My giant sized Amorphophallus paeoniifolius has finally collapsed. I'll leave it a while to go completely dormant and then I'll weigh the tuber. It was 2.016 kg at the start of the season. Most of the rest of my A. paeoniifolius are also going dormant along with the A. galbra. The others, A. prainii, symonianus and bulbifer went dormant a while back.
There's only my Amorphophallus titanum that's still going along just fine without any signs of going dormant.
Philodendron melanochrysum
Seedling Philodendron bipinnatifidum. I've got a few of them coming on well now. Just need to find a permanent place to plant them out.
Some of my palms. This is Normanbya normanbyi. It's under heavy shade, but will eventually push up through the canopy.
Got about 4 of what were seedlings of Chamaedorea metallica but now are in need of planting out.
Bismarckia nobilis sat in the ground as a seedling not doing anything. Just over the past year they've taken off. They're the silver form.
And what can you do with coconuts? I keep throwing the nuts in a heap and they keep sprouting. I've got 3 piles going at the moment.
A NOID Cycad I still haven't been able to identify. It's fast growing. It adds to the top of the caudex then looses all the fronds. Fairly quickly new fronds emerge from the top of the new caudex. .
Spider Lily, Hymenocallis littoralis, still flowering. I thought it'd have stopped by now so I could split up the bulbs and plant them out in new spots.
Another palm, Arenga hookeriana. Nice understorey palm that doesn't grow tall.
Twining or Climbing Bamboo. It grows like a slender vine and gets right up into trees. But it never seems to become invasive.
It's a nice Cycad Dutchlady. The caudex (trunk) has small constrictions at the end of each growth spurt. First time I saw the cataphylls I thought the plant was developing a cone. That was until the new fronds emerged from it.
My Hoya pubicalyx it getting very high up in the tree and seems intent on going even further. At least the peduncles usually hang down a long way. On the left you can see the Climbing Bamboo winding up one of the palm trees.
An Epipremnum on the trunk of a Cuban Royal palm. Next to it is a Dypsis madagascariensis and a small Sabal minor poking in at the left.
One of my small Crotons. I've no idea what their names are. I guess as they get bigger they'll become more photogenic.
Another Croton.
I like the 'corkscrew effect' of this Croton. Just hope the red colour develops more as it gets bigger.
This seems to be the fastest grower of the Crotons.
This seems to have changed colour since I first bought it.
One of the older, larger Crotons.
Forgotten the name of this water plant. Tried to look it up to no avail. Grows quite tall and the flowering stems grow above the leaves. The stems are reddish and quite attractive.
Got this as a tiny "pup" and it's growing quite well. No idea of what it is but I like it.
Thought I'd have to throw this one in. It's one of my turtles looking for a feed (the plants in their pond are all tropicals).
The water plant is Thalia geniculata.
Hello Everyone.
Dutchlady1, that is another fantastic picture. I have never seen one with those colors before.
RachelLF, Love your pictures!! The morning glories were new seeds from e-bay, I will defintely save seeds from those.
My new Anthurium Upalaense was all potted up and ready for the nice rain we got yesterday. Thanks again.
tropicbreeze, thank you. I will be busy for a while reserching, so many interesting new plants. I did grow the Cyrtosperma Johnstonii one year to a nice size, I would like to try that one again.
Colocasia limeade
Happy Gardening!
It has been a perfect day!! But I can't work out in the garden all day long, like before.
These are my pictures for the day.
Dutcman's pipe vine is everywhere.
noid Bromeliad, first time blooming.
Plumeria
last one
Hey Vossner,
I'm happy to report that Clematis you gave me (the bell shaped one) is showing buds. Will take photos, am excited!
rj
I forgot the name of this, kangaroo something?
Variegated erythrinia came back. Some of the most unexpected plants came back, like philodendrums.
I wish I could remember who sent me the Dahlias last year just before winter. I left the bulbs on the front porch underneath the the bench in a box, only planted them 2 months ago, and am surprised by their rapid growth. Thanks whomever sent them. First bloom already.
randy, I think the dahlias came from here. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1045521/.
I signed up on your behalf and dropped them at your doorstep. Clematis is c. pitcherii. I always worry when I share this clem b/c it sulks for up to 2 weeks. it sulks so badly that I'm sure recipients wonder why I gave them dead plants--then it surprises you and starts growing like it's always been in your garden. Quite the diva. I read somewhere that it was an endangered species but don't know how accurate that statement is.
We had 6" of rain over the weekend, long overdue. Everything looks perked up, like it does after rain.
