Scott Pratt starting to open up

My Scott Pratt is starting to bloom. I need to pump the water to it because the blooms won't last long in this heat otherwise.

Tami

you lucky person, it is gorgeous. I lost mine last year, rather suddenly, but suspect it had to do w/ underwatering.

Vossner,
I dont believe you could lose a plumie from underwatering
unless the heat is incredible and for a long time
I have let mine literally dryout for 10 months (1 time only LOL!)

Lovely Scott Pratt!!
I hope to get blooms this year on mine.
They are terrific blossoms!!
Congratulations. ;^)

you awful plumie daddy! (j/k)

Great shot Tami, it's hard to capture that color.

what a stunning colour!

Tami very nice picture, love that Scott Pratt. Rather impatiently waiting for mine to bloom. Thanks for sharing.

Vossner, Last year the scott Pratts took a beating here. We finally put up a hotwire. Our Weimariner would run to bark at someone by the fence and he broke off two branches. He doesn't go near them now. :-)
Malestorm,Dutchlady and Ljune Thanks. I just got a new camera and I'm still learning how to work it. The color is better than my last camera captured.
Tami

Amazing color, those deep red buds are beautiful by themselves.

Tami, I am very frustrated with my camera because it is not capturing the true colors. What kind of camera didi you get?

Ardesia - it's more about the light than the camera. With any bloom containing red, try to photograph with low light (just before dark is what works for me).

Hetty is correct..but one other thing that may help is to look for a camera that has "best settings" programmed...ie....one for portrait..nights...and close up of flowers etc...Casio is a leader in this field...

Ardesia,
I am an Olympus fan. I just bought the 720 stylus. I wanted a good small camera and I wanted this one for snorkling. It can be used underwater. It has 28 different settings for shots. I'm still learning how to use it. I take pictures every day of some bloom or plant so I'm practicing up for a trip to Hawaii in August.
Dutchlady,
Flash is a big thing for sure. I did take that picture before noon and I usuly wait until just before dark or as the suns coming up. I tried to find last years pictures that didn't turn out near as good but I think they are on a teripin mime(a seperate hard drive) I remember it turning out orangy colored.
Bob,
My son has the new Casio. He loves it. The 720 that I bought had a few features I wanted that it didn't and that was the only reason I didn't get a Casio. His takes great pictures for sure. I had been using the Olympus C-3000 zoom. I got this picture of the lizards with it last year.
Tami

Wow Tami ,what lovely pics ! I was just thinking if you :) Im so far behind on my mail its not even funny . I came here to post instead of answering my email 'cause I logged on this morning to find that Im a finalist in a online recipe contest and am begging everyone to vote for my recipe :)
I'll drop you a line in a bit :)
Teresa

Great pictures of your Scott Pratt and of the lizards! Both are awesome! Your Scott Pratt has those erect leaves which are characteristic of Scott Pratt trees. Neat! Great shot of the red color too. They say that reds are hard to take pictures of, but yours is beautiful.

So sorry, Nery, about your SP! I've actually heard that SP is a fussy one to keep going. You are not alone. Several members of Pals lost their Scott Pratt's too recently.

A big welcome to Carolyn! I didn't know that you just joined and subscribed here! Welcome to Dave's and to our plumie forum! You will love it here.

I have three Scott Pratts and they are all happy as larks..... so maybe they just like FLORIDA :-D

Clare,
I Like Dutchlady, have two Scott Pratts and a rooted cutting and they are all happy. I have never had any trouble rooting cutting that had inflos even. They do real well here for me.

That's great, Tami and Hetty. There was just a thread over at Pals in which a few people came up to say that their rooted SP's had just up and died on them for seemingly no reason at all. One person reported it happened recently, and then others popped up to say that the same thing had happened to them in the past. I think that is how it got a reputation for being difficult/fussy. I don't know the locations of the persons that reported trouble with SP, but it would be easy enough to do a search to find that thread. I'm pretty sure it was from different locations across the country.