1_IMG_2468.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Cymbidium1_IMG_2471.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Cymbidium 2<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Cymbidium2_IMG_2451.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Cymbidium2_IMG_2469.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Cymbidium2_IMG_2470.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Datura<\/b><br \/>\nEven though Datura are considered to be annuals, some don\u2019t actually die back where I live. They will lose nearly all of their leaves and then the base of the plant begins to thicken. Shortly after, new growth appears at the base and sometimes at the top of the stem if it hasn\u2019t been cut back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/DaturaNewGrowth_IMG_2441.jpg\" alt=\"Datura New Growth\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/DaturaNewGrowth_IMG_2445.jpg\" alt=\"Datura New Growth\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/DaturaNewGrowth_IMG_2440.jpg\" alt=\"Datura New Growth\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Usually I remove the seedpods to start new plants in flats and pots.<br \/>\nThis year, I left a few to self sow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/DaturaPod_IMG_2435.jpg\" alt=\"Datura Pod\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Prickly Pear<\/b><br \/>\nThe start of the Prickly Pear is growing out of its pot. Just not sure where to transplant it. I don\u2019t enjoy dealing with plants that can cause injury.  A slight bump and multiple, nearly invisible spines to remove.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/PricklyPear_IMG_2449.jpg\" alt=\"Prickly Pear\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cymbidium are doing great his year. I had planned to repot them for two years and kept missing the dormant time. The pots are also full of leaf litter from the wisterias covering the deck. The cymbidium will continue to bloom for several months. Maybe later this year I can repot them. Also wanted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8542\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cymbidium, Datura, Prickly Pear<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardens","category-nature","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8542"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8549,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8542\/revisions\/8549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}