O/T continued Favorite non-gessies, photos and chat

Those are cool Kenton. Our Elephant ears bloom like them !

they look a little like the spaths....peace lilly

Same family!

yes Peace Lily too. Same family of which one Kenton ?

Calla, elephant ears, Peace lily.
All Aroids (Araceae).

By the by, I have some pictures for you, Allison.
Kenton

WOW nice to learn more I enjoy growing them all ! Pictures cool Kenton thanks. Are they blooms or babies ? Can you post them pretty please :))

The above picture has it's blooms, above that are the babies.
Kenton

nice (or Fancy as you say!) did you save the seeds from that one or did you get pups? How did you propagate it?

Here's the pic I promised of the second crop from my shiitake mushroom kit! We harvested 10 oz this time, and they were just as succulent as the first one! YUM!

yummm...I had mushrooms with my steak tonight!!

Laurie;
I bought a corm for a nasty $6 or so from a local greenhouse (I did not know better then, years ago) and grew it in a pot. (that is it in the old picture.) I have divided it, or rather it has divided itself, many times. This is the first time I have started them from seed. I had a huge collection of Calla varieties last summer, but suffered an extreme attack of soft-rot that ruined most of the collection. Would you like to try Zantedeschia?
Kenton

Thanks Kenton, I have quite a few already. The pink, yellow, rose and big white varieties.

Jill those muchrooms are incredible ! How long can you keep growing new ones ?

The kit says it should be good for 6 or 7 "flushes," and after that I may be able to break the block into pieces to use as plug spawn if I want to innocculate a few logs.

We ate the last of this harvest for lunch -- Howie made omelets before the tea party! Check out this thread http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/575444/ and its predecessor for details on the fun I've been having with Kim & Howie here!

That's wonderful !

ohhhh those mushrooms are crazy! they look delicious!

Currently blooming non-gessies are orchids. This one opened a couple of days ago: Phrag Prince Caspian

This one has been open for a few weeks. This is a phal that is a cross between Phal. Summer Wine and Phal. Cinnamon Gold.

beautiful - I love orchids. I think I am going to put some wire shelves on my tree and have them hang there all summer. I feel I got better flowering from them when they were outside,

another orchid, this one is mounted on a little bit of tree fern. Tolumnia Ralph Yagi 'Jon'

and one more Phal. Another new cross that hasn't been named yet.
Phal. (Taida Lawrence 'Joy' x Carmela's Brite Lites 'Sunset')

and here's a non-orchid. Hoya bella, which bloomed only for a short period. The plant had an intense mite attack last summer and has been trying to recover every since..

I love the way hoyas smell...my friend has one that smells like chocolate

Keyring,your plants are beautiful.
Anita,please share pictures of your wire shelves in your tree-I have never seem this before-sounds like a great idea.

Key you are definitely a green thumbed gal! So beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

I certainly will - once I set them up. Of course, I may never get there again as we are expecting upto 24" of the white stuff today!

Anita,I hope all is well your way-stay warm.
Keep in touch to let us know how you are.

Oh, Key. I think I had some Phals with 'Brother Lawrence" and "taida" blood. I've moved my gardening outdoors, though. Maybe when I have my nice little rural house, I will build a greenhouse and keep orchids again. Until then, I'll enjoy your excellent pictures.
Kenton

Keyring you have the most awesome plants !