Tip end of a hybrid by Antoon
rexes, hairy leaves, new leaves, etc. - post your pics
Can't remember the name of this (maybe Navajo Sunrise)
Shamus petiole
Georgia Tasker (newswoman in Miami I believe)
Blue Wings
Lady Helene Jaros
Indian Summer new leaf
Indian Summer
Janet Brown
Little Brother Montgomery
Maid Marion
Marmaduke
Midnight Magic
Midnight Sun
Purple Curl
Don't remember the name
Shamus pattern
New Shamus leaf
new leaf of Sierra Silver Mist
Tangalooma
Stained Glass
Cowardly Lion
Grey Feather
Small rex - new leaf emerging.
Beautiful Rex collection Butch. Something tells me this is not all of your Rexes. lol
You've got that right Jackie. I did pick up a lot of new ones but I still have quite a few old ones too. I sure would like to try the UJR's again as I think I finally got them figured out. I have Little Brother, Connie Boswell, Patrick Worley, Janet Brown, and I think Island Magic, Deco Flash, Taconite, U508, and my favorite Deco Twirl all probably fall in the same category.
I've had to contend with one of my daughter's cats for the past 3 weeks who while very loving is also quite ornery - constantly marking plants, climbing my ponytail palm (broke one of the growing tips out), and likes to be up high (six foot chrome shelves were no obstacle). I never saw our cat bother any of my plants or get that high. Anyway here is a close up of the trouble cat.
Are Deliciosa and Purple Snow considered UJRs? How do you propagate? I'm trying a new method on my canes today. I'll let you know if it's a success. I went to the "organic" garden supply place and several very mellow young men told me how they do the cuttings on their "crops". If it works for that "crop", it might work for the begonias.
Butch, I have a question on the mallets. How do you overwinter Sinbad, Looking Glass, Maurice Amey and company? Hot, cold, water, no water, defoliate?
Not sure about deliciosa but Purple Snow is probably UJR. I've propagated P.S. by leaf and rhizome before. I should do some more since I only have two. This is another mildew magnet. Milstop appears to have helped greatly.
Good luck on the new method. Would love to hear about it. I can't imagine any new methods that haven't been tried before but it's always interesting to hear about new ones. Tissue culture sounds very interesting but even if I got all the materials I can't imagine having thousands of the same plant.
Typically I lose most of my malllets. Now with Milstop I will try again this summer. I have one coming back (Don Miller I think) from the roots so that looks promising. One thing I noticed is keeping them under lights helps tremendously. That being said I believe they need warmth, mildew control (most importantly), and lots of light. Water as needed. I think most are derived from the Philippines species which is a beauty in summer but dead in winter. Makes sense.
I agree with Butch, water as needed but absolutely no water on the leaves. Was
almost my downfall. I'm still battling mildew on Don Miller and a few others
DH has never installed my shop light fixture with cool white 40 watt bulbs. He's
got to get that done this yr
Pretty cat Butch, looks so innocent. lol We have one like that. A red headed
troublemaker. Will get up on the counters and sample the freshly cooked meal asa we step out of the kitchen. Lays down and spreads out on the dining room table while we're eating cat hair flying everywhere I'm threatening to throw him out to be an outside kitty.
We've never had a cat like this one. My ds calls him our red headed step-child. They all
pick him up and kiss him all the while telling him how bad he is.
lolol
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Unnamed rex that has come back from dormancy
Those cats can be lovey dovey one moment and hissing at you the next. Our cat is beside me right now. Sometimes I can't even move my mouse because he gets so close to my arm.
Nice rex, Tru. Reminds me of Ukigumo. It's a job getting them through winter but the rewards are worth it.
I have a high suspicion it is Ukigumo. I just received a gift Ukigimo from another member of our local ABS chapter and it looks exactly the same. I am glad you confirmed my suspicion. I have more pix to post. The unknown listed after Purple Curl looks a little bit like Midnight sun. Navajo Sunrise also looked like Midnight Sun at first. I like the close up of Marmaduke, never thought about shooting it so close.Lovely selection of rexes!
I made a mistake on Purple Curl - I meant Purple Snow.
i did something today ,with northern lights,it had a (rhizone ?) that grew a leaf and had roots underneath,(2),that i cut off and potted up, just to see what it would do.hope it survives. here is a pic of the little leaf.if you can see it lol
