Eric, I agree, it was a pretty nice show, and the weather, for the most part, was pretty good too. A little showery one day, and a little cool (light jacket) a couple of times, but otherwise beautiful. The pictures of the plants were taken on the patio, outside my hotel room. How's the weather treating you, at Leu? (For other readers, Leu is Leu Botanical Gardens, in Orlando)
When I was leaving for Florida, on the 18th, I looked out the door, at 2:00 AM, and it was snowing. By the time my ride to the airport arrived, it had changed to ice pellets. It later turned to rain, but that was after I was gone. At the airport, after several delays, and one gate change, we finally got off 3½ hours late. Then the plane had to be deiced, which took another half hour. The plane was only about a third full. When I expressed my surprise to another passenger, he said that some people had gotten on an earlier flight, but only those who had carry-on baggage only.
When we arrived, I went to claim my bag, and it didn't show on the carousel. Then I noticed a roped off area, alongside, with some bags in it, and one of them looked like mine. I had to get an employee to get it for me, and I asked him why it was there, he said that it had come in on an earlier flight. My bag got on the earlier flight, but I couldn't!
Coming back we were only an hour and a half late, due to traffic at destination. (Newark) It snowed a little that night, after I got home, (Tuesday, the 25th) and we got this:[IMG]
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Then, last night, we got dumped on with what looks like about another 2 feet.
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My trash cans.
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A general shot of the yard.
Dean, some of the plants came from Agri-Starts, but not the Basjoo.
1aday, most of the plants will be sold. The prices, for .org members, will be the same as on the Agri-Starts price list which are:
Musa basjoo $1.50, Ensete glaucum $1.50, Musa Gran Nain $1.50, Colocasia Thai giant $1.50, Musa zebrina $0.90.
If any member wants any of these, you can buy as many as you like. There is no surcharge for buying less than a full tray, and there is no freight from Florida to here. The only shipping expenses would be from here to your location. I don't however, know when I would be able to send any, with this weather. I dont want them to freeze, on the way.