tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25731097561751175602024-03-05T19:13:09.551-05:00Hooray! Plants!Growing the difficult, strange, or unusual. Now in the wacky state of Florida!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-4610894494404148622017-01-10T00:05:00.001-05:002017-01-10T00:26:20.710-05:00E.F.G. Orchids HaulI don't live close to any orchid nurseries, despite living in Florida. I do live close to a garden center that gets it's plants from nurseries that carry unique things. Every so often they get in plants from <a href="http://efgorchids.com/">E.F.G. Orchids</a> in Deland. I love seeing those blue tags at a store down the street.<br />
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Once or twice a year I'll make the trip out to Deland when I feel like really spending some money. E.F.G. Orchids is fantastic. As in, always has good choices, always has decent prices, always friendly and helpful staff great. It's probably great that I don't live closer or my wallet would not look so great. <br />
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Keeping with my species Phal binge, with one or two deviations...in this box is:<br />
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<li>Phalaenopsis schilleriana....in spike</li>
<li>Phalaenopsis stuartiana (yellow form)...in spike, (Phalaenopsis stuartiana var. nobilis)</li>
<li>Phalaenopsis bellina...with a keiki. I'm hoping this one blooms a little different than the one I already have, F5 from Ooi Leng Sun.</li>
<li>Phalaenopsis "Golden Coffee"</li>
<li>Angraecum sesquipedale...needed one of these, why don't I already have this?</li>
<li>Ansellia gigantea var nilotica</li>
<li>Fdk. After Dark 'SVO Black Pearl'</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking at it from the back, there's a keiki.</td></tr>
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Let's talk for a minute about Phal, Sogo Yenlin "Golden Coffee(?)" Coffees(?) Coffey(?) Striped Coffee(?) I asked about these as they had a variety of labels and sizes. I've seen them labeled all those ways elsewhere. They all bloom the same. Apparently they are all the same. The most info I could get about them is these were from I-Hsin labs to a distributor in Apopka, to E.F.G. Apparently a lot of people have been finding them at their local Lowe's too. I bought this one because the variegation is the strongest I've seen on these. The numbers on the tag is the same as my Coffee as well. No amount of Googling has turned up a definitive answer for the right name for these guys.<br />
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Fdk. After Dark 'Black Pearl' has one of the blackest flowers I've seen. There is no such thing as a black flower in nature, but brown, red, or purple so saturated it looks black. The darker color also has to do with cultural conditions, or so I've read. Warmer temps will bloom a lighter burgundy. Nothing else with "black" flowers grows well here, (or not for me anyway) so I had to try it. I'm hoping our nights are cool enough now for it to flower dark enough to look black. Like real dark black, blacker than space.<br />
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Angreacum sesquipidale. I was just watching an orchid haul video the night before I went to E.F.G. where a woman had found one in those Better-Gro bagged orchids and I got jealous. I feel like the universe is trying to tell me something by letting me find one the next day. Have I been good?<br />
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So, I originally recorded a video haul, because I love watching other people's hauls and unboxings on YouTube. Plus it really shows you the quality of plants you can expect. I can't hold the camera steady and am coughing because I'm getting over a cold still, so it turned out crappy. Maybe next time.Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-60436822424312957452016-12-15T12:14:00.001-05:002016-12-15T12:14:21.885-05:00Make Orchid Growing Great Again2016 Was a pretty good year for my orchids. I know this because many bloomed, many need to be divided or go into larger pots. However, I didn't do much to deserve the growth or flowers I got. I maybe fertilized them twice the whole year. I turned the hose on them when it hadn't rained for a few weeks. They got too much sun when some trees came down in the back yard. One Vanda (I forgot I had,) I left hanging on a fence in full sun and basically never watered or fertilized it. It's leaves are a bit sunbleached, but it's roots look fabulous and it's still putting out a new leaf.<br />
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I've been doing a million other things and was much more focused on my bromeliads and Nepenthes. All it took was one new Phalaenopsis and we're back in the game. I know, <b><i>a Phalaenopsis?!</i></b> The grocery store orchid for the masses? Gets marked down to $1 when it drops it's flowers? Get's thrown in the trash when it's done blooming? How plebian, Ick.<br />
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Yeah, but it's Phalaenopsis gigantea. I haven't been this excited about a purchase in a long time. Do yourself a favor and look this one up if you haven't seen one before. I was at my local garden center buying some soil amendments and did my usual browse through the plant section when there she was:<br />
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I'm really, <b><i>really</i></b> invested in this Phalaenopsis gigantea in particular. I need it to be a monster one day, so whatever happens I cannot kill it. I even bought some larger clear pots to repot this guy out of moss. It's a slow grower, but has definitely grown between the times these pictures were taken.<br />
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That set off a slight binge in buying some species and higher end hybrid Phalaenopsis. I don't regret it. My cheap hybrid mini-Phals bloom every winter. My Phal 'Purple Martin', (a violacea hybrid) blooms on and off, all summer, every summer, since I bought it.<br />
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So here's to Phalaenopsis. The generic, cheap first orchid many of us killed. For me, the majority of my 2016 orchid purchases. The orchids that are the nicest to me despite me neglecting them for nearly a year, so it appears I do owe them.<br />
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Thanks to that Phal. gigantea in particular for renewing my interest in orchids. Does a new purchase ever do that for you all as well?<br />
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<br />Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-50755434166364856092016-11-20T03:01:00.000-05:002016-11-20T03:01:16.555-05:00Sorry for the lack of updates this year...I took a long break from posting, here and elsewhere in the plant growing communities. I needed to take some time away for a variety of reasons.<br />
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I was considering deleting this blog the other day, but I miss the positive aspects of sharing photos, ideas, and the meaningful conversations I've had with people from all over the world with similar interests due to having it around. I'm choosing to focus on the positive things. Like the fact that some of you emailed or sent me messages on Instagram and I truly appreciate everyone who kept in touch. I think I've caught up on all the comments on here as well.<br />
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I've some damage to a few of my plants, and some didn't make it due to Hurricane Matthew. So I'm working on growing really happy plants while a construction crew fixes the more important things damaged, such as the roof of our house, ceiling of the bedroom, etc.<br />
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New posts coming shortly..<br />
<br />Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-49893625315474532502016-04-18T18:10:00.000-04:002016-04-18T18:10:19.058-04:00Sarracenia Flowers for 2016First to bloom this year, S. leucophylla 'Tarnok'<br />
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S. Black Widow x flava rubricorpora<br />
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S. rosea Clone K, Mobile Co., AL<br />
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S. 'Royal Ruby'<br />
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S. rosea var. luteola<br />
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S. rosea 'Fat Chance' (L) & S. rosea, Liberty Co., FL (R)<br />
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S. rubra<br />
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S. flava var. rubricorpora "Red Tube" Botanique clone<br />
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S. minor, Orange County FL.<br />
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S. rubra ssp. gulfensis (anthocyanin free)<br />
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S. rubra ssp. gulfensis, Green, Yellow River, FL (MK-RG1)<br />
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S. purpurea ss. venosa, Tattnal Co., Georgia<br />
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S/ purpurea ssp. venosa, Botanical Wonders a.k.a Death Cube Clone<br />
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There are a ton more buds coming up and of course pitchers!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-20810511145141495952016-03-20T03:41:00.000-04:002016-03-20T04:18:52.631-04:00Bromeliads Are Pretty Cool TooBromeliads are considered a "keystone species," meaning they're important to the survival of a variety of living organisms in their environment. The "tank" that the leaves form gets filled with water that not only does the plant use, it creates a habitat with food and shelter for animals, insects, microorganisms and even other plants. I won't get started on here into the estimates of how many gallons of water an acre of a forest containing bromeliads can hold, estimates on how many organisms they support. The point being is they help and in some cases exclusively support life around and in them through some complex co-evolution.<br>
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Now here in my tiny corner of the world, they aren't so important, but they appear to be of value anyway. Quesnelia marmorata 'Tim Plowman' has been home to this particular frog since I moved it outside for the summer.<br>
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This Anole lizard was hiding in and about them catching bugs the other day. He blends in pretty well with this green Hohenbergia too.</div>
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I've developed a bit of a collection, and recently moved them all outside for the summer again. I love that animals are enjoying having them here too.<br>
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The genus Hohenbergia might just be my favorite.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hohenbergia 'Karla', a variegated sport that was produced by a Hoh. magnispina</td></tr>
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One of my favorite features in any genus is spines. The more careful you have to be when repotting the bigger a fan I am of the plant.<br>
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This Aechmea nudicaulis 'Parati' is a new one I recently potted up. Aside from features like spiked leaves, one of the best parts about growing bromeliads is how easily they can be shared and shipped. After the main plant flowers, it'll make offsets, or "pups" to propagate itself and the mother plant will eventually die. Some mother plants make pups before flowering, like this one, and should make a nice clump of plants over time.<br>
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By now you've probably noticed the chopsticks throughout these photos. The ones that had arrived without roots are staked in place with them. It works perfectly to keep them stable while they root, as you can't bury the base of the plant without risking rotting epiphytic bromeliads like this one.<br>
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There are some bromeliads that make pups often and form nice looking clumps more easily than others.<br>
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If you have the patience, starting with one single pup can be a super cheap way to start what will be a nice clump of plants like the above eventually.<br>
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With such easy maintenance and many being cold tolerant enough to stay outside all year here, (seriously, my Home Depot Vriesea hybrid tolerates the occasional frost,) it's hard not to wind up with a serious collection over time.<div><br></div><div>Side note: As an FYI, my Catopsis berternoniana from California Carnivores is actually (99% sure, sent in for ID) a Catopsis morreniana. So if you've purchased one from CC last summer as well, you've likely got a morreniana too. Why am I so sure? Mines making 3 pups, berteroniana only makes one. The flowers and overall size at maturity are different as well if that wasn't enough. Back on the hunt for a legit C. berternoniana :( <br>
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Dtps. Sogo Vivien variegated. The plastic pot broke, probably due to the heat and sun of growing it outdoors, so it needs repotting so bad it isn't funny.<br />
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Dtps. Sogo Vieker 'Taida Little Monkey', flowers got a bit bunched up and wacky. Unfortunately had to move it in from outdoors when the temps started to get too low at night, after it had already started blooming so now it looks a mess.<br />
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Dtps. Sogo Yenlin 'Coffee' variegated. As you can see, moving the plant after it already started blooming kind of messed up the flowers and shapeliness of the spike this year too. (P.S. I also still have a few of these left for <a href="http://hoorayplants.blogspot.com/p/for-saletrade.html">sale</a>.)<br />
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NoID mini Phal. Same problem, oh well.<br />
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Cattleya lawrenceana 'El Hatillo' x 'Manantial' decided to push out some more flowers. Also that's definitely not an old store display rack I use to grow some of my orchids on.<br />
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Cattleya Caribbean x lawrenceana. I've been patiently waiting on this one to bloom since I bought it in 2014. It's an H&R cross according to an older sales list. This also may be the 1st photo on the internet of the bloom as I can't find a single other.<br />
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Cattleya nobilior var. amaliae 'Miss Blue' x 'Select'<br />
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Last but certainly not least, Dendrobium.<br />
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Dendobium moniliforme 'Himeginsetsu'. This one's been blooming since fall, same as last year, what a great mini.<br />
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Lots more in spike, including my one of my favorite Cattleya species, so it should be a good year for orchid blooms!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-88259823633456610812016-02-23T18:19:00.000-05:002016-02-23T21:55:02.155-05:00Quesnelia marmorata 'Tim Plowman'<div>
Any of you that have ever looked over my "want" list have seen Quesnelia marmorata cv. 'Tim Plowman' has been there since forever. As a purchaser of mostly Nepenthes, bromeliads are not often at the top of my list but after cruising eBay (terrible habit) one of the better looking ones I've seen listed had me finally pulling the trigger.<br />
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Not only did I pay well under retail but the seller threw in an extra, a decent sized Quesnelia marmorata. How cool is that?! Rarely do many vendors do this anymore, so I certainly didn't expect it from an eBay purchase.</div>
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Now, I'm no bromeliad expert so I read a lot about this species and ended up changing how I had originally potted it up. According to what few sources sounded like they had a clue about growing Quesnelia, they like it on the dry side. Normally I'd pot epiphytic bromeliads like Neoregelia in a mix with orchid bark or mulch, perlite, and regular garden soil. So I'm trying this one with orchid bark, perlite, and hydroton. Seeing as how these are epiphytes, you could just mount them and be done with it too for any epiphytic bromeliad. Mounted typically require watering more often than potted though, and I don't always have time for that so we'll see how my potting mix works out.<br />
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There seems to be some conflicting information regarding the curliness of 'Tim Plowman.' I've read that the true cultivar will retain it's curly leaves despite cultural conditions, and then I've read that watering too much or various otherwise worse than ideal cultural conditions can cause it to lose it's curliness. I certainly have no plans on growing this any other way than you're supposed to, (dry and in the sunlight,) so it shouldn't be an issue for me. It does make me wonder if there are other curly leaved forms that maybe resemble the 'Tim Plowman' cultivar that people have either accidentally assumed are that cultivar or purposefully passed off as such to make plants more valuable. Seeing as how the 'Rafael Oliveira' cultivar was also found in the wild and also has curly leaves, I'd bet there's not only more out there, but many intermediate forms as well that maybe do react to cultural conditions more so than others.<br />
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A free plant Bruce Bednar (of Lee's Botanical Gardens) had put in with an order I made from him last summer, Nepenthes "Winged Grabilis" (N. mirabilis winged x N. gracilis nigropurpurea.) Was a little cutting that is starting to do very well now that it's had a few months to settle in.<br />
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Nepenthes trichocarpa (ampullaria x gracilis) x "viking." I like the yellow and red color combo on this one. It will unfortunately always have small pitchers due to the species that make up this hybrid, but it does keep it's pitchers a long time which is always a plus.<br />
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Nepenthes trichocarpa "green" x viking. Another compact hybrid that I just really like how pink it always is.<br />
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Nepenthes rafflesiana BE clone #99, older pitcher looking a little rough from living outside.<br />
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Nepenthes ampullaria x ??? It's grows quickly and makes tons of basals or such a young plant. So whatever it is, this should be a really nice looking plant when it gets larger.<br />
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N. albomarginata, Red, Gunung Jerai. A slow grower for me, most likely keeping a bit warm for it's tastes but it's growing larger finally.<br />
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Now that the outdoor temps have started to dip into the 40's at night, I set up the indoor grow tent and moved everybody that was outdoors either into the Florida room, or into the tent. It was a good 2 day project to move all the plants, clean up, trim, or repot, and reorganize everything. However, I still have room for more plants though, even with everything moved inside, so that was nice to find out.Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-50989841788000359642016-01-29T19:26:00.000-05:002016-01-29T19:26:10.782-05:00A Few Orchids That Bloomed Last YearI hadn't gotten around to posting all the orchids that bloomed late summer through December 2015, so here are some that I remembered to photograph now!<br />
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This nice species Oncidium ampliatum decided to bloom, rather largely for being a 2 pseudobulb plant at the time.<br />
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Maxillaria tenuifolia had it's best bloom year ever.<br />
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Then in December, this Cattleya lawrenceana I've had for 2 years finally bloomed. (Species cross with color forms 'El Hatillo' x 'Manantial') Hey, you think this one needs a repot yet? ;)<br />
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There were so many that bloomed that I forgot to photo or was too busy to notice until they were fading. That was disappointing, but sometimes life gets gets in the way and I'll have to remind myself this year to stop and smell the orchids, or roses, or whatever.Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-5462783272411170772016-01-21T16:11:00.002-05:002016-01-21T16:11:18.933-05:00Nepenthes Bio-Dome 'Lady Luck'These Borneo Exotics Bio-domes started showing up at a few local garden centers here. I had been wanting to order a 'Lady Luck' from one of the various online retailers, so finding these down the street from my house before I had a chance to do that was an awesome surprise. I hope the wholesaler that picked these up continues to do so with all the bio-dome cultivars, (so I bought a few for myself and a friend to encourage and support this.) Plus, impulse buying a Nepenthes in person is one of the best things ever.<br />
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Thanks to a tip last spring from <a href="http://ngcarnivorousplants.blogspot.com/">Natch Grayes</a>, I got a hold of a Catopsis berteroniana. This is one of the few Bromeliads thought to be carnivorous. I decided I <i>needed</i> one when I learned part of it's natural range includes Southern Florida. So although I may have to bring it inside as the weather is starting to get cooler now, it should do very well here outside the rest of the year.<br />
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Now that I'm forced to bring more cold sensitive plants inside for "winter" I'm reminded to take pictures, so more to come as I have quite a few things I'm excited to share. Happy New Year, hope you all are well and your plants grow spectacularly in 2016!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-18530626868022599242015-08-19T17:19:00.004-04:002015-08-19T17:19:43.243-04:00Garden Odds and Ends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Canna Topicanna Black has been flowering non stop since I got it into the ground, (watermelon vine in the background.) I know these were heavily cultivated to have larger than normal blooms, but my one complaint about this cultivar is that the flowers occasionally get so large they become top heavy and bend the whole stalk to the ground. The humming birds, dragonfly, and occasional butterfly do love these Canna flowers though.</div>
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Still potted because I plan on overwintering this bananna plant inside this winter, Musa acuminata ss. Java Blue, aka "Ice Cream" banana. I bought this guy as a tiny little start from Wellspring Gardens and in the spring and it has done remarkably well this season. So far, at least quadrupling in size the past few months. I just left it in the middle of the sunniest spots in the yard, watered and fertilized it heavily. Next spring it'll go in the ground somewhere, in the mean time, I'm now realizing what I thought was overpotting it, turned out not enough. Needs another repot already!<br />
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I picked this banana specifically, as being in zone 9, if I grow bananas that flower early in the summer they have a chance to set fruit before it starts to get cold here. I've also read that much of the tissue cultured Blue Java is actually Namwah. Either way, both banana's fruit is said to be delicious, and both are fairly cold tolerant varieties, so I don't much care as long as it fruits. I'm just having trouble finding out when the Namwah flowers, and if it might be the dwarf or tall variety.<br />
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After flowering, I thought I killed my Sauromatum venosum "Voodoo Lily." I stuck the pot in the corner of the garden bed I haven't dealt with yet, thinking I'd dump the soil another day. I should have read, because then I would've known after flowering it dies back to the bulb and shoots up about a month later with leaves. Neat leaves.<br />
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Glad I didn't throw it out now, as it's a pretty cool looking plant, not in bloom.Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-23278928398711255642015-07-30T11:39:00.001-04:002015-08-01T14:23:06.941-04:00Mid-Summer Temperate Carnivores<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As you can see, my husband is in the process of putting together something nice to display the temperate carnivores in the yard. Pics to come when it's all finished. In the mean time, while we were out there I took some photos of some of the carnivores outdoors that felt like being photogenic today.<br />
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Here's two I received from Rob Co of <a href="http://thepitcherplantproject.com/blog/">The Pitcher Plant Project</a> as freebie seedlings added to an order I made 2 years ago that are starting to look good. Very interesting lids on both so far. I'm curious to see what they'll look like this fall with cooler weather.<br />
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The plants I received from Mike King are all doing well.<br />
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Here's one I picked up from the local Hardware store. Too young to ID, but I'm guessing maybe 'Judith Hindle' or 'Daina's Delight?'<br />
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Encyclias like to dry out between waterings, a lot like growing Cattleya orchids. Encyclia are native to South Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, and down through South America and in their natural environment they experience a dry season, but the humidity stays on the high side year round. Water heavily, then let it dry out completely before watering again in the spring, summer, and fall.<br />
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Encyclias like high light. I let mine get direct sun for hours a day, a few in the morning, a few in the afternoon, only somewhat protected from midday sun. If your Encyclia isn't blooming, try giving it more light. Adjust it to higher light slowly though, as just like with any other plant, it can burn with direct sun if it isn't used to it.<br />
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<br />Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-85936320707064078582015-06-06T17:58:00.003-04:002015-06-06T17:58:39.457-04:00Cultivating Carnivorous Plants: A Book Review!Recently I received a copy of our friend
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<a href="http://ngcarnivorousplants.blogspot.com/2015/04/cultivating-carnivorous-plants.html" title="Click here to learn more">Cultivating Carnivorous Plants</a>. I had a little time yesterday to catch up on the reading I've been wanting to do. So here's a little review for anyone considering picking up a book on cultivating carnivorous plants.<br />
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I will admit I have never actually read a book on carnivorous plants before, ever. Until quite recently, never read Peter D'Amato's book, <i>The Savage Garden </i>either. Shocker, I know. Most information can be found online for free, so I never bothered buying a single cultivation guide for any of the plants I've ever tried to grow. This book has changed my mind about that stance. Especially with the less "popular" genus, it's not easy to find a source online with all the info you might want in one place. I love a well organized chart and this book has one for all the genera that have enough species to desire one. I like to grow heat tolerant species, so being able to look at things like altitude range and country of origin for almost all Utricularia is so handy.<br />
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Speaking of Utricularia, in reading this book, I learned there are quite a few species that may do well with the heat here, besides the native FL species. If nothing else, I love looking at pictures of beautiful species of all the plants I can't grow here easily. There is no shortage of fantastic photos throughout this book of all types of carnivorous plants. It's really great to see a mix of people's personal collection photos and not just "professionally" grown collection photos as well.<br />
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There is also a <i>great</i> section on pests and disease as well. Pictures of the offenders and pictures of what their damage looks like <i>ON carnivorous plants</i> is so great to see as diagnosing what pest is harming your plants is a skill usually learned the hard way after many years of growing and witnessing different damage. The one pest I'd love to see covered in a cultivation guide book (Natch, if you ever do a revised edition?) are sod web worms and other various cutworms and moth larvae. They are common, and I usually see them misdiagnosed online as the less common rhizome borer, but they can do massive damage quickly on outdoor grown plants. Even <i>The Savage Garden</i>, (which I only thumbed through so far) only makes a brief mention of <i>Exyra</i> moths, which are only one of many moth larvae genus that can kill outdoor grown plants like Sarracenia.<br />
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This book is a great resource for anyone interested in growing carnivorous plants. Cultivation information, soil mixes, terrarium building, it's got a bit of everything for indoor and outdoor growers. Only the relevant information you'd want too, no filler or fluff here. If you're considering picking up this book, (and you really should,) you can purchase it online in paperback book or Kindle formats from
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N. sanguinea (Death Cube seedling)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N. rafflesiana "Dark Form" and one pitcher "Pink Form" on the right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N. veitchii Pink</td></tr>
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Some photos I could only take with my phone as it's a bit cramped in there at the moment. Until I move some of the larger plants outdoors, it's hard to get a camera in there at a good angle. I also got a few new ones so rearranging is in order again too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N. mirabilis var. globosa (N. Viking)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N. kutchingensis x Viking</td></tr>
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So that's the tank as of today! I really enjoy having at least the smaller plants indoors to look at again. I stopped growing the seedlings outside as it was too difficult to water them regularly, and I've rotted a few letting them go dry then too wet. So this is working out for me, and although the tank isn't as aesthetically pleasing as some of the terrariums you all have, friends and guests enjoy it anyway too.Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-56326044799242794472015-04-14T19:34:00.001-04:002015-04-14T19:34:05.528-04:00Sarracenia Flowers for 2015!<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Sarracenia rosea, Mobile Co. AL, clone k</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sarracenia rosea, Liberty Co., FL</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flower petals will fade to a darker pink in time, but just opened is my favorite coloration.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One petal got a little stuck and curled up while still in bud. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Totally looks like this flower is melting. If it wasn't a bright lime green, it might look like it's drippy and sad. </td></tr>
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There were a few that didn't flower this year for one reason or another, and some more just getting ready to flower that I'll add in later on.<br />
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I also have a whole bunch of new Sarracenia this year. Went a bit overboard and probably doubled the collection between spring sales and trades. So stay tuned for some pitchers as the growing season continues!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The latest additions to the crew just potted up. Some more from Mike Wang, and a few imported back to the states from Mike King in the UK. Super excited to see how all the new Sarrs do this year!</td></tr>
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<br />Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-30526094149680579502015-04-07T20:40:00.001-04:002015-04-07T23:29:30.703-04:00Help Support Meadowview Biological Research Station, Limited Edition Shirts!This year <a href="http://sarracenia.proboards.com/" title="Click here to learn more!">The Sarracenia Forum</a> has voted to help fund <a href="http://www.pitcherplant.org/" title="Click here to learn more!">Meadowview Biological Research Station</a> with sales of these awesome shirts."Originally created to support and advertise the forum, The Sarracenia Forum Limited Edition T-shirt is now a fund raising effort to help protect our beloved Sarracenia in the wild! This year all profits raised from shirt sales will go to Meadowview Biological Research Station to help fun land aquisition at their Central Virginia Preserve. For 2015 our very own Rick Meyer has created an amazing design featuring the pleasingly plump pitchers and ornate venation of Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa var. montana, the Mountain Purple Pitcher Plant. Please help support Meadowview and our forum by purchasing one or more shirts! Thank you!"<br />
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This campaign went very well last year when proceeds went to support the NASC. I can vouch that the shirts are well made and the print does not wear off. I still have and wear my shirt from last year's fundraiser and it's been through the washer and dryer quite a few times!<br />
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So help us help preserve the ever shrinking natural habitats that Sarracenia grow in. Even as far back as 1993, estimates that 97.5% of Sarracenia habitats have been destroyed in the Southeast US. Three Sarracenia species are already listed as Federally Endangered under the USA Endangered Species Act, (S. rubra subsp. alabamensis in Alabama, S. rubra subsp. jonesii in North and South Carolina, and S. oreophila in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina.)<br />
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To read more about why Sarracenia need special protection click for the <b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarracenia" title="Sarrcenia">Wikipedia Entry</a> </b><span style="text-align: center;">and</span><b style="text-align: center;"> </b><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq4000.html" title="Barry Rice's FAQ, one of the best resources for carnivorous plant information online!">The Carnivorous Plant FAQ</a>.</b><br />
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<br />Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-36705437746373489722015-03-30T16:52:00.001-04:002015-03-30T16:52:39.671-04:00Gardening: It's WorkingSo, you'll remember recently I posted about picking up a few bulbs and roots, and was going to attempt to grow them. If not, click to read: <a href="http://hoorayplants.blogspot.com/2015/01/gardening-how-does-that-work.html">Gardening: How Does That Work?</a> Having never grown actual garden plants before, I started everything in pots so I could control their environment and watering better, and make sure no animals dug the bulbs up before they got a chance to sprout. So here's how it's going.<br />
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<i>Tricyrtis</i> 'Blue Wonder.' Not sure what happened. One day it was wilted, then totally collapsed into a rotten mess the next day. (<i>Tricyrtis hirta</i> was growing next too it, same soil mix, same watering, same few hours of evening sun. So I may get another and try it again, keep it slightly drier this time?)<br />
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<i>Canna</i> 'Pretoria.' Actually, the correct name for this cultivar is <i>Canna</i> 'Bengal Tiger.' They are the same cultivar, but 'Bengal Tiger' was registered 1st. I only started 2 of these bulbs, I don't have a ton of full sun spots for them at the moment, so 5 was too many. It doesn't look variegated though, so I'm hoping the right bulbs were in the package?<br />
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<i>Ismene festalis</i>. Started all 3 bulbs, all 3 have come up.<br />
<i>Tricyrtis hirta</i>. What started as a root is now a small plant, and doing phenomenal. I'm working on the part-shade garden 1st so this one's going in the ground soon.<br />
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I also made an order with <a href="http://www.plantdelights.com/">Plant Delights Nursery Inc.</a> Prices and shipping were reasonable, but I was a little nervous ordering from a large scale production nursery. I just ordered one of some things that looked interesting. I'll be ordering from them again shortly. Everything was packed well and looked great on arrival.<br />
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For the full sun spots:<i> Canna</i> 'Australia', a purple/black leaved cultivar with red flowers and <i>Canna</i> 'Phasion' (Tropicanna Canna,) purple/pink with yellow and red striped leaf cultivar (super tacky and fabulous, look it up if you've never see one before!)<br />
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For the part shade garden: <i>Drimiopsis maculata</i>, <i>Asarum shuttleworthii var. harperi</i> 'Velvet Queen', <i>Tricyrtis lasiocarpa</i>, and <i>Helleborus</i> x hybrida 'Black Diamond'. I'm primarily excited about the black flowered Hellebore. If it does well, I'll be getting more of the other black flowered cultivars out there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Asarum shuttleworthii var. harperi 'Velvet Queen, Right: Drimiopsis maculata (just emerging)</td></tr>
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Just starting out are some <i>Crocosmia</i> 'Lucifer' bulbs, as well, so it'll be awhile before we see anything of those. Almost everything went in the ground a few days ago, so give me a few weeks and maybe I'll have a decent picture of these growing to take.<br />
<br />Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-4144610204974355852015-03-18T04:27:00.001-04:002015-03-18T04:31:02.536-04:00The Traveling Sarracenia<br />
I was going through some old photos to dump off my phone to make some space and got a little nostalgic. One consistent thing throughout moving around so much has been my Sarracenia. Many of my plants have moved from apartment to apartment covering well over 1000 miles in a car and managed to be just as flexible and accommodating to change as my family has been. Sarracenia has been the one genus I have had zero losses from despite every move, changes in temperature and sunlight levels, occasional neglect, and being boxed up a few times. They have become my favorite plants to grow because they are so remarkably tolerant. Besides watering, there's not much I even do for them now. Here, I can leave them outside in the same spot all year. No more mulching, rubbermaids, refrigerators, or any of the other methods I used over the years to try and protect them while giving them a proper dormancy.<br />
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Back in NY on my cement stoop. This is the earliest picture I took of my first Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa. I can't even remember how many years this plant has lived with me, maybe 8 years now? It wasn't even mature enough to bloom in this picture and I had already had it for a few years before I even took a single picture of it.<br />
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Dragged that Sarracenia & VFT down to Florida, where the temperate carnivore collection expanded to what fit in a window box and on the edge of the apartment's deck for the next 2 years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the last apartment, 2013 or 2014.</td></tr>
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This is the last move for a while. The Sarracenia and the rest of the temperate carnivores have it good now. They earned the sunniest spot in the yard, so this should be their best growing year ever. I've been confined to apartment growing (lack of space) for so long, that I have been expanding the collection a lot more since last fall. Right now, my set up is a display shelf that's been taken apart and being used as a stand. Looks terrible, so maybe I'll take a group shot when I can figure out something functional that'll also look nice for them.<br />
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It's also been spring here now for a few weeks, so there will be flower photos coming up here shortly!<br />
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Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-72250968513166816602015-02-15T16:35:00.000-05:002015-02-15T16:35:17.585-05:00Pictures From: The Greater Orlando Orchid Society's Show & Sale. Part 2Continuing on....Part 2. If you missed it and want to check it out, click for
<a href="http://hoorayplants.blogspot.com/2015/02/pictures-from-greater-orlando-orchid.html" title="Click here to see Part 1 of the GOOS Show & Sale!">Part 1</a> of the GOOS Show & Sale pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Trichopilia suavis<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psychopsis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psychopsis side shot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dendrobium speciosum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">D. speciosum flower close up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An alba color form Psychopsis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some Paphiopedilum hybrids </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tons of Oncidium intergenetic hybrids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paphiopedilum </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much Dendobium kingianum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love me a gigantic Myrmecophila </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanda Kultana Gold x Ascda. Thai Spot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful NoID Cymbidium hybrid just opening up it's flowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lc. Log Cabin....So, uhhhh yeah? That's what you're naming this orchid? ok...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epidendrum Rene Marques</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cattleya hybrid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some more giant floofy Cattleya hybrids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dendrobium Oriental Smile 'Butterfly'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cattleya hybrid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanda Two Tone 'Paresian'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oncidium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phragmepedium hybrid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phrag. Vampire Slayer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art Shade Phalaenopsis hybrid. I do like these, they look so genetically messed up to me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhynchostylis gigantea (Spots? Tag hard to read)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhynchostylis digbyana</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cymbidium Dame Catherine 'Spring Day' just opening</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paph. spicerianum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhynchostylis gigantea (white flower form)<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">...You guys sick of these yet? Too bad, I'm not.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhynchostylis gigantea 'Beauty Paints'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dendrobium Green Flash</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lc. Mount Anderson "Pink Dust"</td></tr>
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For those of you who liked this mini Phal from Part 1.... found a picture with the name in it! Might have to hunt this one down and buy it. I don't remember seeing any for sale at the show.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phal. Mem. Liu Jin Chyuan '#3'</td></tr>
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Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I've got a lot of Orchid Shows in the area I plan on going to this year so if you love orchids or absolutely hate orchids and do or don't want to see more, comment below and let me know about it!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-9782531123541713652015-02-13T17:05:00.000-05:002015-02-13T20:35:00.778-05:00Pictures From: The Greater Orlando Orchid Society Show & Sale! Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I went to the <a href="http://www.greaterorlandoorchidsociety.com/" title="Click here to go to their website!">Greater Orlando Orchid Society's</a> Show & Sale today. For those of you in FL, it's going on through this Sunday, February 15th.<br />
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I usually have my husband take pictures when we go to orchid shows as he is a much better photographer than I. Unfortunately for you, he was unable to accompany me so you'll have to deal with my barely acceptable photography skills. I did think to take a photo of the identification tags when I could. If I messed up a name, or you have an ID for one I couldn't get, please comment below. I have too many pictures so I'll split them up. Here is Part 1 of 2, hope you enjoy the photos!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cymbidium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angraecum Crestwood "Tomorrow Star"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Encyclia cordigera</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanda denisoniana x merillii, this one did not want to photograph, At. All. Too shiny!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coelogyne?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanda hybrid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lc. Mini Purple 'Princess Road' x Enc. leucantha 'FISO'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cattleya speciosissima var. lueddemanniana 'Stanley'</td></tr>
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One vendor had a Vanda luzonica on display! I wish there were some, even seedlings for sale, but unfortunately this is a rarer one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanda luzonica</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanda luzonica flowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanda luzonica flower, close up....can you tell I love this Vanda?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spathoglottis hybrid. Sorry for no name, think this was a NoID guys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanda Pimchai Beauty...in love with this one too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cymbidium Gustav Mehlquist</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some Schomburgkias towered over it all. Ooops, I mean Laelias, but the Laelias that used to be Schombs...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tons of Phalaenopsis hybrids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhynchostylis gigantea Orange</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angraecum Crestwood 'Tomorrow Star'</td></tr>
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They had a few Esmeralda species for sale, don't see that everyday. As far as I know it's too hot to grow them here in FL, unless you have a specialty greenhouse and can cool them. Please correct me if I'm wrong as I want to go back and buy all Esmeralda species.<br />
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These are the dormant rhizomes in the "Bug Biting Plants" terrarium set sold (by Botanical Wonders or Hanover Botanicals?) at most Lowe's stores. Last year I had picked one up to look and see if there was anything even alive in all the peat. We get them year round here, but the ones in this particular box looked good, fresh shipment good, like they were still trying <i><b>so</b></i> hard to survive.<br />
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Here's what these looked like when I picked them up last February, 2014, straight from the box. Small, but surprisingly healthy rhizomes for coming out of a sealed plastic bag.<br />
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I think I've passed by these boxed kits a million times over the years. Usually all you see is the brown of the packs of sphagnum through the plastic boxes, but I could see the flower bud on the Sarracenia through the plastic and I was intrigued. I didn't already have the Sarracenia that comes in this kit. That's a good excuse to finally buy one, right? The package label leads one to believe it'll be a Sarracenia purpurea, but according to the internet and people that have grown these out, it's a Sarracenia rubra or rubra hybrid. The kit also comes with a little pack of long fibered sphagnum moss, and a little pot to grow your new rhizomes in.<br />
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"Terrarium Set" is a poor idea for growing these, as both the VFT and Sarracenia, (whatever species/hybrid the Sarracenia may be) are both temperate plants and need a dormancy. Not good candidates for a terrarium. You could grow them in a terrarium for a year or two, <i>probably</i>, without issue. That's assuming they are young enough and strong enough to forgo a year of dormancy, but eventually they will need to be given a cold dormancy period to rest. It's best to just put them outside in the first place and let them enjoy the sun, rain, and bugs.</div>
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I had decided to plant these traveling buddies up together. Last February I was short on space, and they were already friends, so why not. I mixed the sphagnum peat moss that came with the kit together with my own and mixed that with perlite, at about 1:1 ratio because I planted them in a larger pot than the one in the kit, (and therefore needed more than given.) Plus it's a good idea to use something mixed in to break up the peat, as it tends to compact over time by itself and that's a situation that encourages rot and smothered roots over time for species like S. rubra.</div>
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Now, this February they look like something, despite still being dormant. The Sarracenia is a lovely shade of dark red, but certainly not the S. purpurea that's pictured on the side of the box. Definitely a Sarracenia rubra or rubra hybrid. Either way, I think we're ready for spring, and I need to repot again. Having all those pitchers still in decent condition should give it a great start as S. rubra is one of the few species that will bloom before it puts out any new spring leaves. It had already started two growth points by late last summer, so I can't wait to see how it grows this year after a good dormancy.<br />
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Have any of you all picked up this kit on a whim and grown the plants out? I would love to see what yours has grown to look like, so send me an email. Questions? Comments? Leave them below!<br />
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It bloomed in March. The bloom is pretty red, so this very well may be S. rubra. Thoughts?<br />
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Here's how the plant looks in spring. Not as colorful yet, but this one definitely gets redder pitchers as the season progresses.<br />
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Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-87666603690910918122015-01-27T16:23:00.000-05:002015-01-27T16:23:45.224-05:00Philodendron bipinnatifidumNow this is an Aroid I've been <i>dying</i> to grow myself since I moved to Florida. Cold hardy to zone 9 and commonly sold in every store with a garden center down here as Philodendron selloum for $10, I needed one.<br />
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Philodendron bipinnatifidum and Philodendron selloum were once considered two separate species, but more recent studies on the sexual characteristics of these Philodendron suggest that both are different forms of the same species. The name Philodendron bipinnatifidum was the first name to be published, so it is considered the correct scientific name, because that's the rules on how naming plants works. First is the winner. Seems fair enough.<br />
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As the older leaves die back with age along the growing stems, they leave large scars that looks like eyes.<br />
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They can get large, like up to 15 feet large on their own. The stems, with the assistance of those fat aerial roots, can hold them up for a time until they get too heavy, but they can and will climb nearby trees and fences if they can, growing much taller.<br />
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The inflorescence is pretty cool too, even if you'd need a magnifying glass to see the actual flowers. <b>It's the only flower known to control it's own temperature<i>.</i></b> The inflorescence stays at 114 °F (45.5 °C) for the few days it's open. The male flowers metabolize fat to maintain the constant heat regardless of air temperatures. The heat helps to vaporize the chemicals that make up the flower's scent in order to make sure the odor reaches it's beetle pollinators. Now I regret not trying to touch it the last time I saw on one of these flowering.<br />
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This little guy below is now mine. It'll go in the ground the next sunny day I have time to dig and clear out the weeds that have grown in the sand over the winter. Grow tall little Philodendron, can't wait until you're a total monster!<br />
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Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311361025445420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573109756175117560.post-28515875919788078122015-01-20T20:28:00.000-05:002015-01-20T20:28:08.511-05:00Gardening, How does that Work?I now have a yard, two really, a front <i>and</i> a back yard. The previous owners of my house landscaped the front a bit. Not really my taste, but it at least looks relatively nice and normal.<br />
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The back yard though, is a few trees, and some sandy, sandy, soil. The Sarracenia get the most of the full sun spot. So let's go with my yard is sandy and mostly partial shade spots to plant. What can you do with that. I don't know.<br />
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My husband mentioned he'd like to plant some things in the back yard and make it look nice for when we hang out back there. I guess I can start to make an actual garden right? Grow stuff outdoors and dig in the dirt (sand) like a normal person instead of having a billion plants in separate pots around. The more I started to consider what I wanted, the more overwhelmed I got. Help, I need an adult.<br />
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So the other night I went to Walmart at about one in the morning. You know, like normal people do. Ok, for me it's the only time it's reasonable to shop there without wanting to punch someone or run screaming from the building. While I was there, I went to the garden section having decided that this was it. I was going to browse the garden section <i>like a gardener</i>. Yeah.<br />
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What was the only thing I was confident I maybe, could have made a good decision about, and wasn't outrageously boring?<br />
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Toad Lily, awwww yeaaaaa.</div>
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According to the internet, Tricyrtis species do well in partial to full shade, and tolerate sandy soil. So on this one decision maybe I did ok, right? They were sold in this package as roots, so I started them in a few pots just because I feel more comfortable with that. This Tricyrtis species can grow in as far north as zone 4, and I'm at it's max heat tolerance in zone 9.<br />
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I then got over excited and stopped at Lowe's and Home Depot on my way home from work today. Small haul of Ismene festalis ("Perivian Daffodil/"Spider Lily"), Tricyrtis 'Blue Wonder' (a compact "Toad Lily" cultivar), and Canna indica 'Pretoria', (variegated, orange flowered Canna cultivar.) All are perennials that <i>should</i> do well in zone 9 if I pick out the right spots in the yard for them.<br />
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Ok friends, here we go. You know you're in trouble when you google something as lame as "how to make a garden bed," for ideas. Want to see my gardening disasters and point and laugh at the crazy decisions I make? You know I won't be planting my backyard with sunflowers and geraniums right? Not unless there exists to buy mutant 5 headed ginormous ones with thorns, in which case maybe that's exactly what I'll do.</div>
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