December Blooms..Share Your Pics

Whats blooming in your homes? I want to see everyones lovely December blooms!! Nothing Brightens a Dreary December Day Better : ) Here are a few in bloom for me right now.I hope this collage I tried to make is alright.Looks like it posted a few doubles : ( I am not to savy yet with photo programs.In bloom now I have Opt Little Rose Quartz,Opt Little Hopi Girl,Mac's Carnival Clown,Vintage French Lilac.Rob's Humpty Doo,Ness Crinkle Blue and Ramblin' Ruby Trailer.Show us your Blooms..Pretty Please!!
Nancy

Cedarnest - your December blooms are so pretty. I have 2 blooming and have to get my camera. It's in my car.....brrrr... be back

Just beautiful!

I only have two blooming size plants right now. Already posted pix of Golden Threads. Waiting on Tranquility to finish opening.

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Love the patchwork. What is the one in the bottom middle? I especially like that one.

I have Smokey Moon blooming now. He looks alot better in the pic than now cause Smokey Moon knocked him off and broke some of the outer leaves. LOL I bought this plant cause I have a new Maine Coon kitten and his name is Smokey Moon. I really love the blooms. They have a lavender tinge to them and are edged in green, but I can't capture it.

Nancy, love your collage!! Wish I could figure that out.

Here's a close up.

Debbie

Beautiful December blooms ! Thanks for sharing them !

cedarnest
thoese are beautifull,love what you done with picture

heres a few new ones thats in bloom hope you can see them good

and this is some of the trails that blooming,

Wow...your guy's plants look great! ; ) I have a NOID in bloom right now. lol

cjolene
thats beautifull

You guys are great growers. They all look beautiful. Here are a couple from my house.

Here's a second picture

nannanavarro
what are the names of the 2 blue ones,your plants are wonderfull

They are Optimara's that came with no names. But they are truely blue and quite large.

On the Identify page the blue with white edge looks like Martinique. I don't see a look alike for the solid blue one.

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beautiful

OK,now I'm jealous again. I'm going have to have a talk with my violets.

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Here are a few of my December bloomers, gesneriad and otherwise....

First is episcia 'Pink Gator'...one of my favorites as I love the color and grows nice large foliage.

Rex begonia 'Capricorn'....big and bold with nice spiral curled leaves in silvery green centered and edged in deep burgundy.

Honeysuckle Rose (trailer)

Kohleria 'Peridot's Kitlope'

Orchid Cactus in bud...the next photo is the bloom

Orchid Cactus now in bloom.

Victorian Ribbons (chimera)

I'll stop for now with my Christmas cactus at about 3 ft. across. This one will bloom till the end of April. Wishing everyone the Happiest of Holidays and the Merriest Christmas ever.

Snow

Snow,I absolutely Love them all.Please put them all in a box addressed to me immediately.Just kidding but Oh how beautiful they all are! Debbie,Nanna,Eunice and CJ I will take all of yours too please! Oh wouldn't that be a *Merry Christmas To Me?* : ) Its a gift enough just being able to open this page and see them all blooming.Thanks for The Awesome Pictures Everyone! : )
Nancy

Thank you, cedarnest for your super collage! I will have to learn how to do that one of these days. I love everyones lovely pics. Thanks for starting this thread.

Too bad we have the long cold winter ahead of us but I will try to make the most of it. Good to know that in just a few days, the daylight will begin to get longer....little by little. If you see anything you like just let me know....maybe for Easter ;-)

Finally, got my camera out of the car. Here are the only blooms I have:

I'm almost embarrassed to post this pic, but here's what happened to this pretty (and beat up) survivor.
First, it was in a south window and got sunburn and a really tight center from too much sun. So I moved it into the kitchen on the windowsill and it did much better, until my cat knocked it over and it got knocked out of it's pot and lost leaves, etc.....but isn't is a lovely color bloom?

And here's my other plant thats blooming now.

I overwater this Gloxinia... but it keeps forgiving me, poor fool that it is ;) Mine I usually rescue from the grocery stores, so I don't know cultivars.

And here's a pretty AV that also came from the grocery store:

I love everyone's collage/combo pics! They're all so beautiful.

ps. That 'Capricorn' Rex Begonia is gorgeous... and it's name is a sign, since I'm a Capi too! ;) One day I'll have one too!

~Gina

maureen, lovely violets on a great new plant stand. What a way to start the New Year off right!

gina_rose (Capricorn girl who either has had or will have a birthday soon), I will try to start some Capricorns from leaf cuttings over the winter. If I succeed and you still are interested, I will send one to you in the spring to add to your other pretty plants.

Snowrose
oh goodness they are so great,did you get honeysuckle rose from rob.s
it is out standing

Such wonderful plants. Hurray for everyone!!!

baja - love Maine coons!

starfly - No, I didn't get Honeysuckle Rose from Rob's. Have had it for so long, I can't remember now where I got it.

nanna - lovely as always. Have a joyous Christmas.

Very Pretty Blooms Maureen and Gina_Rose. Hey Gina,I'm a Capricorn Girl Too : ) I just might have to see if I can tempt Snowrose with something in the spring for one.: )

cedarnest (another Capricorn girl!) - As one who can be tempted very easily, I will try my best to see if I can prop this rex.

Thanks for posting your beautiful photos. They make me smile.