GYPSIES SINGING IN THE RAIN

Good Day All! Moon love the shoe its like getting dressed up to ride a ride at the carnival. What a way to restore old records. Love to have a couple of those for my walls.The artist was magnificent. Getting ready to go get oil change its been overdue and also to get flue shot. Several family and friends have already gotten the swine flue I Don't Want It!!! Morning Smiley,Trina,Venice Dixie,Seed, Rachael,Dave and anyone else I might have missed.

Morning Flowers....get that shot! See ya later

Morning flowers! It's a cold rainy day here.

Yuk good day to count seeds huh? Sun is out here, I'll pipe ya some over lol

my meds are getting to me today so I'm gonna go take a nap...later everyone

Hope its nice tomorrow suposed to get with some friends and go to little Indian Shops in Chimney Rock. Love to browse in them and maybe catch lunch in one of the restaurants there.

Bye Trina catch y;ou all later on when I get back Have a Greeat Day!

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO HAPPY DANCE! HAPPY DANCE! HAPPY DANCE!
HOT DIGGITY DARN! YEEEEEHAAAAAAAW!

I think Trina got that package she's been waiting for.

By the way, I would have never thought of this - another good way to ward off germs during this season is to use your own pen at either the doctors office or the prescription counter of the pharmacy. A lot of those people are sick!

very true smiley

And yes I got my package from Lari Ann...that woman can take a cutting now let me tell you! hot diggity awesome!

what'dyaget? what'dyaget? what'dyaget? what'dyaget? Who is Lari Ann?

I met Lari Ann on the aroids forum and she works with plants, she found some of the ones I was looking for I'll take some pics hang on

Hope all of you are well, all though wet like me it seems!

Moon, beautiful artwork! And the wood burnings are amazing.

Trina, I hope you are noting perennial or annual each in a separate column so you can sort by each.

Moon, I don't know what to do with these iris Smiley sent me. Do I just keep them in wet newspaper until I can plant them? Also, the turtle leaves are pretty dry. Do I keep the roots in water or just in wet newspaper?

I did mix all the soils together like you suggested. It looked like a mix of some rich top soil, potting soil, some sand, and at least 6 nice worms, better than what I put my plants in. I still have a lot left. It is in a closed bin. I would like to use some of that for my early spring starts. Do I need to spray it or anything?

yes Venice I am...thank you so much!

Ok here's number 1 this is Philodendron stenolobum

This is one of 3 Pink Princess cuttings.

I like her idea of cuttings!

see this what the leaves on pink princess look like. Aren't they cool?

you got that in the mail???

Fed Ex...she packed them very well!

Here's number 2 of the pink princess

those are great, Trina.

and number 3

and this is Philodendron Davidsonii

another neat shot of the Pink Princess leaf

this is Philodendron Giant Radiatum...and yes they get huge!

Hi every one ! Love the high heel Moon. Looks like my size. Grin. The wolves are beautiful. Just want to pop in quickly and say hi. Going to lunch. Ever since our talks yesterday on the subject of food. Which by the way I dearly love. Come h--- or high water I will get my taco salad today. I'm gonna get me some nachos to Moon. Dont care who I have to trample in the process!! They will clear out of the way in a hurry as soon as they see the foam and drool coming out of my mouth. And my eyes rolling all crazy like. Better move cause I mean busisness. Haaaaa,HA,Heeeeeee Catch yall a little later.

My Bonus plant she stuck...not sure what it is so I dmailed her to tell her I got the package and asked her what is was

Hi Dixie!

and here is picture one of Philodendron brandtianum

Venice, if you keep the turtlehead roots wet, they should be OK. I don't think it matters if you put them in water or keep them wet with newspaper. I'm not surprised the leaves are dry - in winter only the stalk with the flower heads survive, which makes it kind of interesting.

and here is picture 2

Smiley, what should I so with the iris?

Trina, you stilll have more?

and this is what the leaves look like on it

I so happy! dance dance dance!

she had them all bagged and netted, she said she'd just send me some cuttings but they all have roots! WAAAAAAAAAY better then what I expected!

Venice, how long before you get outside? If it's only a couple days, you could probably keep the newspaper moist. If it would be much longer, would you have a pot that you could put them in for the meantime?

I'm just winging it, mind you...

Ok I have to go lay down now! just wanted to share!

Today and tomorrow we are suppose to have rain. But starting Saturday, it should be dry. So I will be able to plant them on the weekend depending on how soggy the ground it. So I guess the iris will be ok.

Trina, when you get up from your nap, can you take a photo of how she had those leaves wrapped??

they were all carefully wrapped with some thin paper stuff and tied. then the root ends she placed in baggies with some moist brown stuff, then she slipped netting, like for onions ony better quality, around them and used twist ties at both ends....I wish I would have taken a picture of the box and how it was packed and everything, cause I never would have thought all of them would have fit in that box!

Trina, I got your box mailed. You should get it by Saturday. I will have to do better in packaging.

hey I'm still learning how to package these things myself. I always Hope I get it right and whatever I send makes it there ok!

LariAnn Garner is with AroidResearch in Miami. Her job is playing with plants and learning to make new ones....how cool is that?

Venice wrap the roots gently a couple sheets of newspaper or papertowels.etc and wet the paper well. Set the wet wrapped plants in some of the pots you got....as many plants as will comfortably fit and set them in a cool place away from direct sun...keep the paper damp, not soaking wet....they should keep for a week or so providing you protect the roots from exposure to air and do not let them get too wet nor dry out.

Cool Philos....Trina. LariAnn grows cool stuff.

Dixie, I sure hope you got yourself a Taco Salad...Jessup won't be safe til you do...grin

yes she does....some of them are big old monsters! I love it!