Good morning! Let's report here when we receive our packages from the leaf trade. Maybe someone will get one today................ have a good one! Pam : )
Official Leaf Trade Reports HERE!!!
Pam,
Kim Wells (what is her DG name so I can Dmail her?) sent me a wonderful box of heritage AV leaves that have been in her family a long time, all kinds of neat houseplant cuttings, lots and lots of goodies. She is just too to me! Thanks, Kim. Please Dmail me.
Pam
Janet Crozier sent me a great box of AV leafs and I have none of them and a great gift Oh I just love this Thanks again
Kim
Cool! Gloria, I will send you that when I get home. This is fun. : )
I was trying to edit my thread but I guess I have to have a new one I was so excited this is what I have done with my new AV Sorry I put in twice
Kim
Very Nice Kim! What are the names on your AV leaves? I sure hope the person I sent to isn't disappointed. Most of mine are not ID'd so she didn't get any real fancy ones.
Love those little Plant Markers you have! Where did you find them?
Plant Markets I found at Home depot and cut to fit the small pots some of them were named some were not the one she sent was call Decelles Flamingo I realy like Flamingo's I have no idea why I like Flamingo maybe because they are so pretty I have lites, a cup ,a few drink stir's and a cover now I can add a plant.
Most of my plants were ones my grandmother and aunt gave to me and than I didn't know the names just the colors and sent a flower with the ones that had bloomed
Kim
I got mine from Nancy(cedarnest) today, oh, well, I guess yesterday now. LOL She sent me 4 plantets and a bunch of leaves and a really nice note book.
I'll take a pic and give a list of what I got today sometime. I did get Annabelle and Issabelle, one a plantlet, the other a pair of leaves and I've been lookin for those two!!!
Thanks Nancy!!!! Nothing you sent was a dublicate!!!!
Debbie
Wow, Annabelle and Isabelle, that's great! Woo hoo!
Debbie,You are most welcome.I am happy to hear they made the trip ok and even happier to know they weren't duplicates of what you already have.LOL She has so many beauties Debbie is a little hard to shop for.hee hee
OK,
Woo Hoo!!! I got my package today from Lin...thank you so much Lin. I love the leaves and plantlets and little plant AND just about cried when I opened the garden plaque. How pretty! I will have to hide that from my twin sister. Ha. I love your little plantlets you sent...how cute and pretty. I just sent leaves this time to my person, but may try to send some plantlets next time too! I love NOIDS. A couple of my prettiest are NOIDS. You are so sweet. I appreciate ALL of my package very much. I love the Optimaras 'Isabelle' and 'Annabelle'...very pretty plants. Can't wait to see the blooms on my "surprise" unknowns. I love surprises.
Speaking of surprises AND God...you know how little things get thrown at you some times, I think just to see how you are going to handle them, especially after a busy day and not much sleep. Well, I was in my basement last night and had just picked up a try of some sort of expensive leaves that I had put down and had all labeled (I do my leaves in small trays) when one of my little ones had just handed me the phone and left the room and in trying to juggle all of that the tray flipped over. Potting mixture, leaves and markers went all over! After a couple of words I can't say here or Terry will get me (Ha), I just laughed, picked them all up and the markers. I washed off the leaves, dried them, replanted them and put one marker in the tray to know who they came from and I still have the markers, SO I get to have lots of surprises when the little plantlets from them finally bloom. I could probably almost ID them all back with the leaves but will complete that with a bloom. Ha! Just a funny thing for me to deal with! Couldn't throw them away, thankfully they all didn't get injured. Anyway...I would've liked to seen the look on my face when the tray flipped...goodness.
Lin, when I get a chance to take pics I will and thank you again.
Love, Laura
Hi All;
I just got my box today & in it were 6 different av leaves & the cutest garden bucket. the leaves are b'mans etna,rainbows limelight,shocking,live wire, opt. everpraise & a noid.It just dawned on me,i threw the box away as the garbage men were here & now i don't remember who sent it to me.lol Who ever you are thank you so much, i love them all.
mrsbonnie
Bonnie, That is a very funny brain cramp. I can laugh because I have done things like that also. I was your trade partner and I am very glad you are pleased. I thought the little bucket would be cute to set a blooming plant in.
Diane
What a cute little container...just perfect!!! I am really enjoying reading this. Pam
Hi Diane;
Glad i'm not alone with that.After i relized what i had done i went to go to the garbage to get it back & seen they had left & thought what do i do now.So glad you replied The little bucket will be adorable with a plant in it. thanks again.
mrsbonnie
My goodie box just arrived from achoogardner and what a great bunch of goodies it is. I have five sets of beautiful named leaves and a healthy plantlet, none of which do I have. She included a whole page of information about the AVs. Also included were an entire package of solo cups and an absolutely beautiful AV pot.
The packing was great, Melissa. You did a superb job.
Thank you so very much for all your efforts. I couldn't be happier.
Diane
Sorry. Forgot the picture.
I received my package yesterday, but we had big storms/electric outages so wasn't able to post then, but I just LOVE what I got. Thank you so much, Stephanie (dragonsgold). She sent some 2 1/2" pots with wicks, AV food, and ... witch doctor, kermit, splatter kate, steel blue, evergrace, frozen in time, pewter bells and little rick leaves!! I am so excited because I didn't have any of these :-) Most of the leaf packages had three leaves, too. I've had so much fun looking up pictures of all of these, and can't wait for them to grow up.
Wow, that is the cutest little plant, and it arrived in great shape. What a pretty pot, too!!
Yippee! I'm glad you are happy, Diane! My package is at the Post Office, I will pick it up in the morning! I can't wait to see whosent it to me and what's in it. It's like Christmas!This has been a very fun experience! Thaks, Pam for getting it together!
Melissa
Hi everyone,
My package arrived today and all the plants are wonderful. That right plants! I actually got five nice little streps from gloriag. This is new for me as I don't have any streps and I was debating whether I should get any. Now the decisions been made for me and I don't have to take any responsibility for my new addiction, lol.
The plants are Pat's pet shasta, Cherry pie, Joker, Bristols blue water, and Fallen stars.
I also got a cute little garden book which will come in handy to keep track of all of my new plants!
Thanks Gloria, I love em!
Sue
Oooooh! My Package arrived from Jannich/Jan today! THANK YOU, THANK YOU Miss Jan! What a Wonderful Surprise Package I got. This picture isn't too clear, batteries dying on the camera but maybe you can make out my goodies.
We were out on the boat all day today and my box was waiting when we got home! Everything is very healthy and traveled well. Jan's packaging was very professional! Here's what I received:
Plants: AV 'Royal Wasp, AV 'Ness Jesse', 2 Strep Hybrids, Alsobia Dianthiflora
Leaves: 'Milky Way Trail', 'Rob's Vanilla Trail', Fiesta
Seeds: Micro Mini Sinningia sp 'Rio das pedras'
3 cute little ceramic pots, A Floral Magnetic Memo Pad and a Package of Floral Stationery
I LOVE everything Jan! I didn't have any of these and I am just getting into Strep's too .... so my package is Perfect! You are so Very Generous and again I Thank You! Here's my photo that's kinda dark because of low camera batteries, but you can see what wonderful surprises I received!
Lin
I got my package today from Sue.....Thank you soo much...I don't have any of the Optimara ones and so you hit me there. SIx sets of leaves in all. Also she sent me one planted in a pot and it traveled very well...ALso a classical music CD to make my AV grow and a very pretty flower pin that looks like AV's.........So much and I thank you again.....This is so much fun I hope we do it again soon......
Seems like this has gone very well.
Sempervi/Laura: I'm so glad you liked what I sent. I don't have many named AV's but I'm getting there. I'm running out of plant stands and space real quickly!
I hope we can do this swap again sometime so I can do a better job with the next one! After seeing what everyone else is sending, and what I received from Jannich, I think Laura missed out a bit.
Thanks AVPam for hosting this Swap! I look forward to the next one and hopefully will have more to send!
Lin
Glad you liked your box Lin! It was fun picking things out for you.Happy growing,Jan
Oh Yes Jan .... I didn't just like it, I LOVED it! Thank You so much!
My package from Laura/sempervi arrived and I received some beautiful leaves. They are Alamo Jester, Buckeye Loves Caress, Yvonne Decelles, Lubimaia Dubka, Tiger, Kei Yoki, Meteor, and Rebel's Green Machine.. I also got an angel figurine for my AV stand.. Thank you so much. I love it all!!!! DH and I just finished potting them. Can't wait to start seeing babies!!!!!
Melissa
Melissa,
Glad you liked them. Wasn't sure what all to send. Don't know which one is my fav of those but the Yvonne Decelles grows in to a beautiful plant. Enjoy.
Laura
I just received my trade box from Debbie baja220.I Thank you.
I love it. I received 2 plantlets:
Rebels Splatter Kake
Ma's Melody girl
Leaves
Irish Iridescence
Rob's Outer Orbit
Winter Warrior
Ek-Goluboglazaia Rossiia
and the cutest memo pad.
Thanks again Debbie,Excellent packaging! And a big Thanks to Pam for getting this trade together. It was fun!
Hi All!
I got my package from Bonnie (mrsbonnie)! What lovelies I have to show.....some leaves and some little plantlets.....but first I must apologize to the group....my package was late getting out because I was down with the stomach flu. No doubt, my recipient will be the last to report in. :~(
Here is my lovely stuff: Thanks so much Bonnie!
AV
'Sunrise Watlz'
'Apache Tears' trailer
Rob's 'Boolaroo'
'Ever Young' Space Violet
STREP.....(I LOVE streps!)
'Space Dust'
Bristol's 'Marry Me'
SINNIGIA
'Bonnie's Baby' mini
S. cardinalis Pink
ALSO!!!
A Wick Watering Mat
Horticultural Charcoal
Wowee! Thanks so much Bonnie!
Karen
While I have your attention...
Can you identify this lovely thing? I got it in a trade as an extra, but it didn't have a name (I suppose I SHOULD know what it is!).
The reason I'm asking here and now....is that I sent one to my buddy, but was unable to name it for her!
K
oooo,...grainy rotten photo....is this any better???
Janice, I was beginning to worry. I thought you's get it yesterday.
Rebel's Splatter Kake is a leaf baby. Ma's Melody Girl was a sucker on what ever date is on the little cup. I didn't pull it out to see how many roots there was. It was snug so I figured it had rooted.
Hope I didn't send duplicates!!!
Debbie
Kachinagirl: Looks like Alsobia Cygnet! I have two I aquired in trades but neither has bloomed yet!
Yep, I think Alsobia Cygnet is right, thanks! Boy, am I rotten at keeping a surprise or what....sheesh!
K
I keep mine in a very bright window indoors (southern window with a thin white fabric shade). It has bloomed quite a lot lately and has begun producing the long strawberry-like runners. I think I will repot it with better soil, it's looking a taddy depleted to me.
This message was edited May 5, 2007 3:55 PM
I rec'd my box from Allison yesterday. What a wonderful surprise! She sent me leaves and plants and a sweet AV mug and self watering pot saucer.
The leaves she sent me were:
Optimara Annabelle
Canadian Moonlight
Jolly Valentine
Pow Wow
Space Cadet
Mini Minx
Mac's Crimson Cavalier
Lillian Sparkler
Plants:
Brass Band - rare vintage AV
Alsobia Cygnet
I have emailed her directly but if you're out their peeking Allison, thank you VERY much!!!!
Jeannine
Allison is always very generous.
She's a sweetie. : )
Question for you,
Where do you keep all the AV's? and with the amount that you have, how do you make sure they get adequate light?
Mine are multiplying and I am starting to get concerned.
I know they say 65-80 and florescent light is fine, but is it really?
I don't have airconditioning in my house and it can get up to 90 at times and down to 62 in the winter. Is this too harsh for them? Cause if I bring them home (they are all in my office!) I will have plenty of room.