The plants change along

Is it a coincidence or is it another expression of the ongoing change that has been discussed in several blog posts before? Will we ever know? Either way; these seem to be good times for my potted plants. I tend to work best with assertive organisms that articulate their needs. My cat lived healthily to an old age. Not many of my plants, a more demure category in taxonomy, can say the same. But except for an attack of mealybugs my English plants have fared quite well. And now, after inspiring words from my sister, one is even reproducing! She mentioned one of my plants is very suitable for cutting. And due to my careless behaviour, I sometimes already engage in the first step: separate parts of the plant from the mother plant. And so far I'd been throwing these involuntary cuttings away. But no more! This time I placed them in a spirits glass and let them grow roots. And now I've put them in soil, and wished them well. I hope they make it! If they do, I have grown my plant population back to original size after the mealybug plague. Not bad!

Mother plant and the two children