Bulbs: Simple Pleasure: Narcissus pseudonarcissus., 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:

Toxi, the Aplectrum is very hardy, so cute too! I grew up with many orchids in Australia, growing in the scrub, but much of it was cleared and I despair over man's stupidity. We had Bulldogs, Spiders, green and red, Cockatoos, Lady's Slipper (paph.?), Belly Buttons. I don't know their botanical names and haven't seen them anywhere, it is such a shame and the hills cleared were really open to erosion, woodcutters and farmers, all for money I guess. The tops of the hills shouldn't have been cleared, but the orchids seemed to grow in the lower to middle regions.

Do you have those Caladiums growing outside over winter? I'm trying them for the first time this year, I got some White Queen which are White Xmas, they are growing but I'm disappointed they are not the right ones. I will try some in the ground for experiment, although they say they are hardy to a point, we don't get the daytime temps to help them. I am also waiting on some Thai Beauty, which some kind person is getting for me will be winging it's way shortly too.

I have a few of the C lutea that keep setting themselves, I got some from my neighbour but they don't hang around well.

I tried a close up of the Corydalis, impossible to capture it so I fixed it to a degree close to it's proper colour, there is a purple hue around the edge and white striping underneath