Here are some more garden pictures I thought I would share today. I'm going to try something different to see if this works. Instead of loading one picture per post, I'm going to include a link to the pictures.
This is a great pink that I love. Roger gave it to me, and we think it is Key West Pink:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605019.jpg
This is a yellow/white that a got a couple of years ago from Aloha Palms:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605010.jpg
Cancun Dreams:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605009.jpg
Jennifer's Candy Stripe:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605011.jpg
Nebel's Rainbow:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605014.jpg
Tahitian Sunset:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605015.jpg
Intense Rainbow:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605022.jpg
Two seedlings blooming at 22 months old:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605012.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605021.jpg
I think this one is Pacific Pearl:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605020.jpg
A nice yellow (sorry it's a tad out of focus):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605023.jpg
This is a Epiphyllum oxypetalum hybrid which is a prolific bloomer. The neat thing is that, like Epiphyllum oxypetalum, it blooms at night and lasts only one night, but while the regular Epiphyllum oxypetalum flower will fade at first light, this one stays open until about noon:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605003.jpg
Passiflora Amethystina hybrid that I grew from seed:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605008.jpg
These two are adenium seedlings:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101605018.jpg
Tahitian Sunset earlier this summer:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/090305007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/090305011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/081405009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/081405004.jpg
More Pictures from my Garden...
Your flowers are gorgeous Clare. I like them all so much that I really can't say which is my favourite.
Sandy
Wow, how gorgeous are those!! I think I love the rainbows best.
love that nebels rainbow
Great flowers. You have a great variety too. Tahitian Sunset sure knew my name. LOL
If my wife will allow can I be your best friend. Wow those are so nice. MY one finally bloomed this past week. I will have to get a red one. Some one offered to give me a cutting of one but it hasn't y'ed and I told her to wait until next year.
Bravo, Claire!!! Your blooms are lovely!
Thanks, you guys:-)
Here are some new pictures, taken today. They are the same varieties that I've shown you before, but they look better with a few rain drops on them!
Cancun Dreams:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805001.jpg
Aloha Palm's Yellow:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805003.jpg
Aloha Palm's White:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805005.jpg
Unknown Yellow/White:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805007.jpg
Intense Rainbow:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805006.jpg
Seedling:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805010.jpg
Key West Pink:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805016.jpg
Pacific Pearl:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805018.jpg
Tahitian Sunset:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805013.jpg
Nebel's Rainbow:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805012.jpg
Jennifer's Candy Stripe:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805019.jpg
Princess Maya:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805020.jpg
Passiflora Amethystina:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805021.jpg
Adenium "Noble Concubine":
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/jccorre/101805024.jpg
This message was edited Oct 23, 2005 7:42 PM
Clare, they are just wonderful, I'd like to reach out and smell them, your photos are always worth taking a look at. Thanks
Linda
Thanks, Linda! It's nice to post them for people who appreciate them:-)
This message was edited Oct 18, 2005 1:15 PM
Clare,
WOW – All those in bloom today! They are all gorgeous. I am jealous to say the least. Thank you so much for thinking of us and sharing.
Shirley
Just gorgeous, Clare!
Thanks, Terrie and Shirley. They are about to stop blooming any time now as it gets colder so it's nice to have them and share them while they last.
Clare, they are so beautiful. Do you keep them all together so that you could take a group picture.
I just order two from Florida Colors and ask Luc to pick two out for me that were small and one was red. He sent me Scott Pratt and P. Pudice. can you tell me any thing about P. Pudice. I think that is the way it is spelled. Thank You, Joan
Hi Joan, here's a group shot of some of mine below.
Congrats on your two purchases from Florida Colors. Scott Pratt is a dark red and lovely. P. pudica is a species and has white flowers, which have no fragrance, and interesting leaves. It is a very good grower. Here's a link to P. pudica: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/93637/index.html
I think you need more. LOL.
Gosh, I can't wait to get some flowers of my own. Yours is incredible and it changes color so much.
I love the pink ones. Clare, do you find that one color blooms better than another?
Thanks, Kell! LOL! I could definitely use a few more, but I have run out of room and have resorted to pulling plants out of the ground now to make room for the plumies. Look what was there before that I had planted a couple of years ago:
Hi Terrie, no, I don't think so. Some cultivars are said to be terrific bloomers, and some cultivars are said to be tempermental. Great reliable bloomers can come in all colors. Some of them include Celadine (white/yellow), Slaughter Pink (light pink), California Bud's Sally (pink), Bali Whirl (double white/yellow), etc. Most plumerias just need a regular fertilizer regimen to bloom well. Most average growers, who are not gardeners, don't realize that they have to feed their plumeria trees to get them to bloom well, but even sometimes with a steady fertilizer program, some plumerias can be stubborn for a few years until they gain some maturity. This is especially true with seedlings.
Clare, I called Luc and ask him to pick a red small tree and one other that would be good for a beginner and he sent me Scott Pratt and P. Pudice. I think that is what the last one is. Can you tell me about it? Color , is it low growing? Thank You Joan
Hi Joan, I just answered this same question of yours on another post. You must not have seen it. I'll see if I can find it.
LOL! It's on this same thread a few posts back. Check my answer on 10-20 at 10:43 p.m.
I'm adding P Pudice to my wish list. Clare, your army is beautiful and so healthy-looking!
Clare those are so beautiful!!! I love the Nebel's Rainbow and the white one with yellow. Just gorgeous!
I'm so anxious for mine to bloom.
Lin
How do you take cuttings?? Maybe sometime I can take a cutting from mine and then have two. ;)
Also where is a good place to online to order some plumerias?
I live way out in the country and no nurseries around here have them.
Lin
Thanks, Nery! Joan had the name misspelled. It's actually called Plumeria pudica. I don't have this one because I only want fragrant flowers in my garden:-)
Lin, here's a link on taking cuttings: http://www.plumeria101.com/pruning.html and http://www.plumeria101.com/cuttings101.html Here's a great online nursery: http://www.floridacolors.com/
This message was edited Oct 22, 2005 1:23 PM
Thanks so much Clare for those links. I've saved them so I can go back later and read all the information.
Lin
Clare,
That would be a KWP for sure. Nice pictures I thought You just had Burgs and Plumies?
Roger
Thanks, Roger! LOL! I have lots of obsessions which is why my garden is so crowded! Thanks for the identification. I'll take away the question mark now since it came from you and since you identified it. I love it!
Clare, I know that this is off the thread but I really need some help on this one!!! My aunt died about twenty years ago. In her house was a plant that I now know is an epiphyllum. How do you take care of this? I have the last remaining piece. I have never seen it bloom. It is very small (I guess no one in my family knew how to take care of it either). I got it from my mother who has had this piece for years, in of all things a glass of water. HELLLLLPPPP!! I would really like to keep this little thing going.
Thanks,
Melanie
Melanie, just pot it up in some cactus mix or other well-draining soil and water lightly and keep it indoors or against the house or somewhere where it is protected from frost. The care is similar to Christmas cacti. Here are some links below. Also, go to the Epiphyllum forum because there are some super informative links there.
Here are some Dave's Garden Threads:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/513289/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/509692/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/500483/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/480652/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/426034/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/508912/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/511085/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/429115/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/443167/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/435580/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/438497/
Here are some links all about Epiphyllums:
http://graydavisepies.com/
http://www.epies.net/cgi-bin/evoque?evoque.id+985411215
www.epiuniverse.com
http://www.missouri.edu/~extgrice/nbc/
http://www.bobsmoleys.com/junglecactus.html
www.epigalleria.com
www.epiphyllumworld.com
http://www.ecology.org/orchids/index5.html#Epis
http://www.cactuscollection.com/info/cacti/orchid.html
www.junglecactus.com
www.epiuniverse.com
www.epies.net
http://www.hollygatecactus.co.uk/epiphyllum1.htm
www.epies.net
http://www.flowerpictures.net/epiphyllum/epihybrids/index_3.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/SSaSSSy/Epiphyllum.html
Edited to fix some of the links.
This message was edited Nov 11, 2005 11:17 AM
Thanks so much!! With all this information, this little guy might have a fighting chance! My mom called it a night blooming cerus(spelling?), Thanks so much. Melanie
Melanie, Cereus is the old name which has been divided up into Hylocereus, Selenicereus, Epiphyllums, and some other genuses. If yours has white night-blooming flowers, it is probably Epiphyllum oxypetalum. We can help you identify it over at the Orchid Cactus forum when it blooms for you.
I had no idea it was a orchid catus! I wouldn't have bothered you on this forum. See you over at the other forum. Thanks ever so much.
Melanie
Hi Melanie, you didn't bother me at all and can ask me anything anywhere:-) I'm happy to help whenever I can:-) It's my pleasure.