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wow, very nice pictures.
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This premium indoor or outdoor tropical climber is totally gorgeous and it's starting to bloom for me...
 There are buds plastered all over the entire plant...  The leaves are so beautiful...  It's actually a vine and it keeps climbing. The flowers are wildly fragrant and the scent wafts throughout my living room! :D : ) |
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New Alpine strawberries forming in my aero-garden...
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Anyone ever heard of a mini orchid? Here's mine...
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I've seen the mini orchids before. I know a couple of months ago there were some for sale at Lowe's and I think the proceeds went to The American Breast cancer Foundation
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Here's my mini Poinsettia. It's about 6" tall...
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Nice pics! Everything looks amazing! I wish my plants did that well indoors! Instead most of them just keep on begging to go outside into some summer sun!
I have had mini orchids before, in fact I got one about this time last year. I mounted it onto a tree for the summer (where it grew really well and the roots actually grew around the branches) and then I took it off the tree and brought the orchid in. Now its going to bloom again! |
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Thanks Alex! ;)
My key to success with indoor plants is good light...and fertilizer. Same with outdoor plants too. :ha: Plus the showers I give the plants inside to keep the leaves clean of bugs. These three things are why my plants thrive. : ) |
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I'm having great success with my Venus Flytrap plant. It's sending up new traps like crazy. It's been growing steadily since August but for some reason it's more active now than it's ever been. Here it is today. Check out all the new traps coming up...
 It's even catching it own bugs...  I keep it in a very tall vase with no cover, in a south window...  Hoping to keep it going all winter. What a cool plant. : ) |
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Wow Sherry, those look great! I love venus fly traps, I just wish I could keep them alive lol.
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Thanks, Cameron! ;)
I kept one alive once for a full year and it even spent six months of that year, outdoors in a fishbowl. It thrived. I'm really hoping to keep this one going for longer and possibly permanently. It sure is a vigorous plant. I have had many die on me too though, along the way. It's through all my failures however, that I learned what they like and how to care for them best. I only water the plant with distilled or purified water. I NEVER fertilize it either. One time I did feed a venus flytrap and it was dead as a door nail within a few hours! :eek: They like sunshine but I've found strappled sun is best and I have reason to believe they don't like wind either because it's been responsible for the death of a few of my venus flytrap plants. : ) |
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Maybe that was one of my mistakes, I think Ifed mine. It also got at least a couple of hours of hot afternoon sun in the summer and that may have also killed it. Yours looks so happy and its catching little bugs too
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Ok so if you picked it up this summer Luke, and it had cherries on it already, coffee plants must produce faster than they let on they do. I bet the fruits will ripen. Then you can grow more plants from the beans...or make a cup of coffee! :ha:
Wow, a cocoa plant. Now that's cool. I want to grow a vanilla bean vine. : ) |
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Yeah so far the existing fruits have not shriveled up or dropped off so that's atleast good. Since we've had it, i think it has flowered 2 or 3 more times. Not over the entire plant, but maybe 1 large branches each time, with a dozen or two flowers each bloom. what are the conditions that yours is in? have you noticed continual growth like i have?
the cacao is actually said to be a very very picky plant to grow. so far it has done well. Its biggest killer is lack of humidity (they say it likes 80% humidity). I thought for sure it would die here in colorado. the humidity in our house is 15-20% in the winter (ack too dry! a whole other story). But we keep an oscillator style humidifier in the same room, near the cacoa and run it most days. Even with that, the humidity probably is no more than 50% and yet it is growing constantly. It's not a fast grower but the growth tips are constantly changing. In fact, when we first repotted it, i lifted the plant up too high and snapped clean off the top growth point. Since then, it has started pushing out two new tips from the break! :-) It is an understory plant so NO direct light. We have it next, not infront, a large west window and so far has shown no signs of burn.i plan on keeping it indoors year round. I would love to do a vanilla orchid, i hear they are great for bathrooms with showers. do they need a lot of light? Our bathroom does not have any windows. -Luke |
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I am pretty sure they do need good light and I also heard the blooms can only be pollinated by a certain insect in the mediterranean region. If you get one, you gotta hand-pollinate the blooms.
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I have Vanilla Orchid. It is a very special plant for me. I have mine in my bay window which does have a lot of light year round, but I also have an AeroGarden and other grow lights there, so it has supplemental lighting as well. It is a very forgiving and easy plant for me. Mine has not flowered yet. Yug in Hawaii grows it, I'm sure his have bloomed as he posted pictures of it.
I sent Sherry a piece of mine last year and it died because I mailed it in December! DUH! I keep trying to get a variegated one, but am always out bid at the last minute. I'll get one eventually. |
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Unless you happen to have said insects in the bathroom for some reason....
I would love to have a cocoa tree! :D That would be awesome :D Vanilla would be pretty cool to :) |
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Are we talking about the same plant...the one that produces vanilla beans for baking? Long black pods that contain the little tiny black flovorful seeds inside?
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Yes!
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Very cool, Janan. :D
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I wonder if Yug has the right insects, is that in the right area of the world? He is an orchid expert. I may PM him and ask. I wonder if he gets the pods and uses them? Maybe he will check into the insomnia thread and we can pick his brain.
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Well darn, it's too bad our bathroom does not have any windows. I'll have to save that one for a future time. for all of my indoor plants i hand pollinate if they flower, just to help encourage any chances of fruit growth. In fact, i'm not yet holding my breath but my indoor loquat MIGHT be forming fruit. I have no idea, as I've never watched one go from flower to fruit before but the buds where the flowers used to be are swelling up big time!
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The insect that pollinates Vanilla planifolia is found in South America. I have to do it by hand, and it helps to do it before noon. The latest I have hand-pollenated a bloom successfully was about 2pm, but that is not recommended. The blooms only stay open 1 day. I can get the 'beans' without a problem, but my drying/curing efforts need some work. If too fast, it gets crispy and is unusable; if too slow, it gets moldy and is unusable. It should be about the consistency of beef jerky - mostly dry, but semi-pliable. Mine is blooming currently, but my d@mn work hours make me miss the blooms 4 days each week. Without pollenation, no pods, and no work on the drying technique. I grow them because they're different, and don't need any special care in this environment. Orchid-wise, they're downright ugly. Some of the leafless Vanilla is more attractive, and many have some red color in the lip.
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I find that with venus fly traps and other carnivorous plants, they need a dormancy period with much colder temperatures so I've been putting them under my tarp bed where I keep my potted boos & other hardy plants which has gotten as cold as 22F at the coldest part of winter. Surprisingly, some of the old traps stay green over the winter.
I used to try taking a venus fly trap indoors, and eventually it seemed to run out of energy and never flowered, but I got much better results when they were over-wintered outside. Quote:
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I had one of those, and grew it until it flowered. Cute little white 5-petal blooms on a long thin stem. Any fertilizer should be extremely weak, and very low in nitrogen. These typically grow in swamps/bogs. They like damp, higher-acid type conditions.
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by the way, where in NY are you? i grew up in rochester. -Luke |
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If the octopus plant is a tropical species, then no, they won't need a dormancy, but you just need to find out what its native climate is. I'm 7 miles south of Rochester in henrietta. The cool part about venus fly traps is that they make pups like crazy so I can get a bunch of divisions each year and give them away.
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very cool Steve thanks for the info.
HBL - the coffee tree heard us talking the other day. I went and looked at it this morning and look what i found! two cherries are starting to turn color :-) I also found this this morning. Our mostly dormant pom has thrown out a flower for us! Notice how we have also decorated the tree haha, they are our charlie brown christmas trees this year rather than going out and buying another tree just for the holiday. -Luke |
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Congrats, Luke. :D Great that they are ripening for you!
Nice shots Steve and Yug. Thanks for the info, everyone. ;) Yeah, that venus flytrap of mine is real busy right now. I can't believe how much it's growing at this time of year. It seems to be feeding itself and too many times I killed VFT's from over-feeding. Not this time though. :D I give it distilled or purified water too, because I killed a few of them from using plain old tap water. We'll see how it continues to do... : ) |
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Help, I am trying to over winter my pepper plants inside and I know you are the expert on this. Should I cut them back or???? I know I have been away for sometime, trying to get back in the swing of things, just been soooooo darn busy, hoping you can help. One of them is a Tabasco and the other is a spicy little devil like a Thai and they are hanging in there but wonder if there is more I should be doing. Thanks so much:waving:
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It's real easy Joan...as long as you can provide warmth and sunshine. The most common killer of indoor pepper plants are spider mites...so I suggest you shower your pepper plants in the tub each week, paying special attention to the undersides of the leaves.
A south or east window would be ideal, but west and north can work too. I fertilize my pepper plants if they are actively growing and producing throughout winter. This keeps them happy and the yields substantial. I prefer to save seeds from my pepper plants and start new ones each year. Although pepper plants can be perennial indoors, I find them more vigorous and plentiful when they are young and new. Older pepper plants tend to get woody and tough, and often pruning them is necessary so that new fresh branches can grow. Is it possible to see a picture of your plants though Joan, before I recommend pruning them? Are they actively growing and producing? You'll want to also make sure you rid the plants of any insects before bringing them in, by re-potting them into new sterile soil for indoors. Then you'll want to check the plants over for any pests and shower them. If given enough warmth and light, they should continue to grow for you all winter long! Hope this helps. Let me know how they work out for you... : ) |
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Just opened today...
 Coffee plant is thriving...  : ) |
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Nice phal.
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Thanks Yug...it's a mini!
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My double hybrid petunia plant that I grew from seed in my aero-garden is about to bloom soon...
 It's from a mix so I'm looking forward to seeing the color... : ) |
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I love this Jasmine vine and can't wait for it to start growing again in spring...
 Those are some Orinoco banana pups off to the right of the pic. :D : ) |
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I love my flowers in winter...
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WOW! Love that purple Rose! One of the best pictures I have ever seen! :goteam:
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I have to agree with JANAN, Very impressive photo!
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Awesome pics as always Sherry! Is that Jasmine a condeferate jasmine? I have a nice sized one that bloomed indoors (still has a few blooms on it) and the fragrance was amazing. It really fills up a room at night, its one of my favorite blooms! Hopefully it will bloom again when it goes back outside in a few weeks!
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The Jasmine looks like a Madagascar Jasmine (Stephanotis) to me.
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Hey, thanks guys! :waving:
Yeah John, that's exactly what it is! ;) My Chenille plant is blooming...  : ) |
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love the foliage on the jasmine. does it stay green all winter? we have a regular jasmine(forget the name actually) but it defoliated for the winter time, and is now just starting to push out buds again. Thankfully, we thought maybe it was a gonner lol.
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Yes Luke, the leaves do stay green all winter long.
Great that your Jasmine made it. Congrats! ;) : ) |
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This year's window pansies today...
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Sherry that is a beautiful color. Mine never did make it
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