Tropical Garden #102

Thanks, Plantladylin, I've never seen one before and I hope I can keep it going. It's just been in it's pot for a couple of weeks and it is starting to bloom it's head off.

Hello Everyone!!

RachelLF, thanks, you keep me busy, trying to find names for all those unusual plants you show. If I am not successful at identification, I learn a lot in the process. Great fun! I love it.


meadowyck, Welcome, I hope you will learn to love Plumerias. In the interim, may I suggest underplanting with a desirable perennial. I read that Agapanthus and variegated spider plants do the trick in helping cover the bare trunks.
Plumeia Pudica and Obtusa are evergreen but less cold tolerant. (plant files)

This is P. Hurricane another from TBleaves.

dyzz, love your plumeria, I noticed your papaya plant in the background covered in blooms, I hope that the animals will leave them alone.
That is a very good Gloriosa picture, I have a few blooming as well from Joeswife. I am waiting on a Gloriosa Lutea to bloom, I find them not as vigorous as the others.


mjsponies, where did you find all those beautiful morning glories? I would like to purchase some seed for next year.

My favorite Caladiums are waking up. Florida Beauty

Plantladylin, it is good to see your beautiful blooms, but most of all, it sure is good to have you back!!!!
Wishing you all the best.


GAgirl1066, I always enjoy your pictures, everyone needs time out to relax and enjoy their garden.

I noticed these blooming today.

peony1066, Welcome!
I have grown Gmelina Philippensis before but lost it two winters ago, I purchased another from e-bay but is too small to bloom, maybe next year.
I love everything about this plant except the tiny thorns on them. I found them very easy to grow.

This is a picture of my plant two years ago.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=7002570

Thanks homer 1958

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Thanks for the welcome, prita, did you leave your Gmelina Philippensis outside or bring it in?

mj: That is indeed a Gorgeous Morning Glory! Love the color!

Rita: Your Plumeria Hurricane is absolutely beautiful ... I bet the fragrance is as awesome as those beautiful blooms!

Well, I'm heading out of town for the weekend to visit friends ... won't have internet connection so can't see everyone's pretties until sometime next week when I get time to spend on the computer again.

I've been going through a rough time personally the past month so I'd appreciate y'all keeping good thoughts for me. I'm going to be divorced after 42 years of marriage and I will be moving the next month or so. Starting a new life at 63 years of age is a bit scary, but exciting all at the same time. I will be popping in when I can and after I get settled I will be back more often, so I really appreciate any positive thoughts y'all can send my way!

((((( Hugs ))))) to you all!

Lin

Lin ((((hugs))) You will be fine, I just know it.
Rita, I have tons of those kind of mg seeds, will send you some.
I sure love those plummies, mine is still alive, I am afraid to transplant it out of the container it was given to me in, tho...

peony1066, that is an awsome bloom!
Thought I would show a few things from everyone that has sent me something.. Thanks so much, it is really happy!

this Philo is happy too! It will come inside tho, before I leave for Arkansas for ten days..

a collection of gift plants..

EE's and philos and a yellow shrimp plant.. thanks to everyone on DG

Pollys are all still happy, one of the locos went to Paula,( my sis in law) she had a plastic one, so I gifted her a real one for her Birthday.. she didn't think it was real either...
Fireworks are going off to celebrate our RiverFestival.. ten days of non stop traffic stopping events down town.. ugh..

dizz, your plants are always so neat to see.. I love to come here and see the things I would never see if I hadn't visited Daves Garden
I sure hope I get to meet some of you someday..

Rita, what are these? They are so pretty! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=8606940

MJ, lookie at this one .. it is still growing! YAY!

see this basket? well a couple years ago, a dg'r sent me some seeds, he said they were wild mgs from florida, this vine is what those seeds produced, this basket stayed out all winter, the roots are grown into the ground, any idea on what kind of vine it is? I have yet to see it bloom, and it is not an MG.
I am going to put those iris into the ground this year, I promise, but was going to send one of them to someone, and can't remember who LOL

Rita, Firespike is still alive..should I un pot it and let it grow big and then dig it up or what? I want to see it bloom..

Well, Debra - here you are - WHERE have you been?

That vine looks like a weed vine we have here in Florida called 'skunk vine' - does it stink if you break off a leaf?

Good Morning KayJones, uhm, I have not tried breaking off a stem, and if it is not a good vine, please advise, I don't want to intorduce an invasive here if we don't have it.
How have you been? I miss you!

We love you Lin! You hang in there Honey! I know you are a trooper because you have so many plants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It takes dedication and backbone to take good care of that stuff.

Best Regards,

Drew

Deb, I'm home - please give me a call!!!!

This vine is semi-tropical, so might not grow outdoors for you. Check this DG link and see if it's a match.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31883/

Don't think the skunk vine could have lived through the winter up in Kansas, do you Kay? Deb said that basket was outside all winter. That's a pretty hardy perennial vine, there.

I'd vote to wait until Deb sees a flower for a better chance at ID before we give this plant the old thumbs up or thumbs down (y'know, like the Romans in the Coliseum . . ) It does have nice foliage.

I'd try breaking off a leaf to see if it smells bad, though.

Mango tree is groaning under the fruit - in another week the battle with squirrels and raccoons will be raging, Stay tuned!

dyzzypyxxy

what do you mean raccoons and the mango's ...... we have a neighbor two doors down and her mango tree is loaded also, so are you saying this fruit tree brings out that critters? Oh many, guess I better keep an eye out for them as my dogs will be wanting to get at them if they are in the yard.

Guess who won't be getting one of those in their yard.....LOL

Jan

goreous pictures everyone. as always.

rita what a collection of plumeria! your garden must smell incredible.

the miami beach botanical garden is closing for renovations so they had a plant sale. i got bromeliads for a dollar each, begonias, varigated costus, varigated crinum lily, jack fruit tree, grumichama (some kind of fruit tree from brazil), 4 little teddybear palms, bamboo orchids, and i didn t pay more than 5 dollars for anything. i couldn't resist. i course i had my friend sobe gardener with me and i am surprised there were any plants left after the two of us left. the last day of the sale is today if anyone is in miami beach.

peony that is a nice plant is it a shrub or a vine?

some more bromeliads

jackfruit tree

lin i have a few hoyas but they rarely flower what is your secret yours are beautiful?

Hi, guys. Very pleasant morning trying to catch up with the this long, long thread. Didn't know so many beautiful plants even existed. Thank you for your concern about the weather. The tallest tree I have is a red oak, now about 35 feet tall and growing. The wind took the top out. It was said there were no verified twisters but the trunk was literally twisted off. First part fell immediately, second was hung and we had to have the yard crew climb and cut it out. Tree is pretty lopsided but I am thankful that was the worst. In 1994 we had a "Joplin" go through our community and the one next to us. Some places are still just a concrete slab. People didn't have the heart to start over in the same place. I have yet to figure out how to upload pictures with this mac. Lost a lot of tropicals in my itty bitty greenhouse this winter. Other things that I had left in the ground are now coming up since the days are 99 and nights are 75. Nothing here but extremes. Don't post much but I so enjoy reading your news.

Christi

Christi

so sorry to hear about the loss of your oak, but glad nothing happen to you or family.

I remember when that twister when through back then. I've never been through one, only earthquakes and hurricans and I hope to never so I think I can understand then not wanting to stay, sad though....

candela

I was at a plant sale yesterday and the guy had hoyas there, this is a new plant for me are they very hard to grow, he told me they do best with filtered light on them, which is why I didn't get one as I have full sun and western evening sun at that so didn't think it would be a smart choice for me.

Jan

Candela; Beautiful Philodendron?

christi, glad you and your family are fine.

homer, i inherited alot of philodendrons from a friend. they are pretty easy to take care of.

The propagating class at PDN yesterday was a huge hit for me. We came away with so many little pots of seeds and cuttings not to mention what I what had to pick up while I was there. LOL Just visiting Plant Delights is always a delight. Tony's own gardens were nice but the effects of the cold winter showed, the EE's were still pretty small.

I bought a hardy heliconia, Nochi Shibari Pomegranite, pink flowered Erythrina herbacea, A. culculata with bright yellow slpashes and a C. Kona Coffee.

On the way up we stopped at Big Bloomers - Drew, I am sure you know this place - and we really had a time there. Tremendous selection and very reasonable prices. EE's hostas, begonias, and the list goes on and on, LOL

Christie, so sorry about the storm damage What a wacky weather year.

Couldn't find the label on this one in the PDN gardens.

Too cool! I would suspect he had kept this one in the GH for the winter.

Erythrina herbacae. The variety we have goring wild in the woods around here is bright red. This one is sort of a salmon color. Had to have it!

Also, I asked about how to propagate the E. bidwilli and learned they use hard wood cuttings and keep them under a mist system.

I thought this was interesting.
Gasteria 'Armstrong Hybrid'


This is not even close to the gasterias here in the PlantFiles, but he did have it in with his other aloe/agave pots.

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Candela and ardesia, what gorgeous new plants you two have! I need to make room in my jungle before I can go shopping for any more plants. I picked up a little pomegranate tree on sale last week and have no clue where I'm going to fit it in! It's going to have to be a container plant for now.

Jan, yes growing any fruit will attract raccoons and squirrels, but if you have dogs in your yard they will probably keep the wild critters at bay. I only have one cat, and she does defend her territory, but since my neighbor got a dog, the 'coons have been around much less often. Still, it's worth it to grow the fruit. I'm faithful about picking up any that falls so there isn't the smell of fruit around all the time. I just hate to buy mangoes at the store that came all the way from Costa Rica when we can grow them right here. On a similar note, I absolutely refuse to buy oranges that come here from California ! ! !

The squirrels are more irritating than the raccoons actually - they nibble the stem of the mango, let it drop to the ground then eat about a teaspoon of fruit and leave. Then when they come back they don't eat the same one that's already on the ground, they drop a new one. Very annoying. I use a spray product now - it's called 'Critter Ridder' - that has hot pepper oil and other scents that they really don't like. I also have fake owl decoys that hopefully will scare away the fluffy-tailed little rodents. So far so good, but the fruit isn't quite ripe yet.

On an up note, I have a passionvine 'Purple Possum' that is dropping ripe fruit now, and the critters are not the least bit interested. Lovely flowers and delicious fruit that you don't have to fight for . . can't beat it. It bloomed and set fruit in April, and is blooming again now.

wow I didn't know that there was fruit with the passion flowers.... Interesting....

I hear ya on them just taking a bit and being so wasteful with the fruit... If they would just eat it before going on to the next it makes it a little easier to deal with the lost fruit.....

Well when your mangos do rippen and you have more than you know what to do with give me a hollar and I would be happy to purchase some off of you. I would rather buy from a person than the big stores.....

Jan