Sacred Elements World

Learning where the plants you care for begin their lives is an important step in understanding how to take care of them.

🪴Bulbs, Tubers, Corms, Rhizomes, Stolons, Suckers and Offsets! We just updated our original blog post covering this subject, and it sounds a little like this:

Bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, and corms are often collectively referred to as “bulbs” as their basic functions serve similar purposes: to store food, water and minerals as energy and to give new life to the plant. Plus, they often look the same or have similar physical attributes.

True Bulbs are globe shaped with papery skin and made up of modified leaves that store nutrients and enclose around a vegetative growth point or flowering bud. Onions and amaryllis may be the most visually clear examples of true bulbs.
Examples of true bulbs include hyacinths, onion, garlic, amaryllis, shallots, tulips, daffodils, fritillaria and lilies

Corms look like true bulbs but are actually swollen base stems that store food for the plant during dormancy. Unlike true bulbs, corms are solid and often elongated in shape with a membranous or scaly texture. If you’ve ever dug up your oxalis triangularis or looked closely at turmeric, these have the quintessential qualities of a corm.

Examples of corms include: alocasia, elephant garlic, oxalis, crocus, freesia, gladiolas, tuberous begonias, saffron crocus, water chestnut, ranunculus and celeriac just to name a few!

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Dear fellow plant lovers,

If you’re looking for a natural and effective solution to pest care, we’re here for you!

This poor umbrella tree was invested with scale when we first started caring for it and now it’s glowing with radiant health! Our concentrated organic tonics are effective against spider mites, thrips, aphids, scale, and other pest and disease and we have step-by-step guidance and solutions for you and are always here to help you along any level of plant parenting.

Keep glowing and growing dear ones 💚

Houseplants in their natural environment 🌿

Hi friends, as some of you know, I needed a mental health break after some pretty serious immigration stress and I am lucky enough to have a relative on the big island who is hosting me for a few days! SO grateful for this lush, landscape and feeling once again, inspired by our wise, vibrant, precious natural world.

This is one of a few videos we’ve posted over the years showing plants in their natural habitat to help raise awareness of how to better keep them in your homes. Please let us know if you enjoyed it!

Sending love, good energy and abundant growth to you all. 💚Karina