Variegated Dracaena.
Tropical garden # 66
Alocasia watsoniana with it's new leaf.
This little leaf came up where no other plant with a leaf like that has been. So not sure how it got there or what it is.
But I do have this similar looking one in a pot in another part of the garden. Don't know what it is, other than some sort of Alocasia.
And a fitting last one, sunset in my back yard today. Oops, it's tomorrow already, after midnight. I'd better hurry to bed before it turns into a pumpkin! Or worse still, before I turn into a pumpkin. Goodnight.
Oh wow, tropic. You had a lovely morning. Even the galloping spider is pretty, just not a great thought to have it land on your head with a thud, lol. So are you keeping the palm volunteer? New leaf on A. reginule, so life is good. Thank you for sharing your beauties :)
Edited to say wow about the rest of your pics. I forgot to post before and you added many more beautiful pics. I love the sunset :)!!!!
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I agree with Dawn, I love that sunset pic as well Tropic and I can not single out one plant to comment on due to you grow so many plant's that I admire;-)
Rita, beautiful picture's of your plant's in bloom but I bet that Brug. smell's heavenly and I had to giggle when I read your comment about not taking a U-Hual on your next road trip. Are you sure about that;-)
Truetropical, thank's for adding more photo's from your trip but I have to agree with you on that Alocasia......that is one big leaved Alocasia plant. Very nice!
Tropic. Nice pics of the Alocasia... them along with Amorphophallus are by far my favorites. The Alocasia your not sure what it is or where it came from looks like on Alocasia portei... Here is a picture of my old one.
Hi everyone, I will be moving to Saracuse, New York and will need to clear out my collection. If you are interested in tropicals and would like to have some of the plants I cannot take, D mail me and I can let you know what is available
well I would love some for postage I am also in ny live in saugerties
Syracuse?????? You realize that they have snow up there!! I know, I'm from Rochester....25 wonderful years ago.
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yeah ... i am not too excited about the snow! I must be crazy.
Tropicbreeze, thanks for all the lovely plant pictures, you had me fantasizing of spring for a little while.
This little orchid is in full bloom, and smells heavenly
RachelLF, the Split leaf Philo. that you sent to me is doing very well. Thanks
This is a Michelia Champaca alba bloom. (Joy Perfume tree) you can tell that they are blooming, before seeing the flowers. Great fragrance.
This is a noid alocasia that is easy to overwinter. The Frydek, Purple cloak and a few others go dormant.
Stunning pictures and wonderful tours of places I dream of going to. thankyou!
Thanks for the comments on the photos. I take a lot because of being away for about a fortnight at a time at work. Means I can look at them and dream, until I get back.
Truetropical, I don't think that (small) Alocasia is portei. I have some seedlings that started off with plain Alocasia leaves and have now developed totally differently, as in this photo.
Original shape of the leaves when the seedlings first emerged.
Got these as seeds when trekking in Papua New Guinea last year. This is the plant I got the seed from. I was quite impressed. Well, I'm not exactly a dwarf, but these sure make me look like one. Hoping to get mine up to that size, in a number of years, or more, or even more.
The stem on that alocasia looks like a tree trunk! Or an elephant leg. It looks at least twice your height, so it does tower over, lol.
Prita, I'll bet that it is like a paradise walking into your greenhouses. Wonderful fragrances and beautiful sights, in a protected environment. It is a dream to have a greenhouse, but unless we can afford to do it right, I'll just keep them in the house for the winter. I'm wondering what plants I could keep in an unheated greenhouse. That is something I'd like to research and don't really know how to start.
I love the leaves on that one you grew from seed, tropic.. awsome looking.
3js, I am with you on your thoughts.
Prita gorgeous pictures I have a michelia that has leaves that are pale green on the verge of turning white. what kind of soil do you have? Any suggestions or secrets.
True tropical I am from north of Syracuse I sure miss the summers there. we always had a great vegetable garden
Nice photos everyone!
What is that Aroid with the holes in the leaf, Rachel?
Hey Rachel!
Yes indeed! I have it in Graf's "Tropica" as Monstera friedrichsthalii, but I see that is an old synonym.
I bet that Joy perfum tree is awsome, Rita, I have thought about trying to grow one as a container plant. Is yours in the ground there?
Rachel, I also think that Monstera adansonii is very cool looking. where do you guys find these things?
Lovely photos, everyone! You sure know how to make a girl envious. I've always wanted to travel but as a single it wasn't do-able, and now that I'm married I have no money.
Brrrr, those spiders are scary. Happy, I'm with you, I'd be screaming loud enough to be heard in the next county!
LOL
Speaking of spiders, spring must be starting. Today when I walked the dogs down the driveway (we have a long one, about .2 mi) I walked through 2 spider webs. Eugh, they were tiny thin webs but I thought of the spiders I had just seen and tropics bite and
Now is the time I start carrying a stick and waving it in front of me, by mid-summer the spiders have learned to build their webs up higher so we don't bother each other.
That must be a cute sight. Hope you don't have any close neighbors or they may call the funny farm on you. hehe
Patty I was talking about palm trees...the fronds...your suppose to leave them until they look like they are falling off. Something about doing that assists in their recovery.
Truetrop...did you love the night markets in Bangkok!! also Chiang Mai!
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Time for a new thread... I just got back from my year long missions trip and this is a picture of one of the vines I saw in Thailand. The flower was about 4 inches across and smelled better than roses!
Did you get seeds?
prita, my mom has that joy perfume tree and it smells wonderful. They are quite expensive here and you can only buy them at certain time of the year at the asian market.
[quote="rjuddharrison"]Patty I was talking about palm trees...the fronds...your suppose to leave them until they look like they are falling off. Something about doing that assists in their recovery.
Now you tell me this after I have been cutting mine off for some time. LOL
Better late than never, Patty. hehe
Hi Everyone.
Tropibreeze, I was awe struck by the size of the EE's in your last picture. I keep going back for another look.
Good Luck with your seedlings.
3jsmom31,my first gh came from always staining the carpet with miracle grow plant food, I had to promise that If I got one never to bring plants in the house again. (I lied)
I have been doing a lot of research on solar power for heating. I do have a GH that I try to keep around 40-50 degrees for plumerias, bananas hibiscus and Brugs. this has been the only year that I have lost anything.
candela I did have to amend the clay soil in that particular flower bed with lots of oak leaves, cow manure, peat moss and compost. I use a organic granular fertilizer that has kelp meal, pasteurized poultry manure, molasses and Texas green sand.
RachelLF, thanks, I thought that Truetropicals would know the name of that alocasia, as he is the one that gave it to me. He is very good at identifing EE's
That is a very pretty hibiscus you posted, I seldom see that color.
This was also a gift from TT. Alocasia Macrorrhiza Variegata. (last year's pic)
Joeswife, the Joy Perfume tree is planted in the ground, this is the 2nd year blooming, it is only 3 ft tall.
I found a e-bayer (jmglvr) that has the most gorgeous MG seed. I bought a few and was very pleased with all the extra cool seeds she sent me.
