Curious what other plants senior ( and others ) members are into?

[3rdMaestro]

Those poinsettia look pretty cool!
I try to grow a small vegetable garden every year. For some reason, cucumbers do really good in my yard. We also always grow at least one kind of tomato, and my personal addition to the yearly garden is Super Hot peppers. I love some spicy food, and have experimented with several varieties now, including apocalypse scorpion peppers and 7 pot lava peppers. This year is going to be chocolate carolina reaper.
Other plants currently growing in the house include a couple of no ID cacti, a couple tillandsia hanging out with my orchids, a hardy north American pitcher plant, and a new plumeria cutting (acquired after reading some of the other members plant lists)

[WaterWitchin]

When I lived in Puerto Rico for awhile, this Kansas girl was amazed to see folks growing poinsettias like a privacy hedge across their front yard.

[yug]

Calamansi, lemon, mango, chicle, bananas, succulents, bromeliads, adeniums, hibiscus, tumeric, plumeria pudica, macadamia nut, papaya, and whatever decides to grow on its own. I also have a Phaius, Spathoglottis, and Bird's-Nest fern that each just showed up in a pot, and I kept them to see how they would turn out.

[JScott]

I'm into carnivores, especially Sarracenia and Dionaea. I love the tall, trumpet shaped Sarracenia, although Sarracenia purpurea will always have a special place in my heart, because it was the first Sarracenia I was able to grow successfully, and I still think it is the easiest Sarracenia.

I mostly prefer the natural species when it comes to Sarracenia, or crosses between two of the same species with highly different coloration/morphology.

I love it that there are so many different varieties of Dionaea (Jeremiah's Plants at Carnivorous Plant Resource has the best selection of Dionaea, and his plants are always fantastic, so if you are interested, I recommend Jeremiah).

I probably have upwards of a dozen different varieties of Dionaea, and as far as Sarracenia go, I think flava is my favorite species. I love leucophylla, but for some reason, I have never had any success with it.

I LOVE Nepenthes, but just don't have the right conditions for them, even the lowland ones. I buy them, and they get along at first, but over the next couple years, they just languish and die. Oh well. I'm happy with my Sarracenia and Dionaea.

[yug]

Finger-lime fruit are actually usable. Not much to them, but I've seen them used before. Now, the 'Buddah's Hand' citrus isn't really usable unless you want the zest from the skin.

[Fuerte Rav]

Originally Posted by yug

Finger-lime fruit are actually usable. Not much to them, but I've seen them used before. Now, the 'Buddah's Hand' citrus isn't really usable unless you want the zest from the skin.

I know! But I couldn't resist planting a 'Mano de Buda' just for the novelty value I've had a few blooms this year but no fruit has set.

[yug]

Originally Posted by Fuerte Rav

I know! But I couldn't resist planting a 'Mano de Buda' just for the novelty value I've had a few blooms this year but no fruit has set.

Those 'Buddah Hand' citrus are some really strange fruits. Yes, there is a novelty value there, but those things are just plain weird. How / why would a fruiting plant ever get a fruit like that?

Since we are on the strange fruit topic, have you ever seen the Praying Hands banana? It is an actual edible banana, but the 'fingers' on each hand are fused together. If you cut across them, you see that each fruit is separate from the others, but the outer skin is fused to those around it. The fruit is similar to the cooking banana they use in the Philippines, Saba or Dip-pig, it is starchy and not as sweet.

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by yug

Those 'Buddah Hand' citrus are some really strange fruits. Yes, there is a novelty value there, but those things are just plain weird. How / why would a fruiting plant ever get a fruit like that?

The answer lies in the name ..... of Buddha hehe

[yug]

Originally Posted by SouthPark

The answer lies in the name ..... of Buddha hehe

Oh, you mean like Buddah had a hand in doing it? I guess you could get used to its strangeness, and maybe even at one point you might think it 'hand'some, while others may just want to 'poke' fun at it. It could be quite
'hand'y to have around if you need orange zest. Might even be a good companion plant for a 'finger' lime, eh?

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by yug

Those 'Buddah Hand' citrus are some really strange fruits. Yes, there is a novelty value there, but those things are just plain weird. How / why would a fruiting plant ever get a fruit like that?

For those who haven't cut into a Buddha's Hand citrus, it is all skin. No flesh, no seeds. It would be a lethal mutation except somebody thought it looks neat and propagated it. They smell wonderfully of citron, far stronger than most other citrus, and are nice to have in the house.