The "Wriggly" Plant Series ① "Ferraria pauciflora (Japanese name: Ashura)"

Its Japanese name is "Ashura," which sounds kind of scary (ΦωΦ)nya~ It's covered in spines, but they don't hurt like a cactus when you touch them. I started growing it last year, but it grew so slowly that I worried if it was even alive? But this year it became active, and when I gave it fertilizer, it seemed happy and bloomed for me☆ It has star-shaped flowers, and they're kind of creepily cute, aren't they? (*ﾟ∀ﾟ) All the potted plants at my home are... Pot: Daiso Soil: Daiso Fertilizer: Daiso They're raised surrounded by Daiso products w The soil is expanded clay pebbles. It's the hydro-ball sold at Daiso. I mix it with Kanuma soil and zeolite. I tried growing it in regular soil for a while... but bugs kept appearing, so I completely switched the soil to expanded clay pebbles, and now I don't have bugs coming from the soil. Also, if you tip the pot over, it's not a huge disaster like with regular soil. Plus, since it's lighter than soil, the pots are naturally lighter too. However, it dries out easily and lacks nutrients, so plants that are weak to dryness or love fertilizer tend to wither or not grow well. I love my Daiso patrols ♡