This is Pinguicula moranensis, a tropical butterwort. It's a carnivorous plant!
In addition to looking cool, this plant helps with the fungus gnats that take up residence in some of my houseplants every year. The leaves and stems are sticky and trap the gnats beautifully - you can see some in the picture.
The flowers were the main reason I got this plant. They look almost like violet flowers, so pretty! I've had the plant almost two months, but it was semi-dormant when I got it and this is the first flower it's produced for me. I noticed today that there are two more flowers forming. Yay!
The next plant is an anthurium, and is the second of two plants that I bought myself for Valentine's Day this year. The only part of Valentine's Day I like is the day-after 50% off sales! The yellow orchid I posted yesterday was $4, and this big anthurium in an 8" pot was only $3.
Last picture for today is this. I planted this turmeric rhizome last April, and it did exactly nothing, nothing, and more nothing for 13 months. No shoots, no roots, nothing. I kept peeking at it, and the rhizome wasn't shriveled or rotted, so I left it alone. When it started to get cold in the fall, I brought the pot inside and put it on the heat mat with my orchids, and it continued to do nothing.
But this month, a shoot appeared! And now there are leaves! So exciting!
And oops, I guess this isn't a completely amaryllis-free post. That plant in the purple pot to the left of the turmeric is an offset bulb from my Purple Rain amaryllis that broke off during shipping. I am very pleased that it has rooted and sprouted leaves.
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