Tropical Garden #31

Snoozing!!!

Dendrobium in bloom.

That orange one sure looks like a tulip to this Dutch girl.

Wow! Awesome pictures everyone! Things are for sure warming up!

Rita, lol, we certainly have VERY similar tastes for plants. Abutilon is my favorite winter blooming plant! I took some pics this weekend of mine and will post soon.

Joeswife, I absolutely love your potted plants combo!

Dalethegardener, what is that nice purple clumping plant paired with the mondo grass?

carambola flowers

crinum lily about to open

medinilla

these flowers don't last very long

osmanthus the smell is incredible

a vanda about to open

sorry not sure why all the pictures are sideways. this is a new one st.john's creeper it smells wonderful

bromeliad

Well it's always a good day when Calliandra emarginata .. has her dwarf powder pufs going.. getting ready for the big Mardi Gras.. Parades/partys..

Sunshine,

Your orange flower is Ornithogalum dubium http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54047/ it is from S.Africa and it grows during the cool season and goes dormant in summer. Keep it dry in summer for best results. Now would be a good time to fertilize it.

Crinium are blooming again>

Hetty, thanks but I didn't think it was tulip.
Dale, thanks for the ID and info.

Well, from here it kinda looked like a tulip ;-)

There are some species tulips that have clusters of flowers and long narrow foliage, instead of the more often seen singles. The photo of O. dubium just doesn't have anything for scale, makes it hard to tell.

Species tulips in Amsertdam>

Epcot, last summer.

wow! I have that crinium to look forward to! YAY! Rob, the lobata vine is taking over my basement.. you should be a proud gramma.. Rita, we have more leaves! Dale ..already a sprout! thanks everyone!

Shame, shame, never look at you first robin if it's sitting on the ground.....BAD LUCK!! I just wishing we had them down here Our poor little Mocking Birds do an all most nice rendition of their song. But, they too digress into other their songsl

Thanks for the robin...



Hap

LOL Happy thats my second Robin.. actually from last year... the two males are back and fighting for their territory
I saved these caladiums and sweet potatoe vines for this next year.. pretty together I think..

Thanks Dale, it really is beautiful...
Brittany

Good morning...after lots of purple..some red is showing! Weeping bottle brush

sadly, I just plug plants in and forget that I did..anyone know what this fleshy thing is?

Looks like the Euphorbia they call 'flapjacks'

thanks...I don't remember planting it...!

here's one of the red phlox.

LOL RJ..are you my twin? ( jkidding) The bottle brush is awsome, and Dale.. I don't know what half of those plants are( well maybe most all of them) but they sure are gorgeous!
Dutchlady: your bloom is beautiful!

RJ do you have a red plumbago? I wanted to know what this looked like but all I can find are pictures of the flower. I want to know if the plant itself resembles the blue plumbago. I just pulled up a blue a couple of weeks ago cause it was too unruly and it was located right next to our a/c unit. I like what the red flower looks like I just don't want it if it gets like the blue one does.

RJ,

Kalanchoe luciae http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/165647/

I usually grow the common florist type Kalanchoe>

dale, I like the double flowering variety they've come out with.

I had some of both the Kalanchoes. I don;t think they've survived our many freezes this year. I covered them, but....we'll see. They look pretty bad right now.

I love Kalanchoes.. I have both types florist kind inside and hardy out.. I cover them outside with leaves a foot high and they just go crazy come spring..

They are a good winter plant here>

I love things that bloom when my plumies are just sticks :-)

Speaking of plumies, I put mine in a paper bag and laid them on a shelf in the greenhouse this year. They are about 3 feet and one even bloomed last year. Got them in the co-op. When should I consider putting them back in a pot?

Christi

ah....the Kalanchoe ..they don't like much water do they?

Yes, I have the red plumbago...I called it phlox...phlobago

It looks similar Partty as the blue. I'll take a photo of it ..or well...you can see it on sat. They only bloom in spring..not like the blue bloom all the time.

Christi, the plumeria can go back in a pot when all danger of frost is past, unless you have a sheltered space to keep them in.
Kalanchoe like full sun and low water, very much like my plumeria :-) One of the perfect companion plants, along with Crown of Thorns who are also blooming profusely now.

Crown of Thorns - what a sad name to give such a beautiful plant.

I fully agree.
Cool picture, Dale.