...but I last for only a day or two.
I'm so pretty......
Epiphyllum - 10" from tip to tip
Very pretty..is that the same bloom as a Night Blooming Serius or is it a white epi?
Night Blooming cereus only last one night ,at daybreak they are gone.
This one is even better cause it lasts longer.
happenstance, This is so beautiful ,it could be a painting
Happen....you make me nauseous with all these epi pics!! I can't grow em here. :-( they won't bloom. I had them in San Diego but left all of them there years back when I moved. Have you ever been to see my friends at Rainbow gardens in Vista?They sell 100's of kinds of epi's :-)
That first shot is a 'Georgia O'Keefe' you have a professional eye for lighting and texture. And you have phenomenal plants too. I love watching the threads for your pics. Envy here. What's your camera? if it's okay to ask. Tho I know it's not the camera, it's what's behind the camera. Kudos.
A beauty for sure!
Glad you like it.....they sure smell good!
Evening Eclipse -
Vista is way south of us, we're up by San Francisco, so I've not had the good fortune to visit Rainbow. I did find a wonderful source for Epis online, Epis by Pat.....a great selection.
BWAV - My camera isn't made anymore, but I'm still sold on it. It's a Nikon CoolPix 995 and I've had great luck with it. I'm a point and shoot kinda gal......so most of the kudos go to the camera and with the inherant beauty of a bloom like this it's hard to take a bad picture.
Here's one of last year's:
Fantastic color. I have a couple of unknown epis, I hope they bloom someday.
Awesome closeup!!!!! WOW! :-)
"Holey-Moley" That is a knock-out photo !
Candy,
Went to a local plant sale, held in a marketplace, yesterday and bought 4 nice leaves of this plant - 2 @ $1.00. I was told to just stick them into some cactus/perlite mix.
Could you please give me some help with what you have yours planted in, how deep, etc. Do these need shade or dappled shade. I looked in the PDB for more info, but it didn't help. Thanks for any help given.
Donna
Morning Donna -
I just use a commercial cactus mix, water them in with half strength fish emulsion, put them in dappled shade, and pretty much ignore them 'til next spring. I plant them an inch or so deep, just enough to keep them from falling over. If it is a longer cutting I prop it up with a couple of small rocks until it roots. They get a dose of fish emulsion along with all the other pots/baskets/containers every couple of weeks.
I have about 20 cuttings from Epis by Pat that I'm doing this with, we'll see if I get blooms next year. They are in hanging baskets in the back patio that gets dappled sun/shade all day.
This was the same method I used with the red/salmon cutting I bought last year that I posted on a thread over in the Cactus/Succulent Forum. Some people insist that they must callous off before planting, but I've never found that it makes much difference as long as you aren't overwatering them and leaving them sitting in soggy soil. My large pots of Epis on the stands sometimes have a broken frond and I just stick it in the pot.
Here's a size comparison of the three types in the large containers. Were yours marked by color or cultivar or are they going to be surprises?
Thanks Candy for the great info. I was really hoping you would be checking DG this morning. lol
You answered all the questions I had for them. The fronds were in a box and just said mixed Epis. There were some medium and long ones, but I got 4 medium size ones, about 10 in. long and nice and plumb. The ends were also hardened off. So they will be a surprise for me next spring if they bloom. I'm doing some potting this morning of other items I bought also.
I just love Rex begonias and have several types, but they like to die on me. One of the vendors from the Begonia Society had a nice display of several types of begonias and I had a really nice chat with one of the ladies. She finally told me what my problem was and what the difference was between the Rex's and other types were. It was great info, and now maybe I will keep them alive a little longer. :-) The two new ones I bought are not Rex's. Can't remember their names right now, but after I pot them up, I'll take a picture and tell you their names. Hope I can keep these alive too!!
Thanks again,
Donna
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Your are very welcome Donna!
Since my Epis are about half-way through their bloom cycle, this is the time I usually start picking some to enjoy inside.
This is my "Epi Six-Pack"
Candy, Beautiful picture and such a clever display idea =))
So lovely, as usual Candy -- you really are an Uber Gardener!!!
Donna -
Begonias are addicting. I just love them in all their forms. They all go outside for the summer, but have to bring them into the sunroom or the greenhouse for the winter. I do leave all the tuberous Begonias in the ground and they come back each spring. I love that bright shot of color in and around the palms and on the shady side of the garden.
Thanks scooterbug and Gretchen.......I'll take 10% of the credit, but the climate and the man upstairs get the lion's share for the success of my garden. I'm just the caretaker.
I have great hopes for all the cuttings that I got a couple of months ago, but I also have learned that you must be patient when it comes to Epiphllums. They work on their own time schedule.
Now it's time to hum and/or sing along to
"hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry."
The end is near......
Absolutely gorgeous! :-) I'm new to 'Dave's Garden', but after looking at the forums...especially the Photos forum, I'm mighty glad I found y'all.
Happen, you're doing a wonderful job with that camera! I got back into photography a couple of years ago and found the only 'willing' subjects were the ones that were firmly planted in the dirt. :-) SOoooo, it's nice to see another CoolPix user having a lot of fun doing the same thing I do.
Welcome to Dave's julie88 !
There's so much to learn and see here on DG, I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as we all do. Where is Muscoda? We used to spend a lot of time camping in WI and sailing Lake Michigan when we lived in the Chicago area years ago.
Be sure to check out all the things available here on Dave's. Of special note is the extras page and I'll jump over to the Welcome Mat and see if anyone has posted a personal "Welcome to julie88!"
Welcome!
http://davesgarden.com/t/431373/
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Thanks for the Welcome, Happen. :-)
Muscoda is in the Southwest corner of Wisconsin, right along the Wis River. (We used to live in La Grange and Hinsdale in the Chicago area...and BOY am I ever glad we moved. ;-) )
I'm really enjoying myself at Dave's...it's fantastic to finally get back to my "roots" (pun intended! :-) ) in gardening. It's been a *very* long time.
Now...it's off to the Welcome Mat for me.
SoCal, I would love to hear your tips on the Rex begonias. I have been trying to grow 'Escargot' but they keep dying on me. Right now I have one that is down to two not-so-healthy looking leaves. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Hey Nowater,
I also just got 3 new Escargot's and I sure hope I can keep them alive.
The lady told me that Rex's are rhizomatosus begonias. This means that the rhizomes live above the soil line and contain water to grow with. This means that you don't have to water very often....only when they really get dry. She also told me they are the hardest begonias to grow, so good luck with yours.
One of my Rex's, went dormant on me over the winter, and I thought it was dead. I left it in it's pot for the winter, and low and behold I saw life emerging in the early spring. Boy, was I glad I hadn't thrown it in the compost already.
Donna
I thought this thread was worth bumping up. Candy has a lot of good information about growing epiphyllums.
Thanks Clare!
Here are a few more with images and info on Epis you might want to revisit. All the Epis are still outside, been pretty cold here for a couple of weeks, so hopefully they will bloom like crazy come springtime.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/426034/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/421252/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/429115/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/436337/
Happenstance do you recognize this plant? Is it an epi? I bought it full of buds last spring from a greenhouse. Here is a closeup...
Here's an overview. It didn't have a great summer and I don't know if it has enough light to bloom this year, but it's alive, although it has spindly skinny growth instead of wider leaves. What does that mean? I'd love to get it happier.
I also have your original red one. It was my mom's. It bloomed like mad last summer but not this one. Little begonias live in the pot with it. My sister gave me this one.
Absolutly stunning photos of beautiful blooms, Candy.
If anyone grows those here, I havn't seen it.
Thet really are outstanding shots.
Perry
Candy, thanks for posting those additional threads. I'll be going through each one carefully. They are just loaded with information and great pictures. I bumped up one more thread in which you gave some great epiphyllum care advice.
Boojum, that is a lovely plant! It definitely looks related to epiphyllums.
Candy, I forgot to ask you this: do any of your leaves get crispy edges and curl in the winter? I was concerned that mine were getting too cold because I noticed some damage like this. I brought them in for the week that we had temps in the 30's at night, but they are outside again. Nighttime temperatures have been in the 40's. I have a couple of special ones in the greenhouse like my E. crenatum, E. chrysocardium, and E. anguliger, but I'm probably keeping them too warm to see many blooms next spring. They are still small plants so I won't mind if they put some growth instead.
boojum......you better lock your doors! or else just mail your plant to me.
That pink is just gorgeous......I used to have a peach one that was similar and bloomed in masses like that. Smaller flowers than the big guys, but bloomed for several months at a time. Yours sure looks like an Epi. :-) Lovely color!
Super good photos of plants I have never seen before. Thanks, trois
Clare, sorry I missed your question.
"crispy and curl" - sounds like something from a deep fat fryer! LOL
Along the edges, sometimes in almost a crescent shape? Eventually dries to the consistancy of thin tan bark? Eventually the damaged area hardens off and the edge has a permanent blemish? Sometimes the area will appear black and or yellow or "spotted" prior to the tan bark stage?
If that describes what you are seeing, then yes I've had this happen too. It might be a virus, or standing water/dew on a frond and colder than normal temps, or initially snail damage just to the "skin" of the frond that later gets mushy and then dries. Those are all just guesses, but I've experienced it also. My Epis are so old that I've seen them just drop a frond for no reason and as old as they are, I figure they are just shedding the weakest elements in favor of stronger new growth. And some of the most prolific bloomers are the fronds that have the most damage.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.......this is one ugly plant and if it weren't for the flowers, no one would even give it a second glance the other 10 months of the year.
I think you've made a good choice for your young cuttings.....mine from Pat's are in the greenhouse to keep them from getting too wet mainly. The big guys have been out during the cold the last couple of weeks and are looking great......by the end of summer they get pretty sunburned looking (they are in full sun from 10AM on), but with the rain and cold weather they are putting on growth, plumping up and begging for some fish emulsion. I've told them that February is the soonest they can look for another hit of the smelly stuff and they seem resigned to just cold and water for the next couple of months. :-)
Thank you, Candy. Your advice is invaluable here. Most of mine are drinking up lots of rain water too and seem to be thriving and putting on new growth despite the cold nights. If it wasn't for your posts, I would have had them all in the house all winter, but I can rest easy now. I've got to pick up some fish emulsion before February. Thanks again.
Wow...these are beautiful. can we grow this plant from seeds?
kaleem
Candy, I agree. When I first was introduced to Epis it was by my then boyfriend who was a horticulturist and was really mad about this plant. He gave it to me as a gift so I felt I couldn't just toss it out...ugly or not. It was about a 2 foot plant with 4 stems poking out in a very untidy array. And it was in a pot smaller than a coffee cup with about a handful of disgusting dirt in it. My boyfriend made me sware never to change the soil or to repot it. I thought to myself "um....yeah...sure....it's not like I'm sitting on the edge o my seat bursting at the seams to go spend money or time on this ugly thing!" LOL So I put it on my dresser, forgot about it most of the time. This all started around November. Every month or so I'd remember it sitting over there and think "He'll kill me if it dies completely" so I'd offer it a bit of water and then promptly forget about it again. In late June the plant started sending out what looked like something from some sci-fi movie....I wondered if I should call the some gov agency in charge of investigation alien encounters...but then didnt' know how to go about finding such an agency, so I waited. ;-) And then, one night, in mid-July it opened. I was in shock and awe and have been enamoured with Epis ever since. My entire house smelled heavenly for the rest of the next day....and then it was all gone.
Your photo of the pink Epi (pic #3) is stunning! I've always been obsessed with the "real" Epiphyllum oxipetallum, but after seeing your pic, I'm going to investigate other colors too! We have a great cactus and succulent "farm" close-by and I can't wait to pay them a visit and find out what other lovely colors they have for me to try. :-)
-Julie
Candy,
I would like a link to your "care" thread, or I may just give this to you before it suffers any more. BTW, my pink epi's (?) leaves are flatter like a Christmas cactus only bigger. The flowers also lasted longer than my red epi. Was your peach like that??
Julie, LOL! That was a great story.
Boojum. Try here: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/399197/ and here: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/421252/