What is blooming in your garden today (other plants)? [Archive] - Page 7

Jezebel

07-18-2011, 01:19 PM

:03:

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44395&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44395&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44396&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44396&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44397&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44397&size=1 border=0></a>

sunfish

07-21-2011, 10:02 PM

Apples are blooming for the second time this year

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44500&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44500&ppuser=2868)

Willow87

07-22-2011, 08:59 AM

The flowers on this plant last a very long time. Some of the blooms are getting darker too. Its definitely going in my yard again next year because it dos well in the heat and drought
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44502 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44502)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44501 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44501)

sunfish

07-24-2011, 09:08 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44546&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44546&ppuser=2868)

saltydad

07-24-2011, 04:46 PM

While this hasn't bloomed yet this year, I want to tell you about Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph'. I bought a plant of this about 4 years ago. It was in a planter and was a beautiful plant. The following year I had volunteers of this come up in another planter (both on the same patio), and in a flower bed 20 yards away!! For the last 2 years it comes up in my patio literally; it grows from an expansion crack. Now it's coming up again! This plant is supposed to be rated zone 8 as a perennial, but as far as I'm concerned it's one tough little focker!

http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/2008/02/p_100168845.jpg

I'll post a pic when it flowers.

Here it is in the patio yesterday.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44563&size=1

Olafhenny

07-24-2011, 08:41 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44565 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44565&ppuser=7269)

My Musa Basjoo mama with 5 of her pups. The sixth one, it was then #3, I severed off last fall and “grew”
it in a pot inside. It did not a whole lot of growing there, but it survived and now shares a pot with a canna.
To the right is a scarlet carpet rose climbing up my Dizzy Prune. That is supposed to be a ground cover
rose not growing higher than 2’. It is now >5’.

In the pink pot at the bottom left grows still very slowly, even though it is reasonable warm now, my Costus.
I believe that it is suffering from the dry air here.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44566 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44566&ppuser=7269)

Another view of the same. There are actually two roses of the same cultivar in this picture, the one
in the right is the younger one

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44564 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44564&ppuser=7269)

And this is the street view with my little "tropical patch" in the background right.

snc

07-25-2011, 07:36 AM

plumeria

saltydad

07-25-2011, 09:12 AM

Beautiful. Do you know the variety?

Bananaman88

07-25-2011, 09:15 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44546&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44546&ppuser=2868)

Beautiful flower! Love this!

saltydad

07-25-2011, 09:17 AM

Amazing how we both have our P. Lady Margaret growing by the trash bins! And I agree with Brent; they ARE beautiful!

snc

07-25-2011, 11:53 AM

couple more. Salty if you are asking if I know the varietiy, I do not. I need to do some cutting on it to get it back down to a manageable size. It is currently 7'+ tall. ( hint, hint, if anyone is looking for plumeria cuttings, buy or trade, pm me)

Jezebel

07-25-2011, 12:21 PM

Hi,

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44576&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44576&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44577&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44577&size=1 border=0></a>

:03:

sunfish

07-26-2011, 08:42 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44587&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44587&ppuser=2868)

orinoko

07-26-2011, 02:24 PM

If I wasn't so damn peeved right now, I'd tell you how absolutely gorgeous your succulents are

HAHAHAHA HB :ha::ha:

Melastoma candidum / Indian rhododendron

OMG Hazel, its electric!!

Here are three Images taken before dinner

Delta Sarah Fuchia

Gaura Passionate Blush

And Petunia and the small one to the left red is a Million Bell Plant.

http://www.katecorner.com/flora/deltasarahfuchis1.JPG

Delta Sarah Fuchia

http://www.katecorner.com/flora/gaurapassionateblusha1.JPG

Pink Gaura Passionate Blush

http://www.katecorner.com/flora/petuniabasket.JPG

Petunia. The small red flower to the left is a Million Bell plant.

palmtree

07-26-2011, 03:31 PM

Its hard for me to to pick a favorite plumeria, but for the northern grower, it doesnt get better than Plumeria "Divine". Its the only plumeria to bloom reliably every single summer. I have 5 flower heads this year, and one of them is in full bloom now! The fragrance is nice. Another plus is that it stays very small. Mine is only about 2.5 feet tall, but it has already flowered 5 times. They are great potted plants.
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/Yard%202011/?action=view&current=IMG_5962.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/Yard%202011/IMG_5962.jpg" border="0" alt="7.25.11"></a>

Most of the crapes are in bloom here, but my Crape Myrtle "Zuni" hasnt started its blooms yet. Im finally seeing buds on it though so I will post pics of that in about 2 weeks when its in full bloom!

Jananas Bananas

07-30-2011, 10:34 PM

Gorgeous Everyone!!!! :goteam:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110730056.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110730042.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110730008.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110711005.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110730065.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110724082.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110721002.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110721007.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110721003.jpg

~JaNan

Olafhenny

07-30-2011, 11:38 PM

What gorgeously coloured petunias. I have never seen anything quite like it:)

sunfish

07-31-2011, 08:11 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44703&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44703&ppuser=2868)

Bob

07-31-2011, 01:25 PM

Some of the cannas from Dean:

http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/DSCN0897.jpg

palmtree

07-31-2011, 03:56 PM

Some of the cannas from Dean:

http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/DSCN0897.jpg

I think I have the same cannas you have. Do you know the cultivator name? Mine hasnt flowered yet (very very late this year), but Im expecting some signs of blooms starting next week since they are already almost as tall as I am

Willow87

08-01-2011, 09:16 AM

White Swan Coneflower
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44733 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44733)

saltydad

08-01-2011, 04:10 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44757&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44751&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44748&size=big&cat=&ppuser=1040http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44748&size=1

cherokee_greg

08-01-2011, 11:18 PM

saltydad

08-01-2011, 11:32 PM

Top one is bougainvillea (variety ?), next is Desert Rose (Adenium obesum), and last is Angel Trumpet (brugmansia) Inca Sun. Thanks. You should smell the brug; the aroma at eveningtime is intoxicating!

saltydad

08-01-2011, 11:41 PM

Two more, a pink brug and a closeup of the Desert Rose blossom.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44750&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44764&size=1

cherokee_greg

08-01-2011, 11:44 PM

Two more, a pink brug and a closeup of the Desert Rose blossom.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44750&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44764&size=1

I really like thatdesert rose very nice

SoBe Musa

08-02-2011, 11:02 AM

I've been here for a while..thanks everybody for all beautiful blooming..!
All New in my garden Sweet Almond Bush, Incense Bush Aloysia virgata ..the sweet aroma all day and night is incredible.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2299.jpg
Bush Morning Glory, Ipomoea carnea.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2296.jpg
Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia rostrata first two flower ever for me.. the plant is about 1 1/2 year old.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2284-1.jpg.

SoBe Musa

08-02-2011, 11:37 AM

More blooms..
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2306-1.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2303.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2294-1.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2255.jpg

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2287.jpg

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2289.jpg

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2288.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2304-2.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2252.jpg

Jananas Bananas

08-02-2011, 12:06 PM

Emily your blooms are always so beautiful! You put us all to shame!!!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110802040.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110802032.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110802025.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110802019.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110802060.jpg

~JaNan

sunfish

08-03-2011, 10:47 AM

cherokee_greg

08-03-2011, 11:28 AM

my pineapple lily has been blooming for awile

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44826&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44826&ppuser=5959)

sashaeffer

08-03-2011, 08:57 PM

palmtree

08-03-2011, 11:44 PM

Just arrived a Blue Beaked Yucca I bought from vendor on Ebay.

Anyone with experience with one of these?

[Banana Gallery - 00163 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44843&ppuser=10205) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44843&size=1&filefix=.jpg]

(credit [Bananas.org - View Profile: sashaeffer (http://www.bananas.org/member.php?u=10205) sashaeffer])

Scott/Omaha

They grow like crazy here! Actually, probably one of the easiest and largest yuccas here (never any snow damage). I have seen some the size of the 2 story houses they are next to. I had one a long time ago in a planter that NEVER drained water because we used the wrong type of sand (to give you an idea of how much water was in the planter, the birds used to use it as a bird bath! The yucca eventually couldnt handle a life as a bog plant so it did die 3 years later, but for a plant that needs good drainage (and saw the coldest winter of the decade with a low of 1F), it did very well. Im sure they can easily handle temperatures down to at least -5 to -10F. Not sure if it can go below that, but with protection and dry conditions, it should have no problems.

I would say that they are the second most popular yuccas here (right behind Y. recurvifolia and right after y. filamentosa and y. faxoniana). I guess you would need someone in your zone to give you a better idea about how they do in your area, but they handle wet zone 7 winters and reach blooming age with no problems here.

Hope it does well for you!

sashaeffer

08-04-2011, 05:09 AM

palmtree

08-04-2011, 07:05 AM

Thanks Palmtree. While I will get it used to being outside, I will over winter it in the garage along with some Windmill palms that I've bought this year and didn't want to put them in the ground so late in the season.

Have an eye on a different Yucca at a local store here. What do you know about Yucca Filifera? The one here is about 5' tall and $140.00

Scott/Omaha

Ive never seen those here. I think they require a lot more dry weather than we can provide (all the yuccas here have to be very moisture tolerant). One website rates Y. Filifera for zones 8a and up, so they would probably be a challange here.
I did see a Yucca thompsoniana once which looks kind of familiar to Filifera but is a bit more cold tolerant. I only saw thompsoniana once here though so I dont know if its actually all that cold tolerant or not.

sashaeffer

08-04-2011, 07:43 AM

The Filifera I would just have as a container yucca, and keep in garage in winter. I think they are all slow growing enough that I would be long gone before it got to any size that I couldn't handle to move in/out with the seasons. I just know it looks pretty cool.

Now the one I just got and planted I will acclimate to cold temps and plant it outside when it gets bigger..maybe in 3/4 years.

sunfish

08-04-2011, 09:47 AM

:woohoonaner:

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&current=010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/010.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44848&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44848&ppuser=2868)

john_ny

08-06-2011, 01:59 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44903&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44903&ppuser=826)
Anthurium

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44902&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44902&ppuser=826)
Allamanda, Cherries Jubilee

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44901&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44901&ppuser=826)
Mandevilla, Alice DuPont

sunfish

08-08-2011, 12:35 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44931&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44931&ppuser=2868)

snc

08-09-2011, 07:08 AM

some ginger

sunfish

08-09-2011, 08:52 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44967&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44967&ppuser=2868)

Jezebel

08-09-2011, 01:46 PM

Hi ;)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44975&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44975&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44976&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44976&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44977&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44977&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44978&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44978&size=1 border=0></a>

.

john_ny

08-10-2011, 12:14 PM

Pink Crape Myrtle

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45009&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45009)

Yug

08-10-2011, 05:28 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44967&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44967&ppuser=2868)

Love the photos! Especially this one!

Dalmatiansoap

08-11-2011, 06:42 PM

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2631.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2630.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG2625.jpg
:woohoonaner:

Blake09

08-12-2011, 09:17 PM

Sunflowers:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45045&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45045)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45046&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45046)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45047&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45047)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45048&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45048)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45049&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45049)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45050&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45050)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45051&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45051)

Jananas Bananas

08-16-2011, 11:59 AM

Sunflowers are about the only thing still blooming in my garden. We are on water restrictions.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110815008.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110815011.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110815016.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110815003.jpg

This is what most everything look like, what can BROWN do for you?

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110815023.jpg

~JaNan

momoese

08-23-2011, 09:41 PM

Yacón

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m161/momoese/Yacon.jpg

plundccre

08-24-2011, 04:28 PM

Other than a new flower on my Kofi, here are a few of the other things flowering. Cannas, Hibiscus, Siam Tulip, Shrimp Plant, etc.

sunfish

08-24-2011, 09:24 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45289&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45289&ppuser=2868)

Blah blah

Chance1945

08-24-2011, 10:28 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44967&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44967&ppuser=2868)

Sweet autumn clemetis for one thing and boy is it fragrant. Wish I knew how to upload a picture for you to see. I just don't know how. Can you believe it.

Chance

sunfish

08-24-2011, 10:44 PM

Sweet autumn clemetis for one thing and boy is it fragrant. Wish I knew how to upload a picture for you to see. I just don't know how. Can you believe it.

Chance

This may help but it may not.

http://www.bananas.org/f5/creating-albums-posting-photos-8797.html#post86271

Jezebel

08-25-2011, 01:12 PM

;)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45298&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45298&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45297&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45297&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45296&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45296&size=1 border=0></a>

Jananas Bananas

08-28-2011, 12:20 PM

Hazel what is that dark purple flower? The leaf looks almost geranium. I love that color! :woohoonaner:

My Texas sage are blooming. They just opened yesterday but are already burning, poor things!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828005.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828010.jpg

Not much else except for sunflowers. Even my crape myrtles are burnt. :( BAH!

~JaNan

The Hollyberry Lady

08-28-2011, 06:37 PM

Mr. Goodbud Stonecrop Sedum perennial plant blooming in my window garden...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0958.jpg

: )

cherokee_greg

08-31-2011, 03:00 PM

:woohoonaner: Im really excited about this. my black elephant ear is blooming it has a yellow flower. I did not know they bloomed

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45463&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45463&ppuser=5959)

I found this link about the flower check it out
Dyersburg State Gazette: Local News: Blooming elephant ear brings surprise (11/18/09) (http://www.stategazette.com/story/1588008.html)

john_ny

09-03-2011, 04:48 PM

Wow! Pretty neat, Greg.

john_ny

09-03-2011, 04:51 PM

White Crape Myrtle

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45510&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45510&ppuser=826)

palmtree

09-04-2011, 12:07 PM

My orchid is about to bloom and my papaya is getting ready to bloom now too! Lots of other things already in bloom though. I'll post some pics soon!

Jananas Bananas

09-09-2011, 09:18 AM

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110908015.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110908024.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110908047.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110908056.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110908078.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110908069.jpg

~JaNan

Jananas Bananas

09-12-2011, 12:06 PM

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110909047.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110912025.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110909038.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110909036.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110909015.jpg

~JaNan

Willow87

09-12-2011, 01:51 PM

Wow Janan, those Bougainvilleas are beautiful!

Datura
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45643 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45643)

orinoko

09-12-2011, 02:33 PM

Been waiting a while for some of my plants,

A tub of Begonias

http://www.katecorner.com/flora/begoniassep2011.jpg

My newest Lillies

http://www.katecorner.com/flora/newturkishlily2011.jpg

:0517::bananas_b:08:

Cameron, What kind of a bud is that....sheesh.

Willow87

09-12-2011, 02:35 PM

Wow those are beautiful begonias. My mom's friend has some that look similar but they are dark red. I didn't know there were double flowering begonias until this year lol

orinoko

09-12-2011, 02:48 PM

We are getting the backend of Katia Hurracane if there are any Begonias left after that I have some deep red begonias too.

There are loads of Begonias out there willow.

I love the yellow ones.

http://www.katecorner.com/flora/yellowbegonia.jpg

:lurk::08::drum:

Willow87

09-12-2011, 02:52 PM

I would have never guess that was a begonia, its beautiful.

Willow87

09-12-2011, 08:32 PM

Moonflower
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45657 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45657)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45656 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45656)

SoBe Musa

09-17-2011, 02:01 PM

A little of the same...
Ground orchids
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2378.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2376-1.jpg
Portlandia Albiflora a new bloom for me, i got it about a year ago.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2368.jpg
Sweet almond
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2518.jpg
Orchids (don't know the names got it for mothers day last year with a bloom..them they die..and here they are again.)
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2344.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2343.jpg

Yug

09-17-2011, 05:46 PM

Nice pics, especially like the orchids.

Willow87, that looks like an Angels Trumpet, not a moon flower. Moon flower is typically a vine with large heart-shaped leaves, and is a close relative to the Morning Glory. Also, the moonflower opens up about 4pm and only lasts one day.

Willow87

09-17-2011, 05:54 PM

Thanks Yug for correcting me. My datura blooms only last one night and die the next day. Is that normal?

Yug

09-17-2011, 11:07 PM

Datura stramonium, also called Jimson Weed, is the main one I'm familiar with. I think that is a wild type of Angel's trumpet, also called brugmansia. The blooms on the wild one typically last one day.

I did some searching for common names for Datura stramonium, it turns out that it IS sometimes called Moonflower. So you were correct, sort of, because I think what you have is not D. stramonium, I think it is Datura wrightii (which I don't know much about). It wouldn't surprise me if D. wrightii was also called Moonflower. I've never before heard of D. stramonium called by called that name. The names I'm familiar with are - Datura, Jimson Weed, Devil's Weed, Locoweed, Devil's Cucumber, and Hell's Bells. Moonflower is a new one on me.

The Angel's Trumpet is Datura arborea which is a larger plant with pendulous blooms, and sometimes different colors, too.

orinoko

09-18-2011, 02:32 AM

Thats awesome Dar, :woohoonaner::woohoonaner:

M any thanks!!

orinoko

09-18-2011, 02:52 AM

It's a succulent Stapelia, star flower.

Thanks HBL,

It looks very much like the Rafflesia of Asia, found in Borneo and other forests. Alsorts of Insects drop in and don't get out. It flowers but you are very lucky to witness it:0517: flower.

Rafflesia Life History " a penetrating smell more repulsiv e than any buffalo carcass in an advanced stage of decomposition" (Mjobe .)

Your starfish center is different, the rest looks similar HBL

http://www.katecorner.com/asia/rafflesia-arnoldii2.jpg

:03:

Willow87

09-18-2011, 09:41 AM

My plant is only a foot tall, I thought it would be a taller plant but it doesn't seem to be producing any vertical growth. It does look like Datura wrightii. I got the seeds from another member and it was just labeled datura. Its become one of my favorite flowers, I just wish the blooms lasted longer.

Yug

09-18-2011, 12:49 PM

.

Thanks HBL,

It looks very much like the Rafflesia of Asia, found in Borneo and other forests. Alsorts of Insects drop in and don't get out. It flowers but you are very lucky to witness it:0517: flower.

Your starfish center is different, the rest looks similar HBL

http://www.katecorner.com/asia/rafflesia-arnoldii2.jpg

:03:
That monster is amazing! Looks like it could eat small pets.

Jananas Bananas

09-21-2011, 01:19 PM

Datura flowers point towards the heavens hence the nickname Angel's Trumpet.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26117&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26117)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26118&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26118)

Brugmansia flowers point downward hence the nickname Devil's Trumpet. (This is an internet shot)

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/BrugmansiaAlba.jpg

My blooming shots for today!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918094.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918097.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918082.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918075.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918073.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918070.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918020.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918016.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918119.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918112.jpg

~JaNan

laserlight

09-27-2011, 04:42 PM

We dont have very many flowers cuz we just moved here but mom bought these to put in the garden and i planted them today. =D

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6164/6189726153_5dd91429e7_z.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6189727209_b0d827499e_z.jpg

sunfish

09-30-2011, 01:04 PM

Winter Plums ?

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46000&ppuser=2868><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46000&size=1 border=0></a>

The Hollyberry Lady

09-30-2011, 03:01 PM

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_1450.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_1451.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_1452.jpg

All three are blooming at the cottage. :D

: )

Jananas Bananas

10-03-2011, 08:56 AM

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110930066.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110930011.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110930015.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110930046.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110930056.jpg

~JaNan

sunfish

10-05-2011, 01:00 PM

saltydad

10-06-2011, 04:41 PM

I just uploaded a lot of pics of the current bloomers to my gallery. It's surprising how little damage 4 nights of 40 degress could do.

sunfish

10-07-2011, 12:51 PM

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46170&ppuser=2868><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46170&size=1 border=0></a>:)

The Hollyberry Lady

10-08-2011, 01:56 PM

More mums...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_1766.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_1758.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_1759.jpg

Coneflowers too...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_1755.jpg

: )

Chance1945

10-08-2011, 07:08 PM

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46170&ppuser=2868><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46170&size=1 border=0></a>:)

That is just plain awesome. What is it?

Chance

sunfish

10-11-2011, 09:42 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46251&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46251&ppuser=2868)

Jananas Bananas

10-16-2011, 09:35 AM

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20101014090.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20101014074.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111009100.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111009048.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111006004.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111010015.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111010020.jpg

~JaNan

Jananas Bananas

10-17-2011, 09:13 AM

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111016019.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111016026.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111016007.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111016002.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111016012.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20101014078.jpg

~J

Yug

10-27-2011, 05:53 PM

This is a 2nd year growth of a Lemon Scented Marigold. It is great for keeping nematodes at bay, and smells lemony if moved by a breeze, or brushed against.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46554><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46554&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46553><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46553&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46552><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46552&size=1 border=0></a>

The Hollyberry Lady

10-27-2011, 08:05 PM

Yesterday...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_2288.jpg

: )

sunfish

10-29-2011, 09:33 AM

I am getting more blooms and fruit on my pepper plants now than during the summer

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&current=004-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&current=003-5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

saltydad

10-29-2011, 03:38 PM

Unbelievable- here it is with wet snow and sleet coming down outside, and I have the following outside blooming still--bougainvillea, trumpet angels, tropical hibiscus, mandevillea, seemania, banana, canna, NG impatiens, begonias, toad lilies, castor bean, water lily, water canna, lantana, dwarf hollyhocks, garden phlox, mums, and it's almost November!

Jananas Bananas

10-29-2011, 04:20 PM

Outside blooming:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027002.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027012.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027018.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027019.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027039.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027041.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027014.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027045.jpg

Inside Blooming

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111028024.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027073.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027087.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027086.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027077.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027066.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027092.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027096.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027099.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111029014.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111029013.jpg

~JaNan

The Hollyberry Lady

10-29-2011, 04:26 PM

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_2392.jpg

Indoor "June" Hosta plant.

: )

The Hollyberry Lady

11-01-2011, 08:00 PM

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_2442.jpg

: )

The Hollyberry Lady

11-02-2011, 10:58 AM

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_2458-1.jpg

: )

Jananas Bananas

11-05-2011, 07:55 AM

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111104050.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111104018.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111104023.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111103061.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111103036.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111104025.jpg

~JaNan

The Hollyberry Lady

11-10-2011, 01:42 PM

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_2699.jpg

: )

palmtree

11-10-2011, 09:06 PM

My butterfly ginger is blooming and it has an amazing scent. Its nice to smell something tropical outside in November! The scent is really simiar to Gardenia, but actually a little stronger.
Here are some pics just before they opened!
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/Yard%202011/?action=view&current=IMG_9205.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/Yard%202011/IMG_9205.jpg" border="0" alt="11.7.11"></a>
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/Yard%202011/?action=view&current=IMG_9207.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/Yard%202011/IMG_9207.jpg" border="0" alt="11.7.11"></a>

Some Azaleas are blooming too!
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/Yard%202011/?action=view&current=IMG_9203.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/Yard%202011/IMG_9203.jpg" border="0" alt="11.7.11"></a>

saltydad

11-13-2011, 02:33 PM

Janan, I'm in love with your orange double hib....so beautiful!
Alex, wow on your ginger. I can't get my gingers to bloom, except for the mioga Dancing crane. Congrats.....grrrrrrr...lol!
On the other hand, my brugs are still blooming away inside, and the house is redolent with their fragrance in the evening. I also have a pot of hyacinths that decided since they're inside and warm it must be spring, so the kitchen smells spring-like!

Chance1945

11-15-2011, 01:59 PM

Willow87

11-15-2011, 02:12 PM

Candy Cane Zinnia
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m595/Cballen87/001-25.jpg

Russian Sage
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m595/Cballen87/006-11.jpg
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m595/Cballen87/007-9.jpg

palmtree

11-15-2011, 03:51 PM

Alex, wow on your ginger. I can't get my gingers to bloom, except for the mioga Dancing crane. Congrats.....grrrrrrr...lol!
On the other hand, my brugs are still blooming away inside, and the house is redolent with their fragrance in the evening. I also have a pot of hyacinths that decided since they're inside and warm it must be spring, so the kitchen smells spring-like!

Thanks! I was really surpirsed to see it bloom because I just got it as a small bulb from Hawaii August 2010 (The bulb was about the size of an Oreo and I got 4 bulbs).
I dug it up about 3 days ago and potted it up to go indoors and Im happy to say thats its still blooming despite having half its roots ripped up. The fragrance is really strong. At night, half the house is filled with a gardenia-like scent!
My brug is fast asleep now. I love the fragrance of them, I cant imagine how good the fragrance must be when its blooming indoors! I had a hyacinth indoors once and the fragrance was unbelievable. It really does smell like spring, and at least it gives some hope that spring will come back soon.

sunfish

11-17-2011, 11:14 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46824&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46824&ppuser=2868):drum:

Olafhenny

11-17-2011, 07:49 PM

Since the pond behind the house is frozen over, there is not much abloom in the garden, at least not until the
Winter Jasmine starts flowering in late January.

But we do have a very pretty Christmas Cactus indoors and here are the pics:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46829 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46829&ppuser=7269)

This cactus now spans a full meter, which unfortunately heralds the end of it, because beyond this the
branches will become too heavy and break off.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46830 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46830&ppuser=7269)

Some of the Details

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46831 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46831&ppuser=7269)

Light plays in a single blossom

Willow87

11-17-2011, 08:14 PM

Wow that is a beautiful Christmas cactus. I'm hoping mine will look like that eventually.

palmtree

11-17-2011, 11:00 PM

My red Thanksgiving Cactus started blooming too! Its smaller than yours though. I have pink, yellow, and salmon color also, but those seem to bloom about a week later than the red.

My butterfly ginger keeps blooming indoors too! I think its probably one of the only plants I have dug out of the ground without complications.

And speaking of digging plants out of the ground, in early October I dug my 6 foot tall papaya out of the ground and it didnt do well at all (losing every leaf). But now it has a new leaf coming out so it looks like it might make a come back! I hope it does!

Thats about it thats going on right now. Going down to 33F tonight so I think the frost tender plants outside will be getting some more damage tomorrow morning.

sunfish

11-17-2011, 11:15 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46832&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46832&ppuser=2868)

Olafhenny

11-17-2011, 11:23 PM

Nice effect, Tony, shooting through the webbing :)

sunfish

11-19-2011, 02:40 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46853&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46853&ppuser=2868)

Blooms all year

Olafhenny

11-19-2011, 03:35 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46853&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46853&ppuser=2868)

Blooms all year

Well, lucky you!

It is cruel to tell me this, while I am shoveling snow.
:)

sunfish

11-19-2011, 03:44 PM

Well, lucky you!

It is cruel to tell me this, while I am shoveling snow.
:)

Oops sorry.Well my fig trees are dropping leaves if that makes you feel better

Jananas Bananas

11-20-2011, 12:12 PM

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119038.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119043.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111114025.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119063.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119066.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119075.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119077.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119084.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119181.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119075.jpg

~JaNan

Yug

11-20-2011, 12:57 PM

Looks like you might have some seeds of the lemon scented marigold to share. You have grown a beautiful plant and I'd like to try my luck at it if you'll share some seed. I've never seen this plant before.

Chance,

send me a pm (I assume your post is directed at me) with your address. Once I figure out how to get the seeds, I'll send some your way. The plant has a good number of dried flower heads, so there should be seeds inside. If they are like most other marigolds, they should be dark, skinny, and 1/2 inch or less long. I have been meaning to get the seeds and spread them around the other plants, too, so your request will give me a little more motivation to get at it. The seedlings should be easy to spot since their first regular leaves should be just like the pointy ones on a regular marigold.

The Hollyberry Lady

11-22-2011, 12:32 PM

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_3051.jpg

Madagascar Jasmine. Such a wildly fragrant tropical climber.

: )

oakshadows

11-22-2011, 12:59 PM

Bengal tiger Canna is putting out a bloom. It is slow but will surely be beautiful.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46872&size=1

sunfish

11-29-2011, 09:53 AM

The Hollyberry Lady

11-29-2011, 05:42 PM

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_3207.jpg

Mini Orchid.

: )

Olafhenny

11-29-2011, 06:34 PM

Now that is a beautiful shot of a gorgeous flower. So let's hear it:

3 cheers for the gardener and...
3 cheers for the photographer

Willow87

12-02-2011, 03:58 PM

I thought the freeze would kill my sunflowers before they bloomed but I found a bloom today. Monday the possible freezing rain may kill the sunflowers
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m595/Cballen87/Sunflower001.jpg
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m595/Cballen87/Sunflower004.jpg

palmtree

12-03-2011, 01:37 AM

I still have lots of plants in bloom outside considering its already December! Some annuals are blooming likeMandevillas, the lantanas are doing really well and they are blooming and even making more buds for more blooms, and I think my geraniums are probably blooming the best since they still have lots of growth and blooms!
Despite that crazy October snowstorm, this fall has actually been pretty mild. I usually dont have anything in bloom by December and usually the frost tender plants are melted for the year, but everything is still doing really well. No freezes in the forecast for the next 10 days!

Willow87

12-03-2011, 08:47 AM

I think we are going to have lows in the 20s starting Monday. I think that will probably kill them. At least I can enjoy them before then lol

12-03-2011, 09:47 AM

me too. I'm quite surprise my loofah vines are still fruiting and still around in December(maybe its because my backyard has a big lake-heard large mass water helps from freezing); knock on wood. I know Monday its gonna be like 29 degree so maybe I will cover what I can so some of the unmatured loofah can mature; the young vegetable, I use it in noodle soups, and the mature one I am trying to make loofah scrubs, but they are still all green;large and long(2~3 ft) but still hard green-not brown or yellow, so its not quite ready for harvesting into scrubs..need little more time. I have like 20 or more growing-hate to waste them. If all successful and have plenty of seeds, anyone is welcome to have some with a prepaid mail. :giveflowersnana:

Vines behind the harvested casava: Banana Gallery - casava (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47019&cat=1921)
Banana Gallery - Loofa Sponge (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47026&cat=1921)
Banana Gallery - loofah (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47076&cat=1921)

eek..low 26 on tuesday...:-(

Olafhenny

12-03-2011, 01:18 PM

Hi Cameron,

I see the the banana, which you have in your avatar occasionally for sale up here in the chilly north and must
therefore conclude, that it is reasonably cold hardy. However there is never any name associated with it.

I am interested in acquiring it, because of the colour of the leaves, but in order to research more about it, I
would have to know its name.

Can you help please?
Thanks,
Olaf

Willow87

12-03-2011, 03:31 PM

Hi Olaf, its Sumatrana X Gran Nain. Its a hybrid that has Blood banana and Gran Nain as its parents. I got mine from Sandy's online nursery, Northern Tropics. I had to overwinter since it is very sensitive to cold. Unfortunately I lost it and several of my other bananas to the drought and heat.

Olafhenny

12-03-2011, 04:28 PM

Thank you, Cameron, the banana I am seeing here is the only one, which is widely marketed here beside
the Basjoo. Therefore I assume it is a different, fairly hardy, variety with leaf markings similar to yours.

I have once tried to buy a Siam Ruby from the States, but the shipping takes far too long, probably due to
customs delay and by the time it got here, a day short of 3 weeks, it was practically dead and on the way to
re-incarnate as a hyacinth. :)

PS: I just had the "innovative" idea to look Sumatrana X Gran Nain up and found out, that it is a "dwarf",
and therefore possibly considered a house plant here, even though it is supposed to grow to 6 to 8'
tall. Add to that the height of the pot and the reach of an emerging leaf, and it is clearly a 'stretch'
for most homes

Willow87

12-03-2011, 08:49 PM

I wonder if you are talking about Musa Sikkimensis 'Red Tiger' Its has stripes and is cold hardy. The Blood bananas are very sensitive to cold. I saw several large Siam Ruby bananas at a local nursery last year. Even though it was fall at the time, the nursery was still selling them for full price lol. My Sumatrana X did pretty well indoors, even in the lower light, but it only grew a couple of leaves during the whole winter.

Olafhenny

12-03-2011, 10:41 PM

Thank you, Cameron,

I thought I’d ask while I still can find your avatar. After the holidays, we will head for a couple of months to
Vietnam and if I cannot find anything exiting there, then I will embark on a more intensive search after I
come back in March.

We have an elderly lady looking after our house, while we are gone and I cannot foster any more plants
on her, than I already have. :(

Following up on your hints and after some searches, I have come to the conclusion, that here in BC the
best source for retail banana plants is Home Depot. Unfortunately the closest one is a good hour drive
from where I live. So it is not a place on which I can keep on checking.

Best,
Olaf

Willow87

12-04-2011, 10:44 AM

Olafhenny

12-04-2011, 11:51 AM

Yeah, I did bring home my Ornata from there. I was relatively new to banana raising and had never heard of a
banana, which is small enough to raise inside to full maturity, and when I saw them in Vietnam, I thought I had
really found something. The story on how I got it home is here:

http://www.bananas.org/f2/i-think-i-scored-coup-13386.html, the continuation here http://www.bananas.org/f311/need-advice-grow-banana-plant-indoors-14608.html#post178248
and some more on it here: http://www.bananas.org/f2/old-corms-14769.html#post181203

I still think, hat I "found something", because I would have a tough time finding one here in Canada and to get
life plants up from the states does have problems of long or costly shipping

12-04-2011, 01:20 PM

Oh wow Vietnam? I found my Orinoco at Home Depot, but this year they didn't sell any banana plants. The nurseries sell a few but they are so expensive. Sometimes Lowe's will sell Super dwarf Cavendish or Blood bananas but nothing else. I'm going to try to check out Home Depot next spring to see if they get another shipment of Orinoco bananas. I hope you can find one.

Every time I see banana plants in homedepot or lowes, I never see specific name; just banana. I'd walk around the bananas they sell, and its disappointing that they don't even know what type when I ask. So I give up buying bananas at home depot/lowes. I'll stick with online, although I just recently heard that the gov gonna try to impose tax with online purchase; don't know how they'll do that though.

Ya, I like Orinoco too; they do well here in North Texas. I've got couple growing, and hopefully I'll get more from the mom next summer; I don't mind giving if I get plenty more pups next summer.

Olafhenny

12-04-2011, 01:55 PM

I hear (read) you, Iz, but up here in western Canada the Home Depot seems to be the best source. The
garden shops also do not identify the species of bananas and from what I read here, they do not do much
better in the States, as there are many complaints about mislabeling on this board.

The solution I can see is to take a camera into the shops and take pictures, post them here and hope,
that somebody will be able to identify them.

12-04-2011, 02:37 PM

If its just typical green banana leaf, it amaze me anyone can pick up and identify their types; is there any other clues? Hardy or not, plaintiff or not, and if anyone is patient enough to wait to bloom. yup, it helps when you see its flower and/or fruit. But then if it where like a plaintiff fruit-say it looks like the plaintiff saba; are there other types of plaintiff that similarly looks like the saba/carbada fruit? Whats next?

If I can ever identify my 1 unknown banana, and 2 of my mix labeled banana from the uncertain wait, it will be exciting to know anyway.

Olafhenny

12-04-2011, 03:04 PM

There are lots of markers, by which experts here on the board can identify the variety of a banana. Shape and
colouration of the leaf, shape of the petiole wing, as well as length and colour of the petiole. All of these are
present and recognizable once the third or fourth leaf has formed. And not all of the leaves are “just typically
green”. :)

Willow87

12-04-2011, 03:43 PM

Iz I'm in North Texas too. I love all of the rain we are getting here, but it was a little too late lol .My Orinoco that I got a few years ago was mislabeled Dwarf Cavendish, and then someone on here gave me the correct ID. I would like to try Ornata out one day.

sunfish

12-04-2011, 04:23 PM

12-04-2011, 10:07 PM

Sunfish: Wow..beautiful exotic flower. Looks so unreal.

Willow87: Ornata banana..hmm are they edible?

Olafhenny

12-04-2011, 11:36 PM

Willow87: Ornata banana..hmm are they edible?

No, they are not, certainly not up here in the frigid north. As the name indicates, they are strictly
ornamental and due to their small size they can function as a houseplant. Since no banana can get
fruit ripened during our short growing season, the value of bananas is exclusively in the foliage for us.

I understand, though, that the Ornatas have a very long flowering season. That seems confirmed by my
observation in that park in Vietnam, that almost all Ornatas there were in bloom and they did not look
transplanted from elsewhere for display purposes. If that bloom extends for them also, while they are
inside, is something I may know in a year or so.

fmu65

12-05-2011, 04:09 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47121&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47121&ppuser=11001)

Last knock rose just opened this morning! In Chicago!

SoBe Musa

12-05-2011, 04:12 PM

What a splash of colors ..Thanks Jana, I needed that.!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119038.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119043.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111114025.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119063.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119066.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119075.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119077.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119084.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119181.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111119075.jpg

~JaNan

fmu65

12-14-2011, 09:44 AM

Meyer lemon blossoms! I have been hand pollinating like crazy in the hopes I will get at least a couple of viable fruit! I wish I could upload the scent of the flowers. They are so sweet!http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47190&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47190&ppuser=11001)

sunfish

12-20-2011, 06:50 PM

Early White Peach

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47272&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47272&ppuser=2868)

The Hollyberry Lady

12-25-2011, 01:32 PM

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_3465.jpg

: )

sunfish

01-01-2012, 08:49 PM

Blueberries are blooming

fmu65

01-02-2012, 05:26 PM

Hollyberry Lady- that's cheating! (But still beautiful... Can you hear my jealousy?) ;)

Chance1945

01-02-2012, 08:26 PM

Blueberries are blooming

The maple trees are blooming as are some daylilies. Camelias are also blooming. A stray sunflower under the bird feeder has opened up. Tomorrow I might have a different tale since tonight we're suppose to have a freeze, a hard freeze, like upper twenties. BOOO!

sunfish

01-05-2012, 05:10 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47525&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47525&ppuser=2868)

fmu65

01-12-2012, 10:31 AM

Meyer lemon set a couple of fruit!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47559&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47559&ppuser=11001)

tommyg

01-12-2012, 12:21 PM

wow that is awesome! I have a meyer lemon tree as well, but its only budding now. So from bud to the start of a fruit is about a month? and then maybe 3 months for the fruit to ripen??

I'll have to share some pics when I get home, but I have some from last week on my blog.

sunfish

01-12-2012, 09:22 PM

Nectarine

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47562&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47562&ppuser=2868)

fmu65

01-13-2012, 10:01 AM

Sounds about right, Tommyg. I am just hopeful that they won't fall off as well. There are 2-3 smaller fruit on other branches, but I will just be glad if these two make it. Watch out for mealy, though! Within days of them beginning to swell, I found one giant mealy attached at the base of each fruit. Of, course, I went over the whole thing with qtips and rubbing alcohol followed by a gentle wipedown with lukewarm water on paper towels. I will keep those suckers under control!

Richard

01-16-2012, 07:59 PM

Here's my white cymbidium orchid in its winter formal attire:

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/image_gallery/white_cymbidium_web.jpg

fmu65

01-17-2012, 08:42 AM

Is that a rebloomer? I have a hell of a time getting any orchids to rebloom, including cymbidium. If you have had luck, please share your secrets! I follow all of the directions the orchid experts I work with tell me, but still nothing.

jwmahloch

01-25-2012, 09:17 AM

One of my Mediteranian fan palms is flowering indoors under my grow lights!!!

sunfish

01-25-2012, 09:21 AM

:goteam:One of my Mediteranian fan palms is flowering indoors under my grow lights!!!

palmtree

01-27-2012, 05:11 AM

Right now I have my Stromanthe "Triostar" about to bloom for the first time ever, and I have some Confederate Jasmine indoros that is covered in Blooms. The fragrance on the Jasmine is amazing at night, its now one of my favorite indoor plants. I'm hoping that it blooms again when I take it outside in the spring. My orchid's flowers have stayed on the plant for about 2 months now. I didnt know the individual flowers lasted that long! And I have some peace lilies blooming indoors as well. They usually have a flush of blooms sometime in late winter indoors and then have another flush of blooms when I take them outside in the spring.

Also I still have some paperwhites blooming outside (they got a little crushed from the 3 inches of snow that we had this past weekend, but the snow melted away fast so they werent too badly damaged). The paperwhites are the only things blooming outside right now.

sunfish

02-08-2012, 01:14 PM

Apricot

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47869&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47869&ppuser=2868) :03:

sunfish

02-09-2012, 09:41 AM

Apple with Passiflora

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47880&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47880&ppuser=2868)

sunfish

02-13-2012, 09:49 AM

I may get a few Apricot this year

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47912&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47912&ppuser=2868)

Yug

02-16-2012, 01:16 AM

Improved Meyer Lemon
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47941><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47941&size=1 border=0></a>

Jezebel

02-21-2012, 12:16 PM

;)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47960&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47960&size=1 border=0></a>

Chance1945

02-21-2012, 09:08 PM

I like the smell of geraniums. Today I had a huge bloom on one of my favorite hibiscus and one of my passion vines bloomed and a daylily, 'Butterscotch Ruffles'.

If I knew how to up-load a picture, I would. I've never done it before and have no idea where to start.

Terry.

Richard

02-22-2012, 01:12 AM

If I knew how to up-load a picture, I would. I've never done it before and have no idea where to start.

http://www.bananas.org/f5/how-post-images-your-threads-97.html#post516

Yug

02-22-2012, 12:35 PM

Euphorbia milii - aka Crown of Thorns
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47973><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47973&size=1 border=0></a>

This is about 5 1/2 ft tall. Blooms throughout the year, and flowers are typically in groups of 4 or 8.

sunfish

02-23-2012, 05:15 PM

Grafted plum

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48011&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48011&ppuser=2868)

SoBe Musa

02-23-2012, 07:11 PM

My failed bonsai tamarind is now 5 years old..blooming and setting fruit..i'm amazed...
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4038-2.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4036-1.jpg

Richard

02-23-2012, 07:23 PM

The flowering Crocus have been joined by Anemone sp. (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?664), Iris reticulata (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20387), Miniature Narcissus pseudonarcissus (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?25045), and Sparaxis tricolor (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?35178).

:goteam:

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/image_gallery/Bulbs_in_bloom_web.jpg

Jezebel

02-26-2012, 06:24 AM

Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' ;)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48021&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48021&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48022&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48022&size=1 border=0></a>

Worm_Farmer

03-06-2012, 05:07 PM

http://thumbnails38.imagebam.com/17845/a27f14178443732.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/a27f14178443732)
Apple Tree just starting.

http://thumbnails45.imagebam.com/17845/5ba4fb178443740.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/5ba4fb178443740) http://thumbnails22.imagebam.com/17845/bf1ff5178443763.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/bf1ff5178443763)
Blue Berry's warming up.
http://thumbnails62.imagebam.com/17845/89f82b178443766.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/89f82b178443766) http://thumbnails60.imagebam.com/17845/984264178443771.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/984264178443771)
African Marigold
http://thumbnails47.imagebam.com/17845/5fd242178443775.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/5fd242178443775) http://thumbnails41.imagebam.com/17845/969879178443787.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/969879178443787)
Milk Weed
http://thumbnails59.imagebam.com/17845/19c978178443795.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/19c978178443795)
Mulberry
http://thumbnails59.imagebam.com/17845/7ea598178443798.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/7ea598178443798) http://thumbnails46.imagebam.com/17845/95bbad178443800.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/95bbad178443800)
Peach
http://thumbnails29.imagebam.com/17845/6b27ad178443808.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/6b27ad178443808)
Pineapple
http://thumbnails63.imagebam.com/17845/d26161178443818.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/d26161178443818)
Tomato

fmu65

03-07-2012, 07:20 AM

Bird of Paradise!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48056&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48056&ppuser=11001)

saltydad

03-10-2012, 11:53 PM

I'm cheating, since this is in my living room, buy I don't care!

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx151/saltydad/Picture009.jpg?t=1331409424

Olafhenny

03-11-2012, 03:39 AM

Never mind where, just tell us, what it is :)

fmu65

03-11-2012, 06:38 AM

Plumeria?

Yug

03-11-2012, 01:22 PM

Plumeria?

Certainly looks like it.

saltydad

03-11-2012, 06:04 PM

Yup.

Yug

03-14-2012, 02:37 PM

Improved Meyer Lemon - complete with 'critters'

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48098><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48098&size=1 border=0></a>

Chance1945

03-15-2012, 09:55 PM

Yug

03-16-2012, 02:34 AM

I hope your lemon will yeild some fruit and not drop them all. I'm hoping the same thing for my blood orange which is literally covered with bloom. Never have seen such a profusion of bloom. I just ate the last of my satsuma and now it's starting to bloom again; in fact, all the citrus is starting to bloom or bud. I've also got some young figs that I just noticed today. Seems like I blinked and everything started to bloom. The azeleas are a riot this year.

Terry
So far, so good. When there are many little fruits starting, I will snip off all but three, and let them mature. I read that too many will weigh down the branch, and over-tax the plants energy. Vanilla beans are similar in that you have to limit the beans maturing in any one place on the vine. Don't you just love the smell of any type of citrus when it blooms?

Later :08:

momoese

03-18-2012, 12:34 AM

Page

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m161/momoese/shot_1331579461841.jpg

Olafhenny

03-18-2012, 12:54 AM

mskitty, you're welcome!

Here's one of my most beautiful flowering nectarine. Aside from fantastic fruits, the flowers are enchanting. Sometimes I just stare at them for hours doing nothing. Arctic Glo White Nectarine. This bloom is more than 15 days old. The blooms opened in March 1, and it still looked good yesterday. Very showy, big and long lasting flowers. There are other flowers of other peaches nectarines that are double and very showy. I might get those next year for double purpose duty, ornamental and fruit production. We can have both worlds too.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8698&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8698&ppuser=10)

Great picture!
Thanks
Olaf

Dalmatiansoap

03-23-2012, 02:11 PM

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4430.jpg
:woohoonaner:

Jezebel

03-25-2012, 10:01 AM

;)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48230&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48229 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48227&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48230 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48228&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48227 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48208&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48228 border=0></a>

momoese

03-25-2012, 03:03 PM

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m161/momoese/cloverflower2.jpg

sunfish

03-29-2012, 06:09 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48317&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48317&ppuser=2868)

Dalmatiansoap

03-30-2012, 06:21 AM

Constance?

sunfish

03-30-2012, 07:12 AM

Constance?

Yes

SoBe Musa

03-31-2012, 10:03 AM

Blooming..
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4956-Copy.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4958-Copy.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4954-Copy.jpg
First ever for me ..Tropical Peach flower..
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4947-Copy.jpg
Sweet Almond.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4699.jpg
Canna.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4651.jpg

Mexican Flames..
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4963-Copy.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_3421.jpg

Olafhenny

04-03-2012, 10:59 PM

Canna.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4651.jpg

Hi Emily,

last summer I admired a gorgeous canna in the front yard of one of my neighbours. I believe
it was the one you are showing in this picture. I asked him for a spare rhizome and I have
now 3 of them sprouting on my heated throw.

Unfortunately my generous neighbour did not know the name of this particular canna.

Can you help me out?

Thank you in advance,
Olaf

sunfish

04-04-2012, 04:53 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48376&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48376&ppuser=2868)

sunfish

04-04-2012, 04:59 PM

Hi Emily,

last summer I admired a gorgeous canna in the front yard of one of my neighbours. I believe
it was the one you are showing in this picture. I asked him for a spare rhizome and I have
now 3 of them sprouting on my heated throw.

Unfortunately my generous neighbour did not know the name of this particular canna.

Can you help me out?

Thank you in advance,
Olaf

Canna 'Australia', buy canna lilies, Cannas, Canna Lily-Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. (http://www.plantdelights.com/Canna-Australia-Perennial-Canna-Lily/productinfo/2707/)

sunfish

04-04-2012, 05:22 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48377&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48377&ppuser=2868)

Olafhenny

04-04-2012, 05:44 PM

Thank you, Tony, I can now tentatively rename my developing cannas from "Unknown Canna"
to "Canna Australia". Tentatively, because I have seen mine so far only from a distance in the
neighbour's yard. I will have to wait until my off-springs show 2 or 3 mature leaves to be more
certain, maybe even until they bloom.

Thanks again,
Olaf

sunfish

04-09-2012, 09:49 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48412&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48412&ppuser=2868)

Jezebel

04-15-2012, 11:41 AM

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48468&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48468&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48466&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48467 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48465&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48466 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48229&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48465 border=0></a>

<3 Hazel

john_ny

04-15-2012, 05:57 PM

Azalea, Poukhanense
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48473&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48473&ppuser=826)

Pink Dogwood
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48471&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48471&ppuser=826)

Azalea, Karen
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48472&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48472&ppuser=826)

Apple, Granny Snith
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48470&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48470&ppuser=826)

Yug

04-16-2012, 12:43 AM

Nice, I haven't seen a pink Dogwood in a loooooooong time.

Olafhenny

04-18-2012, 10:45 PM

I posted a week or so ago some pictures of this plant in a different thread in this forum asking for help
in ID-ing it, but had no luck so far. Well it is blooming in my garden today, so I am repeating here,
what I posted in that other thread today also, - in the hope that this would expose it to more plant
lovers.

I sure would like to learn more about a plant, which established itself in almost total shade one
spring as a seedling, grew to more than 5 feet in height during summer and fall and is now just 12
months later breaking out in a profusion of flowers. Most of all I would like to know about their
hardiness and how to propagate them, because I could sure use more of these shade
thriving beauties.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48501 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48501&ppuser=7269)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48500 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48500&ppuser=7269)

And look at the beautiful colouration of the bark!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48499 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48499&ppuser=7269)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48498 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48498&ppuser=7269)

It does not show the shape of the flowers very well, but I had to try a ‘shot in the dark’ even though
there was a light rain at the time

sunfish

04-21-2012, 09:10 AM

alias

04-21-2012, 01:56 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48535&size=1

sunfish

04-21-2012, 05:18 PM

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/Passiflora/?action=view&current=Picture368.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/Passiflora/Picture368.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> :08:

alias

04-23-2012, 08:48 AM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48585&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48589&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48587&size=1

sunfish

04-23-2012, 02:56 PM

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&current=001-8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/001-8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

:08::2738::woohoonaner::goteam::nanadrink::lurk::birthdaynana::2 722::waving::0519::drum::bananas_b:03::03::ha::ha::ha::ha::ha::h a:

harveyc

04-23-2012, 03:01 PM

Very nice photo, Tony. Some people throw out "nice" comments without much thought but I am pickier than most and think you did a great job here. Was it with your cheap Kodak? What variety is this?

sunfish

04-23-2012, 03:07 PM

Very nice photo, Tony. Some people throw out "nice" comments without much thought but I am pickier than most and think you did a great job here. Was it with your cheap Kodak? What variety is this?

p.constance eliott,sport of the blue caerulea. Yes my $60 Kodak. Thanks

harveyc

04-23-2012, 03:10 PM

p.constance eliott,sport of the blue caerulea. Yes my $60 Kodak. Thanks

Thanks for the thanks. You're becoming a nice guy. ;)

BTW, the photo is very nice but all of the emoticons are distracting! :P

harveyc

04-23-2012, 04:32 PM

This is my first year of growing cape gooseberry, Physallis peruviana. I've had a tough time with a potato beetle attacking them even though I've never noticed this pest previously. It seems to be a magnet for the insect. This is not my photo but I believe it's the same insect: Three-Lined Potato Beetle, Lema daturaphila 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonian72/5968515605/) Pyrethrin kills them but more come after those are gone.

Today I noticed a my first flowers opening on two of my 16 plants:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VY_qRK35wuk/T5XFYJDJiEI/AAAAAAAAAUk/knUhzQTSzEg/s659/2012-04-23+13.32.46.jpg

Dalmatiansoap

04-24-2012, 04:21 PM

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4650.jpg
:nanadrink:

SoBe Musa

04-24-2012, 07:38 PM

White Angel Trumpet plant Brugmansia x candida flowers
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4580.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4582.jpg
Heliconia rostrata
[B]'Parrot's Beak' heliconia. B]
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4584.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4583.jpg
White and Pink desert Rose
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4515-Copy.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4519.jpg
some more
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4522.jpg

Ground Orchid:
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4513-Copy.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_4993-Copy.jpg

Yug

04-25-2012, 05:26 AM

I think that is the 'Parrot's Beak' heliconia. The 'Lobster Claw' is generally an orange shade (like a cooked lobster), with a dark green to black edge, and no yellow. Another difference, 'Parrot's Beak' hangs down, 'Lobster Claw' grows upward. Still nice pics, though.

(yeah, I know if you 'google' it, it shows the 'Parrots Beak' even when you look for 'Lobster Claw', that doesn't mean it's right)

Worm_Farmer

04-25-2012, 11:20 AM

It has been over year for this guy! Very small bloom, but I have a big patch out back I am hoping to see go crazy soon.

http://thumbnails6.imagebam.com/18683/d41898186821421.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/d41898186821421)

Yug

04-26-2012, 10:38 AM

Here are a couple of nasturtiums that add a little color to the garden.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48631><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48631&size=1 border=0></a>

SoBe Musa

04-26-2012, 11:42 AM

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4650.jpg
:nanadrink:
Beautiful picture Ante !,Mountain,prairie,flowers,fresh air, veg's .. you got it all..Enjoy..me on the other hands i got sun all day and half naked people walking around all day long..LOL:ha: i just can't have it all..:03:

plundccre

04-26-2012, 01:31 PM

Beautiful picture Ante !,Mountain,prairie,flowers,fresh air, veg's .. you got it all..Enjoy..me on the other hands i got sun all day and half naked people walking around all day long..LOL:ha: i just can't have it all..:03:

Then you need to post some photos of you "backyard".

sunfish

04-28-2012, 11:23 AM

Thyme with mini butterfly's and lots of bees :)

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&current=001-10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/001-10.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

sunfish

04-29-2012, 05:10 PM

sunfish

04-30-2012, 02:51 PM

sunfish

04-30-2012, 10:07 PM

sunfish

05-01-2012, 01:45 PM

Dalmatiansoap

05-01-2012, 02:38 PM

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4707.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4711.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4709.jpg
:nanadrink:

sunfish

05-01-2012, 02:51 PM

Dalmatiansoap

05-01-2012, 03:56 PM

Gazania ? Very good plant drought tolerant

Yes, love the colors.

Dalmatiansoap

05-01-2012, 04:18 PM

Beautiful picture Ante !,Mountain,prairie,flowers,fresh air, veg's .. you got it all..Enjoy..me on the other hands i got sun all day and half naked people walking around all day long..LOL:ha: i just can't have it all..:03:

:ha:...I can trade some flowers for half naked ppl walking around...:ha:
:woohoonaner:

sunfish

05-01-2012, 04:21 PM

:ha:...I can trade some flowers for half naked ppl walking around...:ha:
:woohoonaner:

I think you need a Phytosanitary Certificate.:0519:

Dalmatiansoap

05-01-2012, 04:23 PM

I think you need a Phytosanitary Certificate.:0519:

:ha::ha::ha:
:woohoonaner:

sunfish

05-01-2012, 05:43 PM

Cherimoya flowers I believe

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&current=014.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/014.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Richard

05-01-2012, 07:23 PM

(images)

Thanks Ante, those beautiful photos of yours are getting my wife motivated for a Croatia trip!

Olafhenny

05-01-2012, 07:40 PM

These are some pictures I took today of our front yard;

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48678 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48678&ppuser=7269)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48677 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48677&ppuser=7269)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48676 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48676&ppuser=7269)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48675 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48675&ppuser=7269)

sunfish

05-02-2012, 07:10 PM

Olafhenny

05-03-2012, 01:24 AM

A bacopa and a verbena, which I have prepared as part of a one day exhibition on an East Asia
inspired table on May 4.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48699 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48699&ppuser=7269)

Dalmatiansoap

05-05-2012, 03:09 PM

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4731.jpg
:nanadrink:

amantedelenguaje

05-06-2012, 05:43 PM

I found pomegranate flower buds today. I planted this pomegranate from seed in December 2010. I've been so preoccupied with bananas that I just threw some water in the pomegranate from time to time and ignored it. I certainly didn't expect it to be flowering so soon. I hope that it produces tasty fruit because who knows what a seed-grown plant will produce.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P0SWPLQk9-Q/T6b4H7QWdPI/AAAAAAAABUQ/7QrBF4kLhRM/s320/P5060043%2B%2528Medium%2529.JPGhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMielQW5OhE/T6b4IYoj8hI/AAAAAAAABUo/kY8ZQ6lto3c/s320/P5060057%2B%2528Medium%2529.JPGhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl39MsBMw08/T6b4IJCDIMI/AAAAAAAABUc/DFfdhpO-rUc/s320/P5060045%2B%2528Medium%2529.JPG

alias

05-07-2012, 12:22 AM

I think it will fall down, they usually do that.

bananafarmer

05-07-2012, 02:11 PM

http://s1.directupload.net/images/120507/temp/p2rjsmqr.jpg (http://s1.directupload.net/file/d/2883/p2rjsmqr_jpg.htm)

black-mulberry

avocado-tree, no fruits yet, hope this will change

http://s1.directupload.net/images/120507/temp/i9bynuv6.jpg (http://s1.directupload.net/file/d/2883/i9bynuv6_jpg.htm)

http://s1.directupload.net/images/120507/temp/cx67mvxl.jpg (http://s1.directupload.net/file/d/2883/cx67mvxl_jpg.htm)

Caloosamusa

05-08-2012, 08:05 AM

Persian Lime & Acerola (Barbados Cherry). :jalapenonaner:

sunfish

05-08-2012, 08:35 AM

sunfish

05-10-2012, 08:51 AM

sunfish

05-10-2012, 02:17 PM

sunfish

05-11-2012, 01:01 PM

You want bee's plant poppy's.

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/Today/?action=view&current=014.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/Today/014.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Dalmatiansoap

05-11-2012, 03:02 PM

Olives and some cacti
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4787.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4785.jpg
:nanadrink:

H2O

05-13-2012, 03:34 AM

Ramsons, Allium ursinum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsons)
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/1068/alliumursinum.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

Flowers to seeds:
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/381/alliumursinum2.jpgUploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

bananafarmer

05-13-2012, 06:43 AM

Cactaceae is blooming now in my garden, I love to eat them, but it takes a long time for them to become mature.

http://s14.directupload.net/images/120513/temp/wrut7a6k.jpg (http://s14.directupload.net/file/d/2889/wrut7a6k_jpg.htm)

Also my date-tree is blooming.

http://s14.directupload.net/images/120513/temp/oa96ro22.jpg (http://s14.directupload.net/file/d/2889/oa96ro22_jpg.htm)