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Old 07-12-2012, 04:39 PM
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I have collected plants for a long time. Outside are nut and fruit trees, berries, herbs, butterfly plants, and flowers. Indoors, I grow many tropical plants. Here is a partial list:
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Pimenta officinalis
Theobroma cacao
Jasminum samblac 'Maid of Orleans'
Jasminum nitidum
Stephanotis
Piper nigrum
Camellia sinensis
Coffee arabica
Hibiscus red
Hibiscus pink
Fiscus
Lemon verbena
Rosemary
French lavendar
Plumeria
passion fruit
a few CP's

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Old 07-12-2012, 05:13 PM
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Besides orchids, I grow about a dozen varieties of succulents and a few cactus, bromeliads and tillandsia. Some of my other favorites include a Flamingo Anthurium, Passion Flower, Mexican Flame Vine, Deer Foot Fern, miniature Pomagranite, Royal Poinciana, Aristolochia, and a Mango tree. I love growing vegetable and herbs too. Unfortunately I've been too busy to start a garden and settled for a few low maintenance containers of chives and parsley.
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I have enjoyed your pictures in the past! I have two little mango trees in a pot, started from seed. I hope they are slow growers. I have an improved myers lemon, an orange tree, calla lily, Norfolk pine...the list goes on. It makes winter in Ohio easier to tolerate, at least for me. My family, however, do not have the same appreciation of the indoor tropics.
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I've recently flipped out on improving my vegetable gardens and just built a 16 by 32 shade house specifically for hot peppers.LOL, 22 varieties.
If you can name a vegetable or fruit there's a good chance I'm growing it.
My neighbor calls me 'fligito.(afflicted)
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I've recently flipped out on improving my vegetable gardens and just built a 16 by 32 shade house specifically for hot peppers.LOL, 22 varieties.
If you can name a vegetable or fruit there's a good chance I'm growing it.
My neighbor calls me 'fligito.(afflicted)
I love peppers! Would love to see a picture of said shade house.
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I grow mostly orchids, but also have:
various Tillandsias
a few Bromeliads
rosemary
ficus, bonsai in training
Chinese Elm, bonsai in training
African Violets
honeysuckle, recently given to me from another OS member
jasmine
bougainvillea
aloe vera
other plants
various low light tropicals in terrariums
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I grow inside a Jade, two Hoyas, and nine plumerias I started from seed. The plumerias are outside for summer break right now. I also have a rubber plant. I have unlimited access to tons of house plants since my Mom grows tons of them. When I was growing up my friends always said I lived in a jungle! My mini Hoya is a cutting from my Nana's plant and my larger Hoya is a cutting from my mothers. Her plant is amazing. It is strung all over the ceiling in her house. It is gorgeous. The blooms hang down from the ceiling like in a jungle canopy. This variety has to be quite large to flower so mine hasn't bloomed yet. I used to have a hibiscus but it died a few years back.
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I have a large 15 year old Jade plant
I have four Adenium obesum (desert rose) in different shapes and colors(pink,red and orange)
I have two small red pepper plants that bears fruits all year round and makes a neat xmas tree....
I have two kinds of Joyas
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I have enjoyed your pictures in the past! I have two little mango trees in a pot, started from seed. I hope they are slow growers. I have an improved myers lemon, an orange tree, calla lily, Norfolk pine...the list goes on. It makes winter in Ohio easier to tolerate, at least for me. My family, however, do not have the same appreciation of the indoor tropics.
Thank you. To give you an idea about their rate of growth... My mango was about 3' tall when I bought it 4 years ago. It's about 8' tall now and it's growing in my front yard. Last year it set fruit but the fruit aborted when they were still small. This year the tree had tons of blooms but a brief cold front destroyed all but a few of them. My big harvest was limited to one large delicious mango.
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Thanks Junebug. No chance of planting these guys outside, unfortunately.
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