Thanks, all you lovely Friends - she will be beautiful, no doubt!
Elaine, if you have 'weedy' Orchids, I'd like some!!!
Tropical Garden #127
Here is the picture of the pink trumpet vine aka Podranea ricasoliana :
I know, you're top of my list for a division of this one.
But I just got this as a start from a lady in California. Might have to wait a few months to be sure it's going to grow.
Thanks, Lady Bug!
Here's what's blooming in Marco Island--
Hawaiian Sunset vine
Mexican Bleeding Heart
White bleeding heart
Heliconias (Okay so some of them came from Jesse Durko's in Davie, but they ARE blooming!)
Lots of orchids and I will send pix when I take a few more
Hybrid Hibiscus that was on the markdown rack at Lowe's
all of the other Hibiscus
Camellias
Azalea
Passion Flowers
Rangoon creeper
Hoyas
Night bloomimg jasmine(just a little)
Mandevillas
and of course the ixoras!
I may have missed some and will take some pictures this morning. I dug up shoots of a Florida Hydrangea at a house that is being demo-ed around the corner. I am also buying from them--at least I gave them the check yesterday and now they have to deliver-- 20 or more HUGE coral stone rocks.Even the sewer construction men don't want to tackle them, so hopefully when they bring in the "CLAW" to tear down the house they can bring them over. It's just on the next street over. A gorgeaous lot with a view out to the Gulf with a dreadful house-sold for $1.2Million. What a gorgeous lot--I hope they leave the spectacular Royal poinciana tree and don't rip it out.
Okay--off for breakfast and some pictures
Debi
Debi, HI! It's been forever since we've heard from you. It seems you have a paradise in bloom - look forward to pictures!
Camera battery was dead, so I had to charge it. I'm heading out to go Christmas shopping so I'll post some later today.
Had the worst time loading pictures!
The Dutchmans's pipe is blooming away It gets the east sun and is on a chain link fence.
The lobster claw has yet to be planted--that's next week when we rip out the macho ferns and plant lobster claws and a ginger for full sun
The orchid has attached itself to the tree, and yes, in the background is the monster stag horn! One fell down and we cut it up and attached to lots of trees--we'll see how it does!
The next picture IS dark, but it's the Mexican bleeding heart growing on to my new trellis/pergola between the house and the outside garage.
Finally, the Hawaiian sunset. It just doesn't take a good picture, but it stretches about 75 feet now, and we hack away at it all summer. DO NOT plant unless you have a lot of space.
Debi
Beautiful, Debi!
Oh wow, next time you hack, send me some!! LOL Gorgeous pictures! Off to watch GA cream AL (I hope!!!) Going to be a nailbiter!
Aaargh! Definately a nail biter and lost in the last seconds!
OK here are some pictures:
Brug - blooming now despite a couple of freezes. Whacked it down and have lots of cuttings if anyone wants to trade??
A few orchids - lots of spikes appearing
varigated ginger
Hoya kerrii varg. - one stem is all white
Rhipsalis blooming
Crown of thorns yellow
Begonia
Christmas cactus starting to bloom
One of my favorites
False agave - LOVE this plant
Chocolate soldier plant - should have some babies next spring.
OK, here is a peek into my overstuffed GH.
As you can see, got them hanging, on shelves, and stuffed underneath.
I don't know if I can get another one in there.
But I am most excited about this....my Hoya macguillvarii has blooms on it...also my varg kerrii
one of my staghorns - takes up more than its space.
Holy cow, Paula! Your greenhouse looks like my back yard did in September! It's a jungle in there.
Are all those plants too tender to live out in your massive garden? Or are you going to plant them out next spring so they will establish over the summer?
Beautiful orange brug, I've never seen one that vivid a color, do you know its name?
Elaine,
Yes, all those would not make it outside. They are all tropical....some may be borderline, but I wouldn't risk it. I also have probably 50 or 75 different plants in my house. Do I have an addiction???...Nah!
Hi Rachel...question for you....My anthurium has 2 or 3 old blooms on it (pic) what would the seeds look like and could I plant them or are they very particular like orchids?
All these I need to trade off..
with the exception of a few.
Paula, in the second picture, what is in the reddish hanging basket?
Those do indeed look like ripe berries Paula. You can peel the fleshy part away along with the membrane and plant them to see if they are still viable. As far as them being picky to germinate, that would depend upon the particular Anthurium but in general it's the time frame that is important.
Hi Kay,
Those would be brunsfelia seedlings I dug up out of my yard. I need to repot them.
Thank you Rachel. I may try it...I have a heating pad for seed. It is Anthurium 'Red Bird's Nest"
When my Aunt passed away this past summer I found this plant in her garden, very neglected. I hung it in a more filtered spot in my garden and it looks so much better now. My mom says she remembers it had beautiful flowers. Does anybody know what this is? I'm thinking some kind of orchid cactus . It is just in one of those three level wire hangers with no soil so it is a Epiphyte of some sort. But I've searched through so many photos and can't find anything that looks like this stemming. No flowers since I've had it.
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Epidendrum radicans aka reed Orchid.
Thanks Kay, I have the Reed stem Crucifix orchids, but they have a much thinner stem than this does. However I do see how the leaves are quite similar. I took some more photos so you can see what I'm talking about...the first one is my Reed stem orchid and the last three are my Aunt's plant. It sure looks to be a Epidendrum, but don't think it is the reed stem radicans.
I'll be a bit disappointed if that is the case. ☺
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Sunkissed,
It's an Epidendrum, but I don't believe it's radicans, probably going to have to wait till it blooms. I have several that are similar, but with the thicker stems. They are out in the greenhouse, so I'll have to wait till tomorrow to check the tags. One's a baby girl pink and the other is pale yellow with pink and white, and the blooms are very different fromradicans. Keep them in very bright light short of full sun, and allow to dry out, and FEED. ( I grow radicans here in full blazing sun here, which to me is another indicator that your's is not radicans if it's not happy in full sun.
I'll dig around my files to see if I can find a bloom pic.
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I appreciate you taking a look, but you're probably right about waiting for the flowers to bloom. It certainly appreciates the shadier spot I have it in now. My Aunt was a gardener and loved the unusual and unique plants, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed it is something spectacular.
Thanks mj
That's a cool story, that you rescued it from your Aunt's garden. You should pop over to the Orchids forum, and post your pictures. I'll bet one of the wonderful orchid geeks over there would know what it is.
I only have one Epidendrum, and it is radicans. Doesn't have those fat stems.
Get a pump sprayer and keep some very weak orchid fertilizer in it - mix about 1/4 strength - and spray it with that a few times a week, and every day in the summer. It will bloom, and we can't wait to see it!
Thanks dyzzy, I'll do just that...I did post in the plant ID forum and so far nothing. I'll get some orchid fertilizer and keep it sprayed.
I rescued a few things from my Aunt's garden and she was my mentor, so having pieces of her all around my garden is a real treasure. She lived until mid 90's all alone here in Florida and gardening was her passion...I always feel it kept her healthy and young.
Just for fun I posted some pictures of items from her garden to mine ☺
Chair and wood bucket, tin watering can (got a few of these), succulent in pot, zebra in strawberry pot, and heavy cement bird bath.
Well I received and ID and looking at the images on Google this is it.... a Dendrobium Nobile (cane orchid). How exciting, and now I just need to not kill it. ☺
I'll certainly post photos if I ever get some blooms. Thanks to Kay, mjsponies, dyzzypyxxy for your help. And of course OCCAROL for the plant ID. Love love this website. Worth a million to me... oops, better be careful, they might raise the membership fees. ☺
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Nice Hawthoria patch, Sunkissed!
I just love the zebras in the strawberry jar, too. Your Aunt sure had some neat plants, Sherri.
I have brugmansia Charles Grimaldi putting on another flush of bloom thanks to the wonderful weather we are having. Even though the rain barrels are empty, I'm afraid to wish for rain because it would mean a cold front and the end to this fabulous run of highs 80, lows 60 - perfect weather. I've even got full size tomatoes ready to ripen, and broccoli ready to pick.
Charles's blooms start out almost white, and slowly shade to orange over about 5 days. The scent in the evenings is just lovely.
Another of my brugs from Debra has a big cluster of buds, but I'll be out of town next week when they finally open. Hope my bro will remember to take pics of them for me. He'll be here cat-sitting for the week.
Elaine you are so fortunate... my wife would kill for those tomatoes right now.
Paula those Anthurium seeds will germinate very well in peat moss, just barely covered, in a Chinese type takeout container with the cover on under a warm light kept moist not wet. Punch pin size holes in the cover so It can breathe.
Drew! What about that upstairs bathroom with all the grow lights in the fixture where you had baby AeAe at first?
Start a tomato plant or two in August from seed, and grow them over winter in that bathroom of yours! You'd have to pollenate with a little paintbrush, but heck, for fresh tomatoes??
Also, doesn't that atrium of yours with the wonderful tall windows get sun? You could grow tomatoes there, too, with a little help from some grow lights to lengthen the "days" for them. Put them at the foot of the AeAe giant mama plant?
Just stirring, I know you love a challenge.
Just had 20 monstrous sized coral stone rocks delivered--dumped in the front yard to be put in in front of the monkey puzzle bed--monkey puzzle has crowded everything out so will have the boys start moving some of the daylilies etc that's in that spot. They were at a house that is being demo'd--people paid $1.2 million and don't even have the plans for the new one--on the next street over. Got a great deal and would love to hose them off, but am afraid they'll really sink into the grass even more!!!! The shells embedded in them are spectacular!
My macho ferns and old ixoras get yanked out tomorrow , to be replaced by gardenias and jasmine, lobster claws and ginger-- can't wait for the change!! My mast tree finally gets planted and the leather ferns also get yanked out.They are under my bathroom window and there are way too many noises in them at night!
Debi
LOL, Debi - at the noises from the ferns - tree frogs?
OT, but went on line looking for "grow lights" for a small area where I am trying to protect my tropicals this winter. (80 today, forecast 27 by Sunday night). Was surprised to see that most of what was on-line specified that they were for marijuana plants. Someone told me that the NEA has sensors in helicopters to pick up "grow lights" for that very reason. I am sooooo sheltered.
Just got plain ole pfc at Home Depot.
Back to our regularly scheduled show.
Christi, when I was back in Missouri, I used 2 halogen lights in my basement - worked beautifully and added heat - the plants loved it. We don't want the popo pickin' you up!!!!