Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Angel's Exotic and Superspot, 1 by Ncasselberryfla

Ncasselberryfla wrote:
It's been a while since I posted--not much time these days to spend on the 'puter', however, I do come in from time to time to enjoy everybody's photos. Anyway, thought I'd share a few special plants of mine.

First two pictures---Angel's Exotic:

I am really jazzed with these two German brugs. Angel's Exotic has been a great bloomer since it got its first "Y". In these first two pics, she is a little paler than she was with her first bloom flush which was a couple months ago and she was outside. At that time she was a deep reddish-pink .She is still in a 10 gallon pot and has been kept smaller through this and from cutting branches to root. This--TO ME--is the prettiest double flower as it is so extremely ruffled and curled.

Last three pictures: Super Spot--we've all seen the picture with the tomato held next to the bloom, showing it is red. Well, it is, in fact, getting pretty darn red. This plant is also in a 10 gallon, but also much smaller than Angel's Exotic. This is her first good bloom. It opened a remarkably deep pink, then on day two I started seeing her darken to this lovely shade of red. This is day three and the flower is really starting to heat up. Many of my other brug's flowers don't last as long, but both Angel's Exotic and Super Spot have nice, long lives--often several days. Unlike Angel's Exotic, the color hasn't been lessened by being in the greenhouse. If it being outside means it will bloom an even deeper shade, then I certainly have something to look forward to in the Spring. BTW--The I really like the leaves of this variety--very thick, very large, and deep green.

This message was edited Jan 16, 2008 1:05 PM