I really like ep Jim's Dancing Dolls. Darn, I wish it wasn't so late in the season.
Rob's Shadow Magic -
October Blooms, Part 2
I will send you some in your box on MOnday, Heidi..............that is the magic day............
I do not know how you grow those mini avs. They just sucker on me until I have given up. I only want semi miniatures and trailers............
Yes, mine is new from Lyndon Lyons.........thanks for the tip.............also I will add Always Pink to the plantfiles.........you make it so easy for me. Now I have to find the silly picture again..............
Don't forget . . . Monday is a holiday . . .
Wonderful pictures I missed today, wow!
Thanks for the reminder for Monday!
Yes, lots of the minis do sucker...some more than others. Semi's are usually pretty good though and a tidy size to grow. I love trailers...
Let's see what I can find. Here's one...good old "Champagne Pink"...
Another trailer...."Alan's Fallen Angel"...
Last trailer for tonight....."Fancy Trail".
How fantastic.........I have Pink champagne growing now and it is so pretty. I almost ordered from the Velvet Leaf that Fallen Angel............may have to do so.........
Hi All,
I have been on here much for the last week or two. I miss you all and miss the fun everyone has with posts... I have been having some problems with my body killing me after doing not much of anything. Now when at work I can understand being in pain but when I have my days off it really bothers my head that my body won't behave.. I have a doctors appointment on Monday to see about my knee,elbow and will find out nothing that day until I am sure he takes the tests and crap they do.. I have Fibro. Most days I can take the pain but days like yesterday I ate pain killers after work and still did not find much relief until about 1 am... Today is so so and will tell better in awhile...LOL Ok just really wanted to let you all know why I have not really been on much.....
Ok enough of the cry baby crap.... You all have some really wonderful flowers... You know I have to start taking it back when I say I don't like Av's as I find I love the pictures and the colors of the variegated ones... I may start to get a few... Well really I have gotten a few but after seeing the pictures above I want a few more..LOL I am going to find the Fallen Angel one, to me that is just so pretty...
Ok I have a few things that I have told people I would ship... Today is out as I may have to take drugs and then I don't go out so not today... I am hoping for Sat.... BUT as some of you know I may not get there.... BUT my husband if off Monday and Tuesday and if I can get them packed he will take for me... Lin, I am shipping you some Episcias, Gail you are getting Kohleria's cuttings maybe a worm or two.... I also believe it is Mrs Bonnie who is getting a leaf cutting... OH speaking of Mrs Bonnie, THANK you so much for the plant of the pet ^_^ I got it yesterday and the poor baby had no dirt so I made myself move and put the poor baby in her little cup and cut back her little broken stems and gave her a good talking to and told her that if I could get up and move to put her back together she could start to grow to be her beautiful self... Alls Good....LOL
I can't seem to keep up with the posts so above some where someone asked me a few questions about me and my episcias, and can't find it...So here goes... I am not getting rid of all of them but I killed 4 this week by over watering them... not good... I also killed one Sinn that either Roxanne or Nichole sent to me or it may have been Jan... My head is not screwed on right when I feel like crap... I have started using trade tracker so this in time may help me...LOLOL
Ok I wrote you all a book of more then most probably wanted to hear or know...
Hugs to all and keep the pictures coming...
Hugs,
Susan
SuzyQ: I am so sorry to hear that you are feeling so poorly the past few weeks! I know Fibromyalgia is awful and I hope you can find relief with the meds today. Hang in there and don't worry about sending me anything right now, you can hold onto those episcia's until spring if need be.
And ... no need to apologize for being cranky ... pain like that would make anyone cranky! I know when I don't feel good I just want to crawl into bed, put the covers over my head and be left alone!
Take care of yourself and I hope tomorrow is a better day for you.
((((( Hugs )))))
Lin
I started a new thread this morning to wish Kim a Happy Birthday but just thought I would post the good wishes here too, just in case she is lurking and misses the other thread!
Kim: Happy, Happy Birthday ... I hope you have a really beautiful day filled with lots of happiness, and cake and ice cream too!
Goodness!! All the Beautiful Plants and Blooms you all have its hard to keep up with all the wonderful pics!I am in awe of some of those variegated av's..WOW with foliage like that..who needs blooms!!
Susan..I had no idea you were having such a rough go right now..you try and take it easy and hopefully dr's will get you back on track soon..just let me know when you are feeling up to playing with plants again..lol...I have a box for you : )
Well I hope everyone has a Wonderful Weekend..weather is GREAT here for the next few days so fall cleanup is in full swing..I am sure by the end of the weekend I won't be moving much either..lol..
Thanks Lin, I have a very high pain tolerance, and don't take pain pills as often as my doctor wants me to.. I also move most days as if you don't use you loose... but a day like I had on Wed and Thursday at work just standing my my feet for so many hours really hurt me... Also had two very big surgeries come in and one is a cat and he pulled on my heart strings and I am happy to say he will as good as new very soon... Then a dog who is not my best dog at work but is to its owner got poisoned and does not look to good for him... His mom is 78 years old and she told me the story of her life while we were running tests on her dog... I wanted to leave work and go hunting for her husband.. to long of a story but he beats the crap out of her... Trust me when I say I will have a word with this man at one time or another... So buy the time I got home yesterday it was after 5 and I was really hurting... So I ate my pain killers just like my doctor would have liked me to do...LOL
Must be the left over drugs making me ramble.... BUT Lin if I have to wait until spring to send you the episcias they may all be dead buy then...LOLOL I don't know if it is because to me they are harder right now or what but I have another one out there getting ready to kick the bucket... So I am going to send but may be Monday or Tuesday.
I need to ask a few questions if you all don't mind.... I have seen leaves on ebay for Av. two leaves for 2.00 dollars.. Is this a bad price? I really am looking for variegated ones and trying to read up on trailing ones.... Oh Gail sent me a mini I believe and do these get more then one crown/sucker or are these like trailers and get several? Ok I am going not to post anymore for now as my mouth is a motor and more then likely I have told you all more then you want to hear...LOL
Hugs,
Susan
Well most days I can just oh shoot this is nothing... my body that is...LOL but with the weather up and down and just the body in general has not been to swift... I also don't like to always air my dirty laundry in public...LOLOL I always try to be up even in bad pain but yesterdays was a killer and I think I took a total of 4 pain killers and that is allot for me... Mind you and I can 2 every 4 to 6 hours but I don't like to take allot unless I have to pull out the big guns and yesterday I needed a canon..LOL.
Nancy please ship my box as I can sit with my feet up and still play...LOL then I have to get up and walk around as my hips start hurting...LOL I need a new body this week....
Love you all.
Susan
Oh Susan, that job you have is so stressful. I love animals and people and it's hard to see either suffer. That poor lady with the husband who beats her, do you know if she has children anywhere? What a shame to suffer like that at any age, but it's even worse at the age of 78 to be having to endure abuse like that! If it's been going on for a very long time I'm sure she wouldn't consider going to a shelter? I wish someone would call the police on him and put his butt in jail. Gosh, its sad.
Do they know what happened to her dog, how did he get poisoned? I hope the husband didn't do it! If he is that cruel to his wife I'd hate to think how he would treat the family dog. Sometimes I think some people just belong in cages!
AV leaves at a buck apiece? That sounds a bit "off" to me but I've never purchased leaves. I would think you could get an entire plant for $5 or $6. I don't do e-bay though so I have no clue what the going rate is.
You get some rest and pop in and post when you feel up to it.
her daughter was with her and just 3 nights before the father and daughter got into it and 911 had to be called.. She the mother that is, is in a mess with her stress, then the beatings, BUT you have to want to get out, and I told her to leaves.. but I can't make her and with the stress of my body hurting then being upset over the cat who we did a sex change on and then her and her dog and her personal problems really put me over the edge yesterday... I don't do abuse well.. Nor do I handle it well if I know the person... Oh I will say something to this man and it may come across as a threat and I don't really think it will help but he will now know I will not tolerate him as a person anymore... I have had a few run ins with creeps like this... starting with my father... and have come face to face with a few that I told them if they were really a man they would not do what they do... but also have gone over the edge and have gotten in there face and egged them on to hit me instead as they would not get a second chance... Ok I am going to talk to my kohleria worms that are coming up and I am so excited about that I have not lost a worm yet.....LOL I am going to turn off my computer now so I don't sit here and keep typingas I am showing a side of me most people don't know... I try always to be a nice person but I can revert back to my young days where I am sometimes not such a nice person to some people...LOL
Hugs,
Sue
Susan, It is IMPOSSIBLE to be nice to evil people!
Gail - don't worry about Fallen Angel. I will add that one to my order, and grow it for you!
Susan - if you want to dmail me the link to the ebay leaves, I'll check it out for you. I've been browsing in there lately, keeping an eye on things, so it won't be a bother . . .
kivit - got my AVSA magazine in the mail yesterday!!!
Susan, I am soooooooooooo sorry you are in so much pain. That is a wicked disease and I think you do extremely well with the pain. You can be as cranky as you want to be anytime anyday and anywhere! We love and do care that you are in pain.
Thanks Syrumani about Fallen Angel.............
Susan.............I always order leaves from Cedar Creek and The Velvet Leaf......good leaves and not as expensive as ebay...........I know that Goldleaf orders hers from those places I mentioned...........they stay very up to date also.
Susan- I hope your Md. will have someething in his "bag of tricks" that will work wonders for you. I,, too have Fibro and know how very painful flare-ups can be. When I have a flare up, I go home from work, down the pain meds, and sit with ice on my body. That is opposite of what is recommended, but I can't stand to put heat on pain. The last flare-up almost made an alcoholic out of me. Booze worked when the meds didn't and constant pain is so depressing, I didn't want to slip in to another deep depression, so I used the booze. My doc came up with a drug cocktail that has been very good for me . Don't know how long until I become immune to it, but right now , I can tolerate the pain as long as I keep my mind busy. My thoughts and prayers will be with you. We love ya babe! Lou
I did not know that you, too have this horrible painful disease, Lou. My thoughts and prayers are with both of you................we need a pretty picture to help your day, Susan.
All hoya lovers, look what I found outside tonight that is sooooooo fragrant and is covered in blooms. Don't get confused when you see another kind of leaf. The basket is planted with both this plant? and cinnamonfolia (which is blooming, too)
Beautiful photo's Gail! I love those Lilies and of course I really, really love that hoya! I find hoyas so easy, just hang them in the trees and let them do their thing! I don't think your picture is of H. cinnamomifolia though. Check out the photo's in PF: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57685/
Hope you can find the ID on that one you have blooming as it is gorgeous! My first thought was maybe magnifica, but then I'm not sure. I got a cutting of magnifica in the spring hoya co-op and can't wait for blooms! They are white and are supposed to have wonderful fragrance! Maybe I'm confused, the foliage doesn't belong to that white bloom?
LOL Gail ... I'm a little behind! I just saw your post over on the hoya forum asking for an ID. I have one I got from you that is getting ready to bloom that someone ID'd as one of the H. australis. My foliage is different than the one in your photo's though. It has two bloom spurs so hopefully I will get to see the blooms in the next week sometime! I will post pic's when they open. I've heard all of the australis are fragrant so I can't wait!
Well, I was going to post a picture of it here but I'm on my laptop and for some reason I can't access my photo's ... Arrrgh! Computers!&*$#%
I can see the cinnamonfolia blooms...........on the same plant........will take pictures tomorrow........this one is the most fragrant one I have ever smelled..............I asked Goldleaf if I could bring them in the house and would they stay............would they??????
Gail, I brought a couple of hoyas in last winter when we were having some very cold nights, they were blooming and they did fine inside for a couple of weeks. I had ds-70, lacunosa and nummularioides all blooming inside! I had to take one out of the bedroom because it was so strong! It smelled wonderful but was very overpowering in our small bedroom!
I don't want the plant in my house............I was just wondering if I cut the flowers off how long the fragrance would last in my house.
My hoyas need to come in very soon and will be inside until late spring-early summer next year.
Variegated strep, Canterbury Surprise....
hmm ... I don't think they will last long. And, if you cut off that peduncle/bloom spur I think it will take a long while to grow anew to bloom again. Don't take my word on it though, I have not a clue about hoyas. Interesting question though, I think you should ask it over on the hoya forum to see what some of the pro's say.
OOOOHHHH! AAAAHHHH! beautiful strep, goldleaf!
Oh my ... Canterbury Surprise is so pretty! I want to see that foliage too!
The only foliage of Canturbury Surprise I have now are cuttings in the prop tray.
hi gals,
If a variegated strep loses it's variegation and all the leaves are green. Will it ever come back??
pretty pictures Gail and goldleaf ^_^
hi stranger!
Love seeing pictures and can't wait for Cantebury Surprise to grow up so Goldleaf can show us her blooms.
I am still in love with Dracula's Shadow. She never seems to quit blooming. (she knows I like her)
Very happy I ordered from Lyndon Lyons before they quit shipping or I wouldn't have Sensation.
Oh, Gail . . . Dracula's Shadow is nice!
Did you contact L.L. about your Ember Lace?
Hello Syrumani..................thanks.............meant to ask you if you are going to enter some of your semi miniatures in the show in San Antonio. You need to as you are a good grower and your plants have such beautiful symmetry. You have plenty of time for a small one.
Here is my favorite Chimera Satin n Lace along with the beloved Yukako.........Yukako is the only plant I still have from the beginning (not the same plant but babies from her)
No and I am embarrassed to tell you I didn't order the other one. I did order Ember Lace...............she doesn't have pink does she???????? If she does, I need to ask LL about it.
old time favorite of Fortune Teller chimera
Newtown's Quiet Resolve is on the top shelf where I can't reach so I aimed the camera in the right direction and took it tonight!
