I thought I would share some cool photos of some odd variegated plants seldom seen.
First up amazonica white variegation
Rare variegated plants
here is the yellow variegated form
Frydek variegata
philodendron strawberry shortcake
philodendron pink princess
philo hastatum variegated
philo imbe variegata
philodendron florida beauty var
Cool looking plants. I love the variegated Amazonica. Beautiful!
bwilliams
AWESOME plants, i LOVE variegated plants lol,i hope to add to my collection LOL and then you come along and show us hese so NOW i KNOW i have to add to my collection LOL
great pics love them
moretz
I just stick my fingers in my ears now and cover my eyes. I'm too poor to play with the big kids. LOL Maybe after I get all the girls out of the house....
Badseed
I now what you mean about the kids- I am afraid that my 19 yr old will live here forever! Yikes!
Sometimes though you can find some interesting varigated plants by accident, I have found a couple. Here in Houston there is a well known plant guy who found a strange varigation on Hamelia patens, he took a cutting of the plant and nurtured it and developed Hamelia patens V. Beyers. Of course I am not lucky enough to recognize strange leaves or figure that if I propagated it I'd have a new hybrid! But lost of folks here will send cuttings, etc.
Bwilliams! WOW! those are excellent! and by the way, do you want to get married! LOL- you have the most amazing plants and we all know people who have married for money, so what's wrong w/ marrying for varigation?!
I don't know how my girlfriend would like the idea of it. But I am will take pictures to see my choices LOL.
Well my husband wouldn't be thrilled either...now where is that Glamor Shots photo I had taken...LOL. Varigated plants and a sense of humor! She's a lucky woman.
You know I tell her that all the time how lucky she is to have me LOL. Glamor shots are Awesome :>) I need to get some made LOL
kewl!!! wanna trade? LOL....
I ve known brian for about a year and a half and i must say every time i go out there our friendship cost me money or labor lol. ive been broke for some time now.
p.s. you shold she his place in the summer
Jerry
Jerry
I have seen some pictures he's posted and I am amazed! I can only imagine what it would look like in person!
Brian, philodendron florida beauty var, philodendron pink princess, amazonica white variegation are really amazing. I actually have never seen these before, are these plants available somewhere?
I would suggest ebay as a source. I am sure you can find some listed infact their are a few up now.
April, my kids are 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. I think freedom is a long ways off! LOL Six homecomings, six proms, six college funds, six weddings...........Woe is me.
Oh, I could get plants for labor??? I do labor very well!!!
Well someone has been planting seeds. May god help you
LOL Chele, at least you found what you do well in life. Kiss your $ goodbye!!
I love them all Brian. Great pictures.
Yeah well after having 6 I'd GUESS you do Labor well........lol
Ric
Hopefully they'll all marry insurance men. Aren't those the only people making money anymore?? LOL
who said labor in trade of plants. i work for the love of it and if i get the chance to buy something unique because i saw it first well that's the perk of knowing brian and hellping out from time to time. i just meant that i cant go there without buying something or helping out in some way.
p.s. ive seen the purple canna with my own eyes.....
Jerry
and my plants dont have runny noses lol so i kinda like them better lol and i never got woke up by my voodoo lily but diapers and those blooms may be a toss up lol.
Good Luck Everyone and Brian Really Is that cool In real life. if you can you should visit him this summer
p.s. His Father Named Him after a plant lol Alocasia Brian Williams but once you see his place well lets just say id pay to walk through the garden.
Jerry
Oh Badseed however did that happen? LOL.
I have 3 girls, oldest is 27 and she has a 3y/o son that I take care of for her during the day...he's the love of my life. Next 2 kids still at home, 19 & 16. Were I you I'd start talking about how romantice eloping is cause you won't be able to pay for weddings after homecoming, proms, college..oh and don't forget car insurance, woe is you!
And someone was kind enough to send me a link to an Ebay source. Thank you, not that I can afford 50.00 for amazonica white variegationm, but it was a nice thought.
My bubble has been burst! I thought you were working for plants Jerry. LOL I was all for that!
LOL April! You know the old joke/saying about how it takes a man to have a son, well my hubby has his own about it taking a real man to knock the ummm, maleness out of the little swimmers to have girls. LOL
Hey, we could split the $50 and mail it back and forth every couple of months. :)
na he is cool and we are friends so i help out when i can. he gives me Information more than anything. Information that lets me collect rare plants and not kill them lol.
we talk plant all the time as well as politics and south park lol
Jerry
Badseed you are funny! but we have to come up with a fair custody order, holidays, summer vacation, etc. And I agree with your husband!
Now Im in trouble, I just read about finding these on ebay, always a bad idea when i start ebaying.
I have some babies of Alocasia macrorhiza 'Variegata' , whats the best way to go about separating them from the big root so I can trade some of the smaller ones.I realy love philodendron florida beauty var, or any thing else variegated and cool. Also looking for Aglaonema modestum 'Spilt Milk'.
Neil
Brian's the real expert on commercially propagating them.
I just move enough soil to find the base of the pups.
Make sure they have roots.
Sever the runner. Dip the base and roots in a RH.
Pot up the pup and tent it in a plastic bag for a few days.
This keeps up the humidity.
Philodendron aurea variegata 'Florida' or philodendron florida beauty var
I grow in a case.
For me at least it seems to suffer from low humidity.
Browns off on the edges.
I've found Philodendron domesticum 'Varigatum' to be easier to grow.
Ric
Oh NO!!! I knew I should NOT have clicked on this thread! Brian, you are a very bad boy! (With some gorgeous plants I might add)
This plant is fairly easy to propagate. The best way I can tell you is to take the plant out check to tubers some tubers will have a tall plant attached to them with roots. You can break it off from the tuber and plant both. Do not fertilize for a few weeks till you have new leaves. The main thing I think I have learned over the years is to use good potting soil. I had tried many times to cheat but a good peat base soil should be used with good heat bright shade and you will see them move fast.