Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Perhaps it's just me..., 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I see this thread began 2 1/2 years ago!!

I was taking a break from Cookie Baking, lurking about the Garden on different forums, including the hoya forum and somehow found myself here!

So, I will bump this up to see if we get anymore folks stopping in to give their "real names".

I am:

Plantladylin = Linda = Lin (have also been known as Cookielady in the past because I used to bake all the time! Right now I am in the process of baking Christmas Cookies.)

I live in East Central Florida where we are fortunate to grow most plants outdoors year round. I have been gardening and growing house plants for 40 years. Received my first hoya from an elderly friend back in the mid 1970's (still have the plant) ... didn't aquire another hoya until a couple of years ago and have really become interested in them since joining DG last year and finding that there are fragrant varieties! I now have @ 26 or so. I should get them all together and get a count! I just began writing down the names of the ones I know I have and am shocked! I didn't think I had more than maybe 8 or 10. I know some folks hoya count goes into the hundreds! I have lots of other plants - Gesneriads (African Violets, Chirita's, Episcia's) and generic house plants! I love plants! And animals! We currently have 4 cats in our family and a 150 gal marine (salt water) aquarium. I so miss having a dog! Years back we were a family of 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 birds and lots of fish. Our pet family has slowly decreased over the years. Once some of our cats have gotten older and are no longer with us we will get another dog! My hubby of 38 years and I love large breed dogs ... all of our past canines have been big with the exception of a little resuce mutt who was part toy poodle and the other half was Heinz 57 variety, he had the poodle temperament - did not like the large dogs and we had to keep him separate from them. We have talked about adopting a dog and love Lab's a lot, have had them in the past, but would also love a Newfoundland or an English Mastiff pup. I am steering towards the lab ... a bit smaller than the other two. My nephew has a pure bred English Mastiff - huge dog that weighs 200 lbs and he's on a diet to gain weight. The vet told him the dog is underweight! The father dog weighed 280 and mama weighed 240 - really huge dogs but very gentle. They are called "Gentle Giants" and it is so true. My nephew's dog "Bubba" is such a sweetheart. Who couldn't love this face?

Nice to meet y'all. So many wonderful and knowledgeable folks in this Garden who so generously share their knowledge and experiences with their plants! I feel fortunate to be a part of it.

Meet "Bubba"