What is blooming in your garden today (other plants)?

[amantedelenguaje]

Sorry about the lack of production. On the plus side, ingestion of soursop has been repeatedly tied to the onset of atypical parkinson's disease.

Gosh! The soursop info worries me. I am cultivating asimina triloba pawpaw, a close relative to soursop. It has high levels of annonacin too. My trees are all set to bloom for the first time next summer. I guess I'd better think twice before gorging myself on the fruit.

[bananimal]

Anonas are wonderful. Gorge and quit for a while. Graviola treatments are used to treat cancer.

I went to school with a guy who bragged about drinking a fifth of rye every day. He's no longer around!!

Everything in moderation, grasshopper!

[Richard]

A past neighbor of mine is an asst. director of research at the LA Jolla Neurological institute. In the Annona family, we figured that it was safe to eat 7 sugar apples per year, OR 5 cherimoyas per year, OR 2 soursops per year. Beyond that is a gamble. At 4 times those dosages for 3 or more years it is fairly certain you will have detectable symptoms - at least in a thorough physical.

But the Annonas paw-paw and atemoya do not carry these risks. The drug concentrate in the flesh of these fruits is 2% to 5% of cherimoya. You could eat around 200 a year and still be below most risk factors.

[robguz24]

A past neighbor of mine is an asst. director of research at the LA Jolla Neurological institute. In the Annona family, we figured that it was safe to eat 7 sugar apples per year, OR 5 cherimoyas per year, OR 2 soursops per year. Beyond that is a gamble. At 4 times those dosages for 3 or more years it is fairly certain you will have detectable symptoms - at least in a thorough physical.

But the Annonas paw-paw and atemoya do not carry these risks. The drug concentrate in the flesh of these fruits is 2% to 5% of cherimoya. You could eat around 200 a year and still be below most risk factors.

Fascinating. I have an atemoya tree, which I love, and a soursop which I freeze and eat if I can't sell it. I guess I'll keep eating the atemoya!

The idea that soursop is used in cancer treatment is not correct. There are compounds that could have an anti-cancer effect in very limited circumstances in a lab setting. But that is a far cry from being an actual treatment. The vast majority of treatments that seem promising in the lab fail to even get to Phase II clinical trials. A woman I know started drinking massive amounts of soursop juice when she got diagnosed with small cell lung cancer last year. She's dead of course. It's sad when people forgo proven treatments in order to try something they saw on a fraudulent Facebook meme.

[sunfish]

Where's the attitude police and the pot head ? and the garden club

[sunfish]

Where's the attitude police and the pot head ?

and the story teller:woohoonaner:

[Richard]

...Graviola treatments are used to treat cancer. ...

It is true that soursop is grown commercially in the tropics by pharmaceutical companies. This accounts for the majority of cultivated acreage. The "harvest" is by cutting the plants back at two meter height and distilling Annonacin from the plant material, including the fruit. As a cancer treatment, Annonacin is a TOPICAL drug. For male prostate cancer it is microencapsulated and injected into the cell mass. Standard dosage is 35mg with a lifetime dosage of 70mg.

Contrast this with "Graviola" sold in health food stores. It is sold as a cancer preventative. A single dosage is 600mg. Annonacin is immune to the brain blood barrier. A person taking weekly dosages of Graviola has an equal likelihood of perishing from atypical parkinson's and cancer.

Further, consider the popular drink in Central and South America "guanabana". It contains about 50mg Annonacin. In terms of life expectancy, it is on the same par with cigarettes.

Why mess with this stuff? There are plenty of other great tasting fruits!!

[robguz24]

Richard, do you know anything about rollinia in terms of the comparison of safe eating levels? It's also considered an annona right? It's one of my favorites.

[Richard]

Richard, do you know anything about rollinia in terms of the comparison of safe eating levels? It's also considered an annona right? It's one of my favorites.

Rollinia is a generic name that refers to approximately 65 different species of fruit, some of which are Annona and others are not.

Further, Rollinia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollinia) is also a genus of plants in the Annona family (Annonaceae).

Rob, I know you are a careful person so you understand my reluctance here.

If we could narrow your plant down to a cultivar of a species or hybrid of a genus then I might be able to help.

[amantedelenguaje]

But the Annonas paw-paw and atemoya do not carry these risks. The drug concentrate in the flesh of these fruits is 2% to 5% of cherimoya. You could eat around 200 a year and still be below most risk factors.


Yippee! You are a fountain of knowledge.

[robguz24]

Rollinia is a generic name that refers to approximately 65 different species of fruit, some of which are Annona and others are not.

Further, Rollinia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollinia) is also a genus of plants in the Annona family (Annonaceae).

Rob, I know you are a careful person so you understand my reluctance here.

If we could narrow your plant down to a cultivar of a species or hybrid of a genus then I might be able to help.
I didn't realize that and I really don't know, honestly, what the species is I have. This seems like what the rollinia here is, if that's any help at all: Biriba (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/biriba.html)

[Richard]

I didn't realize that and I really don't know, honestly, what the species is I have. ...

I think you are referring to this plant?
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/F_N-21.pdf

[Richard]

Reading a bit further, I found that about 10 years ago Rollinias were reclassified as Annona. So the plant in question is listed here along with its synonyms: Annona mucosa information from NPGS/GRIN (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3491)

I don't have information on Annonacin levels in the fruit. But I did find this interesting article on a simplified method for checking directly from fruit pulp:
http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/12/5235/pdf
The Ag lab at the HILO GRIN repository would probably do this for the usual fee, or perhaps you have access to other resources.
Once the concentration is known, it can be compared to the published conc. of soursop.

[merce3]

A past neighbor of mine is an asst. director of research at the LA Jolla Neurological institute. In the Annona family, we figured that it was safe to eat 7 sugar apples per year, OR 5 cherimoyas per year, OR 2 soursops per year. Beyond that is a gamble. At 4 times those dosages for 3 or more years it is fairly certain you will have detectable symptoms - at least in a thorough physical.

But the Annonas paw-paw and atemoya do not carry these risks. The drug concentrate in the flesh of these fruits is 2% to 5% of cherimoya. You could eat around 200 a year and still be below most risk factors.

how did you arrive at those numbers? i've read that a fruit a day over the course of a year is enough to produce effects, but then there are so many other factors that need to be taken into account (cultivar, environment, etc.). i am sure a guanabana grown in the tropics could equal the effects of 10 grown in the subtropics. i am just curious, because 2 /year probably isn't going to cut it for me.

i personally don't think i could cut it out of my diet. my family grew up on soursop in the islands, so the reward of a good soursop every once in a while exceeds the perceivable risk to me.

[Richard]

how did you we arrive at those numbers?

Analysis of peer-reviewed published papers and knowledge of neurotoxicity.

i am sure a guanabana grown in the tropics could equal the effects of 10 grown in the subtropics.

Personally I don't believe that. In one paper, the tested conc. of annonacin in cherimoyas grown in Costa Rica and southern California were statistically identical.

But Merce, I'm not trying to convince you one way or another. Instead I'd like other readers to have a balanced presentation.

[merce3]

Analysis of peer-reviewed published papers and knowledge of neurotoxicity.



Personally I don't believe that. In one paper, the tested conc. of annonacin in cherimoyas grown in Costa Rica and southern California were statistically identical.

But Merce, I'm not trying to convince you one way or another. Instead I'd like other readers to have a balanced presentation.

i meant you as in you guys or you two...

i am just trying to weigh the risk, but it's hard to get a balance of info without knowing which articles you are referencing. i appreciate your knowledge, but i think the risk is over-exaggerated. the articles that i have read (published and peer-reviewed) associate larger amounts with side effects and 2 soursop versus 365 a year is a huge difference, so i am trying to bump that number up to say ~300 /year? :ha:

at least cherimoyas don't grow here because of the environmental differences, so i guess i don't have to worry about those. then again the dream atemoya that i have growing closely resembles cherimoya, so i'm not so sure...

[2woodensticks]

my noid catt division bloomed today..nice light scent

[Jezebel]

Kohleria

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57322&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57322&size=1 border=0></a>

[I_GROWER]

Pigeon peas
http://i.imgur.com/U3j77mh.jpg

[I_GROWER]

My first mangos "Carrie"
http://i.imgur.com/36te3mi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Hjiglde.jpg

[Dangermouse01]

First bloom ever on any of my Vanda orchids.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/orchids/Vanda-2_15-01-13_zps2dfe4852.jpg

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[I_GROWER]

Pops (rip) pineapple
http://i.imgur.com/bRgLUE4.jpg

[I_GROWER]

2 year old Persian Lime finally woke up

http://i.imgur.com/RmafQjj.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OddKY32.jpg

She's giving me no more then 10 fruit in the last 2 years


Today she has over 70+ flowers in bloom ready to set.

Finally happy

[scashaggy]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20150118_103735.jpg (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/scashaggy/media/20150118_103735.jpg.html)

[scashaggy]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20150118_103643.jpg (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/scashaggy/media/20150118_103643.jpg.html)

[I_GROWER]

Orchids are in full bloom
http://i.imgur.com/CEhr0hT.jpg

[Kat2]

Ponderosa lemon and limequat. Both were purchased in December as was the Sunrise blueberry; all have fruit on them! I love this instant gratification FL gardening.

[pmurphy]

Pretty much everything!
We had a very mild winter and are about 3 weeks ahead of where we should be. The crocuses are long finished but tulips and daffodils are everywhere. My arctic kiwis are developing blossoms and both the peach and pear trees are already blossoming. Even my dragon's claw arum is about 6" above ground (on it way to an eventual height of well over 4ft)

[Dangermouse01]

My Grimal jaboticaba was blooming over the last few days. Didn't manage to get a photo of it in bloom, but here's one from a day or two before the flower buds opened.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Jaboticaba/Grimal/Grimal-2_15-03-06_zpsv8b83vd7.jpg

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[Richard]

Looking good! :)
What is the origin of your Grimal jaboticaba?

[Dangermouse01]

Looking good! :)
What is the origin of your Grimal jaboticaba?

Sent you a PM.

DM

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57535
spring is here.

[siege2050]

Unidentified Brugmansia, but I think I have it narrowed down to Jamaica Yellow, I bought it at six feet for 6 dollars. It smells very strongly of Lemons, and the whole greenhouse is full of the fragrance. You dont usually find anything like this out here in the sticks of Oklahoma, and I was lucky to buy it.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57673&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57673)

[Dangermouse01]

Cacao.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Cacao/Red/Red_05-15-15_zpsyugb9sg2.jpg

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[Kevin2685]

Clematis


http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/3BA0480B-3D4B-4E71-8FBF-714189688823_zps6wba76pa.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/3BA0480B-3D4B-4E71-8FBF-714189688823_zps6wba76pa.jpg.html)

[I_GROWER]

these bloomed in jan/feb

http://s9.postimg.org/orjpbwpgv/20150518_065002.jpg


http://s9.postimg.org/t1yd7hujz/20150518_065005.jpg


one in a pot, other in the ground.
In ground much bigger as seen

[Kevin2685]

Major wheeler honeysuckle unfortunately doesn't have any fragrance it seems :(
The goldflame honeysuckle is almost blooming though which smell very nice will post pic when they bloom.

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/B3CEE107-6E69-47A3-90BB-AF04FD8F9C41_zpsnifsppwg.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/B3CEE107-6E69-47A3-90BB-AF04FD8F9C41_zpsnifsppwg.jpg.html)

[merce3]

Dragon fruit.... pollinated these bad boys last night
http://i.imgur.com/gT3NAd6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3Bd4GGr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gJcOHsK.jpg

[Kat2]

Dragon fruit.... pollinated these bad boys last night
Those are beautiful! I have no desire to grow more plants which produce fruit I dislike but the flowers are spectacular. Hoping they're not all boys....

[Richard]

Those are beautiful! I have no desire to grow more plants which produce fruit I dislike but the flowers are spectacular. Hoping they're not all boys....
I'll bet you'd like the fruit of American Beauty grown in your yard. :D

[Kat2]

I'll bet you'd like the fruit of American Beauty grown in your yard. :DThe only spot I have all day sun is possibly by my mailbox. My lot runs east to west and I have big trees in front and back. Up north I'd never try to garden with that much shade but here lemons, bananas, etc. seem pretty happy with 3 hours of late morning/early afternoon direct sunlight out back. It's going to take me a least a year to adapt to this "2 season" climate.

[Richard]

The only spot I have all day sun is possibly by my mailbox.

In my climate, dragon fruit prefers morning sun and afternoon shade.

[Kat2]

In my climate, dragon fruit prefers morning sun and afternoon shade.
See? I haven't a clue how to grow anything in this new frontier! I have potatoes in my west "shade" bed (maybe 2 hours of dappled light). They're happily spudding along even though it's dry and I don't have a hose to reach to the front. (I'm still trying to figure out why there's a joint compound bucket buried in that bed with pipes in it just beneath what I think is the broken faucet. Someone said it might be the shut off valve but the water company told me you shut it off at the meter at the street if you need to do work. Up north your shutoff is inside just past the inside meter--water company has a shut off at the street to handle deadbeats.)

So as to not further derail this thread, I'm not prepared to grow any dragon fruit. But the flowers are really gorgeous.

[Dangermouse01]

Black Sapote.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Black%20Sapote/Black_15-05-29_zpscl4uacso.jpg

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[Kevin2685]

One of my datura planters I just made this year.
Thanks for hooking me up sandy I love them them.
Double purple datura, light purple petunia, black magic petunia, and some creeping Jenny.
Only one small portion of black magic petunia I had left over.

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/D819CD51-3870-400F-8B1C-0EAE8933AE04_zpstvitdip2.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/D819CD51-3870-400F-8B1C-0EAE8933AE04_zpstvitdip2.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

First bloom on brugmansia opened yesterday. Have nice flush coming shortly after.

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/1AE3AA47-451A-4794-9D35-D2E7E7ACBA75_zps7xtjowm6.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/1AE3AA47-451A-4794-9D35-D2E7E7ACBA75_zps7xtjowm6.jpg.html)

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/2F7FCA66-F3C7-4369-AA50-A192250F893C_zps1dpe61jp.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/2F7FCA66-F3C7-4369-AA50-A192250F893C_zps1dpe61jp.jpg.html)

[bananimal]

What is the specific name for that yellow brugg?

[Kevin2685]

got this one from sandy. She said she doesn't know the name of it it's just a NOID with peach flowers. The big one she had in the greenhouse had more orangish color flowers this one looks more yellow though.
I have Fleming island Rachel which isn't close to blooming I am still waiting for it to Y and I just ordered 2 nice variegated ones
1 maya and 1 snowbank.

[bananimal]

Looking good! :)
What is the origin of your Grimal jaboticaba?

My Grimal is still small. Growing it out fast now in a Jackpot. Faster than in ground. Got it from Flying Fox Fruits nursery in Orlando area.

They mainly deal in Myrciaria/Plinia, Eugenia, Annona, Garcinia, Pouteria.

Also in Chupaticaba for select customers!! www.FlyingFoxFruits.com

BTW folks --- presently, it is now very likely, due to input from Brazil, that -----the variety called "Grimal" in the USA, is most likely a variety called "Peluda-de-alagoas"...and if not this variety, then some other similar variety from the North East of Brazil...that doesn't have a botanical name.

Still a great fruit for those who like to eat right off the trunk.

[kubali]

total of 8 more df blooms tonight.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58155
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58156
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58154
more American beauty and Haley's comet

[Richard]

total of 8 more df blooms tonight.
Oh yea! It's the season. Thanks for the photos!!
:nanadrink:

[Richard]

My Grimal is still small. ... Got it from Flying Fox Fruits nursery in Orlando area. ...
I have issues with Flying Fox Fruits, because like several other suppliers I've caught them (or perhaps the writers of their literature) being non-factual about plant sources and names. Oh well, it's part of the landscape in collecting "lesser known fruits". Being somewhat disconnected from the operation, I don't fault the owner directly.

The keepers of the flame are the Royal Botanical Society of England who have a few hundred employees devoted to the taxonomy of the tribe Myrteae alone at their facility north of London. They use modern genetic techniques, etc. Their publications are mostly behind a pay wall -- accessible to those who are willing to put up a few hundred dollars to their local University library per year for Carte-Blanche journal access.

I am enamored with fruits of the Myrteae tribe (other than Psidium) because they are so appealing to my palete. The Cherry Of The Rio Grande (Eugenia involucrata (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312736)) and the prevalent Jaboticaba species (Plinia cauliflora (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?465344)) grow well here and under some cultivation methods produce plum-size fruits with similar proportions of flesh to seed cavity. And as you probably know, the taste is totally amazing -- somewhere between Santa Rosa Plum and Tropical Banana.

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58180&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58179&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58178
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58177&size=1
these are some pictures today from the ones I took lastnight

[Lau]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58191&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58191)

This plant I got from Florida Hills on May 24, 2014. "Smooth Cayene" Ananas Comosus, Beomeliacea. It flowered quicker than the pineapple tops I get from the store. Those take about three years. :goteam:

[Lau]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58192 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58191)
And if you don't get the artichokes picked soon enough the flowers are very pretty.

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58191&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58191)

This plant I got from Florida Hills on May 24, 2014. "Smooth Cayene" Ananas Comosus, Beomeliacea. It flowered quicker than the pineapple tops I get from the store. Those take about three years. :goteam:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58194&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58193&size=1
these plants here are 1 year old in 07/22/2015 when they get this big I put cherrie tomatoes in the center of the plant within the next 2-3 they always bloom and baby pineapples form.......try it lau........I got these from Winn Dixie tops of pinapples I bought.

[Lau]

Thanks I will try that. I have about 6 large plants that haven't produced yet. I usually get my pineapples from Walmart or Costco. With the price of pineapples its always nice to grow the top. Fruit and plant all in one.

[Richard]

Thanks I will try that. I have about 6 large plants that haven't produced yet. I usually get my pineapples from Walmart or Costco. With the price of pineapples its always nice to grow the top. Fruit and plant all in one.
Are the pineapples in your store grown in Florida? Ours are grown in southern Mexico, Costa Rica, etc. and as Lau points out take a long time to develop fruit here.

[Lau]

I heard you can put an apple in the center to help it produce fruit, but I have never tried that.

[siege2050]

Canna Omega at about 8 feet so far, still have 3 months of growing season so I think we will hit at least 10/12 feet.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58332&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58332)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58333&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58333)

[Kevin2685]

My desert rose starting to bloom

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/CE671EAD-486A-4EF2-AA3B-789922B0875A_zpsfsclahyk.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/CE671EAD-486A-4EF2-AA3B-789922B0875A_zpsfsclahyk.jpg.html)


http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/C60A4C3E-4BE5-44C8-9226-9F3779651477_zps9ni1s53w.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/C60A4C3E-4BE5-44C8-9226-9F3779651477_zps9ni1s53w.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

Some of my cannas

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/9F4DCD83-A304-4754-829A-9D78E577FF9C_zpsdkzjvour.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/9F4DCD83-A304-4754-829A-9D78E577FF9C_zpsdkzjvour.jpg.html)


http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/1D9D87A9-E331-4687-BB48-D476FCAC4B54_zpszkownnal.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/1D9D87A9-E331-4687-BB48-D476FCAC4B54_zpszkownnal.jpg.html)


My pond area

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/031AF67B-F5D8-4DA6-A36F-8C7CC6887C48_zpsz21ncfk3.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/031AF67B-F5D8-4DA6-A36F-8C7CC6887C48_zpsz21ncfk3.jpg.html)

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/4737607F-47D1-4A22-A53F-D286828AA10A_zpsnitl4k1p.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/4737607F-47D1-4A22-A53F-D286828AA10A_zpsnitl4k1p.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

Brugmansia maya

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/A9E0BF54-948D-4700-8E60-EC008A927CEA_zpsdw5khqmp.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/A9E0BF54-948D-4700-8E60-EC008A927CEA_zpsdw5khqmp.jpg.html)

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/9463B3D3-5A28-4046-B933-404C32CC0F77_zpsu4hqtxsw.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/9463B3D3-5A28-4046-B933-404C32CC0F77_zpsu4hqtxsw.jpg.html)


View of my back deck

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/DA819AA1-261E-442D-861B-0E7AE3BE5E2B_zpswbylfpr8.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/DA819AA1-261E-442D-861B-0E7AE3BE5E2B_zpswbylfpr8.jpg.html)

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/E0854F91-C97D-4415-A9C6-AF7AC8464D5F_zpsosdlqcxe.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/E0854F91-C97D-4415-A9C6-AF7AC8464D5F_zpsosdlqcxe.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

No I'd brugmansia second flush

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/4012632A-471E-4452-9FB0-D5B1730FAC3F_zpsllnd1v0v.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/4012632A-471E-4452-9FB0-D5B1730FAC3F_zpsllnd1v0v.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

Desert rose 2 days ago

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/81EA50A5-F219-4ACF-B3FF-8298F420C980_zpshhdsipxo.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/81EA50A5-F219-4ACF-B3FF-8298F420C980_zpshhdsipxo.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

My white fox aloe getting ready to bloom.

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/EAE870BA-B073-4F2E-82FB-27F5CDAB2422_zpsdwlesmqb.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/EAE870BA-B073-4F2E-82FB-27F5CDAB2422_zpsdwlesmqb.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

Desert rose a week ago

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/7A032147-E7F7-486B-84D6-2F118123D698_zpsiowclm8a.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/7A032147-E7F7-486B-84D6-2F118123D698_zpsiowclm8a.jpg.html)


Water lily

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/A5A1A765-4B60-4DE1-BE48-F37178D1E65E_zpsqpusyj8i.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/A5A1A765-4B60-4DE1-BE48-F37178D1E65E_zpsqpusyj8i.jpg.html)

[luisport]

My sobralia sp. orchid. http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58648&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58648&ppuser=17594) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58647&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58647&ppuser=17594)

[siege2050]

Brumansia Charles Grimaldi in its first year at my house.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58731&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58731)

[siege2050]

No I'd brugmansia second flush

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/4012632A-471E-4452-9FB0-D5B1730FAC3F_zpsllnd1v0v.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/4012632A-471E-4452-9FB0-D5B1730FAC3F_zpsllnd1v0v.jpg.html)


Looks like my Charles Grimaldi, but Charley gets big leaves.



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58731&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58731)

[Kevin2685]

How big do the leaves get. The peach one usually gets larger leaves but it doesn't bloom as heavy as the maya even though it is twice as big

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/E8E08110-FE97-40DF-B4AE-3CA3D698B6DC_zpstv9wnyyy.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/E8E08110-FE97-40DF-B4AE-3CA3D698B6DC_zpstv9wnyyy.jpg.html)

The maya is blooming so much. Unfortunately there was a big change in temperature and the maya had about 20 buds drop over the course of a couple days. The peach hasn't dropped one yet. The maya still has a massive amount of blooms somewhere around 35 opening right now :)
Maya

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/8C34CF08-EE7A-493F-B589-DD67A6307F7A_zpsnesg6kui.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/8C34CF08-EE7A-493F-B589-DD67A6307F7A_zpsnesg6kui.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

The peach no id today. It's grown a lot and is making its next wave of flowers should be opening in next couple days.

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/5184C435-94A5-49BB-86E6-24A32390685B_zpsz5s1rb0i.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/5184C435-94A5-49BB-86E6-24A32390685B_zpsz5s1rb0i.jpg.html)

[Kevin2685]

Here is the 2 together.

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/9FF52596-B288-4146-A190-0E439360446B_zpsofl3kgng.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/9FF52596-B288-4146-A190-0E439360446B_zpsofl3kgng.jpg.html)

[siege2050]

How big do the leaves get. The peach one usually gets larger leaves but it doesn't bloom as heavy as the maya even though it is twice as big

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/E8E08110-FE97-40DF-B4AE-3CA3D698B6DC_zpstv9wnyyy.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/E8E08110-FE97-40DF-B4AE-3CA3D698B6DC_zpstv9wnyyy.jpg.html)

The maya is blooming so much. Unfortunately there was a big change in temperature and the maya had about 20 buds drop over the course of a couple days. The peach hasn't dropped one yet. The maya still has a massive amount of blooms somewhere around 35 opening right now :)
Maya

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/8C34CF08-EE7A-493F-B589-DD67A6307F7A_zpsnesg6kui.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/8C34CF08-EE7A-493F-B589-DD67A6307F7A_zpsnesg6kui.jpg.html)

They get about 2 feet long including the leaf petiole, are toothed, and are pretty cool looking even without the flowers. It is having its first bloom right now, and it started out yellow, then turned a little more orange. The bloom has been open for 2 days and has not burned or browned, and may be a little bit too fragrant lol. I have it on my porch and wow! I cant imagine a whole tree of them, probably pass out lol, I thought my first Brug Jamaica Yellow was strong, till I smelled this one. You may have Dr Seuss, its one of the parents of Grimaldi and looks a little more peach to me. Are you able to keep your Brugs in full sun? I think Grimaldi could take it, but I doubt Jamaica Yellow would, it seems picky, I am not too fond of it yet, it does not flower much in warm weather even with fertilizing every other day, but I counted about 80 buds on it, so hopefully it will put on a show now finally.

[Kevin2685]

Yeah the only one I don't keep out in full sun is my snowbank it has to much variegation for full sun it would burn up the white so I keep him next to the aeae

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/0F3440B6-6098-4C11-AC88-6008D79727EB_zpsiacudchg.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/0F3440B6-6098-4C11-AC88-6008D79727EB_zpsiacudchg.jpg.html)

I have Fleming island but it hasn't done a lot of anything all summer though kind of a disappointment :(

[JP]

I've got jujube blooming and camellia sinensis about to... I'll try to post pics today...

[Kegas76]

My mystery canna started to bloom while I was out of town for Labor Day.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58793 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58793)

[HarryWho]

I was surprised yesterday by this poor neglected bromeliad. It was pretty non-descript until it bloomed!

http://s5.postimg.org/vhiw9oppj/IMG_1805.jpg
http://s5.postimg.org/4z4uepgdj/IMG_1807.jpg

[Kegas76]

My green pepper blooms just opened up today. They went into the dirt pretty late, just a bunch of seeds off of a core so any results is a free win!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58846&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58846)

On an unrelated note (not a bloom), after two months spent growing their rhizomes, two of my White Birds of Paradise are finally shooting out leaves! They were given to me in water with only the tiniest bits of rhizome and roots.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58847 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58846)

The second bird (seen PiP) is just starting to peep out.

[Red Sky]

Shrimp Plants
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z394/sdmessmer/Garden%20pix/shrimps_zpsae0c0cb4.jpg

Sun Chokes
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z394/sdmessmer/Garden%20pix/sunchokes_zpsda5bc3e5.jpg

Meiwa Kumquat
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z394/sdmessmer/Garden%20pix/20140530_170143_zpsw3oq3vtx.jpg

Baja Fairy Duster
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z394/sdmessmer/Garden%20pix/Baja%20Fairy%20Duster_zpsri46ciig.png

Varigated Lemon - Eureka
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z394/sdmessmer/Garden%20pix/varigated%20lemon%20blossoms_zps3a01y20x.png

Goji Berry
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z394/sdmessmer/Garden%20pix/Gojo%20blossom_zps0f3vts1c.png

[Kegas76]

Walking Iris opened up this morning for the first time. We got them in July as little clippings with some starting roots.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58888&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58888&ppuser=21573)

Some quick googling tells me they are Trimezia steyermarkii.

[Kevin2685]

Wow that's a nice looking iris.
All I have is some kind of purple bearded iris I think that I don't like much

[Red Sky]

Acerola Cherry

http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z394/sdmessmer/Garden%20pix/Acerola%20cherry%20blossoms_zpssukkgpbr.png

[Dangermouse01]

Mamey Sapote.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Mamey%20Sapote/Viejo/Viejo_11-16-2015_zpsqyzkgvks.jpg

DM

[Dangermouse01]

Future Red Cacao fruit, hopefully.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Cacao/Red/Red-1_01-01-16_zpsm0jf6ug7.jpg

DM

[Dangermouse01]

Noticed this on my Fernandez Custard Apple while mowing the lawn this morning.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Custard%20Apple/Fernandez/Ferdandez_01-02-16_zpsfqt076uu.jpg

DM

[cincinnana]

These early fellas have been out for a couple of weeks......I received these a number of years ago from a hosta grower from the Great Lakes region
Winter Aconite....An ephemeral.


Now you see it Now you don't


This is a an awesome woodland plant in the garden.
Great spreader in great soil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eranthis
.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1477/24823213070_941efa84ce_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/DPxsqf)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/DPxsqf) by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

[Snarkie]

The peach no id today. It's grown a lot and is making its next wave of flowers should be opening in next couple days.

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b498/kevinmeredith1977/5184C435-94A5-49BB-86E6-24A32390685B_zpsz5s1rb0i.jpg (http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/kevinmeredith1977/media/5184C435-94A5-49BB-86E6-24A32390685B_zpsz5s1rb0i.jpg.html)Nice cat! :08:

[Kevin2685]

One of 5 black cats.

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50575

[PR-Giants]

One of 5 black cats.

Good Luck :08:

[Kevin2685]

That one looks nice Keith.

[HarryWho]

Finally after 2 years my heliconias are blooming.

http://s32.postimg.org/qb14bmoth/heliconia.jpg

[JP]

Congrats!

[hdynad]

Many things blooming in my yard here in Texas, meyer's lemon trees,white flesh peach trees, chocolate vine, rose of sharon, azaleas, kings mantle, dutchmans pipe, Louisiana hibiscus, texas star hibiscus, little gem magnolia and more.

happy growing,
Darla

[subsonicdrone]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_1949_zpspusabsrp.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_1949_zpspusabsrp.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_1947_zps4a2t9vki.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_1947_zps4a2t9vki.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_1948_zpsnma4r48w.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_1948_zpsnma4r48w.jpg.html)
smells great

[Hammocked Banana]

I bet it does! Congrats, nothing like some nice blooms like that to help you get through these winters.

[JP]

Looking good! Can't wait for mine to flower!!!

[Richard]

Lemon Mint Marigold and Cuphea

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61151&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61151&ppuser=1558)

[sputinc7]

My first pineapple... Fixin' to bloom this year. Planted from the top off a store bought one about 2 years ago. Now I just gotta kill every squirrel around here so I can eat the thing...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61180&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61180&ppuser=22903)

[Snarkie]

How did you get yours to root? I tried that about six years back by putting one in water and no luck. :(

[sputinc7]

I twist the top off and cut off all the yellow, into the white a little is ok. Pull off the bottom leaves until about an inch or so of bare stem is revealed and put into a glass of water in a sunny location. Change the water every couple days and in a week or two it will sprout roots. This has worked on at least a half dozen for me. I only ever had one die and that was two months after planting in the ground. Never knew why, it just didn't want to grow... I have another that is growing fine in a little plastic cup outside until I figure out where I want to plant it. It's getting kinda big... Another was in a pile of scraps I threw out beside my banana which decided to live, another pineapple there as I don't have the heart to kill it now.
Sometimes they start looking like they are dying, but that is ok. They like sunlight, even when doing this. They have a small root system so they make a great potted plant. What they do not tolerate well is cold. We had a light frost last week and they all got yellowish tinged on me, but are still alive.

[Snarkie]

What do you mean by twisting the top off? I don't eat pineapples, so I'm not that familiar with them. You mean twist the foliage out of the fruit itself, no cutting?

[HMelendez]

Steven,


I will try your procedure, advice about growing a pineapple....I never tried to grow my own pineapple before!.....

[Snarkie]

Well, I took the Nestea plunge and bought a pineapple. I twisted out the top per online video and removed the leaves, and was surprised to find roots along the first half inch or so, over an inch long. Looks like I grabbed a good 'un. It's loaded with them!

[sputinc7]

Put it in water for a week or two and fresh white roots come out, those are what you want.

[Richard]

Well, I took the Nestea plunge and bought a pineapple. I twisted out the top per online video and removed the leaves, and was surprised to find roots along the first half inch or so, over an inch long. Looks like I grabbed a good 'un. It's loaded with them!

Pineapples sold in stores are bred for (1) durability to market, and then (2) taste.

Consider growing a better tasting pineapple fruit available from online resellers in Florida.

[Snarkie]

Thanks Richard. I dislike the taste of pineapple even more than bananas, so I'm not bothered with the taste. I'm just growing them for the plant, not the fruit. Most especially, because my dad told me he didn't think I could grow a pineapple from a top. I'm mostly doing it just to show him it can be done. :p

[JP]

Thanks Richard. I dislike the taste of pineapple even more than bananas, so I'm not bothered with the taste. I'm just growing them for the plant, not the fruit. Most especially, because my dad told me he didn't think I could grow a pineapple from a top. I'm mostly doing it just to show him it can be done. :p

Lol!

[Snarkie]

Hey JP, thanks for the suggestion about the clear plastic bag. I used a bread wrapper and fits perfectly.

[Richard]

Thanks Richard. I dislike the taste of pineapple even more than bananas, so I'm not bothered with the taste. I'm just growing them for the plant, not the fruit. Most especially, because my dad told me he didn't think I could grow a pineapple from a top. I'm mostly doing it just to show him it can be done. :p

You've got more excuses than a porcupine with a pine cone up its butt!

[Snarkie]

Hmm, never heard that one before, LOL!

[JP]

I've got 2 nice varieties at home. I'll send you some when they fruit if US customs allows it. Have you ever tried pineapple jam?

[Kat2]

I also tend to grow things I don't eat. I have pineapples, bananas, figs (again--why?) and citrus. I love tomatoes and standard fruits/veggies but they're fairly plebeian plants that anyone can grow (except here in FL it seems). I'm fascinated by different foliage and flowers so am drawn to the "unique". Plus you make a lot of friends at harvest time.;) BTW, in my efforts to find a way to stomach the flowers from my many ficus trees, I collected at least 100 recipes; I most certainly didn't test them all but I posted the one that more than made me glad I'd grown them. http://www.bananas.org/302308-post4.html

[Snarkie]

I've got 2 nice varieties at home. I'll send you some when they fruit if US customs allows it. Have you ever tried pineapple jam?I won't try anything with pineapple in it, LOL.

[Kat2]

I won't try anything with pineapple in it, LOL.Have you tried it freezing fresh chunks? Works for me.

[Juicy Bananas]

If you ever find yourself out in the tropics you may want to try a pineapple or Papaya. Much better than flower induced ones.

[37.667910]

I grew a pineapple from the tops as well. Planted it in the grown (even though I knew it would croak come winter) makes for a great focal point. Really showy colors on the leaves.

[sputinc7]

Kat...When that Paggi gets a bunch ready to eat, I will drive up and get it if you aren't going to eat them... Those are some outstanding flavored bananas!

[subsonicdrone]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_2078_zps04venitr.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_2078_zps04venitr.jpg.html)
probably a lime

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_2076_zps3vkd3abv.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_2076_zps3vkd3abv.jpg.html)
satsuma tangerine and.........
do you see that in the background?
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_2074_zps2msmnji3.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_2074_zps2msmnji3.jpg.html)
my first flower on my theobroma cacao wooohooo

also the camellia sinensis has been flowering for a while too
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_2075_zpssff5fhmh.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_2075_zpssff5fhmh.jpg.html)

[JP]

Congrats on the cacao!

[Snarkie]

I grew a pineapple from the tops as well. Planted it in the grown (even though I knew it would croak come winter) makes for a great focal point. Really showy colors on the leaves.I've got white roots over 1/8" long already, and it is loaded with them. I'll have to post a pic. Thanks for all the help, everyone!

[Richard]

Tomatoes from a volunteer under one of my apple trees:

https://scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16708575_1731872667142148_6671408012541515866_n.jpg?oh=2db74403b 80083c04032b8b1b82f272c&oe=5945EC85

[JP]

Tomatoes from a volunteer under one of my apple trees:

https://scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16708575_1731872667142148_6671408012541515866_n.jpg?oh=2db74403b 80083c04032b8b1b82f272c&oe=5945EC85

My mom has the same strainer! Lol! I didn't think I'd see that here!

[Snarkie]

My mom has the same strainer! Lol! I didn't think I'd see that here!It must be an antique! :p

[JP]

It must be an antique! :p

I'd say vintage... She's not that old!

[Richard]

My mom has the same strainer! Lol! I didn't think I'd see that here!

I bought it at Target in 2013-14. :)

[cincinnana]

Tomatoes from a volunteer under one of my apple trees:

https://scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16708575_1731872667142148_6671408012541515866_n.jpg?oh=2db74403b 80083c04032b8b1b82f272c&oe=5945EC85

All I have bloomin are Snowdrops.....

I will not have tomatoes till August:(

I have lots of this to share though...

Next time I will include your first name when I write this on the hood of the car.:nanadrink:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5711/22219322960_f59df0b815_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zRrQBb)
Frost! (https://flic.kr/p/zRrQBb) by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

[JP]

I bought it at Target in 2013-14. :)

They still make that? Trust me , it will last a very long time!!!

[Snarkie]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5711/22219322960_f59df0b815_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zRrQBb)
Frost! (https://flic.kr/p/zRrQBb) by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on FlickrI'd forgotten all about that stuff. It was 77 here yesterday.

[kaczercat]

Big pink sending out blooms I should start my tomato seeds soon!
This one was planted late so I only got one ripe mater in November. We'll see how it does this year. Seems to be hardier then others I have had in the past.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/Kaczerm/rsz_dsc00942_zpsx9mtl3kj.jpg (http://s665.photobucket.com/user/Kaczerm/media/rsz_dsc00942_zpsx9mtl3kj.jpg.html)

[Richard]

Big pink sending out blooms

:woohoonaner:

[subsonicdrone]

well this morning the flower was open
i had read that the flower would only be open for 2 days max and if left unpollenated would fall off
so i got in there and lifted up a petal with a wire twist tie
wasnt seeing anything resembling pollen so i left it for later
when i got back this evening the flower was gone
so no pod this time but it is still exciting that the tree has matured enough to flower

[Richard]

Mid Pride Peach

http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/1/a1762f9c94bd4c87a174b94c07f6a65464bf5002.jpg

[CountryBoy1981]

For people in hot humid locations, Florida and the deep south, you can grow summer veggies but you have to find the right variety. If you want cucumbers, grow burr gherkins (lasted April until December for me), thai purple yard long beans (instead of normal green beans), pink thai egg tomato (only thing that killed it last year was the stink bugs, not the heat).

[subsonicdrone]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_2319_zpsyuuuwxts.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_2319_zpsyuuuwxts.jpg.html)

[luisport]

Some of my fruit trees... Have a sunshine day!
Some of my fruit trees flowering (http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=23147.0)

[kaczercat]

Had 5 lemon blossoms open today.. here's a few. Passionflowers are next!
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2847/33956519965_0d786fd52e.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TJC3mM)rsz_img_1541 (https://flic.kr/p/TJC3mM)

[kaczercat]

Oleander tree
[url=https://flic.kr/p/TEZTKQ]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2926/33915517506_8f8b48c87a.jpg

[jromemoon]

Great backyard. Let me know if you ever want to trade Cannas.

[luisport]

Wildflowers

https://s23.postimg.org/rltpsgjav/flowers.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/rltpsgjav/)

Lilies collection

https://s27.postimg.org/ewfe6ijwv/lilly_collection_1.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ewfe6ijwv/)


https://s10.postimg.org/8ct71ivk5/lilly_collection_2.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/8ct71ivk5/)


https://s30.postimg.org/4z8sb7hul/lilly_collection.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/4z8sb7hul/)

[luisport]

Flowerbed with roses and berries


https://s23.postimg.org/tu7aljyfb/roses_and_several_berries.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/tu7aljyfb/)


https://s7.postimg.org/7e6fx2pnb/roses.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/7e6fx2pnb/)


https://s16.postimg.org/6xwg017qp/roses_1.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6xwg017qp/)

[luisport]

My fruit and citrus trees:

Some of my fruit trees (http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=23147.0)

My Citrus trees (http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=23492.0)

[kaczercat]

My favourite bougainvillea is starting to shoot color!
[url=https://flic.kr/p/Uw1n9C]https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4276/34470117960_1dbe55973f_z.jpg

[subsonicdrone]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_2919_zpsxpyawsro.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_2919_zpsxpyawsro.jpg.html)

[kaczercat]

First it was the pink lemon going crazy and now it's the Meyer
[url=https://flic.kr/p/U89Dx4
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4250/34211454573_2e343a2121_c.jpg
Another bougainvillea
[url=https://flic.kr/p/U89Vx https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4271/34211508443_33255be073_c.jpg

[Iowa]

The smell is in the air, the Dragon Arum has bloomed.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61802&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61802)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61803&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61803)

[robguz24]

Outdoor shower orchid wall at our vacation rental.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3269_zpsptfizgrv.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3269_zpsptfizgrv.jpg.html)

[HMelendez]

Outdoor shower orchid wall at our vacation rental.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3269_zpsptfizgrv.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3269_zpsptfizgrv.jpg.html)


Very beautiful Rob!.....:08:

[beam2050]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61845&size=1 some cuttings that have been laying on the table for 4 months. think its a cactus of some sort. doesn't fruit. it is my wifes.

[Richard]

some cuttings that have been laying on the table for 4 months. think its a cactus of some sort. doesn't fruit. it is my wifes.

Night blooming Cereus. :)

[beam2050]

Night blooming Cereus. :)

definitely a night bloomer. thank you i may be popular when she gets home. :ha:

[NCBananas]

Jelly Palm

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6583_zpsqtgenfhc.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6583_zpsqtgenfhc.jpg.html)

[NCBananas]

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6625_zpsjq9iuzzz.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6625_zpsjq9iuzzz.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6624_zpsutgpuybc.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6624_zpsutgpuybc.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6623_zpsv0cz4nch.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6623_zpsv0cz4nch.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6622_zps3qpjnp1f.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6622_zps3qpjnp1f.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6621_zpsx2hekpgz.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6621_zpsx2hekpgz.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6619_zpslju3hovv.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6619_zpslju3hovv.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6618_zpsidavh0h4.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6618_zpsidavh0h4.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6616_zpsaqczapy6.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6616_zpsaqczapy6.jpg.html)

[NCBananas]

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6636_zps4y73bmld.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6636_zps4y73bmld.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6635_zpsntfzzyjk.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6635_zpsntfzzyjk.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6632_zpsofd4dlug.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6632_zpsofd4dlug.jpg.html)

[cincinnana]

Ncbananas

Thanks for the screensavers.
And nice Oyster:woohoonaner:

[NCBananas]

Ncbananas

Thanks for the screensavers.
And nice Oyster:woohoonaner:

That's the Wife's :03:

[subsonicdrone]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_3038_zpsy7vnowhw.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_3038_zpsy7vnowhw.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_3043_zps76t7ui5n.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_3043_zps76t7ui5n.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_3044_zpsrbbaxn2y.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_3044_zpsrbbaxn2y.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_3045_zpslle4vr9c.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_3045_zpslle4vr9c.jpg.html)
pardon the poor condition of the plant but my coffee plant is flowering for the first time
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/subsonicdrone/IMG_3050_zpsfykfosbe.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_3050_zpsfykfosbe.jpg.html)

[NCBananas]

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/image_zps8e1mex13.jpeg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/image_zps8e1mex13.jpeg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/image_zpsgljjxpay.jpeg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/image_zpsgljjxpay.jpeg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/image_zpsbd8afqqo.jpeg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/image_zpsbd8afqqo.jpeg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/image_zpssimi6yiw.jpeg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/image_zpssimi6yiw.jpeg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/image_zpswgo0hfu0.jpeg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/image_zpswgo0hfu0.jpeg.html)

[beam2050]

wifes flowers http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61914&size=1 http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61913&size=1

[kaczercat]

Glory bush was repotted and it's been blooming for three weeks straight now.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/W9gL3m]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4239/35536872272_79b282cddc_c.jpg

[NCBananas]

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/4A34B05B-B935-4050-B469-3B6A9933E0F3_zpsbz9ivfo7.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/4A34B05B-B935-4050-B469-3B6A9933E0F3_zpsbz9ivfo7.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/EC38C9BD-63FC-42AC-A522-A13EF692ACC0_zps7k08v01y.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/EC38C9BD-63FC-42AC-A522-A13EF692ACC0_zps7k08v01y.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/95729FD5-1224-4F77-82EF-E2F75DCD12F9_zpslmiikkht.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/95729FD5-1224-4F77-82EF-E2F75DCD12F9_zpslmiikkht.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/DE54BC7E-AD72-4A70-85C8-207FB45361FB_zpsth2nz9sk.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/DE54BC7E-AD72-4A70-85C8-207FB45361FB_zpsth2nz9sk.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/55E94147-1EB2-485D-94F1-386E41FB6709_zpssdisknc2.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/55E94147-1EB2-485D-94F1-386E41FB6709_zpssdisknc2.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/F918FF03-8476-4A4B-B532-EE78CF4DC5E3_zpshxw5fjyw.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/F918FF03-8476-4A4B-B532-EE78CF4DC5E3_zpshxw5fjyw.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/A3EF1ECE-50E9-42CC-B7FD-A2774A2B8B7D_zpssyxjeqqe.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/A3EF1ECE-50E9-42CC-B7FD-A2774A2B8B7D_zpssyxjeqqe.jpg.html)

[NCBananas]

Jelly Palm Fruit

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/861C7818-D5D0-4C8B-899C-68B4CAB00A8F_zpsgdytxpg1.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/861C7818-D5D0-4C8B-899C-68B4CAB00A8F_zpsgdytxpg1.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/A2465D99-E74D-4F58-83D4-5A25E8462E67_zpszsiqshgj.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/A2465D99-E74D-4F58-83D4-5A25E8462E67_zpszsiqshgj.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/A07345A6-3A92-4946-8D74-B78465FA549F_zpstu8gqfak.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/A07345A6-3A92-4946-8D74-B78465FA549F_zpstu8gqfak.jpg.html)
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/CCA72D64-D1E0-4CF7-BAAE-DB242F958C91_zpspsa916tv.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/CCA72D64-D1E0-4CF7-BAAE-DB242F958C91_zpspsa916tv.jpg.html)

What I think are volunteer Jelly Palms

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6764_zpskhkrhiui.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6764_zpskhkrhiui.jpg.html)

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/IMG_6765_zpsjpgr7fr0.jpg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/IMG_6765_zpsjpgr7fr0.jpg.html)

[Snarkie]

Dang, that thing is loaded! Have you ever tried the fruit? If so, what is it like? They'll grow here in CLT, but it's still borderline.

[NCBananas]

Dang, that thing is loaded! Have you ever tried the fruit? If so, what is it like? They'll grow here in CLT, but it's still borderline.

Sure have... a little like apricot..

[kaczercat]

Here are a few pics from Nov7
[url=https://flic.kr/p/21hu5rk]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4538/38255234541_941612389d_z.jpg
this is still blooming outside zone 5b
[url=https://flic.kr/p/21hu6T8]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4523/38255239401_e243275187_z.jpg

[subsonicdrone]

IMG_5625_zpsueaeoedo.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5625_zpsueaeoedo.jpg.html)
IMG_5624_zpsskusg5kc.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5624_zpsskusg5kc.jpg.html)
buddah's hand flowers and tiny fruit

[Richard]

IMG_5625_zpsueaeoedo.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5625_zpsueaeoedo.jpg.html)
IMG_5624_zpsskusg5kc.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5624_zpsskusg5kc.jpg.html)
buddah's hand flowers and tiny fruit

Incoming citrus!!!
:woohoonaner:

[beam2050]

beautiful yall have it goin on.

[subsonicdrone]

more buddha's hand flowers:
IMG_5800_zpshvfkhitb.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5800_zpshvfkhitb.jpg.html)

and a pineapple is flowering:
IMG_5803_zpsmrttw2ea.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5803_zpsmrttw2ea.jpg.html)

[subsonicdrone]

pomelo is flowering again.. hopefully this time i get fruit
it all fell/ was knocked off last time
need to be more careful watering because i already knocked a blossom off

IMG_5856_zpsrgbkk7oq.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5856_zpsrgbkk7oq.jpg.html)

also my plumeria is flowering although the pic wasnt that great
so i will upload one once the blossoms open

[subsonicdrone]

this plant which was given to me some years ago by a customer at work is flowering now
anyone recognize it?

IMG_5879_zpsk92qgydp.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5879_zpsk92qgydp.jpg.html)

what the vegetative stage looks like:

IMG_5885_zpsuvhhkmtg.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5885_zpsuvhhkmtg.jpg.html)

thick leaves

grows 5 or 6 feet tall

[Richard]

Oh drat. I recognize that plant but can no longer remember which species. I believe it's in the Kolanchoe family.

[subsonicdrone]

thanks for the lead Richard
i was told it would help with swelling
place the leaf (whole not ground up) over the affected area
was the directions i was told.
my aunt wanted to give it a try but wanted to know more about the plant first
so this helps!

[kaczercat]

Calamondin in full bloom
This is the best it's looked in 3 years. Fingers crossed I'll get something!
[url=https://flic.kr/p/22yoSP1]
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4704/39091640574_6b5693f662_z.jpg

[cincinnana]

Calamondin in full bloom
This is the best it's looked in 3 years. Fingers crossed I'll get something!

Matt ,


My Meyer lemon? has not bloomed in years.

Is there a fragrance?

Make me jealous.

If there any forum members whom can tell me how to force a flower with an old plant.
send me a pm

[kaczercat]

Matt ,


My Meyer lemon? has not bloomed in years.

Is there a fragrance?

Make me jealous.

If there any forum members whom can tell me how to force a flower with an old plant.
send me a pm

Yes there is a fragrance once the flowers open.
What I do with mine is usually mid to late in Dec I let the pots go dry, I don't mean bone dry lol and do that for a 2 or 3 weeks. Once they are watered properly in Jan they seem to burst. Just my two cents

[Richard]

If there any forum members whom can tell me how to force a flower with an old plant. send me a pm

Well ... I'll just post it here. Now due to your location, I'm fairly certain it's in a pot so it can be indoors during the winter.

As such, I'd feed it occasionally -- perhaps every 2-3 months with a 20-10-20 water-soluble Orchid food. It'll love it. Just don't feed it the month you take it indoors ... wait two months.

Now after 3 feedings (6-9 months), if it hasn't responded then supplement the next feeding (in addition to the 20-10-20) with a strong orchid bloom formula such as Hawaiian Bud & Bloom 5-50-17.

:nanadrink:

[subsonicdrone]

IMG_5981_zpskh8tjqyw.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5981_zpskh8tjqyw.jpg.html)
IMG_5983_zps7gzlc9tj.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5983_zps7gzlc9tj.jpg.html)
IMG_5990_zpsfjhtmowy.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5990_zpsfjhtmowy.jpg.html)
IMG_5999_zps92jusbod.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_5999_zps92jusbod.jpg.html)

update on the pineapple and there is another one flowering now as well
couldnt wait for all the blossoms to open on the plumeria but i will post again once they do

[Richard]

Hollyleaf Cherry nut tree.

http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/0/00994a900baf4b9afacc2d9861ce72e6a77bcb01.jpg

http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/5/c/5c4a09f0f02611f872e0ff6423ccc057b513f113.jpg (http://growingfruit.org/t/hollyleaf-cherry/4567)

[subsonicdrone]

IMG_6261_zps0nj5virw.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_6261_zps0nj5virw.jpg.html)

[subsonicdrone]

IMG_6298_zpsbjiogupa.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_6298_zpsbjiogupa.jpg.html)
IMG_6294_zpslbzf2ucx.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_6294_zpslbzf2ucx.jpg.html)
IMG_6290_zpso4yxzvzh.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_6290_zpso4yxzvzh.jpg.html)

sorry for posting pictures of the same flowers over and over

[subsonicdrone]

update on the Kolanchoe
IMG_7163_zpsfcmqrvye.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_7163_zpsfcmqrvye.jpg.html)
in dying back the leaves (which root no prob when they land on the soil)
are making plantlets in mid air!
IMG_7167_zpsyiz8v2oo.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_7167_zpsyiz8v2oo.jpg.html)

first time fruiting for this one
IMG_7171_zpsgtfvug0t.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_7171_zpsgtfvug0t.jpg.html)

pineapple update
IMG_7174_zpsyipsge05.jpg Photo by subsonicdrone | Photobucket (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/subsonicdrone/media/IMG_7174_zpsyipsge05.jpg.html)

[aruzinsky]

Kaempferia Grande:

http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/KaempferiaGrande4-23-18.jpg

No odor.

[Clark]

One of my tulips, and a whole bunch of other bulbs:

https://i.imgur.com/c6wBdKE.jpg

[pmurphy]

Prunus serrulata - Ornamental Cherry 'Fudan zakura'

In 2016 I got lucky in a city of over 600,000 - only a very limited quantity of the trees were made available to city residents (and only Vancouver residents as proof of residency had to be produced to make a purchase).

This news article is dated April 27, 2016

BCIT cherry tree sale is an effort to revive rare varieties

The seedlings are the result of a 6-year UBC/BCIT program to save varieties at risk of disappearing. It's a plant sale that has been in the works for six years.
A program to save a few rare varieties of cherry trees — put on by the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Institute of Technology— is culminating on Friday, as more than 300 seedlings are made available to the public.
Vancouver is known for its beautiful cherry blossoms which explode into bloom each spring, and many of those trees originally came as a gift from Japan after the First World War. Dozens of different varieties were included in the donation, which was meant as a memorial for Japanese soldiers who fought in the war. Some have flourished over the years, but other varieties have begun to disappear.
"If we lost them, they would definitely be gone forever, because we can't import any more cherry trees from Japan, because of virus quarantine issues," said BCIT instructor Keith Turner. Turner and his students in a biotechnology honours program at both UBC and BCIT have been working to collect some of the rarest varieties and reproduce them in test tubes in a process that takes two years before the little clones can be planted.
The hundreds of 12" - 20" seedlings look young, but since they're clones, they're actually about 100 years old. Some of the clones can be traced back to trees in Japan that are now more than 400 years old, according to Turner.

This tree was only about 2ft tall when I got it and now its over 6ft and flowered for the first time this spring!


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63028&size=1

[pmurphy]

As an experiment, last summer I planted amaryllis in my covered garden - I got them for Christmas and am not really into this type of plant (until now). I figured the bulbs would live or die after the summer so it would be no big deal if they did not survive.

FYI, my covered garden is 16' x 8' x 9'; it keeps things dry but inside temp is the same as the other side temp.

We had a nasty winter (for us) with a lot of wet snow and some minus temperatures so image my surprise when I noticed the bulbs growing this spring. Then I noticed a bud forming on one.
This is the result.......

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63135&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63135&ppuser=14266)

Proof that amaryllis are hardy in zone 8 if kept dry.

[aruzinsky]

As an experiment, last summer I planted amaryllis in my covered garden - I got them for Christmas and am not really into this type of plant (until now). I figured the bulbs would live or die after the summer so it would be no big deal if they did not survive.

FYI, my covered garden is 16' x 8' x 9'; it keeps things dry but inside temp is the same as the other side temp.

We had a nasty winter (for us) with a lot of wet snow and some minus temperatures so image my surprise when I noticed the bulbs growing this spring. Then I noticed a bud forming on one.
This is the result.......

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63135&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63135&ppuser=14266)

Proof that amaryllis are hardy in zone 8 if kept dry.

I have a "Slumdog Millionaire" type story about how I discovered amaryllis. You know how people sometimes ask people of my age, "What were you doing when you first heard that John F. Kennedy was assassinated?"? At age 17, I must have been in high school but I have absolutely no memory of hearing about the assassination. But, the next day, on Saturday, November 23, 1963, I was with my friend shopping in downtown Chicago when I came upon the store front of Vaughan's Seed and Bulb. Co. which had a big display of potted blooming amaryllis. I also remember my friend telling me that his father cried about the assassination. Still, it was business as usual downtown.

[Mark Dragt]

I love the Amaryllis flowers. Every couple of years I would buy one. This year I am trying something new. I bought 250 seeds on EBay and planted them in my garden. I bet I have over 100 tiny plants so far. Not sure how many more will pop up or how I will overwinter them. What I do know is at maturity in 5 or so years, these plants will take up a fair amount of space. I am embracing the challenge.

[hdynad]

Every thing is blooming but my Nanners, lol!!!!

Chocolate vine, Sky vine and Passion vines, Texas Star Hibiscus, Louisiana Hibiscus, Althea, Angel trumpets, Little Gem Magnolia and more!!!

happy growing,
Darla

[Richard]

Double threat Dendrobium :)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64036&size=1

[Johnsk9]

RANGOON CREEPER. Quisqualis indica ' double'

https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/y13/johnsk9/Mobile%20Uploads/.highres/creeper.jpg (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/johnsk9/p/271853e0-0bf9-4061-baf0-f7947267f3d7)

[cincinnana]

RANGOON CREEPER. Quisqualis indica ' double'

https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/y13/johnsk9/Mobile%20Uploads/.highres/creeper.jpg (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/johnsk9/p/271853e0-0bf9-4061-baf0-f7947267f3d7)

Great plant...
I guess you do not see any bees....:ha:

[Johnsk9]

Pink Mussaenda
https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/y13/johnsk9/0/f8bb3bbe-bc0a-4d86-a548-ab9043e4e27c-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/johnsk9/p/f8bb3bbe-bc0a-4d86-a548-ab9043e4e27c)

[Johnsk9]

Pink Mussaenda
https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/y13/johnsk9/0/f8bb3bbe-bc0a-4d86-a548-ab9043e4e27c-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/johnsk9/p/f8bb3bbe-bc0a-4d86-a548-ab9043e4e27c)

[cincinnana]

Pink Mussaenda
https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/y13/johnsk9/0/f8bb3bbe-bc0a-4d86-a548-ab9043e4e27c-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/johnsk9/p/f8bb3bbe-bc0a-4d86-a548-ab9043e4e27c)

Awesome color..

[Johnsk9]

African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulata)
http://i67.tinypic.com/fbmatc.jpg

[Johnsk9]

Spathodea campanulata 'Aurea' – Yellow African Tulip tree

http://i67.tinypic.com/169evih.jpg

[cincinnana]

Spathodea campanulata 'Aurea' – Yellow African Tulip tree

http://i67.tinypic.com/169evih.jpg

Beautiful plant...

How is the sand in your area....?

Do you amend your soils for those plants?

[Johnsk9]

Beautiful plant...

How is the sand in your area....?

Do you amend your soils for those plants?
I live in S.M Florida when I move here it was sand and shells. I covered all the area in mulch layer after layer. That turned it in to the soil I need it had taken a few years of mulching.John

[Johnsk9]

Indian Clock Vine (Thunbergia mysorensis)

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=27z92rs" target="_blank"><img src="http://i68.tinypic.com/27z92rs.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

[Richard]

Azalea & Oxalis

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64266&size=1

[Johnsk9]

Brugmansia Angel Trumpet

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=11mdnyg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i68.tinypic.com/11mdnyg.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

[NilsPetter612]

Today i found Galanthus nivalis in my garden.
Beutiful sight though its not season for it (yet).
Must been triggered by the mild weather here where i live.
i was supposed to take a nice picture of it when i came back home but a layer of snow had covered it up.
I cant wait and long enough for springtime and start tend my Musa acuminata i got as a gift from my children.

[cincinnana]

Brugmansia Angel Trumpet

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=11mdnyg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i68.tinypic.com/11mdnyg.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

That plant is one my best and I love the strong fragrance and beautiful flowers.
Said to be able to put a village to sleep
Easy to propagate from cuttings.
Your plant is awesome


What is the variegated poinsettia shaped plant in center frame?

Erowid (https://www.erowid.org/plants/brugmansia/brugmansia.shtml)

[Johnsk9]

That plant is one my best and I love the strong fragrance and beautiful flowers.
Said to be able to put a village to sleep
Easy to propagate from cuttings.
Your plant is awesome


What is the variegated poinsettia shaped plant in center frame?

Erowid (https://www.erowid.org/plants/brugmansia/brugmansia.shtml)

Brugmansia Snowbank

[Johnsk9]

caladium splattered frog


http://i63.tinypic.com/2md3oth.jpg

[aruzinsky]

Labeled as Colocasia Gigantea:

http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/ColocasiaGigantea1_2-2-19.jpg

Larger plant on right:
http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/ColocasiaGigantea2_2-2-19.jpg

I bought it from Brian's Botanicals, maybe, 15 years ago. It does not have a growth habit typical of Colocasia Gigantea because it only grows large under very low light conditions. In full sunlight it stays small. Last Spring, I put the larger plant under bushes and never watered it with the intention of killing it. It grew better than ever, so I kept it. Both plants bloom often and the flowers look like those of Colocasia Gigantea but I don't know what it really is.

BTW, see the two window boxes of impatiens. For decades, I kept them outside and replanted them in the Spring. Two years ago, I got the bright idea to take them inside the greenhouse. The impatiens are quite large before I bring them in so I prune them down to 2".

[Iowa]

Labeled as Colocasia Gigantea:

I bought it from Brian's Botanicals, maybe, 15 years ago. It does not have a growth habit typical of Colocasia Gigantea because it only grows large under very low light conditions. In full sunlight it stays small. Last Spring, I put the larger plant under bushes and never watered it with the intention of killing it. It grew better than ever, so I kept it. Both plants bloom often and the flowers look like those of Colocasia Gigantea but I don't know what it really is.

BTW, see the two window boxes of impatiens. For decades, I kept them outside and replanted them in the Spring. Two years ago, I got the bright idea to take them inside the greenhouse. The impatiens are quite large before I bring them in so I prune them down to 2".

What color are the flowers? here's a Colocasia Gigantea-Thai Giant flower they are white.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64321&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64321)

What do the bulbs look like?
Thai Giant tubers.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62780&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62780)

Colocasia Esculenta tubers.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64337&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64337)

May be an Alocasia.

[aruzinsky]

What color are the flowers? here's a Colocasia Gigantea-Thai Giant flower they are white.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64321&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64321)

What do the bulbs look like?
Thai Giant tubers.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62780&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62780)

Colocasia Esculenta tubers.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=64337&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64337)

May be an Alocasia.

You are right. I bought it such a long time ago that I must be confused. Maybe, it's Alocasia Borneo Giant. I'm sure it had something big in its name.

[Johnsk9]

I have Variegated Pineapple ,which the tops are green and white fruit is red . I found some suckers lacking pigment yellow in color. You can see the difference
http://i67.tinypic.com/w9idyp.jpg

fruit color
http://i68.tinypic.com/awc9qw.jpg

[cincinnana]

Daffodils will be up in about 40-60 days.
Basjoos will follow in about 70 90 days.

Actual days to get an outdoor banana to flower and produce edible fruit:ha::ha::ha:
The days are getting longer by the minute.

First frost in about 270 days.

Galanthus/Snowdrops
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7920/47031391952_49f5f7ccf2_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2eE1bh9)
Snow drops (https://flic.kr/p/2eE1bh9) by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

[beam2050]

Daffodils will be up in about 40-60 days.
Basjoos will follow in about 70 90 days.

Actual days to get an outdoor banana to flower and produce edible fruit:ha::ha::ha:
The days are getting longer by the minute.

First frost in about 270 days.

Galanthus/Snowdrops
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7920/47031391952_49f5f7ccf2_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2eE1bh9)
Snow drops (https://flic.kr/p/2eE1bh9) by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

pretty, they grow down here. wife would love them

[Johnsk9]

alocasia macrorrhiza variegata

http://i68.tinypic.com/2nu6khw.jpg

[cincinnana]

pretty, they grow down here. wife would love them

They would work .. I do not know how many chill hours are required though.:ha:

Snowdrops are first up in spring( Jan -Feb) and endure single digit temps, frost and snow.
They naturalize and clump well and the whitetail deer do not eat them.
They might be sold at big box stores in your area.

Might cost a can of spray paint, some nuts and bolts and some rust.:)

[beam2050]

They would work .. I do not know how many chill hours are required though.:ha:

Snowdrops are first up in spring( Jan -Feb) and endure single digit temps, frost and snow.
They naturalize and clump well and the whitetail deer do not eat them.
They might be sold at big box stores in your area.

Might cost a can of spray paint, some nuts and bolts and some rust.:)

:ha: thanks for answering that. it's funny how the lack of a question mark can change the whole meaning of a sentence. :ha:

figured they might not grow here seeing as there is snow on the ground. might try any way they are pretty. thanks

[Johnsk9]

Aechmea 'Pinot Noir'. Bromeliad

http://i65.tinypic.com/2mfarr6.jpg

[Axis2011KR]

Labeled as Colocasia Gigantea:

http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/ColocasiaGigantea1_2-2-19.jpg



Definitely an Alocasia and not Colocasia. You can tell by the upright growth and veins on the leaves, could be Borneo Giant as I know Brian sells those as well. Gigantea have white flowers. I've got several Colocasia Gigantea from him and they've done very well the past year.

[cincinnana]

Great looking plants...members:woohoonaner:

[luisport]

Passiflora morifolia flower


https://i.postimg.cc/F7B2mzCj/DSC-0593.jpg (https://postimg.cc/F7B2mzCj)


https://i.postimg.cc/vDDhyzJN/DSC-0592.jpg (https://postimg.cc/vDDhyzJN)

[cincinnana]

Passiflora morifolia flower


https://i.postimg.cc/F7B2mzCj/DSC-0593.jpg (https://postimg.cc/F7B2mzCj)


https://i.postimg.cc/vDDhyzJN/DSC-0592.jpg (https://postimg.cc/vDDhyzJN)

Very nice blooms...

[luisport]

Thank's! :08:

[luisport]

Juá-açu (Solanum robustum) flowers…

https://i.postimg.cc/Hr9yX2DP/DSC-0667.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Hr9yX2DP)

https://i.postimg.cc/gnvXbDJk/DSC-0669.jpg (https://postimg.cc/gnvXbDJk)

https://i.postimg.cc/dkk3HRpF/DSC-0670.jpg (https://postimg.cc/dkk3HRpF)

[luisport]

My first passiflora alata flowers... ;D


https://i.postimg.cc/629WM3Wv/DSC-0706.jpg (https://postimg.cc/629WM3Wv)

https://i.postimg.cc/QHW3k5Qz/DSC-0707.jpg (https://postimg.cc/QHW3k5Qz)

https://i.postimg.cc/6TFs33kf/DSC-0708.jpg (https://postimg.cc/6TFs33kf)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Beautiful flower
:nanadrink:

[luisport]

More orchids…

Cymbidiums

https://i.postimg.cc/1n493Myf/DSC-0712.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1n493Myf)


https://i.postimg.cc/JyppQ5Z3/DSC-0711.jpg (https://postimg.cc/JyppQ5Z3)

Dendrobium


https://i.postimg.cc/PCTG3Kp0/DSC-0713.jpg (https://postimg.cc/PCTG3Kp0)

[cincinnana]

More orchids…

Cymbidiums

https://i.postimg.cc/1n493Myf/DSC-0712.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1n493Myf)


https://i.postimg.cc/JyppQ5Z3/DSC-0711.jpg (https://postimg.cc/JyppQ5Z3)

Dendrobium


https://i.postimg.cc/PCTG3Kp0/DSC-0713.jpg (https://postimg.cc/PCTG3Kp0)

I love Orchids.......nice.:)

[luisport]

I love Orchids.......nice.:)

Thank you very much my friend! I love them a lot! :08:

[luisport]

My passiflora alata full of flowers...


https://i.postimg.cc/mh9kQwPj/DSC-0725.jpg (https://postimg.cc/mh9kQwPj)

[subsonicdrone]

i have posted pic of this plumeria before but here are some more...
i cant get all the blooms in one shot... here is the back side
https://i.ibb.co/0jdZQBP/IMG-2128.jpg
and a close up of a cluster on the front
https://i.ibb.co/HCRLx87/IMG-2111.jpg
this ginger from forum member JP shot for the ceiling and then flowered
https://i.ibb.co/XVg1Vx3/IMG-2121.jpg

[subsonicdrone]

this plant has been in the family for generations...
flowers look fake... i thought it was plastic the first time i saw it
it is a type of hoya

https://i.ibb.co/5YCr1xB/IMG-2152.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/7R7x181/IMG-2153.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/fpJ67pS/IMG-2193.jpg

[all43]

I have one of them!! Mines also been in the family for many years.

[bananimal]

What's its name?

[subsonicdrone]

not sure
i did a quick google search at one point but did not find it

originally acquired about 80 years ago

[all43]

I believe that it the Hoya caronosa, at least I think mine is, you can easily grow from a leaf snapped off.

Mines around 25yrs owned originally by my nan then passed to me.