Tropical Garden #90

This little xanadu popped up isn't it cute?

Good morning, everyone! I love the friendship among all of you - it lightens my heart and I can feel the love - thank you for sharing it with all of us! Debra, I have a new-found obsession and I will dmail you about it. Have a BLESSED day!!!!!!

Morning everyone,Thank you for the birthday wishes..

I found another lilac vine so I have enough for kay jones,GAgirl, joeswife, priya and Lin(?) I'm having a warm week coming up,would it be safe to send to you southerns? I think I might have some installation.would it be ok to mail first class?

joeswife,thank you for sending me seeds!

GAgirl 1066,Love your cup of gold vine.I've never heard of it.I also love abutilon.They are so hard to find in my area,I finally bought some seeds and only one grew.This is when I miss living by Logee's greenhouse.They have some beautiful ones.

Have a great day,Jan

Jan,
My weather is good....lowest is 42, so go ahead and send mine if you want. Thanks so much and Happy Birthday!

forgot my picture

abutilon

Everyone's gardens and blooms are beautiful and wonderful to see since there is so much snow where I live. It is minus 34 celcius here and I would luv to be somewhere warmer.

Only plants that have given me flowers recently is my Sinningia eumorpha and a amaryllis.

Here is the picture of the amaryllis.

If you will contact me, I will gladly send postage BEFORE you mail the plant, or I will trade you something.

We are going to have a few days in the mid to upper 70's so I moved all of the plants back out to the pool deck today and found this little cutie popping up in a container with Tecoma Stans ("Yellow Bells"). I've had these pop up in the lawn on occasion over the years and someone here on DG identified it for me back in 2006 but I couldn't for the life of me remember the name. When my laptop crashed a year or so ago I lost all of my files and photo's but after a couple of hours of googling and searching I finally found the identity of this plant. It's called a "Lawn Orchid" or "Soldier's Orchid", Zeuxine strateumatica. I dug it out of the pot of yellow bells and potted it up in a little pot of it's own ... hope it survives.

Awwww, so cute!

That is a Beautiful photo, Lin

That is a beautiful photo. We have those here and they are thought of as weeds but some weeds are just so pretty. y.

I read that they can be invasive but we don't have that problem here that I'm aware of ... maybe in the southern part of the state but not here in Central Fla. I'd love to have a bed full of them!

me too! ;)
Since I am missing Spring and Summer so much, I thought I would post a Fall picture from 2007

I still have this Hibiscus, this has been with me for many years. Here it is in 2007

Thanks Debra and I have your name on the velvet leaf Philo. I have a Hibiscus similar to yours. It is a favorite of mine and a reliable bloomer.

Welcome PerennialGirl, you showed some nice plants.

Rita, pretty Hibiscus blooms and I sure hope your latest Ebay purchases perk up for you. I would never get tired of viewing pictures of your Aroids and their blooms.

Someone asked about T's... I have my two T bulbifers In this spanish moss and on the tree I rescued from the College Girls dumpster. By the way, It is sprouting leaf nodes, but I have no clue what kind of tree it is.

Here is a close up of one of them

This one is on a styrofoam ball, with spanish moss, haning with a fish hook threaded thru a lone big eyed needle I stuck into the styrofoam. It is quite happy hanging here.. it hangs under the shop light and over a few potted plants.

This one sits on a bed of spanish moss and a thin piece of bark, on a rock I have painted with gold fleck paint..

These are in the kitchen window and are happy here..

These sit in a bowl with orchid mix, a few rocks and some spanish moss and pinecones in the pink bedroom window shelf

I have an amethyst T that is very happy in the brug room curio, top shelf, on a small broken tree branch and spanish moss.
I want to show you this " Acolasia Poly " it is different from the other ones I have, the leaves are all curly

Thanks Debra for all those Tillandsias ideas. I bought this one for my son and I wanted to do something interesting with it before I gave it to him. BTW, I love how you have found so many clever places for your own plants. I would love to see your home in winter when everything is tucked in, nice and cosy.

Lin, those grass orchids are really tiny and they are only pretty when they bloom, then they are a weedy pest. Even when they are blooming you need a telephoto lens to appreciate them. I wonder how they would look if potted and pampered? I think I did that years ago perhaps I did not pamper them enough. LOL Do you think the bloom would be more impressive? I don't know what will come back after this horrible winter we have had but I normally toss them out by the dozens. They have no roots to speak of and would ship easily if you want some.

Good morning everyone! Debra, do you want some more spanish moss?

I probably have 1000's of those T's in my Oak Tree's from little furry ones to ones that are at least a foot plus tall/wide. I need to take some pics of them.
Warmer weather coming at least for the next 10 days or so, a little chilly at night but up to 80 here towards the middle of the week. Oh JOY !
yeah ! Larry went to Lowe's yesterday for fence nails and brought home a "rescue"
Watermelon Hoya - Dischidia ovata on the clearance rack.

My son in JAX has them all over his trees and shrubs too but he always forgets to send one to his brother who has a green thumb and always wants more plants. Obviously the JAX son takes after the DH and the TN son takes after me. LOL I actually bought that T to use as an interesting birthday gift for him.

Debra luv your Acolasia Poly's!! I've never seen them here for sale. May I ask where you bought them?

MJ please post pics of your T's. Sounds amazing to have over 1,000! I only have one....lol!

Hey All!!!

It is so nice to see everyone having a good time and a big Welcome to PerennialGirl.

plantladylin, did you remember to check your red star cordyline? I did a lot of covering up and checking heaters in preperation for the awfully cold weather ahead.
The plant is indeed a Adenium 'Blue select'. I too have a couple of leafless plants but like the Crown of Thorns some are putting out buds without any leaves while others are holding on to a little foliage.
I love your last picture, the flower seems to be smiling at me. lol

My first Ruttya plant introduced to us by ardesia

joeswife, I planted a few of the seeds you sent today, I am excited to see what will come up from the envelope marked Special. I also tried to root a few more cuttings using Kay Jones' new technique.
The plant that you inquired about is an Double Ornemantal Lily 'Distant Drum'. Your frilly Alocosia is 'Loco' Thanks for posting your Tillandsia pictures, you forgot the one with the angel. My favorite is in the white pot.


RachelLH, No pretty aroid picture today. I have a Borneo Giant all dried and resting.

GAgirl1066, I feel like I have been to a Orchid show. Your collection is quite impressive, keep showing them, we have 2 more months of winter.

mjsponies, you owe us a watermelon Hoya picture. lol I bought a new Hoya Oreogena from e-bay. I think the Hoya addiction is getting out of hand. My shooting star is covered in blooms again.

New Lowes Impatients.

Jannich, I am sorry that I spelled your name incorrectly. Could you hold my plant for little while? The weather in my area should improve next week. I have a few Queen Emma Crinum that need a good home, or I can send postage. Thanks very much.


This is my Black Bat Plant that has never bloomed.

PerennialGirl, That is a very pretty flower, I found out while lurking on the Amaryllis Forum that I had mine buried too deep.
I have a few in pots in various stages of bloom.

Rita, I wish it had been my technique! LOL I read about it on another site - I am obsessed with trying to root the impossible, and intend to try this method on a few.

You all have absolutely RUINED my keyboard! I have slobbered and drooled on it until the keys don't want to work!!!!

I see so many plants I didn't know about, but know I should have - oh, well - time to drag out a towel and mop up!!!

Thank you, prita! I luv your white amaryllis. Here is a pic of my Pasadena one.

Silly me....forgot I posted a pic of the Pasandena....lol!

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I know this isn't exciting for most of you, but I've got babies figs growing on my two year rooted cuttings!!

Of COURSE that's exciting to us - we LOVE success stories - CONGRATS!!!!

Hi from a new member in Sarasota FL. PerennialGirl, you have a miracle baby there - figs growing in Winnipeg!

I just got amaryllis bulbs of "Bogota" on sale from that fancy nursery in Connecticut. Will send a pic when they bloom, hopefully next month.

I'd like to know which clerodendron that was a picture of in the previous thread? I have a hedge of them, with large dark green leaves, purple on the undersides. I was hoping it would bloom like that, but have never seen a blossom in 3 years. To be honest, it must be blooming behind my back because it is seeding itself occasionally. Anyway, if that lovely bloom in the picture is the same kind as mine - how the heck do I get it to bloom like that??

Thanks Kay and dyzzpyxxy!! I have three plants now. I hope I get a taste again soon....yummm.