What a beautiful Flower! I don't think I have ever seen these before. Are they sold as indoor plants? Will have to check it out.
Candy, your photos are gorgeous. The third one is definitely a first place winner. Have you ever entered it in the photo contest?
I'm so pretty......
Happenstance, what a great collection you have! And your photos are breathtaking. It's too bad Nikon won't continue that CoolPix body. I use CoolPix as well.
We're neighbors!
Moonglow
gumlla - I've never tried them from seeds and cuttings are readily available here in California and online from most growers. I remove the spent blossoms before they form seed pods which seems to promote a longer bloom time and more prolific production of blooms.
Julie - Former lover is gone, okay. But, what happened to the plant???? LOL Great story.
boojum - Yes, the smaller blooms lasted much longer that their larger cousins in my experience and without being technical......yes the leaves on Epis are flat and large.
Trunnels - check some of the online sites like:
http://www.graydavisepies.com/terms.html
http://www.ecology.org/orchids/index5.html#Epis
http://www.epies.net/
As far as indoor v. outdoor, I think it depends on your zone......depending on whose chart you are using, I'm either 9b or 10a and had these in a covered pool area in 8b at one time. They made it through the big freeze here in the Bay Area in 90-91 when it got down to 17 for several days/nights and devastated a lot of other tender things. The third photo was entered in last year's DG photo contest, but didn't place, glad you like it!
Moonglow - I think I may have to go into mourning when my CoolPix goes to shutterbug heaven. It's a great camera for the point and shoot kind of photographer like me who just can't get her hands or head around pixels, F-stops, etc........I want my camera to be like my car........as long as it runs consistantly and is a color I like, I don't need or want to know any additional facts. ( Hi Neighbor! We lived in Tiburon for 10 years, now back in the East Bay because we love the heat!)
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Here's an image from a few minutes ago....it's a cool (52F) drizzly, foggy morning, supposed to be 60ish by afternoon. The 3 big pots of Epis sit in this protected corner outside the sunroom all winter. The Kalanchoe and some other potted succulents keep them company. All the plants inside the sunroom are members of my Euphorbia collection. Euphorbias are very succeptible to anything below 50F so they get preferential treatment. Treatment levels vary from:
Stay outside all winter in the rain/cold.
Move into the greenhouse, which is unheated.
Move into the sunroom which stays above 50 unless it is unseasonably cold.
Your place looks like a plant lover's dream, Candy !
Bet you take some on the boat when you sail too !
Perry
Candy, that was way back when I lived in the States. Then I moved to Germany after I finished my B.A.....couldn't take the plant with me, so I gave it to one of my other plant-loving friends. He took good care of it I'm sure. Former love is also not in the States anymore...he's back home in Ireland....now happily married and a proud new Papa too. :-)
-Julie
Candy, you are a wealth of information as usual. Thanks so much.
Speaking of Euphorbia, do you have any idea what this could be?
Gee, I don't recognize it Clare.....but that's not unusual. :-) It kinda reminds me of an Eve's Needle cactus with all those little hair like pickers. They are wicked and tough to remove from fingers. There are so many different Euphorbias and many hybrids out there now, some almost impossible to ID exactly.
One of the best informational sources online is Frank's site at:
http://euphorbia.de/indexe.htm
(Take the lazy way out and email him with your image.....he's usually very responsive and most likely point you in the right direction.)
I was really pleased a little over a year ago when he confirmed the ID on one of my old timers E. heptagona. It's not seen very often anymore(at least not in my experience) and has proved to be a survivor through many moves and growing conditions.
http://davesgarden.com/pdb/showimage/23705/
Thanks, Candy. I will email Frank as you suggest. Your E. heptagona is gorgeous! Thanks again for being so helpful.
A very useful and no care plant that grows like a weed here in California....the two mother plants (Crassula ovata http://davesgarden.com/pdb/showimage/25630/ & Crassula ovata 'Gollum' http://davesgarden.com/pdb/showimage/25632/ )
also survived that winter of '90-'91. Hundreds of cuttings have been taken in the intervening years. This plant had become top heavy at about 6' so I pruned it in September. An arbor blown down in a windstorm a few weeks ago did some additional trimming on it.....and it still looks like a wedding bouquet with all its pretty star shaped blooms. Crassula ovata
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Wow, these photos are unbelievably beautiful, the flowers are a must have, my white one is in full bloom right now, with just a hint of red.
Beautiful Epi's Ladies. thanks for the pictures. I hope we could get a co-op going one of these days. I know I would be interested.
Patti