At the BIAN Sale this last weekend, I bought this unnamed Ti....really gorgeous with the light thru the leaves.... Haven't found a name for it yet... Bought a purple one too...new seedling just released. Will get a shot of that today.
New Ti
OH...and one of my favorite buds opening... Crinum asiastica 'Princess Beatrice'.... Yes...it is about 6" tall and almost as wide...and the blooms will be much bigger.
Carol, Both are lovely but I especially like the crinum..
Jackie
Six feet, right?
Edited because I hit enter too soon; and it was the Crinum is was referring to above. Be sure to post pics when it is open.
The Ti is amazing, another "gotta have it".
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What a difference a day makes...Crinum OUT!
And the new Ti - have never paid this much for one HERE!!!!
Very fragrant vireya in bloom.
'Rooster Tail....great BG and great color!!
The rains last night did a number on this Clero. incisa...she is only about a 18" tall and solid white....
What kind of plant is the rooster tail?
AH...it is a Cordyline fruticosa "Ti" also.
That Crinum is gorgeous! And the Tis!
Auntie Kalola, yu ben doin da kine ting yu shun't agin.gettin da kine plants I want..
The crinum is gorgeous, and the un named ti is awesome.. :-)
d akamai haole
Ah...da kine!
Hi, another ti fan here. I love your ti plants, one of them looks a little like Cameroon (the 2nd picture), which I'm getting soon from the Big Island. The first looks like my Pink Integrity (but mine got leggy, which I don't like but it's so healthy I'm afraid to cut it).
I also have Sunset and Red Sister.
AH, it must be the picture...the Camaroon here on the island is a miniature...with minute deep red markings in the deep green leaves and on the margins too.
Cordylines (Ti) were set back major time when Brown published his book on them. First of all, every Ti has a couple of names, usually: the first name it ever got, what it was called by the person who gave it to the collector and what the collector remembers the name as! The range can be 'Waimanalo'/'AuntieLu'/'BigOne' (I made those up). The serious collectors/nurseries here try to keep the original name. Most of Brown's names in his book are not what the Ti are called here. So if you ID a Ti from his book and order it from a nursery here, you are likely to get a totally different Ti. It is much better to go by pictures... Some of the nurseries are growing out seedlings, which is really cool. Miss Andrea is found to sport a lot...the variegation is not very stable...so new sports are coming out too.
You can't believe how many Ti there are...and how many people have no idea what they are called when they give/sell you a cutting! Frustrating. Also, grown in different environments they can change in intensity of color and size of leaf....
HTH,
Carol
Aloha they are all beautiful!
Do you grow them in full sun?
I have one in semi-sun and it's not very bright red, maybe I should give it more sun.
Yes, I grow many of them in full sun for at least part of the day. The reds and greens really pop with given lots of light...but the whites, creams and pinks (and combinations) seem to like filtered sunlight. Miss Andrea, Kiwi and some others like more shade.
OH...here is a picture of Camaroon...
What's the name of the book by Brown you referred to? I was going by pictures from growers.
The one mini I am trying to get, so far without success, is Baby Doll.
Hi Carol.
great pictures- I like that multicolor Ti-
I have a crinum like that too- Not quite as big as they grow there though. vireya is a very cool plant.
can you post a bigger picture of the camaroon?
My Borneo sunset is making a come back. I wonder if I can propagate it from 1 trunk by cutting the top? My musical note is blooming nicely now too- so is the ugandense.
Keep the pictures coming!
rj
Carol
I love the vireya, it seems very happy there , what kind of soil do you have it in?. Usually they are very fussy and get root rot easily.
Have you heard of a metalic Ti . I saw one once on line and then lost it. It had a purple metalic color to it.
Thanks for the pics, always a pleasure.
We grow the vireyas in almost straight cinder with some organic matter added in...and plant them high 'in the hole' so the water runs off quickly. In droughts we mulch lightly and it seems to work well.
Hmmmmm Metallic Ti...some of them seem that way...but nothing specific. If you find it let me know!!!
Carol
Beautiful pictures, Carol.