Here ya' go Drew.
Tropical Plants and Gardens #118
Homer, they are speciosums.
Ardesia, Most Philo's are not deeply rooted. The roots you see coming off the stem are prop roots, but, also feeder roots.
Dale what is the philo in the 4th photo... I have one like that....Are the leaves about 12 inches long?
Hello Everyone!!!
We are enduring a raw blustery day, there will be no gardening today. My spring fever has been put on hold until the next warming trend.
GAgirl1066, thanks for sharing your bounty, the Anthuriums are special! The variegated hydrangia are also a favorite of mine. Even without flowering, they brighten up the garden but I had to water them twice daily in the summer. Your landscape is off to a good start!
Mangogirl, welcome to the thread!!
Joeswife, is that pipevine open yet? I would wait until after the firespike blooms before cutting it back, it will recover as soon as it gets a little more sunshine. The red flowers are blooming now in my hh.
dyzzy, I love your shooting star picture with the fern and that Great Oak tree in the background. It's great that you have so many Orchids blooming for you. I have 2 healthy looking plants from rj with blooms, that just shriveled up and fell off.
Good luck with your Glorriosum. Drew is a treasure!!
ardesia,
I use Nutricote13-13-13 controlled release fertilizer on my Bromeliads, from Shirleyk e-Bay.
homer1066, thanks for your encouraging comments, I am still losing plants from last summer's heat and drought. This is my Philo. speciosums in the last picture, from Millers Tropicals.
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Dale-The Gardener, Philodendrons are my favorite plants! thanks
That oak tree is our pride and joy, Rita. Its trunk is at least 4ft. in diameter and it shades the whole east side of the house. The Tree Fern, and tree philos that are all along the border under that tree seem to survive very well, but they really don't grow much at all! This is what made me wonder if the baby P. Gloriosums will be able to get a foothold in the border under that tree without the help of a pot.
What is the plant in the middle picture of the three above? I've got a start of it, I think, but no label that I can find.
Elaine; if there is filtered light (from the oak canopy), they will grow very well!
Rite, glad to know the fertilizer works. I have been told by university level horticulturists that Nutricote and Dynamite 13-13-13(available at most HD's) are one and the same product from Florikan. I think Black Kow or Black Gold distributes it. The difference is that Nutricote is only sold wholesale in large quantities usually to growers. Not positive but I think this Orchid and Bromeliad formula might be new and the numbers are 10-10 17. It will be interesting to see how successful I am with it. I glued some broms to oaks and a palmetto yesterday, this will really be an interesting experiment. They are still taped up until the glue takes, I'll post pictures when the tapes come off.
Elaine, your oak is amazing, in this part of the country we revere ancient oaks and I think yours has a nicer shape than the brom tree at Selby.
Two things I swore not to try and grow when I moved to Florida, orchids and roses. Well . . . now I've got both, what happened??
Sunny Knockout is my favorite color, pale yellow fading to white as it opens. Easy Does It, (coral orange) is another own-root disease resistant variety I'm trying in a blazing sunny area out front where nothing has been growing. Now that I have well water, I can afford to water that area, yay! Hoping the pentas interplanted with them will give a bit of shade relief in the height of summer. Yup, roses like some shade in summer here, like a lot of plants that say 'Full Sun' on the labels.
Now you have to try the old China roses, they came into Charleston in the late 1700's and they can really handle the heat and humidity. I never have to spray the ones I have. Another oldie I love is Mutabilis or the butterfly rose.
Strange year, last week it was cannas and camelias now it is azaleas and amaryllis blooming at the same time.
Tama No ura camellia.
Rita, I loved all the Philodendron pictures that you showed and I had forgotten about the Calla I sent you. I hope you are enjoying it. Nice looking Cissus discolor too.
DaleTheGardener, nice specimens of Philo's. that you showed and I agree with your comment to Ardesia concerning how they grow. In all reality, "most" Philodendrons are either epiphytes or hemiepiphytes and rely on trees and understory plants in their natural environment in order to survive as well.
Dyzzy, I think your Gloriosums will be just fine if you plant them underneath your Oak tree and don't worry if you only achieve slow growth in the beginning. They should take a hold a grow much better and larger even as a creeper type of Philo. vs. in a pot.
Elaine and ALice, you guys are making me drool again.. lovely colors!
Beautiful philo, Rachel, or is it an Anthurium?
Rachel's (awesome) plant above is an Anthurium Debra. Should known the name, although, it escapes me.
In and out later in the week, as we will have mid to upper 70's!
Thanks for the info on the ferts. Alice!
Zone envy Dale! Although.......
Amorphophallus Konjac, she's starting her 2-3 day stink today it seems!
Hope you are not expecting company. LOL
LOL! Well they'll just have to deal with it! It's too cold yet to put it outside!
I'd put it in a bathroom, close the door and put the fan on! Yuck.
She is beautiful, Tommy. Mine are just now starting to peek up. Golly Drew, is that your yard RIGHT NOW? Sheese!
cold wet and cool here, but it isn't stopping me to get leaves up off the beds, it is headed to the high 70's all this coming week, and I want to be ready for things to pop up.
ELAINE!!!!! Your OA is bigger than mine! I just have to start feeding them I guess. LOL
Yours is just gorgeous.
Elaine is that a Begonia? WOW!
Yep, B. Odorata Alba that Alice sent me as a start last summer/fall. I think it's going to be a monster! Planning to put it in a combo hanging basket with some other white or variegated things, so I can hang it where I'll be able to enjoy the sweet scent without bending over. Was just about to head out to start planting that, and now it's raining! Can't complain, hope it lasts more than 3 minutes!
No Debra, This is a picture of Philodendron bipinnatifidum along with the inflorescence, taken in the border around 10 yrs. ago. It's still kicking, just not as big...lost the main stem around 3 yrs. back.
Dreaming about what is to come.... hopefully!
Here's Sophie Cecile with her two brothers Don and Don (the Millars).
More of the begonia brigade sheltering under the Earth Box stand.
Gazanias going nuts!
Is that your bird feeder Elaine?
Yeah, you can tell by all the weeds around that pot, right? Metal pole behind the gazania pot is, in fact, holding up one of the bird feeders! I grease the pole so the squirrels can't climb it. Hilarious watching them try, though.
Here's the other one, so far squirrel-proof as far as I've seen - their weight pulls the seed ports shut. Ironically, DH used a piece of bamboo for the pole on this one, and although the squirrels can't get the seeds they use that pole to climb, then jump to the other feeder about 5ft. away. Where there's a will . . .
Next to the resident pair of cardinals, my favorites the titmice. They're harder to photograph because they're so quick and don't stay on the feeder very long.
Newly opened today is 'Wild Thing' alongside her sister the nun. (Phaius microburst and Phaius tankervillea)
awww Elaine, the birds are so cute, here we have yellow, red and gray finches I love to watch. Didn't even dream of greasing a pole against squirrels.
The orchids are lovelry. I went to sis in laws today to see her Vandas open and blooming , from a plant she got a year ago.. it is also very loverly.
Ummm think I'm going to have to start feeding my Beg. Odorata too. But !! Alice, remember Elaine's a lot warmer where she is all thru winter, so with her good care and good weather, it's been growing strong all winter.
We've been getting much needed rain here...and the good kind, soft gentle and several days/inches worth with cloudy in between the rain so it's gotten to soak in.
Found this cute little Kalanchoe on the sale rack at Wally World...
Never seen one with pink and white flowers before, look more like little miniature roses.
And Bleeding heart has been blooming on/off all winter in the greenhouse, and is loaded now.
Orchid Family pic...
Yes, the begonias have been growing nicely all winter here. I had them under the big stand where my Earth Boxes are, and so they were covered on the coldest nights. They collect the runoff from the Earth Boxes under there, too.
Here's summer home for B. Odorata Alba, along with a white Caladium and variegated Liriope. Plus a surprise Amaryllis, and five more big fat buds coming!
We finally got a little rain last evening, too. Thank goodness! Rain barrels are nearly full, cisterns are up halfway at least!
New tree - Black Tulip Magnolia - the bloom is about 6 -8 in. across...beautiful!!
That magnolia is lovely, Paula. Is it fragrant?
I've got Deb's Brug. Monster White busting out all over with blooms in its new spot.
The orchids are beggining to really bloom...lots of spikes
and more
Paula,
Their all nice !! I especially like the last one on the right.
Purple Reed Orchid, Cross Vine Tangerine Beauty and Hoya about to bloom
Azalea in the front yard...
Brom in a basket..
And I thought I was out of control......
Oh Drew...We KNEW you were out of control ...........ROFLMOL..........
Ok.... As long as You Knew!
Good morning, everyone! Debra, are you feeling better today? Call me back!!!