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

[Abnshrek]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53335&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53335)

[sunfish]

How To Make a Blooming Onion - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB3mPbBafbA)

[Olafhenny]

Hi Hazel,

The Vietnamese do great things with Bougainvillae and other plants in what I call “potscaping”,
similar to bonsai. There are quite a few photos here, if you are interested:
Potscaping Vietnam - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/sets/72157632253662623/)

Unfortunately there are not a lot of English speakers in Vietnam and those who are, work in
tourism, hotels etc., not as gardeners. Therefore I have seen the results of their art, but
could not ask how they do it.

I have real problems with my Bougainvillae, mostly stemming from the fact, that I have to
keep it inside from October through March and even in April I have to take it inside every
time frost threatens. By the time it is well under way with recovery, it is almost fall again
:(

When I trim it back this coming autumn I will try to root a few of the cuttings, so I have
something to experiment with. Maybe I can keep it small enough to grow it indoors
permanently.

Best,
Olaf

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG6754_zps2a4b0565.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG6754_zps2a4b0565.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:

[samsdad]

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Sunfish, that is a beautiful lantana. Do you know what cultivar it is?

[pmurphy]

Dracunculus vulgaris - dragon's claw arum
FYI, the chain link fence behind it is 4ft tall :)

Ready.....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53356&size=1

Set....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53357&size=1

GO!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53355&size=1


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53354&size=1
but don't get too close; they smell like rotting flesh :)

[sunfish]

Sunfish, that is a beautiful lantana. Do you know what cultivar it is?

Maybe lantana confetti maybe not

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/010-4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/010-4.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 010-4.jpg"/></a>

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/006-15.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/006-15.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 006-15.jpg"/></a>

[Jezebel]

:03:

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53391&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53391&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53392&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53392&size=1 border=0></a>


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53393&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53393&size=1 border=0></a>

[Snookie]

My Girlfriend:}

http://s1.postimg.org/xunq07v0f/1986306383_1370318044.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[Jezebel]

Hi,

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53410&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53410&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53410&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53411 border=0></a>

Thanks.

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/014-4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/014-4.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 014-4.jpg"/></a>

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/006-17.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/006-17.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 006-17.jpg"/></a>

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:woohoonaner::goteam::0517:

[sunfish]

:0519::03:
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/006-18.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/006-18.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 006-18.jpg"/></a>:08::woohoonaner:

[bananimal]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53500&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53500&ppuser=820)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53499&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53499&ppuser=820)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53498&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53498&ppuser=820)

[pukyman]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53515 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53515&ppuser=15333)
thornless blackberry

[Snookie]

[QUOTE=bananimal;221969]http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53500&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53500&ppuser=820)

Those are persimmons CORRECT?

Looking good!

[bananimal]

[QUOTE=bananimal;221969]http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53500&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53500&ppuser=820)

Those are persimmons CORRECT?

Looking good!

Yep --- Fuyu 'simmons. One of the best ways to kill the GERD. For gout -- cherries. Forget the meds.:ha:

BTW Snookie --- if you ever get tired of mayoring for Lizard creek you can find a great job in your regular line of work ---monkey taming right here in St Lucie county, FL. Check it out.

Rescued chimpanzees get treats for ‘Chimpmas' at St. Lucie sanctuary (http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_st_lucie_county/port_st_lucie/rescued-chimpanzees-get-treats-for-%E2%80%98chimpmas%27-at-st.-lucie-sanctuary-)

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/009-11.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/009-11.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 009-11.jpg"/></a>

Jut saying

[Olafhenny]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53554 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53554&ppuser=7269)

[Dangermouse01]

Gardenia coronata "Yellow Gardenia"
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Misc/yellow-gardenia_07-05-13_zps677fa46c.jpg

DM

[Olafhenny]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53591 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53591&ppuser=7269)

Part of my “jungle garden”

The rose on the right is actually a groundcover- or carpet rose, but instead of nicely crawling
along the ground at a height of about 2’, it chose to climb up my “dizzy prune” tree and is now
topping out at well over 6’.

The bananas behind it are a pad of basjoos and the one to the left is a M. Ornata sharing the
top pot of a pot pyramid with a canna tropicana.

[Snookie]

[QUOTE=Snookie;222189]

Yep --- Fuyu 'simmons. One of the best ways to kill the GERD. For gout -- cherries. Forget the meds.:ha:

BTW Snookie --- if you ever get tired of mayoring for Lizard creek you can find a great job in your regular line of work ---monkey taming right here in St Lucie county, FL. Check it out.

Rescued chimpanzees get treats for ‘Chimpmas' at St. Lucie sanctuary (http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_st_lucie_county/port_st_lucie/rescued-chimpanzees-get-treats-for-%E2%80%98chimpmas%27-at-st.-lucie-sanctuary-)

Sorry about the late post Old Trimmers Setting in or need new eyes I recon:}

Heck ya I'd love to come and tame some monkey's in Florida

My term/election is up Jan 2014 not going to run again I don't think too much stress and head-ache:}

Here's a pic of my Persimmons this year, the deer and dear gonna love me later this year...at least I hope.

Fresh baked Persimmon cookies best approach to getting into a woman's........uh heart? right?

Anyway thanks for the job info

Snookie

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53595&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53595&ppuser=13202)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53596&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53596&ppuser=13202)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53594&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53594&ppuser=13202)

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-28.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-28.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 005-28.jpg"/></a>

[Jezebel]

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53637&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53637&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53639&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53639&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53638&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53638&size=1 border=0></a>

:08:

[sunfish]

Lavendel schneiden - und lieben - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8SwtgA7-vM&NR=1&feature=endscreen)

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/023-3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/023-3.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 023-3.jpg"/></a>

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/dalmatiansoap001/IMAG6851_zps5c364c4c.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/dalmatiansoap001/IMAG6851_zps5c364c4c.jpg.html)
:woohoonaner:

[Snookie]

http://s23.postimg.org/o2r9fyxvf/mail_1_2.jpg (http://postimage.org/)http://s22.postimg.org/r1ois71ch/mail_1.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53660 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53602&ppuser=13202)

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/007-13.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/007-13.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 007-13.jpg"/></a>

[Jezebel]

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53664&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53664&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53663&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53663&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53665&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53665&size=1 border=0></a>

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/007-17.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/007-17.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 007-17.jpg"/></a>

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-30.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-30.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 005-30.jpg"/></a>

[robguz24]

My first dragon fruit blossom. Not sure what specific type it is supposed to be.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/file_zpsb36c796c.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/file_zpsb36c796c.jpg.html)

[Snookie]

Found this walking through my woods to check on my Sugar Cane in the front acres this afternoon:}

Any Mushroom guru's :08:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53772&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53772&ppuser=13202)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53771&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53771&ppuser=13202)

[sunfish]

Found this walking through my woods to check on my Sugar Cane in the front acres this afternoon:}

Any Mushroom guru's :08:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53772&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53772&ppuser=13202)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53771&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53771&ppuser=13202)

You found them walking through your woods ?

[wolfyhound]

Maybe a little boring compared to the tropicals here...

Two of my rose bushes have blooms.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53779&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53779&ppuser=15189)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53778&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53778&ppuser=15189)

Both are scrawny blooms, the orange is especially small although it often has a few blooms at once. The red is a nicer rose, more classic in shape but also small. Ahh well, happy they have blooms!

[Snookie]

You found them walking through your woods ?

Uh Huh... You know land with trees, underbrush, rabbits, deer, mushrooms
etc

See the woods(my woods) behind me in the picture below?

http://s9.postimg.org/42sie9nwf/slingshot1.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[sunfish]

Uh Huh... You know land with trees, underbrush, rabbits, deer, mushrooms
etc

See the woods(my woods) behind me in the picture below?

http://s9.postimg.org/42sie9nwf/slingshot1.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

Walking mushrooms I'll be darn

[Richard]

My faithful Dendrobium

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53783&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53783)

[sunfish]

:08::woohoonaner:

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/012-10.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/012-10.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 012-10.jpg"/></a>

:08::08::08::08:

[Snookie]

Toilet Cacti:}

http://www.pictureshack.us/images/91973_004.JPG (http://www.pictureshack.us/)

[lpatelski]

My crazy Home Depot Anna Apple was dying rapidly a month ago. I re-potted it into a 16 gallon $5.00 Walmart plastic barrel with Jungle grow potting mix. Now its not only revived, its blooming! :ha:
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab122/spatelski/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/0731030737-1.jpg (http://s856.photobucket.com/user/spatelski/media/Going%20Bananas%20in%20June%202013/0731030737-1.jpg.html)

[jmoore]

In the Spring my little boy ran amuck with a pair of secateurs and chopped all but one of the leaves off my Strelitzia reginae. A plant that I had been nursing since I had grown it from seed about 5 years (older than he is, in fact). To say I was gutted was a bit of an understatement, but when he looked at me and said 'sorry Dad' I had to forgive. Anyway it turns out he knows more about birds of paradise than I do because since then it has pushed out 5 leaves and is now pushing out 2 flower spikes. This is the first time it's flowered.
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[Olafhenny]

Blossom sprouting out of a banana leaf!!!


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53967 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53967&ppuser=7269)

Here is proof!


Well, I am only just lying a little bit :ha:


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53966 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53966&ppuser=7269)

What has actually happened, was that a spent blossom had dropped off a Canna Australia,
landed on this leaf and stuck.


In my delusion, I fancied myself improving on nature, scavenged a more fresh blossom from
the canna and tried to replicate, what happened naturally. It didn’t work. I could not make
the fresh blossom stick short of using glue. :(

Thus beaten, I stuck the fresh flower on a horizontal leaf.

[Olafhenny]

Water Hyacinths

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53984 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53984&ppuser=7269)

They are beautiful free floating tropicals

I tried to introduce them into our large pond, but they kept on dying on me. First I thought,
that they might by highly sensitive to residual herbicides, which some fool tossed into the
water years ago, until I learned that the Koi consider their rootes a delicacy.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53985 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53985&ppuser=7269)

Therefore I did the second best by dropping a couple into floating flowerpots,
held up by Styrofoam collars.

To those of you, who live in Florida, eat you heart out! water Hyacinths are illegal there
:ha: because they are extremely invasive and would choke up your lakes and waterways in
no time. For once we northerners have the advantage in tropicals, because the first frost
will kill them and the few water plant dealers keep over winter multiply to vast numbers,
before you can say “May’s here”. :)

[Olafhenny]

Well, it is not exactly about what is blooming, those are just ordinary petunias.
It is more about the bug, that is going after their nectar.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54128 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54128)



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54127 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54127)



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54126 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54126)

It appears to be nocturnal. I noticed it in twilight and took these pictures with flash.
It did not seem to be bothered by that.

[Illia]

It's a White Lined Sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. :) A lot of people call them hummingbird or hawkmoths due to their love of hovering around and drinking nectar from flowers at night, creating a heavy buzzing noise with their wings.

[pukyman]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54129 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54129&ppuser=15333)

[Olafhenny]

It's a White Lined Sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. :) A lot of people call them hummingbird or hawkmoths due to their love of hovering around and drinking nectar from flowers at night, creating a heavy buzzing noise with their wings.

Thank you, Ilia,

when I first noticed that "thing", it was getting pretty dark and I first thought it was a
hummingbird on a "late night out in town", but it seemed to be sitting down, not hovering.
Well, the camera resolved that part of it and you provided the proper ID.

The surprising part to me was that it did not appear to be affected by the flashes
of the camera at all. I took quite a few photos, because it was flitting about quite
a bit and due to the delay caused by the flash I had just as many misses, as I had hits.

Thank you again,
Olaf

[Snookie]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54153&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54153&ppuser=13202)

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/020-2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/020-2.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 020-2.jpg"/></a>

[Snookie]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54250&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54249&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54249&ppuser=13202)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG6999_zps00070aa3.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG6999_zps00070aa3.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:
anybody knows how to can them?

[sunfish]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG6999_zps00070aa3.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG6999_zps00070aa3.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:
anybody knows how to can them?

Cafe Liz | Do-it-yourself capers — a picking and pickling guide | the kosher vegetarian Israeli food blog (http://food.lizsteinberg.com/2009/06/21/do-it-yourself-capers/)

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/034.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/034.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 034.jpg"/></a>

[pmurphy]

Three guesses....

1....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54308&size=1

2....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54307&size=1

3....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54309&size=1

give up?
.....Cynara scolymus - globe artichoke :)

[Olafhenny]

What is blooming in that pot to the right in that picture is a Mandevilla; nothing special, it has
been blooming there all summer, but I thought the sunset pastels in the background made the
photo worthwhile.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54311 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54311&ppuser=7269)

[bananimal]

What variety? I'm growing Imperial Star here in Fl.

Three guesses....

1....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54308&size=1

2....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54307&size=1

3....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54309&size=1

give up?
.....Cynara scolymus - globe artichoke :)

What variety? I'm growing Imperial Star here in Fl.

[pmurphy]

What variety? I'm growing Imperial Star here in Fl.



What variety? I'm growing Imperial Star here in Fl.

I'm growing both Violet Star and Imperial Star - I believe this is the Imperial

[sunfish]

:08:

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/001-41.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/001-41.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 001-41.jpg"/></a>

:08:

[Dangermouse01]

Yellow dragon fruit
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Dragon%20Fruit/yellow_08-23-13_zps2ed2ff57.jpg

DM

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-28.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-28.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 004-28.jpg"/></a>

[Olafhenny]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54384 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54384&ppuser=7269)

Well, this had been blooming in our garden, now it is blooming inside. :)



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54383 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54383&ppuser=7269)

My “Horn of Plenty” in the gazebo



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54382 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54382&ppuser=7269)

A corner of the gazebo

[sunfish]

Passiflora serratifolia


<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/041.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/041.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 041.jpg"/></a>

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/014-13.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/014-13.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 014-13.jpg"/></a>

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-31.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-31.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 003-31.jpg"/></a>

[bananimal]

I'm in the process of destroying every last trace of passiflora on my property. Invasive pain in the butt! When I started I made bad choices.

[Olafhenny]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54444 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54444&ppuser=7269)

My tallest Canna Australia, taken on Sept 2, when the new flower spike touched the 10 foot mark.
Will it get to 11’? That will probably take two more flower spikes before frost. Stay tuned




http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54445 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54445&ppuser=7269)

The same flower from another direction. The wasp seems to
like it too or was it just the challenge of flying that high? :ha: .

[I_GROWER]

Sunflowers

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

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

[I_GROWER]

Papaya :)

http://i.imgur.com/qQ0MV1A.jpg

[I_GROWER]

Night Blooming Cereus
http://i.imgur.com/SxCpwp2.jpg

[Snookie]

Cherry Picking time soon?

Ok folks how long before I'm eating Barbados Cherries lol?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54473&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54473&ppuser=13202)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54474&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54474&ppuser=13202)

[bananimal]

Papaya :)

http://i.imgur.com/qQ0MV1A.jpg

That's a hermie right? Narrow flower buds.

What variety?

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-38.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-38.jpg.html)

[saltydad]

My curcuma emperor var is blooming for the 1st time. Stupendous! Thanks, Brian. Pic below not my plant; my camera died.
http://www.briansbotanicals.net/products/full_dfc2f3e493ee6ac7bc8db78b50220e45.jpeg

BTW, I also am removing all the passionflower (maypop). I'd like to try another variety, but in my area only incarnata and cerulea can withstand the winters. So I guess I'll have to bring the plant(s) in for the cold. Anyone with experience doing so?

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/027.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/027.jpg.html)

[Olafhenny]

What is it?

[I_GROWER]

That's a hermie right? Narrow flower buds.

What variety?

yes i believe they are hermies :)

as for the variety, I'm sadden to report the seeds come from a store brought fruit. hopefully they taste good?

I've read mix reports on taste using those types of seeds.


guess we wait and see.


here are the sisters blooms
http://i.imgur.com/QjnQYeP.jpg

[sunfish]

Corn flakes

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/018-7.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/018-7.jpg.html)

[neferset]

Corn flakes


I love passiflora. I have a big pot of May Pops here.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54744&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54744&ppuser=5694)

[caliboy1994]

Not sure what this is but it looks good.

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/The%20Forge%20at%20SCU/The%20Forge%209-13/20130923_160312_zps22688a03.jpg

[redswe]

Bromeliads
Aechmea Blanchetiana
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54759&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54759&ppuser=7077)

Another Aechmea
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54760&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54760&ppuser=7077)

[robguz24]

My first breadfruit is coming! Has been growing about 3 years. Not sure of the variety, probably a Samoan one.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/file_zpsdf67eb56.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/file_zpsdf67eb56.jpg.html)

[Richard]

My first breadfruit is coming! Has been growing about 3 years. Not sure of the variety, probably a Samoan one.

Total jealousy on my part.

[PR-Giants]

My first breadfruit is coming! Has been growing about 3 years. Not sure of the variety, probably a Samoan one.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/file_zpsdf67eb56.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/file_zpsdf67eb56.jpg.html)

Between the two major types grown in the Caribbean, you've got the better tasting one.

[PR-Giants]

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/005835x1024_zps3367e631.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/005835x1024_zps3367e631.jpg.html)

[Kat2]

Not sure what this is but it looks good.I guess Coreopsis/Tickseed (perennial). If annual, then Cosmos.

[Olafhenny]

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/005835x1024_zps3367e631.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/005835x1024_zps3367e631.jpg.html)

Great Photo, thank you!

[robguz24]

Between the two major types grown in the Caribbean, you've got the better tasting one.
It is likely the Ma'afala variety that is tissue cultured here. It's supposed to fruit in a few years and it has. National Tropical Botanical Garden - Tropical Plant Research, Education, and Conservation. (http://ntbg.org/breadfruit/database/search/plant/42)

I've been to that botanical garden before on Maui where they have literally dozens of types from all over the world. There is so much they'll let you just take fruit. I tried maybe 4 different ones and I found the differences pretty subtle. I'm kind of scared how big mine will get in 20 years because I don't really have the room for it.

[Dangermouse01]

Hibiscus sabdariffa "Roselle"
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Misc/Rosellie2_10-13-13_zpse3c3fec7.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Misc/Rosellie1_10-13-13_zps2b2ff444.jpg

DM

[PR-Giants]

My first breadfruit is coming! Has been growing about 3 years. Not sure of the variety, probably a Samoan one.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/file_zpsdf67eb56.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/file_zpsdf67eb56.jpg.html)



30 years ago someone told me to look at the lobes.

Panapen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artocarpus_altilis) has deep lobes. Ma'afala (http://ntbg.org/breadfruit/database/search/plant/42)

Pana de Pepitas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artocarpus_camansi) has shallow lobes. Breadnut (http://ntbg.org/breadfruit/database/search/plant/136)

When I saw your photo, I thought it had shallow lobes.

You have the whole tree to view, so you're probably correct.

Great Photo and Thanks for clearing that up.

[PR-Giants]

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/005835x1024_zps3367e631.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/005835x1024_zps3367e631.jpg.html)

Great Photo, thank you!



Thanks Olaf,

You might not like reading this, but............

about 15 minutes before taking the photo I saw a large pile of these weeds being discarded.

The previous owner decided to replace them with asparagus fern.

[Olafhenny]

That takes nothing away from the quality of the picture, which harmonizes
superbly with the sunset sky in the background. :)

[sunfish]

Passiflora

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-41.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-41.jpg.html)

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-37.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-37.jpg.html)

[Kat2]

After struggling to grow anything in this foreign land AKA Florida, I think I hate you! I try so hard to avoid your picture posts but can't; they draw me in. Beautiful flowers! I'd grow those even if they never fruited and passion fruit tasted like eel.

[sunfish]

After struggling to grow anything in this foreign land AKA Florida, I think I hate you! I try so hard to avoid your picture posts but can't; they draw me in. Beautiful flowers! I'd grow those even if they never fruited and passion fruit tasted like eel.

If I lived in Florida I could grow some of the more tropical ones I can't grow here. Passiflora are easy.

[Kat2]

If I lived in Florida I could grow some of the more tropical ones I can't grow here. Passiflora are easy.Yeah, well tomatoes grow anywhere--they're weeds. Got any here? Nope. I'll figure it out and make it work but FL is not the land of milk and honey. Trust me on this.

[sunfish]

Yeah, well tomatoes grow anywhere--they're weeds. Got any here? Nope. I'll figure it out and make it work but FL is not the land of milk and honey. Trust me on this.

I think you need to grow tomatoes in winter in Florida

[Kat2]

I think you need to grow tomatoes in winter in FloridaI think I need those buckets from the bakery filled with decent dirt (working on that) to grow veggies. (Banana is quite happy.) It was not the heat that killed my plants--it's bugs that live in the dirt that DE and Sevin won't kill--knock them back but not kill.

Anything in a gallon pot or larger is safe. Makes no sense to me but that's the facts, Jack. I fully understand why nobody gardens here and, trust me, I have talked to A LOT of people about the situation. I suspect they thought it was the heat but that is not the issue. BUGS! My eggplant bloomed as did all my other plants save tomatoes. No fruit unless I played bee and apparently I'm not good at that. My butternut squash got "dead" 3x but keeps coming back. 1 plant has migrated over 40' but I have 2 tiny fruits to harvest. This is not paradise at all. (Rant off--figure out when it started.)

Not giving up. I had white clay in MD that you could make pots with and turned it into a totally lazy no spray, no CHEMICAL additions garden. Need some praying mantis to clean up...

ETA: No chemical additives.

[Richard]

I think I need those buckets from the bakery filled with decent dirt (working on that) to grow veggies. (Banana is quite happy.) It was not the heat that killed my plants--it's bugs that live in the dirt that DE and Sevin won't kill--knock them back but not kill. ...

In Maryland you had hard freezes. In your present environment (and mine) there are soft-bodied nuisance insects that live and multiply year-round.

How about switching to something that is more environmentally friendly plus more effective with the insects you are dealing with?

You'll find under the "Green Light" brand or the Home Depot "Spectracide" brand one or more insecticides that contain the following TWO ingredients:
(1) pyrethrin or cyfluthrin - (derived from or patterned after chrysanthemum oil)
(2) piperynol butoxide - (distilled from sassafras)
and typically also containing a surfactant such as neem oil or some other emulsifier.

Follow directions. Pay attention to the manufacturer's recommended pH of your solution. If necessary get some ammonia sulfate (sold as hydrangea blueing) to lower the pH.

IMPORTANT: the above is not a panacea. For effective control you need to rotate through different antagonists. For example, two months ago I sprayed with the above. Last month I sprayed with a nicontinoid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid). Today I sprayed with Spinosad -- a bacterial agent that emits toxic poop. All this to keep the insects down to a dull minimum and prohibit geometric growth.

Fruit trees are economically like a swimming pool. THe purchase price is just the down payment.

[sunfish]

Nematodes Jacksonville FL - Nematodes, Jacksonville FL microscopic worms, Jacksonville FL pest control, Jacksonville FL Prevention and Control, Jacksonville FL infected plants (http://local.garden.org/Nematodes_Jacksonville_FL-r1216643-Jacksonville_FL.html)

[sunfish]

I have RK nematodes-thinking of replacing soil in raised bed - Tomatoville® Gardening Forums (http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=26214)

[pmurphy]

wonga wonga vine - pandorea pandorana
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54992&size=1

tea camellia - camellia sinensis
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54990&size=1

asters
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54989&size=1

'Lavender Lady' passion (fruit is p. 'Lavender Lady' x p. caerulea) -
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54991&size=1

snowberry 'pink pearl'....technically not blooming but looks nice none the less
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54993&size=1

[Kat2]

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't nematodes attack roots only?

[Richard]

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't nematodes attack roots only?

If your soil and water are alkaline and the pesticide requires acidic pH then you won't kill the nematodes without a pH correction.

[Kat2]

If your soil and water are alkaline and the pesticide requires acidic pH then you won't kill the nematodes without a pH correction.Acid rain where I lived before so liming to counterbalance natural acidity was recommended; I never bothered because stuff grew. I encouraged beneficials but nematodes were/are nothing I ever encountered. I'm totally lost here in FL. If I change the soil mix to acidic, then they leave? (I can do that.) But do nematodes climb up 8 to 10" to eat leaves? Using same soil in in gallon pots and no problem. Shorter pots? Something devours the leaves--sometimes. In the ground? Feeding frenzy. I honestly don't think it's a nematode problem but something else. I am happy to be proved wrong.

[Richard]

... If I change the soil mix to acidic ...

No need to do that. Just make sure the pesticide solution has a pH in the manufacturer's range.

[ez]

Acid rain where I lived before so liming to counterbalance natural acidity was recommended; I never bothered because stuff grew. I encouraged beneficials but nematodes were/are nothing I ever encountered. I'm totally lost here in FL. If I change the soil mix to acidic, then they leave? (I can do that.) But do nematodes climb up 8 to 10" to eat leaves? Using same soil in in gallon pots and no problem. Shorter pots? Something devours the leaves--sometimes. In the ground? Feeding frenzy. I honestly don't think it's a nematode problem but something else. I am happy to be proved wrong.


no

Nematodes Pests in Gardens and Landscapes (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7489.html)

Nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae & Heterorhabditidae) (http://www.biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu/pathogens/nematodes.html)

[sunfish]

:woohoonaner:

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-39.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-39.jpg.html)

[Kat2]

noFingers crossed all plants will be in 10" or higher pots by Wednesday night. Then we'll see how they do. (I can't believe I haven't eaten a real tomato in over a year!) I do know that nothing in a 5" or taller pot gets attacked; they flourish. I am not a container gardener; I always did raised beds. But that won't work here. Sometimes old dogs have to learn new tricks...;)

[2woodensticks]

my onc. sherry baby is starting to bloom..two spikes

[Richard]

A cosmos seedling that grew into a 3-foot high bush!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55082&size=1

[Kat2]

Do Cosmos behave like perennials in your climate? I love the pinks best because my mother did.

[Richard]

Do Cosmos behave like perennials in your climate? I love the pinks best because my mother did.

They behave like bi-annuals at best.

[Abnshrek]

You come close to this one it smells so good (Hamlin Orange 1st yr).. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Hamlin110113_zpse8eebba8.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Hamlin110113_zpse8eebba8.jpg.html)

[Richard]

My experience with Suebelle White Sapote is that they bloom with the slightest hit of warmer weather -- even if that's in the Fall or Winter. Here's a young one I have in a 25-gallon pot, being capricious as usual:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55089&size=1

[Abnshrek]

A Rose.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Photo1170_zps0d8a8479.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Photo1170_zps0d8a8479.jpg.html)

[sunfish]

A flower

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/013-19.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/013-19.jpg.html)

[Dangermouse01]

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Jackfruit/unknown-jack_11-14-2013_zps9b32220c.jpg

DM

[from the sea]

plumeria
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/294_zpsb45ce420.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/294_zpsb45ce420.jpg.html)
carambola
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/299_zps4bb555b4.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/299_zps4bb555b4.jpg.html)
orchids
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/304_zps90812e11.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/304_zps90812e11.jpg.html)
passion fruit
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/327_zps5b8e3478.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/327_zps5b8e3478.jpg.html)

[I_GROWER]

Gandules/ pigeon peas
http://i.imgur.com/oWV3DoX.jpg

[from the sea]

Gandules/ pigeon peas
http://i.imgur.com/oWV3DoX.jpg

how tall? looks real big

[I_GROWER]

It's about 8ft I guess?


I got her from my fathers garden after he past
http://i.imgur.com/BNNpltT.jpg


She had a hitchhiker
http://i.imgur.com/t5KYkjI.jpg

Unknown mango from seed? Unless pops had grafting skills

Can Anyone suggest methods of separating them?

Both have enormous sentimental value. Can't lose them.
If not they'll stay together til end.

[I_GROWER]

Papayas
http://i.imgur.com/LQEXwwM.jpg

[from the sea]

Wow! thats huge, have no clue on how to separate them.

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/010-21.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/010-21.jpg.html)

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/006-38.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/006-38.jpg.html)

[ez]

Mamey Sapote (Pouteria sapota)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/11088306316_0ea30e06f5_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11088306316/)http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7309/11088216695_c1627737b6_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11088216695/)http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/11088218925_4b76f0eaac_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11088218925/)



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[Richard]

Indoor Azalea, Dec. 2013

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55384&size=1

[merce3]

Mamey Sapote (Pouteria sapota)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/11088306316_0ea30e06f5_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11088306316/)http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7309/11088216695_c1627737b6_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11088216695/)http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/11088218925_4b76f0eaac_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11088218925/)



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nice sapote! I have a white one growing, but the fruit looks nothing like the mamey sapote. do they also taste different?

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/002-49.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/002-49.jpg.html)

[Richard]

Tony, it's a beautiful picture.

[robguz24]

nice sapote! I have a white one growing, but the fruit looks nothing like the mamey sapote. do they also taste different?
Completely different! Totally unrelated to white sapote which itself is unrelated to black sapote. From wikipedia "This confusion may be because "sapote" comes from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word tzapotl, used to describe all soft, sweet fruit."

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG7599_zps9d86551c.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG7599_zps9d86551c.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:

[Olafhenny]

Beautiful picture, Ante, thank you!

But what is it?

[Dalmatiansoap]

Not sure, a kind of vine

[Kat2]

Apparently I have not lost my ability to grow something. My pink lemon is blooming! She's only 1.5' tall and inside (I was not about to chance losing her so I'm going to have to play bee) but she's doing it!

Forgive the lousy picture; it looks B&W but isn't. She's in the bathroom under a skylight and the open flower is under a leaf I was not about to move which meant my little camera insisted on a flash which washed her out so I turned it off thus I had to play with contrast/brightness.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55400&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55400&ppuser=17055)

Smells so sweet!

[Olafhenny]

Hi Kat,

congratulations! The quality of the picture is immaterial here, although I think, that it is
quite good under the circumstances and I respect the idea of not moving the plant just
for the portrait. :)

What interests me as a novice citrus grower is, how old this plant was from seed at the
time of first blooming.

Mine are now 20 months old, did poorly, when I placed them outside during the summer,
but perked right up again, when I brought them inside. But that might be particular to
Quat (see: http://www.bananas.org/f8/seeds-qu-t-possibly-most-attractive-15156.html), which
appear to be mostly raised indoors in Vietnam, where I got mine from.

[Kat2]

Shhhhh...don't tell anyone but I have about 50 grocery store lemon seedlings in a pot that I grew just to see if I could grow anything here; I doubt they'll ever produce fruit but this small victory sure cheered me up.

Apparently citrus cuttings or grafting are the fastest ways to go; cuttings/scions furthest from the root produce sooner. (I'm not being scientific but it has to do with the number of nodes and citrus knows the age of the stick.)

My plant was purchased at Walmart (sorry) on a whim because I loved the leaf variegation. (Not quite a whim--I ran home to research the type before opening my creaky wallet.) I have no doubt this is a cutting from a mature plant; I see no evidence of a graft. Based on the price and pot size, I'd guess she's a 1 to 1 1/2 year old plant.

Long way of saying this novice really can't answer your question but from what I've read it will take 4 to 7 years for a seedling to fruit.

[Olafhenny]

:ha: Still laughing!

Thanks for your reply. 4 to 7 years is about, what I thought, but I was hoping for it
to happen sooner :(

Best,
Olaf
PS: It would be nice to have an exchange on citrus fruit, so that those of us who do
not live in California or Florida can get some information.
For example:
• Do citrus grown from seed bear fruit?
• My very limited experience says, that seeds more than a month after leaving
the fruit will no longer germinate, at least not without some trick, I do not know of,
• Exactly at what age do they fruit; is there a difference between the varieties?

[sunfish]

Lemon Fruit Tree Grown From Seed Flowering - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGOqOe8xMXM)

[Kat2]

I'd seen that video; I suspect, as he admits, that's the exception and not the norm but I love success stories!

If it's not okay to post this, someone will remove it. There is a citrus forum; it's not terribly active but good for research. Citrus Growers Forum :: Index (http://citrus.forumup.org/index.php?mforum=citrus)

[Olafhenny]

Too late now, I have bookmarked it already :ha:

I do not really want to spread my favours around too far, but one has to go, where the
information is available.

Thanks,
Olaf

[Richard]

I'd seen that video; I suspect, as he admits, that's the exception and not the norm but I love success stories!

If it's not okay to post this, someone will remove it. There is a citrus forum; it's not terribly active but good for research. Citrus Growers Forum :: Index (http://citrus.forumup.org/index.php?mforum=citrus)

There are several of us who belong to that forum and the link is posted on many threads on bananas.org.

There are also several interesting threads here. To find them, go to the "Search" tab and select "Advanced Search". Then search on Citrus using the "Titles Only" option.

[Kat2]

I also belong but this place moves a bit more. I've learned a lot reading there. If and when I purchase more than my little pink lemon, I expect I'll be there more than I am now.

[Richard]

I also belong but this place moves a bit more. I've learned a lot reading there. If and when I purchase more than my little pink lemon, I expect I'll be there more than I am now.

If and when you're ready to purchase more Citrus, send me an email if you like and I'll send a list of recommended types. For heavens sake, my granduncle bred or introduced most of the varieties in use today!

[Olafhenny]

Thank you both, Kat and Richard. I will explore the citrus site tomorrow. I have just
finished creating a new set about karst mountain regions in south eastern China and
Vietnam and the fantastic Phong Nha Cave, which is one of many created in those
limestone and marble regions, but a very large one, here:
Phong Nha Cave - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/sets/72157638684487773/)

So now I am a bit tired of "computering"

Thanks again,
Olaf

[Kat2]

If and when you're ready to purchase more Citrus, send me an email if you like and I'll send a list of recommended types. For heavens sake, my granduncle bred or introduced most of the varieties in use today!
I sure will! Thank you!

[Snookie]

Betty Jo mostly:}

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/files/2013/06/me-preg.jpg

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-41.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-41.jpg.html)

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55419&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55422&size=1
peach tree is confused as to what time of year it is..

[amantedelenguaje]

My white sugarloaf pineapples are blooming in unison. I bought them inside for the winter, trimmed the spiky leaves, and sort of forgot about them. I checked on them this week. Lo and behold, both plants are blooming. The plants were tissue cultured specimens purchased from Wellspring Gardens in 2012.

December 23, 2013http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f7SbdKoB8y4/UrkAUnQSniI/AAAAAAAADYU/RkHgKXV_ZTk/s320/PC170009+(1024x861).jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6YdzymABKk/UrkAUU7GodI/AAAAAAAADYQ/_K1kVh7acbI/s320/PC170010+(1024x768).jpg

May 6, 2012http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PnYWFvnwRZU/T6b-kpbCchI/AAAAAAAABU4/nv3zLBq5R8k/s320/P5060039%2B%2528Medium%2529.JPG

[Jezebel]

In Izmir...


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55477&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55477&size=1 border=0></a>


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55478&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55478&size=1 border=0></a>


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55480&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55480&size=1 border=0></a>


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55481&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55481&size=1 border=0></a>


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55482&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55482&size=1 border=0></a>


Turkey.

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/001-61.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/001-61.jpg.html):woohoonaner:

[Kat2]

Are you ever going to offer seeds from your ladies? Not that I can afford them and have no place yet to grow them but at some point my issues will be resolved...better be soon...I keep being gifted plants despite my protestations...I turn down a lot but sometimes you have to say "sure"...or I do.

[ez]

Hibiscus double flower

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2823/11695965086_6e7769fc6c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11695965086/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7394/11695442433_3743e29d42_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11695442433/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3781/11695194405_af62c530bf_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11695194405/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/11695961646_09508c5f9b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11695961646/)

[ez]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG7599_zps9d86551c.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG7599_zps9d86551c.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:

Beautiful picture, Ante, thank you!

But what is it?




Not sure, a kind of vine



Senecio angulatus also known as Creeping groundsel and sometimes as Cape ivy is a climbing... Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senecio_angulatus)

[Olafhenny]

Hi Ed,

Beautiful hibiscus flowers and photos, thank you!

BTW, I assume it is you, who has been "following" me on Flickr? I have not been
following anybody so far. I am still very new at that site and after uploading all
these pictures of birds in India in March or April, I have not looked at Flickr at all
until recently, when I ran into trouble with uploading to Bananas and had to look
for alternatives.

Meanwhile, with my interest peaked again, I have uploaded a whole bunch more
pictures from our trip to Tanzania, (Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Zanzibar)
as well I have started on uploading Guatemala

In a couple of weeks we will head again for Vietnam, and until then I will be busy
with preparations for the trip. In the meantime my main channel of on-line
communication other than email will remain "bananas"

Best,
Olaf

[ez]

Hi Ed,

Beautiful hibiscus flowers and photos, thank you!

BTW, I assume it is you, who has been "following" me on Flickr? I have not been
following anybody so far. I am still very new at that site and after uploading all
these pictures of birds in India in March or April, I have not looked at Flickr at all
until recently, when I ran into trouble with uploading to Bananas and had to look
for alternatives.

Meanwhile, with my interest peaked again, I have uploaded a whole bunch more
pictures from our trip to Tanzania, (Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Zanzibar)
as well I have started on uploading Guatemala

In a couple of weeks we will head again for Vietnam, and until then I will be busy
with preparations for the trip. In the meantime my main channel of on-line
communication other than email will remain "bananas"

Best,
Olaf



Yes that's me and the photos of the spider were taken in my backyard.

I planted 4 different colors and 7 hibiscus plants 6 months ago thanks Olaf.

You're photographs are amazing if anyone want to see here's the link Golestan2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/)

The flickr photostream you're using is there beta version and it only provide links to your photostream. To upload images to bananas.org you have to switch back to their original flickr photostream. On the bottom left hand corner of your photostream there is a small transparent window "Opt-out & feedback" when you click on this a window will open on the bottom of that window select "go back to the old experience".

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/1tvg/flickr/xxxz_zps2477efb1.jpg



Then go here (http://www.bananas.org/f10/help-i-am-again-having-problems-19637.html#post236752) where I explain step by step how share your photos on bananas.org using flickr.


I hope this helps PM me if you have any more questions.

[Olafhenny]

Sorry, Ed, Despite all your help I am still hitting nothing but blanks today.

When I try to send you a PM I get this:
ez has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her.


When I click on “HTML/BBCcode (after selecting HTML) I get this:

<iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/11695827576/player/2ce1ec7a63" height="600" width="800" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe>

Thanks for all your terrific help, but so far I am a lousy student
Olaf


Now I am even screwing this up
PS: I have no idea, where this picture suddenly came from.

It did not show up in the Preview. Maybe I was just to hasty and did it right all along,
but did not wait long enough for the image to emerge. :( :)

[Olafhenny]

I will try to puzzle all that out tomorrow. Now it is bedtime.

Thanks for all your help, Ed,
Olaf

[ez]

Sorry, Ed, Despite all your help I am still hitting nothing but blanks today.

When I try to send you a PM I get this:
ez has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her.



Sorry about that Olaf I selected that setting not knowing what it meant I have changed it anyone can PM me.


When I click on “HTML/BBCcode (after selecting HTML) I get this:


Thanks for all your terrific help, but so far I am a lousy student
Olaf


Now I am even screwing this up
PS: I have no idea, where this picture suddenly came from.

It did not show up in the Preview. Maybe I was just to hasty and did it right all along,
but did not wait long enough for the image to emerge. :( :)




You're not a lousy student it's me I'm not the best teacher. I forgot to mention when you choose this size Medium 800 (600x800) flickr will display using flash your photostream (all the images you have) if you are a professional photographer this will allow you to display your photostream on a website.

To display just one photo using HTML code you must choose a different size. If you must use this size Medium 800 (600x800) to display just one photo then select BBCode and copy and paste the same way you did the HTML code.

When you choose BBCode in any size it will display your photo and underneath it your photo number and your name as a link back to your photostream. To me having three links to my photostream using BBCode seems excessive and I will delete photo number and my name you don't have to.

PM me if you have any more questions.

[ez]

Ixora Super King

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/11786451005_9c0f475c1e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11786451005/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3756/11787215306_ddbb27afdb_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11787215306/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3799/11786451855_fd59937b25_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11786451855/)

[ez]

Orange Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/11862784314_8a9f6c2b56_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11862784314/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/11862344845_5872b76b82_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11862344845/)

[Olafhenny]

Hi Ed,

beautiful plant and picture.
Thanks,
Olaf

[ez]

Cattleya Orchid - 'Angel Bells'

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5547/11972529316_01205c3fb0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11972529316/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/11971757425_d80e13626b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11971757425/)

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-49.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-49.jpg.html)

[ez]

Florida Flame Vine (Pyrostegia venusta)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/12033309345_5e75875b50_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12033309345/)
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/12034159206_4815e5a45c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12034159206/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/12033775434_32bb2ae271_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12033775434/)

[Olafhenny]

Hi Ed,

beautiful pictures of a beautiful plant. We have something quite similar, the campsis
radicans or trumpet creeper The colour and arrangement and shape of the the still
closed flower buds is almost identical, but the campsis does not open up quite as far
as the pyrostegia, but maintains the trumpet shape more tightly. Thus it is called
trumpet vine. It is hardy from Zone 4 right through to Zone 10. Therefore
they may grow in your area as well. :)

I have not found a photo of the leaves of the pyrostegia. Accordingly I cannot
compare them and it would be difficult anyway because the campsis is at this time
dormant and the branches are "naked" and I cannot remember the details anyway.

Though thanks for the pic.
Olaf

[ez]

Hi Ed,

beautiful pictures of a beautiful plant. We have something quite similar, the campsis
radicans or trumpet creeper The colour and arrangement and shape of the the still
closed flower buds is almost identical, but the campsis does not open up quite as far
as the pyrostegia, but maintains the trumpet shape more tightly. Thus it is called
trumpet vine. It is hardy from Zone 4 right through to Zone 10. Therefore
they may grow in your area as well. :)


Thanks Olaf

Florida Flame Vine (Pyrostegia venusta) flowers in the winter months as long as there's no frost, it grows up to 80' which is great for covering an old chain link fence.

10 days ago I planted Crossvine Tangerine Beauty (Bignonia capreolata) (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Crossvine+Tangerine+Beauty) it grows up to 50' and flowers in the spring and summer.

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VzxceAmleEw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="360"></iframe>



One side of my house I have a chain link fence 4' x 140' hopefully in 3 to 4 years half of it will be covered by these vines.


I have not found a photo of the leaves of the pyrostegia. Accordingly I cannot
compare them and it would be difficult anyway because the campsis is at this time
dormant and the branches are "naked" and I cannot remember the details anyway.

Though thanks for the pic.
Olaf

pyrostegia (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pyrostegia)
campsis radicans (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=campsis+radicans) :rollerbananadone:

[Richard]

Here's an updated photo of my indoor Azalea, just blooming away in the west-facing windows of my sunroom.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55384&size=1

[amantedelenguaje]

Your sun room is beautiful. Seems like a great place for any plant to bloom.

[Kat2]

Before you laugh at my picture know that my tomatoes planted in May (afternoon shade) withered and died without ever spitting out a single flower. They just wilted and croaked. Yes, I know how to grow tomatoes. Who doesn't? They're weeds. They flourish in sidewalk cracks in the city! Indeed these are volunteers from a friend's compost bin. (I refused to spend another dime on "special Florida" plants.)


When these actually acted like they'd survive...



I carefully tarped them on the 25F night and all those under 40...



I gave them some generic Miracle Gro because they're growing in "black sand" that is dreadful...



I watered carefully because, despite the pots having drainage, that nasty "dirt" holds water. (Yeah, it's sand--go figure.)



I have played bee because there are none here...



So without further ado...



My mystery tomatoes flowering and fruiting

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55685&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55685&ppuser=17055)

[I_GROWER]

My first pinapple bloom! 3 years In the making.

http://i.imgur.com/jGw7cwK.jpg


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


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

[robguz24]

Wiliwili tree (Erythrina sandwicensis). First bloom on this tree. These were close to extinction a few years ago in Hawaii, as it was being attacked by a new invasive species of gall wasp. Scientists released another gall wasp in 2008 but not specifically where I live. This other wasp preys exclusively on the larvae of the first one. It must have made its way here because this is the first year I have had no galls on my tree and now it is blooming!
There are a lot of erthrinas, commonly known as coral tree. I will have to wait until this forms a seed pod to determine if it is truly the native species. This grows naturally in lowland dry areas (generally under 20" per year) so I am happy it can even survive here where it rains 5X that much.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3651_zps41755eb4.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3651_zps41755eb4.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3650_zps94604b20.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3650_zps94604b20.jpg.html)

[servatusprime]

Peach
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55717&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55717&ppuser=9375)
Heliconia
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55716&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55716&ppuser=9375)

[ez]

sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/12698797905_1b7700d98a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12698797905/)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Mimosa_Pudica.gif

[PR-Giants]

I hate that plant it's covered with thorns and very hard to kill.




sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/12698797905_1b7700d98a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12698797905/)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Mimosa_Pudica.gif

[merce3]

sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/12698797905_1b7700d98a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12698797905/)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Mimosa_Pudica.gif





Thanks for sharing... I have one growing but have never seen the flowers. It was sold to me as a ground cover so I hope it doesn't have thorns

[ez]

I hate that plant it's covered with thorns and very hard to kill.

Thanks for sharing... I have one growing but have never seen the flowers. It was sold to me as a ground cover so I hope it doesn't have thorns

The sensitive plant in my yard must be a different variety of Mimosa pudica it grows very close to the ground 3 to 4 inches and they don't have any thorns. :08:

[PR-Giants]

You can clearly see the thorns in the Wikipedia photo.

File:Mimosa pudica seed pods.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mimosa_pudica_seed_pods.jpg)

You have no idea how bad these plants are when they get in your lawn, but you will learn.

I hope there is a variety without thorns.

The sensitive plant in my yard must be a different variety of Mimosa pudica it grows very close to the ground 3 to 4 inches and they don't have any thorns. :08:

[Richard]

The sensitive plant in my yard must be a different variety of Mimosa pudica it grows very close to the ground 3 to 4 inches and they don't have any thorns. :08:

I did a taxonomy search (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxgenform.pl?language=en) on the common name "sensitive plant" and turned up seven matches. One of them is Mimosa invisa, aka creeping sensitive plant. I don't know if it has thorns or not.


Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench (wild sensitive-plant)
Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright (giant sensitive-plant)
Mimosa invisa Mart. ex Colla (creeping sensitive-plant, giant sensitive-plant)
Mimosa pigra L. (giant sensitive-plant, sensitive-plant, thorny sensitive-plant)
Mimosa pudica L. (common sensitive-plant, sensitive-plant)
Neptunia dimorphantha Domin (sensitive-plant)
Neptunia gracilis Benth. (sensitive-plant)

[ez]

You can clearly see the thorns in the Wikipedia photo.

File:Mimosa pudica seed pods.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mimosa_pudica_seed_pods.jpg)

You have no idea how bad these plants are when they get in your lawn, but you will learn.

I hope there is a variety without thorns.

I did a taxonomy search (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxgenform.pl?language=en) on the common name "sensitive plant" and turned up seven matches. One of them is Mimosa invisa, aka creeping sensitive plant. I don't know if it has thorns or not.


Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench (wild sensitive-plant)
Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright (giant sensitive-plant)
Mimosa invisa Mart. ex Colla (creeping sensitive-plant, giant sensitive-plant)
Mimosa pigra L. (giant sensitive-plant, sensitive-plant, thorny sensitive-plant)
Mimosa pudica L. (common sensitive-plant, sensitive-plant)
Neptunia dimorphantha Domin (sensitive-plant)
Neptunia gracilis Benth. (sensitive-plant)


I posted the wrong information it's not a Mimosa pudica it's a Mimosa strigillosa (Sunshine Mimosa, powderpuff, sensitive plant) and a Florida native plant. I'm positive it doesn't have any thorns, it's been growing in the yard for many years.



Mimosa strigillosa (powderpuff)

Description – Natural Habitat

Powderpuff, also known as sunshine mimosa, is a perennial, mat-forming ground cover. This fine textured legume has stems that become woody over time and are nonprickly (to distinguish it from M. quadrivalvis, which has a prickly stem). Distribution in Florida is throughout the peninsula...


Mimosa strigillosa, also known as Sunshine Mimosa and Powderpuff, is a perennial ground cover in the Fabaceae family that is native to nearly all US states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and grows north into Georgia and Arkansas as well. The name Powderpuff refers to the small spherical flowers that rise above the plant's creeping vines. Like related species in the Mimosa genus Sunshine Mimosa has sensitive leaves that can fold in a matter of seconds after being disturbed.

Because of Sunshine Mimosa's mat forming nature, drought tolerance, and because like many legumes it is capable of nitrogen fixation and thus doesn't need fertilizer it has become recommended as a replacement for turf grasses for the purposes of xeriscaping and lowering environmental impact. The plant is also recommended as a turfgrass replacement because of its ability to withstand some foot traffic and mowing, It is capable of spreading rapidly and many square feet in a single growing season and some may find it problematic that the plant is a host for the larva of Little Sulphur butterflies. Because of Sunshine Mimosa's general usefulness as a landscaping plant it was named one of the 2008 plants of the year by the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association.



Sunshine Mimosa, powderpuff, sensitive plant (Mimosa strigillosa) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_strigillosa)


http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/12698797905_1b7700d98a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12698797905/)

[merce3]

I posted the wrong information it's not a Mimosa pudica it's a Mimosa strigillosa (Sunshine Mimosa, powderpuff, sensitive plant) and a Florida native plant. I'm positive it doesn't have any thorns, it's been growing in the yard for many years.



Mimosa strigillosa (powderpuff)

Description – Natural Habitat

Powderpuff, also known as sunshine mimosa, is a perennial, mat-forming ground cover. This fine textured legume has stems that become woody over time and are nonprickly (to distinguish it from M. quadrivalvis, which has a prickly stem). Distribution in Florida is throughout the peninsula...


Mimosa strigillosa, also known as Sunshine Mimosa and Powderpuff, is a perennial ground cover in the Fabaceae family that is native to nearly all US states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and grows north into Georgia and Arkansas as well. The name Powderpuff refers to the small spherical flowers that rise above the plant's creeping vines. Like related species in the Mimosa genus Sunshine Mimosa has sensitive leaves that can fold in a matter of seconds after being disturbed.

Because of Sunshine Mimosa's mat forming nature, drought tolerance, and because like many legumes it is capable of nitrogen fixation and thus doesn't need fertilizer it has become recommended as a replacement for turf grasses for the purposes of xeriscaping and lowering environmental impact. The plant is also recommended as a turfgrass replacement because of its ability to withstand some foot traffic and mowing, It is capable of spreading rapidly and many square feet in a single growing season and some may find it problematic that the plant is a host for the larva of Little Sulphur butterflies. Because of Sunshine Mimosa's general usefulness as a landscaping plant it was named one of the 2008 plants of the year by the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association.



Sunshine Mimosa, powderpuff, sensitive plant (Mimosa strigillosa) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_strigillosa)


http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/12698797905_1b7700d98a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12698797905/)


Thanks! I was about to put my plant in quarantine.

[wolfyhound]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/wolfy-hound/522BD00B-E0F1-4297-8585-C651DCA35230_zps5u6lrwor.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/wolfy-hound/81028D13-484C-47C8-9F28-0C95146C9E06_zpsfuywdhgq.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/wolfy-hound/E8BB5D7A-9D53-4BB6-8E28-A51FB8BEAFA3_zpscx365aoq.jpg

Violas and blue sedums and red hen-and-chicks. The blue sedums were supposed to be variegated, and the hen-and-chicks were supposed to be bi-color. Replacements are being shipped but might as well plant these too, right!?

The violas were little $0.99 plants but they're really taken off in their new larger pots. Tons of blooms!

[Abnshrek]

Nectarines are Blooming Hard.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Nectarines022314_zps91827d55.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Nectarines022314_zps91827d55.jpg.html)

[Snookie]

All kind of thangs are blooming here in Lizard Creek, La....I like dat me!

Japanese Plums

http://s27.postimg.org/wn0x7jus3/001.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
how to capture screen (http://postimage.org/app.php)

Avocado's

http://s27.postimg.org/8pnumclg3/002.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
image upload (http://postimage.org/)

Forgot what the heck this is...bought it because the bee's were all over it at the nursery:}

http://s3.postimg.org/wc8gv3cwj/004.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
how to take a screen shot (http://postimage.org/app.php)

Plum Trees

http://s4.postimg.org/c3x9ir9vx/005.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
free upload (http://postimage.org/)

Strawberries

http://s22.postimg.org/5jvg2eoa9/009.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
open source screen capture (http://postimage.org/app.php)

http://s29.postimg.org/oogdb2ckn/008.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
how to screen capture (http://postimage.org/app.php)



And after all the rain to our North this week the creek dat runs through my property is rising:}

http://s8.postimg.org/ol85mtvmd/007.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
capture (http://postimage.org/app.php)

[ez]

Springfels mango (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfels_mango)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5478/12801169285_2e6342e917_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12801169285/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/12801174575_0bf3aa10de_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12801174575/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2853/12801591254_87d1ca8c02_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12801591254/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/12801590484_4ec4b5dff4_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12801590484/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2818/12801169865_7bec0f4d2e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12801169865/)




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Mango_Springfels_Asit_fs8.jpg/800px-Mango_Springfels_Asit_fs8.jpg
Display of Springfels mango at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival, Fruit and Spice Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_and_Spice_Park), Homestead, Florida.

:0519:

[Richard]

Cymbidium orchid

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55762&size=1

[ez]

Ronald Reagan Hybrid Tea Rose

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3778/13203384464_3ea8847600_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13203384464/)

[Richard]

Easy Going rose

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55318&size=1

[Kat2]

Apricot/peach roses are my favorites! Very pretty!

[I_GROWER]

Hibiscus got a few more colors that haven't bloomed yet

http://i.imgur.com/hr0f6aM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YS9ZpPu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Z5ntcYj.jpg

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/A4PkH4r.jpg

[Kat2]

I have 4 reds and a peach lantern hibiscus (the latter, which I really love, is finally getting a new leaf!) while one of the little reds is sporting a bloom. Up north I raised the hearty kind which were pretty but very messy--bloom one day and then just a mess. The warmer varieties are so much nicer.

[Richard]

I have 4 reds and a peach lantern hibiscus (the latter, which I really love, is finally getting a new leaf!) while one of the little reds is sporting a bloom. Up north I raised the hearty kind which were pretty but very messy--bloom one day and then just a mess. The warmer varieties are so much nicer.

:pics:

[Kat2]

:pics:
Okay, I will but my computer got "crunched" by my host so I'm borrowing his lesser one that I repaired 2x after he crunched it then blamed me. (I really suck at relationships and, fingers crossed I've found a place to move to soon.) I will try tomorrow to upload something. When the bud is bigger. If I succeed, I'll post bean seed pictures. Not exciting but you can eat what comes a bit later and these beans are to die for.

[Richard]

Okay, I will but my computer got "crunched" by my host ...

Are we talking about a symbiotic relationship?

[Kat2]

Are we talking about a symbiotic relationship?
More parasitic at this point and I'm not top dog. Lived through worse and survived. Looking forward to speaking my mind when the time is right. ;)

[Richard]

More parasitic at this point and I'm not top dog. Lived through worse and survived. Looking forward to speaking my mind when the time is right. ;)

Ok I'm looking forward to those blossoms!
:woohoonaner:

[merce3]

Nice hibiscus pics. They make a really good drink out of the flowers in the Caribbean.

[Dangermouse01]

Nice hibiscus pics. They make a really good drink out of the flowers in the Caribbean.

If you are talking about the drink "Sorrel" or "Agua de Jamaica", they use Hibiscus sabdariffa (Roselle) and it is made from the calyx after the flower fades.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Misc/Rosellie2_10-13-13_zpse3c3fec7.jpg

DM

[merce3]

If you are talking about the drink "Sorrel" or "Agua de Jamaica", they use Hibiscus sabdariffa (Roselle) and it is made from the calyx after the flower fades.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Misc/Rosellie2_10-13-13_zpse3c3fec7.jpg

DM

yes, that's it. thanks for the clarification. i have always loved the drink but never made it before.

[LilRaverBoi]

Well, not really in my 'garden' per se, but it's blooming and it stinks! Amorphophallus konjac bloom just opened today.
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz186/LilRaverBoi308/Akonjacbloom3-20-144_zps306328ed.jpg
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz186/LilRaverBoi308/Akonjacbloom3-20-14_zps135e1e72.jpg
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz186/LilRaverBoi308/Akonjacbloom3-20-143_zpsfa15042f.jpg
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz186/LilRaverBoi308/Akonjacbloom3-20-142_zps5df9c9b8.jpg

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/013-6.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/013-6.jpg.html)

[exovetek]

Well, not really in my 'garden' per se, but it's blooming and it stinks! Amorphophallus konjac bloom just opened today.


Nice. I'm still waiting for my A. Konjac and A. Paeoniifolius to break dormancy.

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-47.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-47.jpg.html)

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-48.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-48.jpg.html):woohoonaner::ha:

[pukyman]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55804 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55804&ppuser=15333)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55805 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55805&ppuser=15333)

[ez]

Hibiscus double flower

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3678/13806417334_0d44d29c3e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/n32uSb)

[bananimal]

Good scent?

[ez]

Good scent?


no noticeable scent:waving:

[sunfish]

:0519:http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/009-31.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/009-31.jpg.html)

[Kat2]

I just noticed that 5 of the beans I planted 3/9 are blooming! (I've replanted 3x due to awful germination; these are the 1st bunch.) This is a very fast bush bean but I often don't harvest within the 45 days. I may this year!

[sunfish]

:goteam:http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/006-45.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/006-45.jpg.html)http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/007-36.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/007-36.jpg.html)http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/008-36.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/008-36.jpg.html)http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/009-32.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/009-32.jpg.html)http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/010-28.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/010-28.jpg.html)http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/011-23.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/011-23.jpg.html)http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/012-24.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/012-24.jpg.html)http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/013-24.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/013-24.jpg.html):0519::goteam:

[Dangermouse01]

Fuyu
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Persimmon/Fuyu/Fuyu_14-04-24_zpsd069d746.jpg

DM

[cincinnana]

Trillium, Mayapples, Iris, Fern, Hosta, Daffodils, Daylily's, Varigated Solomans Seal.
Crosiers of the fern are made of wood.....garden art:)

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/13996877111" title="Spring by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7405/13996877111_f64d5e2cb7_c.jpg" width="800" height="598" alt="Spring"></a>

[jbyrd88888]

Woke up this mornin' to discover my Osage orange has blooms!

http://i57.tinypic.com/2rqd091.jpg

This is from a seed I found from an ancient tree from my local park deeeep in the woods.
I tried germinating about 50 other seeds but IDK, thinkin' maybe I got to the fruit too late.
Got one other tree planted in different soil that seems to be doing okay but this one in the picture is definently a keeper.... Not sure where I'm going to put this spam fruit yet... But its' legend will live on! :)
edit: just dirt on them leaves.

[Richard]

Woke up this mornin' to discover my Osage orange has blooms!

Maclura pomifera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura_pomifera) is dioecious, so it appears you now need to propagate one of the opposite sex. And since they are from the Moraceae (fig and mulberry) family, you should be able to do this by rooting some cuttings of a plant from the woods. Consider this: you obtained a fruit with seeds -- so the fruit came from a female and the male is somewhere nearby.
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

:0517:http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-56.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-56.jpg.html):0517:

[Hammocked Banana]

Quite the firecracker in bloom, bees really love it.http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Mobile%20Uploads/20140511_170129_zpsszsmppov.jpg (http://s1305.photobucket.com/user/Hammocked_Banana/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140511_170129_zpsszsmppov.jpg.html)
http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s548/Hammocked_Banana/Mobile%20Uploads/20140511_170212_zpsae9vmjll.jpg (http://s1305.photobucket.com/user/Hammocked_Banana/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140511_170212_zpsae9vmjll.jpg.html)

[sunfish]

:08:http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-61.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-61.jpg.html):0517::woohoonaner:

[pmurphy]

As an experiment I decided to try moving my Giant Crinum Lily - aka Poison Bulb - outside because it's just too big to keep in the greenhouse, and because no one can seem to agree on the hardiness zone. This plant was seed-grown in 2007 and has been blooming regularly twice a year for the past 2 years. And in fact it now has seedlings sprouting in the pot (fyi, they take about 6 months to germinate)
......it looks like the move outside didn't deter it one bit :)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56109&size=1

[sunfish]

:08:http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/010-34.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/010-34.jpg.html):08:

[I_GROWER]

Wild Pink guava on an old forgotten dirt road
http://i.imgur.com/4GDosxO.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/H9VL64t.jpg

Found this nugget
http://i.imgur.com/Q8bFVz9.jpg

[cincinnana]

Nice find...:08:

[wolfyhound]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/wolfy-hound/3FF817F4-4DAB-4E7D-A9F5-3BE078645001_zpskxfyl904.jpg

I thought these were day lilies, but my expert friend said today they're Crinum x Powelii(Cape lily). Since I have no idea what that means, I'm inclined to think she's correct. *grins*

I've had this exact same tub of lilies for well over 25 years. Possibly close to 30 years now. My mother dug up some lilies from my great grandmother's house and brought them home in this tub. She then planted almost all of the lilies but there were a few stragglers that got set aside still in the tub. They multiplied in the tub until it was full again over a few years, when my mother again planted almost all of the lilies but left some behind again, which again multiplied until the tub was full. This has been repeated a few more times after my mother passed away and the tub even survived a house fire when part of a wall fell onto it.

So I might not know exactly what they are, but I've been hauling them around the state of Florida for decades.

[I_GROWER]

Inlaw new neighbor inherited this Ackee tree.

Last tenet dump the house due to foreclosure
http://i.imgur.com/mzZfOim.jpg

The new neighbor has no idea what heck it is..

I myself have never eating one.. I'll keep an eye out for the rip ones

[Dangermouse01]

Inlaw new neighbor inherited this Ackee tree.

Last tenet dump the house due to foreclosure
http://i.imgur.com/mzZfOim.jpg

The new neighbor has no idea what heck it is..

I myself have never eating one.. I'll keep an eye out for the rip ones

Hopefully you know the difference between a ripe one and a toxic one.

DM

[kubali]

I am soooooooo tickled my dragon fruit finally is blooming only has 2 so far but I will be more than happy to take that. I have been watching them like a hawk and can't believe they just were there this morning.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56342&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56341&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56343&size=1

[sunfish]

:woohoonaner::08:http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-70.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-70.jpg.html):08::woohoonaner:

[Hammocked Banana]

Congrats

[merce3]

first papaya bloom. glad it's a female
http://i.imgur.com/KDjugQe.jpg

[servatusprime]

http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/IMG_5697_zpsefcd504d.jpg (http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/IMG_5697_zpsefcd504d.jpg.html)
http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/IMG_5700_zps0f969fb4.jpg (http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/IMG_5700_zps0f969fb4.jpg.html)

[jbyrd88888]

Mojito Blooming ↓↓↓↓↓
http://i62.tinypic.com/25i116c.jpg
My Illustris, Bikini Tini, Black Ruffles Bloomed good!
Gagaena California, walmart giant, and Macrorrhiza Elephant Ears did Not bloom!
I learning!

[I_GROWER]

Alocasia "purple"?

Aroidia Research = Aroid, Araceae, Alocasia, Philodendron, Caladium, Anthurium Hybridizers (http://aroidiaresearch.org/asarawdk.htm)
http://i.imgur.com/LksgQZB.jpg


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


i had no idea she flowered?


jbyrd88888 your "Mojito " looks like a Alocasia as well?

[I_GROWER]

Pass Along Plants, Ginger Lily | Forest Garden (http://forestgardenblog.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/pass-along-plants-ginger-lily/)

Ginger Lily

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

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

[Richard]

... jbyrd88888 your "Mojito " looks like a Alocasia as well?

Mojito is a popular cultivar of Colocasia sold in the nursery trade. There are of course other plants named Mojito including the mint cultivar from which the name of the drink was derived.

[scashaggy]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20141007_160313.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20141007_160321.jpg

[scashaggy]

My carambola tree is flowering. Lots of bees doing their jobs.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20141008_165236.jpg

[scashaggy]

A few more from around the yard.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20141008_174436.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20141008_174401.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20141008_174420.jpg

[scashaggy]

A couple of blooms opened on my dragon fruit tonight.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/20141012_231115.jpg

[Dangermouse01]

Very first flower ever from any of my Jaboticabas.
White Jaboticaba.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Jaboticaba/White-jabo_14-10-23_zps6ed14263.jpg

DM

[merce3]

soursop... sadly i don't think it is going to make it. same thing happened last year, but this year i got 8-9 flowers.
http://i.imgur.com/rAdtH3R.jpg

[Richard]

soursop... sadly i don't think it is going to make it. same thing happened last year, but this year i got 8-9 flowers.

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.

[merce3]

that happens with chronic consumption over a long period of time and where seeds and/or leaves are being consumed as well. i doubt i need to be concerned with the amount of soursop that i would get off this one plant. however, if it gave me 20 fruit, i would probably eat every last one so it's probably good that i am limited by the local climate.

[Richard]

... where seeds and/or leaves are being consumed as well. ...

I disagree with that criteria. The fruit flesh contains significant quantities of Annonacin.

[merce3]

i did some more research and you are right about the levels of annonacin. i still think that i am safe with the small amounts of fruit that i'll get.