WHOOOO HOOOO! ******My Finlaysonii BLOOMED today******!!!!! In spite of several of the buds blasting, it pressed on and here it is.............
p.s. It has an almost....uhm......"spicey" smell, like maybe cloves or something?
edited to say - Dang I wish my camera took close ups like some of yours! sorry it's not better...
This message was edited Jun 8, 2006 4:38 PM
Woohoo :) too pretty Betsy...congrats!
It must have been that Arizona sunshine I sent you! Congrats girl I am sooooooo happy for you.
Blessings,
Awanda
Yippee!!!!!!
The buds blasted on mine about a week ago.....
Now that it's bloomed once you will probably see more this summer.
Look quick as they will be gone tomorrow!
Congratulations Betsy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It 's beautiful .
Patti
Yay....Betsy's gettin' blooms!!
Yea sis!!!
I got my order in from big island nursery :) One of the plants has a bloom on it :) not opened yet but will I hope :) I am sooo thrilled..right now the only blooms I have gotten is on the hindu rope and my monster carnosa :)
Congratulations Betsy. Shes a beauty. Mine blasted to, keeping my fingers crossed though.. Ya did good girl...
Awesome Betsy! Congrats.
Ann
I don't wanna hijack your thread, but since we're on the subject of blooms...my naumanii just burst open today. Oh, hooray!!!!
Here is a close-up
Betsy...great blooms!!! Is that H. finlaysonii or H. aff. finlaysonii? Just curious.
Carol
Betsy and Ann, nice flowers and photos! However I thought naumanii would be more pink...?
Christina
Christina, (first, thanks!) I wonder if the bloom color has a relationship with the Eugene, Oregon environment. It's been really cool and rainy here for the past 3 weeks, and I've had it under a small lamp that supposedly mimics sunlight and near a window. I also feed it really weak fertilizer and add H2O2 in the water. Also, they are just opening up - is it possible they will "darken" into a more pinkish color in a day or so?
Here is a closeup of one bloom that had just opened.
Ann
Kitty..that is LOVELY
Ann - now that's a beautiful picture!
Thanks everyone for all the nice comments! One of my good friends came over last night and I asked her to bring her camera and take a couple close-ups....so as soon as she emails them to me I will post.
Oh, and - I took a couple more whiffs and it does NOT smell like cloves......IT SMELLS JUUUUST LIKE LILAC! MMmmm!
Susan & Tami - - hope you get more buds going on yours. I was about to strip a gear when mine started to blast....but for whatever reason, not all of them did!
Carol - I'm pretty sure it's aff. finlaysonii. It was one of the first "gifts" I'd ever received from someone on DG and if I remember right, the tag said "aff. Finlaysonii". But back then, I didn't know beans about naming (still don't know MUCH but I'm learning) and I just wrote down Finlaysonii. Guess I'd better change that, huh?
Ms Kitty - BEAUTIFUL pictures! =0)
Betz - H. finlaysonii and H. aff. finlaysonii are very different... H. finlaysonii is really so ugly it is beautiful!!!
My H. naumanii blooms VERY pink...it really IS the enviornment/conditions/nutrition that determine intensite of color and even affects color!!! Doncha love the fragrance, Ann.?
Carol
Awesome blooms ladies! Looks like you got this hoya thingy down!
Heather
Yes, I love the naumanii fragance, but I can't quite place it. Anybody have idea of what it smells like?
Also, I am having pangs of jealousy at Betsy's lilac smelling finlaysonii!!! (I love the smell of lilacs).
Ann
Here is a new closeup of naumanii - it is still mostly white, but it has a hint of pink.
Very pretty!
Christina
