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Indeed. So many tragedies amongst those great names. Part of the angst of comedy.
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Sad truth.
I have a dear friend who spent quite a few years trying to do stand up in NYC. He always said that comedy either attracts or tolerates mental health disorders and the results are both equally tragic and hilarious. That always resonated intensely... |
the second flower on the papilo opened fully so i assume the lip on the first flower was just a defect or something happened in the bloom cycle that it got stuck
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...326e948_4k.jpgZygote and butterfly by J Solo, on Flickr both spikes on my blue blazes have finally faded and the plant looks like shes taking a rest...i saw two sharp new growths on the other side already :biggrin: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7c5834e_4k.jpgZygote and butterfly by J Solo, on Flickr beefy new growth on this Encyclia https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2e6fe2b_4k.jpgZygote and butterfly by J Solo, on Flickr the spike on this Schom. grandiflora is now over 4' tall, the other two are about a week behind but appear even thicker so they might be BIG https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0db4552_4k.jpgZygote and butterfly by J Solo, on Flickr aaaaand my box from Hausermann just arrived...… https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ec581d0_4k.jpgZygote and butterfly by J Solo, on Flickr |
nice! you've got us in suspense while you do the unpackaging... :D
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not so much suspense...we all know its pure gold in there :biggrin:
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THose Cyms look happy! And wow, what a haul. But... there's always room for one more (or two more or three more... And that frog is wonderful!
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Cyms just scream "share me"... It's nice to be able to untangle roots and get them apart gently, but quite a few need to be "persuaded" out of their pots with a wood mallet, then deconstructed with a serrated-edge knife. Or a saws-all. They do recover.
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Love me some sarracenia! I had a mini bog in a half wine barrel for a couple years in dry ass Colorado but sadly a harsh winter punched its card. Will likely try again soon. Beautiful stuff as always, DC!
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thanks Dorchid! glad someone enjoys the pics! i know that there are some other carnivorous fans here and many over winter in the ground so you def need to do it again! |
I don't know what to say... just astounded by the different plants you have, and jealous, and words won't describe it. How fortunate you are to have grown up in a tropical wonderland environment.
The Sarraceniaceae.... I've tried so hard, and always fail, fail, fail. And crap, some are native here. I've given up. |
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i know how blessed i am...and when i was sitting outside this evening...sweating profusely.... as my daughter delighted on the trampoline...this is great for orchids LOL |
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f907e39_4k.jpgGreen stuff by J Solo, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9d6a0ba_4k.jpgGreen stuff by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2507d97_4k.jpgGreen stuff by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...eeca564_4k.jpgGreen stuff by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...30e61cb_4k.jpgLate Nobile by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a8448cb_4k.jpgLate Nobile by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b2e3b1f_4k.jpgGrandiflora II by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5e8207a_4k.jpgGrandiflora by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d54918e_4k.jpgGrandiflora by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...adeb9b6_4k.jpgPoinsienas and myr. by J Solo, on Flickr |
I'm lovin me some lizards and frogs! Oh... and the blooms are gorgeous as well. :biggrin:
What's the name of that last plant... yes, again, please? |
of course, it is a dwarf royal Poinciana
that flower is not all the way open on the Islands they are called Flamboyants and come in all the magical colors on the NEON spectrum |
I need that DC!
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i fear that I may live on the COLD end of their comfort zone but i may be wrong....I love to collect the seed pods with my daughter and they are easy to sprout if you know the trick ;)
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Can’t ya grow them as a houseplant?
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i don't know about the dwarf...i have not seen how big it will get as mine is only a teenager and is in a pot.
the Royals are a 35-45 foot top with about a 60' canopy ---------- Post added at 03:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:33 PM ---------- Dwarf Poinciana Tree i think that if you prune it well it can be a tame housemate |
I love love love all your pictures. They are amazing. i have quite a few in bloom myself, but yours are amazing. Mine certainly look good, but the climate here it is just more difficult to get such spectacular blooms as you do. You have the prfect climate and it shows.
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Good Lord DC! It says with vigilance I can train it to six or 8 foot? Maybe my buddy was right about needing a 30x128 greenhouse....
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you are going to have so much time now that you aren't hauling plants.... |
i love the sequential bloomers...a bud, a new flower, a mature flower and a dead flower....goes round and round and round on the circle game
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2a97410_4k.jpgGrow your own by J Solo, on Flickr mr spider https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6e274f4_4k.jpgGrow your own by J Solo, on Flickr i love the mussaenda...the color is not the flower, it is a trick leaf, like a bouganvilla https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5919908_4k.jpgGrow your own by J Solo, on Flickr the flowers are unimpressive https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6bcfb46_4k.jpgGrow your own by J Solo, on Flickr everblooming is kind of an exaggeration but look, it is still blooming the old spikes while the new ones grew in??? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9028093_4k.jpgGrow your own by J Solo, on Flickr stolen (and slightly adapted) mount basket design [Thanks OrchidBro] for my Stans and Coelogynes https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2860fe6_4k.jpgGrow your own by J Solo, on Flickr |
Gardena...perfect in smell, form and color...if only the damn ants weren't ALWAYS on the blooms, it would be the best potpourri
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8e8e221_4k.jpgGardena and friends by J Solo, on Flickr this is another papi miss joquin but a different clone or something as it has very different shapes when you compare it to the first pic in the above post... I have no way of knowing which of the piece around my yard came from which of my mother plants until they flower and i wish i kept better notes LOL https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...75d2591_4k.jpgGardena and friends by J Solo, on Flickr my cockle shell is about to explode... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a6922fd_4k.jpgGardena and friends by J Solo, on Flickr three opening sheathes https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...47aa5fc_4k.jpgGardena and friends by J Solo, on Flickr mounted dancing lady with only one spike this time...she blooms usually three or two times a year, typically one with more spikes than the other https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3648e4b_4k.jpgGardena and friends by J Solo, on Flickr and alien dong...i mean ginger :biggrin: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...00b108c_4k.jpgGardena and friends by J Solo, on Flickr |
a while back we put in this fence and i tried to skimp on the stain and bought the only two tins on the "clearance" rack at Lowe's...they had the same color label...i also used a borrowed sprayer that failed and something else went wrong LOL..this pic is cool to me for two reasons, 1) it looks so much better as it gets covered and 2) every single plant that you see except for the vanda, was taken as garbage from my neighbors pile LOL
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2018f7a_4k.jpgLittle treasure by J Solo, on Flickr this is root porn https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...be1fa60_4k.jpgLittle treasure by J Solo, on Flickr pitchers are forming nicely and opening https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5451fbb_4k.jpgLittle treasure by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...864ee54_4k.jpgLittle treasure by J Solo, on Flickr i see at least three vines in this cluster- anyone have experience in cutting them and propagating? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...da893f8_4k.jpgLittle treasure by J Solo, on Flickr i think i will get figs this year since i stopped Luella from eating the damn plant each year https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...45cc49b_4k.jpgTitle II by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...78588e0_4k.jpgTitle II by J Solo, on Flickr catasetum corner https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d6f0cf7_4k.jpgLittle treasure by J Solo, on Flickr i think that Brassavolas really enjoy baskets https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7a54860_4k.jpgTitle II by J Solo, on Flickr this palm tree rules!! my neighbor's and she has at least five orchids, the ferns are natural https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0d70481_4k.jpgPhrag and spider by J Solo, on Flickr |
Very nice, Judah... I'd love to watch you learn to garden in Indiana (or Kansas.) We don't just drop 'em on the ground (or fence) up here and they grow. We work at it. 😉
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School him Carol!! :biggrin:
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now why on earth would i do that??? LOL
in my meager defense, i learned all i know about gardening from my two grandfathers and learned it all at their houses in Phoenixville pa and Lowell ma. one is all clay and the other is worse LOL and very little of it has any application where i actually live i am also never one to claim any real skill beyond geography. and finally:nana: you are all invited over to school me any time...i'll make tea or bbq or smoke some fish |
BBQ and ice cold beer for me please.
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Nepenthes is easy to root cuttings from. Easiest, take cuttings from a newly growing stem with a basal rosette. Count down three or four leaf nodes, and sever below the leaf node. Cut off one or two leaves, careful not to take off too much (don't cut too close to node). Plant in perlite, keep moist and humid (shouldn't be a problem there). Nepenthes doesn't care for rooting hormones, so skip that part. When it gets four or five rootlets, pot it up.
My orchid buddy here has a greenhouse room with a whole wall covered in nepenthes... a couple years ago his daughter was trimming it up, and accidentally cut main growing stems. Whoops! It's now back to covering the wall almost as well as it was before. |
you are a constant source of knowledge
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Actually lots of useless trivia unless you seek out the right crowd.
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or the wrong crowd...that's what my friend's parents always called us LOL
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a nice trio on my wife's desk to keep her company
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...293d804f_c.jpgSpikes and other nice things by J Solo, on Flickr some kind of iris i think https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...16770be2_c.jpgGrill stuff by J Solo, on Flickr my bamboo orchid now looks me in the eye....and i am 6'4" i have read that they get to about this height and then the weight of the keikis pulls them down and they root themselves and spread....i have opted to NOT stake or bind this plant but i am not ready to give it a 12' circle to take over....the waiting game continues.... oh, in case you cant tell, the flower is coming from the end of that cane, the rest of the growth is a feisty keiki that is pushing the limits of my restraint https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7728ba2f_c.jpgGrill stuff by J Solo, on Flickr 39 flowers off this spike and no end in sight https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9ecbc7bb_c.jpgGrill stuff by J Solo, on Flickr squiddy https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7e9ebd72_c.jpgSome good green stuff by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f6150b60_c.jpgSome good green stuff by J Solo, on Flickr can you feel the excitement???? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...41249df3_c.jpgRescue operations and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr aliens from above https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...190cac9f_c.jpgRescue operations and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr |
exploding Cyms!!!!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3748d274_c.jpgMacro sort of by J Solo, on Flickr this Zygote does NOT take any breaks https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a323ea17_c.jpgUp close and personal by J Solo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fa62612a_c.jpgUp close and personal by J Solo, on Flickr This Monstera Deliciosa is at my sister's house....it looks pretty nice with nothing for scale... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1956b3f3_c.jpgBuds, blooms, new growth and friends by J Solo, on Flickr that is a full, 12oz beer it is holding up!!! MONSTERa https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...90f9e396_c.jpgBuds, blooms, new growth and friends by J Solo, on Flickr nice spike of pacific bingo (whatever the heck that is???) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...dfd8401b_c.jpgBuds, blooms, new growth and friends by J Solo, on Flickr this one just keeps spiking..it started in Dec https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3c28cf61_c.jpgUp close and personal by J Solo, on Flickr |
Those Cyms look mighty happy!
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coming from you, that is exciting to hear...i have agree with SouthPark, they are so lovely that i almost don't care if they bloom.
I also realized that if they are as happy here as they seem then i might be landscaping my entire world with them |
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