Hi Everyone...gosh..miss seeing you friends...got a little busy here and the sinus' ain't helping...he he...last two days especially...bout the only thing that helps me is/are/eucalyptus cough drops...seem to help clear the passages...
...outside this morning and the "epi" is getting ready to bloom...(somebody else can list the correct name..he he)...i call it my snake tree cacti..but it does belong to the "epi" family....ready?>>>>>>>>>>here we go..
and closer up....starts out as sort of a fuzz ball..you can see down at the end
Hi Bob good Sunny Sunday Morning ! Nice to see you :)) Thanks for sharing your beautiful plants with us !
let me see if i can find the first pic when it was just beginning...this is how it starts its bloom
hi Allison sweetie...been missing you all....here's a pic of the Fla Mallow or as i call it hollyhock....looks like it's sheding a tear from missing you guys...he he..
and these are pics of the Englewood plumeria...very rare and a gorgeous rainbow
and one more
My stars, Bob! You should charge admission to your yard! Everything you grow is simply beautiful! That Plumeria is unbelievable!!
Hey, those leaves you sent me are putting up babies left and right. Super Duper has a big baby growing like a weed! And of all those leaves you sent me, I only lost one! Can you believe it?
Thanks for sharing...both pictures and leaves!
Hi Amy glad everything growing well for you..i think that super duper is a winner....if i charged admission to my yard i would have to have insurance as there's no room to walk...lol
LOL Plant fiends like myself don't mind that. We went to a nursery when we were in Panama City and it was completely like a jungle. Of course, I just dove right in and after a few minutes I heard one of my kids ask my husband, "Can you even see Mom? She just disappeared in there!" ROFL They just don't get it!
lol..well some years ago..little boys came by and asked..HEY MISTER CAN WE BUY A TICKET?
..i asked what for...they said..WE WANT TO SEE THE MONKEYS!!
roflmao! where *are* the monkeys?
please post pics of the snake tree cactus flower if you get a chance to snap a photo when it blooms :-)
key i surely will...it has 2 blossoms on it...
Great photos. Thanks for the safari
thanks Nanna and let me apologize guys for having all caps when i wrote title of this thread 8((
Hey, it was a perfect choice. Capitol thread! Captiol photos, Capitol friend!
thanks so much...you folks are tops..
found out what my "snake cactus" is...it's a selenicereus pteranthus....princess of the night...in our data base with pics under that...here's some notes on it
Dec 31, 2004, NativePlantFan9 from Boca Raton, FL (Zone 10a) wrote:
This cactus is a viney and spiny perennial, night-blooming cactus that is native to Mexico and was introduced to Florida in the U.S. by settlers during the Seminole War. It has since naturalized as a weedy, vining cactus in several counties in central and southern Florida from zone 9a southward through zone 11 and the Keys, including Brevard, Seminole, St. Lucie, Palm Beach, Lee, and Collier counties in east and southwest Florida and the Keys. It has white-petaled flowers with green sepals that open at night on long stalks with white hairs, scales and long reddish-brown spines at the base of the pointed flower stalk. This cactus often forms shrubby or viney snakelike masses of spiny stems creeping over eachother and objects in a serpentlike, weedy tangle or mass. It has escaped in many counties in central and southern Florida and the Keys in the U.S. and is also found and occuring or reproducing in the wild in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The flowers are white with green sepals on long stalks that open at night.
MORE FACTS - Weedy in the landscape. Thrives in full sun or partial shade; may do well in light shade. Called "Snake Cactus" because stems form shrubby or viney, serpentlike tangles, creeping over and wrapping around eachother and climbing over objects and fences. Night-blooming; flowers open at night. Naturalized in central and southern Florida and the Virgin Islands in the U.S.; native to Mexico. Introduced to Florida probably during the Seminole War by settlers; has escaped cultivation and is weedy and established in the Keys and several counties in the central and southern portions of the state (zone 9a southward through 11) ever since. Also introduced to the Virgin Islands, where it is also naturalized. This is a viney to climbing or shrubby, snakelike cactus. Found in and naturalized in coastal strand, sunnny open sites, pinelands, hammocks, and disturbed or ruderal sites such as vacant lots and along fencerows as well as disturbed coastal sites. It flowers year-round in Florida where it is naturalized. It has short spines and ribbed stems. The flower tubes are somewhat similar to that of S. grandiflorus. Invasive and weedy in disturbed and natural areas.
Positive Two_and_a_cat On May 21, 2006, Two_and_a_cat from Titusville, FL wrote:
The plant is very easy to grow. We grew ours from several cuttings from a "wild" one in Melbourne, FL. I just stuck the cuttings in the ground. If left out of control, they can take over. However, if you manage it, it produce lots of beautiful evening flowers. This species has a slight musty odor to the flowers, no real scent. They like to climb. They prefer scrub palms. They are in partial shade. We have an irrigation system that provides them with 90 minutes of water, twice a week. The soil is sandy. We are in Titusvile, FL. Our microclimate is ~Hardiness Zone 10. We have two selenicereus, this pteranthus; and a beautiful anthonyanus.
here's a thread with some nice pics of it....scroll below the catteleya orchid
http://www.kammlott.net/July2002.html
How pretty is that!!!
WOW, Bob, I always enjoy your photos so!
One of these days, you will have to teach me about plumerias... and I'll have to find something that you'd like in return for a cutting or two to try! (not a rare one... I'd be much too nervous about killing a rare one... )
Beautiful yard Bob!
Kinda makes me home sick...but please post more to appease my longing for Tropical scenes.
MsC:)
Morning all and thanks so much for your cheery greetings...i did stay up and took many pics of the selenicereus pteranthus....aka Prince of the Night cereus...i posted pics on the following thread...please ck it out there..
http://www.mauiplumeriagardens.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7107&pid=93676&st=0&#entry93676
Nice pics Bob!
MsC
Great pictures Bob ! Thanks for sharing ! They look just like my Night Blooming Cerus Flowers !
thanks all..glad you liked the pics......Allison..am sure belong to the same family...genus...etc...mine sure looks like a snake..lol
ohh! Wonderfull pics, Bob!
Great pictures.
I lived in Lakeland FL for 10 years. I wish I had been interested in flower gardening then. I would loved to have grown plumeria.
Linda
Linda...gosh it does well in Florida...hope you're enjoying your gardening..Tenn is a beautiful place...i always loved the springs there
Bob you have the some of the coolest plants! and you take nice photos too.
April...what a nice compliment...thanks so much...everyone is so kind and loving here
Bob I'm having Tropical Garden withdrawl symptoms again... could you please post some more pics when you get a chance.???
I love those plumerias!
MsC:)
Ms Critterkeeper...do i dare tell you i have my mexican plumeria on sale for $5.00 a piece....plus shipping...yikes...here's the thread at the plumeria forum
http://www.mauiplumeriagardens.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7136
I can't keep it down:
"Epiphyllum."
Good to hear from you, Bob. Your little Cypruss is growing strong.
Kenton
Now Bob, you are such a great enabler..lol
I love my 3 plumerias and so far they are surviving the desert.I will have to see how thigns go here before I add any outdoor plants but on the other hand it just gives me more money for AV's & Terrarium plants.
Kenton, I love your sense of humor...:)
MsC
