Caladium

     I found caladium growing in the wild,  at the farmland where our new bamboo hut is. I transplanted some of them into our yard and I noticed there are a lot of small ones that I could transplant into pots. 

One variety of caladium, a plant became popular among plantitos/plantitas amid the pandemic

     They are growing wild here in the farm, only this variety. A lot of them. Anyway, we could commercialize this and make some bucks?

Plantito, Certified?

     I hope to be a certified plantito now that I'm very free, out of job, recuperating from my medical illness here in the farm. I started planting when I was in my nephew's house. I planted several plants, flowers and vegetables, now bearing flowers and fruits.

Blooming sunflowers facing the sunrise

String beans slowly crawling up

Bitter gourd climbing up the makeshift trellis

Lady fingers growing up

     Moving to a new hut gives me all the time and space for planting. I have started sowing the seeds of string beans and blue ternate and sent to me by a Malaysian friend. I saw some of them started sprouting. What a joy to see them grow from the soil!

     I learned there are ten plants plantitos must have at home, I write them here so I will not forget.

Peace Lily

Peanut Butter Tree

Catmon 

Green Pandakaki

Blue Ternate

Philodendron Majesty

Philo Hope 

Tropical Milkweed

Violets

Spearmint