I don't know if you remember a couple of months back when I was looking for good AV sellers to start my collection. I also got my first AV from Home Depot and was told to cut leaves and blooms. Well I'm going strong and boy am I liking it. Here are some pictures of my collection so far. This first one is the bottom windowsill.
View from the other side. Those little white cups at the front were leaves that I got from a generous Dger. She sent me 13 different varieties of leaves which 8 have produced new leaves already. Not bad for a first timer AV propagator. I think
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Now here is the shelf above that one
And a view from the side.
And here are what I call my living bouquets
Picture to show the other side.
The ones that are coming next are some of my favorite whites with colors. Including one that I think might be a chimera. Please let me know if I'm correct. It produces bluish purple, white and mixed color blooms.
Great job Roly! You have some really beautiful plants! Are you using any artificial light or just the natural light that comes in the windows?
And then I've got this white with blue picotee.
And finally this white with pink of the tips
Thanks !!! I really enjoy seeing the plants grow and bloom. I'm using natural light. Sometimes I wish I had less when I grew my lady slipper orchids indoors but now that I've got the AVs it's perfect.
And here is the other windowsill where the rest of the plants sit. These I've got about 2 weeks ago and they are already getting really big. It doesn't look too bright because I took this last picture the same day that they arrived and it was in the late afternoon around 6ish but they get a really got amout of light there.
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Welcome to the hopelessly addicted Gessaholics Group ^_^.
Your plants are beautiful.They look so happy.No your violet is not a Chimera.In general they look as if they have "stripes".
Lynn
Great looking plants and display. Where did you get the long trays that are under your AV's? I Think I have the same stand, but I can't find the long trays. Lou
Great collection Roly, you've earned your Gessaholic tittle (good one Lynn!)
If you look through some of the old posts,you will see many here have tried various "12 Step Programs" and many others to overcome this addiction,but were too far gone to quit.
Thanks everybody !!!
Hello my name is Rolando
I'm 23 years old and I am a Gessaholic
Support group: Hello Rolando...LOL
The trays I got at Home Depot. These are the bottom trays of the box planters. Here they sell them separately and I fill them with pea size peebles. I water from the bottom by capillary action that way the leaves won't get damaged with water spots.
Great Growing!!!
Thanks for the info! I will check with our local HD. Lou
Oh wow Rolando! I just love your collection. I will also have to go to our local Home Depot. I definetly want the tray like you have. The pebbles are a great idea, too.
Yup, you're addicted! Congrats! Great collection!
Yep ! I recognize all those addiction signs...lol
You're in good company here.
Beautiful blooms!
MsC
We all recognize the symptoms of an addict :) All you can do now is feed it LOL!!! Nice A.V.s Roly. Thanks for sharing.
Connie
Thanks everybody. It feels good to share the rewards. A month or so ago all I had were bare plants and the leaves that I received from mrsbonie. Now time has gone by and boy has my collection grown. And I enjoy seeing them. Sooooo many varieties to choose from. Now I need to find one with pink, white and green spotted foliage. Any suggestions ???
Go to avsa.org and scroll down on the left side to photographs. You will find thousands of gorgeous blooms there. Be careful. You can get lost in there and never want to close out of the site. Your want list will grow LOL!!
Connie
Your plants look really nice. Thanks for sharing pictures! I really enjoyed seeing so many in bloom.
Now that you have quite a few plants, always remember to isolate any new plants...its tempting to set them on the shelf with all the others, but its really disapointing if you add a new plant only to find out later you have a big problem with all the plants!
tish
Your collection looks well organized and clean. I can't help but notice the beauty you have growing through the window to your backyard. What outdoor plants do you like to grow?
What outdoor plants do you like to grow?
Sounds like a dream yard to me.^_^. I have really slowed down outside the last few years....just too hard to haul things in for the winter.Now I mostly grow annuals and perennials.
Lynn if it wasn't because of work and school I would spend more time outside than I really do. I'm one of the new geration gardeners. I still have a lot to learn. I would love to live someplace where I could grow tulips and daffodils and hyacinths and all of those cold loving bulbs and plants. However I try to do the best with what I have. Like I purchased clusiana tulip bulbs about 1 and a half moths ago and I have them in the fridge waiting to be planted next weekend. I have hopes that somehow they might make it and naturalize since they grow down to zone 9. I'm a little guy with big dreams.
I am sure you will make those dreams come true for yourself Rolando ^_^.Maybe someday you will teach everyone in the warm zones how to grow cold loving plants!!
It makes me feel happy that there are those in their 20's to carry on and even improve horticulture heaven! Way to go Roly!!! Your description is dreamy. I'd love to see a picture of those lotuses when they bloom.
I would love to get to see them blooming. They bloomed last year but the flowers gots ruined by rain and water while I was working. I grew them from seeds last year and they bloomed on their first year. Luckily my neighbor took a picture of the flower open in the afternoon before the rain and gave it to me. By the morning when I went out to see it all that was left was a bare stalk :(
