Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #99, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Rita: That Dombeya is beautiful ... as are the other blooms pictured with it! That's a nice shot of your Calathea, wish I could keep them happy. I've been in Florida almost 45 years and I've never seen any Calathea growing wild here but I guess it's possible in the southern part of the state where so many tropicals are weeds to folks down there. Love that Philo Verrucosum ... very nice!!

dyzzy: That is a most beautiful Plumie ... I can almost smell the fragrance over on the east coast! I had about a dozen plumeria and gave them all to my neighbor last year except one. It's just now sprouting new leaves on the bare branches and I saw what looked to be an inflorescence forming. I think the one I kept is a white/yellow color bloom and it smells wonderful as most Frangipani do! I've never tried Nasturtiums but that one in your photo makes me think I might want to try, LOL ... nice color! Your Begonia looks great and it looks to be the Cane/Angel Wing Begonia 'Torch': http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/98012/

My Ric Rac Orchid Cactus buds are getting close ... I can't wait for the blooms to open!