Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical garden # 93, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I'm amazed at how quickly nature can go from brown and dead looking to the new growth and blooms. When I left for my trip to S.C. a week ago the Acer/Maple tree was almost totally bare, came home to it being completely leafed out. The weather has warmed up quickly so many plants are a popping. We had a high of 85º here on the coast yesterday but today is supposed to be @ ten degrees cooler which I'm thankful for. No air conditioning! It was a warm night and I didn't get much sleep with only a fan blowing. The repair person is supposed to be here sometime between noon and 4 O'clock. My husband is coming home directly after he gets done teaching at 12:30 because I have to leave to give a friend a ride to the airport. I sure hope the air conditioning can be fixed today and we don't have to wait on parts etc.

dyzzy: Lovely Nasturtiums

Dave: Really pretty Brom's and I love that photo of the turtle that mjsponies linked to! We have a few different types of sea turtles and the Green Sea Turtle is an endangered species here in Fla. Sea Turtle nesting season runs from mid May through October here and we have a Marine Science Center here: http://marinesciencecenter.com/ that does sea turtle rehabilitation for wayward or injured turtles.

Wow Dave, the Lele'iwi Coast is absolutely gorgeous! And, I love that beautiful lagoon ... heck, I don't need to be a turtle to live there! The pink Azalea bloom is really nice!

mj: I have a Hatiora ("Dancing Bones") plant too, I will have to go out and take a picture. My Hoya's have been outside for over a month ... need to get on a feeding schedule soon. I see you have a Hoya polyneura the Fishtail Hoya. I've not had much luck with that one ... still have one from a year or so ago that's just barely hanging on.

Rhipsalis cereuscula: