3- alocasia Black Stem
8-alocasia Odora
30+- alocasia gagaena 'california'
10-colocasia Illustris
4- colocasia Black Magics
20-colocasia Chicago Harliquin
GONE-colocasia Gigantea "Kinda small"
GONE-colocasia Violet Stem
3-colocasia Maranda
GONE-xanthosoma violaceum
2-xanthosoma Jeoquinii lineatum "kinda small"
None for postage at this time.
Looking for Named, Cannas, Brugs esp dreamsickle , Daylilies, phormium, Bromeliads, Gingers,Clerodendrum grass, crinums, Plumerias, Vitex, and Buddlea That makes a tree..... almost anything tropical
d-mail me.
edited cause I forgot to put clerodendrum.... =)
ely
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Have Ears up for trade =)
You have d-mail.
Ely, I know we've been talking about introducing me to the wonderful world of EEs... I had a question... I saw some EE's in bags at the LGS yesterday, and they were these huge tubers, the size of smallish canteloupes! How long do they take to get to that size? I brought a baby EE home from the MidAltantic RU last year, a 'Black Magic' maybe the size of a ping pong ball.... and it did not survive. :-( That made me wary about trying them again. Was that one maybe just too small to be separated from the main tuber? Or did I mess up? Or maybe a bit of both?
Jill, the ones you saw are probably Colocasia esculenta. One the size of your finger can get that big in a season. One that size can get the size of a basketball in a season. When I plant those in part shade, with plenty of moisture they get huge in a hurry. Black magic will not get a tuber like that. Some form huge tubers and others are runners. Black Magic likes plenty of moisture. I have grown them in my pond in gravel. A lot of the time, those will pout and lose all the leaves but if you keep the rootball watered and warm, it will come back.
I would love to have a few. You have mail.
I put my Black Magic baby into a wide pot, about 4 inches deep, with no drainage hole so I could keep it nice & wet. I had some sort of creeping stuff in there too, whose name I've forgotten... the EE died back after a month and never did resurface, so I didn't bring the pot inside that fall (2 months later). It had one small leaf & one tiny leaf when I got it...
I wanted to try the EE's, but I was worried that maybe I just wasn't good with baby ones... But I should probably quit greebling and figure that Badseed & Ely can advise me so I (hopefully) don't kill any more of them!
Ely, I know we've Dmailed about this, but I figured I should post here so you can keep track of the numbers... I would love to trade for whatever variety you have plenty of! :-) I could find room for a couple of dwarf ones, but I probably have space for only one or two plants of the bigger varieties. Please LMK what I can send you in addition to the trailing AVs... I'll be happy to start rooting cuttings of philos, christmas cactus, etc. Thanks so much!!
I have some dls, hosta and lots of Big blue lirope, Autumn Joy sedum by the clumps. Hope you can use something.
I would like the blk Magics and some Harliquins.
Cathy
=)
ely
ely,
Sent my end of our trade off this morning- you have dmail.
THANKS so much for trading with me!
Deb
Hi, Ely
LMK what you are wanting for the e. ears.
Thanks
elyearcrazy, you've got mail
Ely, good to see you in the chat room last night! I just wanted to remind you to please delay sending my EE's until the first week in May. Thanks!!
will do so....
ely
You're a treasure!
ely,
Have you gotten what I sent you? You should have, as I sent it Priority.
Edited to add: I just checked the conf # and saw they were delivered today. Hope you enjoy them!
This message was edited Apr 12, 2006 9:45 PM
Yes I haven't been able to send a Thank you letter yet... did you get yours?
ely
Oh ely, I wasn't hinting for a thank you- but you are very welcome. I just wanted to make sure you got them. I'm just a nervous Mom when any of my plants are in transport- lol! Hope they arrived in good shape?
No, I haven't gotten yours yet but I am sure I'll get them Thur or Fri. I'll let you know.
Do you still have any of the black elephant ear? If so I have daylilies.
D
ely,
I got the huge, beautiful EE's today! THANK you so very much for the trade!!
Debbie
I kinda felt silly cause your Cal were bigger than your odoras...LOL
ely
Hey, ely
Do you have any ears left?
I have Madagascar Butterfly Bush (Buddleja madagascariensis) (yellow flowering/Fall - mine is currently about 6 ft tall after 2 years of growth, winter hardy in Zone 8b/9a). If that is one of the buddleias that make a tree that you are interested in having, I am always looking for new EEs to add to my collection. If you still have 'Chicago Harlequin' you would like to trade for Madagascar Butterfly Bush or some other tropical, let me know.
Jeremy