I have two shelves of plants that are not aroids- as much as I’d love a greenhouse of everything, I have to put limits somewhere. So I stick to aroids… and these.
My favorite little pot is my string of pearls… I love this little succulent for many of the same reasons I love pothos: they are an exploring, vining plant, vibrant and interesting to look at, and very easy to propagate. I started with one $6.99 plant from Amazon, and now have three large and six tiny cups of the little beads spilling over everywhere. I really want to let them grow and get bushy, but I just cant resist plucking off the little strands of pearls and laying them on a fresh bed of soil, spraying them with water daily and watching them burst out with new life like little green raspberries.
Next, because they grow in similar conditions to the String of Pearls… I allowed myself to indulge in ten tiny Lithops, or “living stones”. These tiny, slow-growing desert-dwellers are a set of two bulging leaves that look like tiny brains. They are utterly charming. I lost 3 to trial and error, but these survived and are thriving in a mostly clay-leca medium.
Finally, I have a few Bonsai seedlings started… I’ll save them for their own post.