November Blooms #3

You can get 24" under-counter lights-- they seem to work Ok--check WM--they have the best prices I have found on those-- but 48" are cheaper

Yes, the 48" are cheaper in the long run. However, since you are limited in space, and cannot get larger than 36" shelves . . . seems to me I have seen individual 36" light fixtures somewhere - could be from Walmart. Either way, there ARE 18" undercounter type lights . . . you could get a few of those instead.

I have a lot of those under the cabinets and I think my fixtures are 2 feet..........actually you could get the 36" and still buy 24" if you need to...............I have a few pics to show. Maybe I should learn from this experience of going out of town and never even giving the plants a thought. They looked fantastic which means I am overwatering as they were last watered on Saturday night until today.

gotta go see who Larry King has on first...............

new phal to show you the size from the same place in Seguin.

a closeup of her hot colors of pink opening up. ( it is so hard for me to use good punctuation and make a complete sentence)

I just looked and that is a bad picture, Gail!!!!!!!! crop them and check them, please.....

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Episcia Kee Wee

only showing you this plant as I whacked the top off the plant I received. This rooted in a matter of weeks and is now blooming. (Jim's Dancing Doll)

Razzmatazz sinningia

Amizade grew from a little tuber and has her first bloom.

This also came from a big box of tubers and she is marked 'Mighty Mouse'. Is Mighty Mouse a mini or is she mismarked?

bloom on the tiniest Bristol's Goose Egg you have ever seen!

All these streps are experiencing their first blooms unless I tell you. This is Crystal Beauty.

Gator's Tail first bloom.

Georgette has added a new bloom.

Hot Ticket is a larger plant.

Raspberry Truffles has only one cut leaf! She has to put on new leaves before I can cut anymore off of her.

baby Shenandoah's Shooting Stars

Sugar Plum's first bloom.

I ordered Sunsweet from LL and she has not stopped blooming!

Wild Irish Rose is taking off in a hurry.

Beautiful!

av_ocd_girl,you picked up some great sinningia's at your convention.Kaleidescope is so pretty.

Nice streps Gail,I been looking around for info on Mighty mouse some say it's a mini,other places said it a mico mini.Confusing.LOL.


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Not blooms, but a few pix . . .

Blue Mars

Bristol's Potpourri

This one was labeled Cora Latte. I can't find a bloom picture . . . .

Question is . . . how big do I let them get before I try to separate?

Good morning, Jannich! Syrumani has babies!!!

Here is a decent picture of my new orchid.

OOOOOH babies!!Congrats! NO Blooms here either-- but I recently got this Kohleria Texas Rainbow rhizome and now that it is sprouting I am loving the foilage!!

Pinch your kohlerias like crazy so you get a nice bushy plant, Hillbilly_Gran.

Yes, babies! How big do they need to get before I separate?

Oh, that's just too fuzzy. Let's try this one.

I like to let mine get just a little bigger than what you have...............remember, if the leaf is in good condition, you can just re stick it and you will have more babies in a hurry because the mother leaf has so many roots...............

Gail . . . are you home, or are you still up here somewhere?

I am home but still can't wake up. I stayed up half the night and had to have the kitty at the vet at 7 this morning.

Hi everyone! Just checking in for a few minutes. I've got a few things blooming that I snapped pics of this morning, so I'll get them ready and post a few.

I think Gail mentioned that my husband had developed a blood clot after knee surgery. Well, that one was just superficial, but he went on to develop an extensive deep vein clot, which can be life threatening. He spent a little time in the hospital, and hopefully now is on the road to getting better. Still has lots of pain and swelling, but he's alive, so we're thankful! Thanks to those of you who said prayers for him.

Raingazer, So good to hear everyting is headed in the right direction. Hope your DH is up and around soon. I didn't know what happened and was wondering where you were.

Good to see you post again. All the Sinningias you sent me are growing gang-busters!!! You gave me a new addiction.......like I needed another one. LOL
Roxanne


Forgot to say:
Great Streps as always Gail!
HillGran, Love that variegated foliage on that Koleria. Who hybridized that one?
Syrumani, Love your strep, Is that african violet in the picture "Irish Flirt"? It's GORGEOUS!!!

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Hi Roxanne! For the last month it's been a constant battle to try and get my husband taken care of. Doctors don't always listen like I wish they would. We're still quite worried, but he seems to be on the proper medications now, so we're just praying there won't be anymore setbacks and he will be back to normal in a month or so.

Glad those Sinns are growing well for you! So many of my plants have suffered horribly, or even died, in the last month, but they're just plants. I can replace them. Can't replace my precious husband! :o)

This is one of the very few Gessies I have blooming right now. Strep. 'Heidi' Not head-over-heels for it, but it's pretty enough. LOL

Sinningia 'Out of Towhee' Thank you, Bonnie, for this one! I love it! It's a long orange bloom, double calyx, I think it's called.

First time I've gotten this Orchid to bloom! SLC Purple Fantasy Lovely flower and it's wonderfully fragrant!

And I'm so excited about these...Holiday Cacti! I've never been able to get them to bloom before, so I did everything I could to get Gail to let me send these to her. She wouldn't take them, so I left them outside til the night we were to get our first freeze. I didn't really want them, but couldn't let them die, so I brought them in. They put on buds almost immediately and are just gorgeous!

This is Schlum. 'Christmas Fantasy' The buds aren't fully open yet, but I wanted to show them anyway. They are a beautiful peach color!

Edited to add: Thanks for not taking them, Gail! ;o)

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Here's the other one. It's not named, as far as I know. Hard to describe the color, too... sort of an orange-red. I love it! Now that I've figured out how to get them to bloom, I think I need LOTS more of these! LOL