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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1050 on Dec 28, 2011, 5:24pm »

The precious dears!

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1051 on Dec 29, 2011, 3:01am »

Dec 27, 2011, 5:36pm, kimby wrote:

Dec 12, 2011, 2:45pm, casimira wrote:

I lost my 20 year old hoya plant last year while I was up in NY packing up my mother's house. I wanted to be angry about it but my husband did do the best he could to keep stuff alive.

I'd be happy to give you some cuttings from ours, casi. It looks a lot like tod2's variety.

How kind of you dear. I would love one!!!

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1052 on Dec 29, 2011, 11:28am »

We saw magnificent Pointsettias (or Christmas Flowers) in Bixa's photos of Navidad 2011 - rows and rows in beautiful profusion displayed everywhere you looked.
To my delight I was given one in a pot by the English friends that stayed with us for 2 weeks. They left on 2nd Dec - I got it a week or so before that - And look at it today!! Just fab and not a sign of fading

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1053 on Dec 29, 2011, 11:54am »

That looks in very good shape...

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1054 on Dec 29, 2011, 4:09pm »

I am transfixed by & deeply admiring of the way you've teamed up all those stripe-y things on the shelf. So clever & subtle!

The zebra seem to appreciate their big red tree, too.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1055 on Dec 30, 2011, 2:21am »

Ta - daaaaaaa!

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The bloom looks just the same today. There are two other flower buds on the plant.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1056 on Dec 30, 2011, 8:26am »

Ta - Daaaaa! Indeed

That is one beautiful Stelizia flower Bixa! I have a plant quite near the house and not one itsi bitsi flower anywhere >:(

Nor is my Frangipani tree in bloom - only lots of leaves. (from your Succulents post).
That is a most unusual striped flower off a ivy geranium?plant. Beautiful shocking pink!

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1057 on Dec 30, 2011, 12:06pm »

Fabulous gorgeous pics Bixa!! The colors are so so vibrant!!

I spent the better (or worse )part of the last 2 days installing a gazillion of these Gerbera daisies at a job.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1058 on Dec 30, 2011, 3:05pm »

Love Gerberas.

Great pictures Bixa.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1059 on Dec 30, 2011, 3:31pm »

Dec 29, 2011, 3:01am, casimira wrote:

Dec 27, 2011, 5:36pm, kimby wrote:

I'd be happy to give you some cuttings from ours, casi. It looks a lot like tod2's variety.

How kind of you dear. I would love one!!!

I was hoping you'd come pick it up, so I could meet you!

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1060 on Jan 2, 2012, 4:22pm »

oooh yummy pics Bixa and Casimara....I am very jealous.

my bird of paradise plant has a single flower spike forming, I've had the plant for 7 - 8 years and it's never flowered before..it's in my cool conservatory so I hope that it survives. I don't know whether I should bring it indoors but worry that it wouldn't get enough light. Any advice would be gratefully received.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1061 on Jan 3, 2012, 1:00pm »

Taken New Years Day-

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1062 on Jan 3, 2012, 5:54pm »

What a wonderful way to start the new year! Are the iris-looking flowers alpines? (see how much I've learned from you?!) And those are sempervivums next to the flowers, right? What's in the rest of the pot?

I love the golden light coming through the table to complement the blooms.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1063 on Jan 3, 2012, 6:10pm »

Blatant showing off ~~ taken yesterday morning:[photobucket height=480 width=640]http://s854.photobucket.com/albums/ab103/bixaorellana/blooming/?action=view¤t=34f4653b.pbw[/photobucket]

Jan 2, 2012, 4:22pm, cheerypeabrain wrote:

... my bird of paradise plant has a single flower spike forming, I've had the plant for 7 - 8 years and it's never flowered before..it's in my cool conservatory so I hope that it survives. I don't know whether I should bring it indoors but worry that it wouldn't get enough light. Any advice would be gratefully received.

Cheery, mine was supposedly in bud when I got it (a lie). It took a year to make these few buds & the one currently open flower. I repotted it as soon as I got it, but in poor soil. According to this link, there are things we could both be doing to help our plants along. I can tell you from seeing them around here that they take very fierce sunlight.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1064 on Jan 3, 2012, 10:04pm »

I am filled with envy...it is so beautiful...

I think I repotted mine too often in the past. I shall keep it in the conservatory where it will get as much sun as possible. However as it's pretty gloomy here I think it might hang fire until late spring to form the actual bud...I've been duped into thinking it was in bud before only to have a new leaf appear...this time however it has a tall spike growing out of the rosette of leaves...so I'm pretty sure it's the beginnings of a flower....at least I hope it is.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1065 on Jan 4, 2012, 9:03am »

That Strelitzia is so beautiful - I wish I could grow one outside....

Quite correct - alpine Iris and Sempervivums (never noticed the golden light....)

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1066 on Jan 4, 2012, 11:55am »

Yes,the strelitzia thrive on intense sunlight and heat here. One often sees them in huge clumps (which, btw,once established are incredibly difficult to dig up and transplant),blooming away despite appearing as though they are virtually abandoned and or neglected.
I made the mistake of planting mine in a place where I thought it would get enough sunlight to bloom prolifically and it isn't getting enough sunlight to perform properly. I know it needs to be moved,it's just a matter of where,I don't have many places with full sun in my garden.

It's Camellia time here!!!

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1067 on Jan 4, 2012, 11:59am »

Camellia already! Crikey..

I see Strelitzias in Southern Spain like that too.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1068 on Jan 4, 2012, 12:46pm »

We were at the coast last week and there were lots of camellias blooming already too. It hasn't been a cold winter here so far and the climate is milder at the ocean. I have two camellia flowers in my garden already but they are not very spectacular.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1069 on Jan 4, 2012, 9:48pm »

My family discovered the bird of paradise when we moved to California. We had never seen such a flower before, but in the late 1960's it was part of just about every flower arrangement. Even though it is interesting looking, I kind of think that its stiff stem gave it an unfair advantage for always standing at the back of a flower basket.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1070 on Jan 6, 2012, 2:56pm »

No bird of paradise on my balcony... but I saw some in India last year...

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1071 on Jan 6, 2012, 3:01pm »

That is so beautiful and so different Rikita.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1072 on Jan 6, 2012, 4:38pm »

That's a beautiful variety, Rikita, with very graceful leaves as well.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1073 on Jan 6, 2012, 4:40pm »

Oh MY Rikita! That is one beautiful flower!
Bixa - Yours got better as the days went by and was one of the most lovely I've ever seen

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1074 on Jan 6, 2012, 7:01pm »

thanks... i was very excited when i saw it, as i knew them only from flower shops wrapped in plastic before that, it was the first time i saw one actually growing...

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1075 on Jan 19, 2012, 2:56pm »

That is a gorgeous bird of paradise Rikita. I have not seen that cultivar before.

Japanese Magnolias busting out all over here.

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1076 on Jan 22, 2012, 9:32pm »

That's a beautiful picture.

There is a hard-to-believe tree of this in bloom in Xoxo, but I was in a car & couldn't get a pic. I'll try again, but in the meantime, here's a peek at one in downtown Oaxaca:

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1077 on Jan 23, 2012, 11:44am »

still no flowers here, so i post some more from india (as that was about a year ago i suppose they are blooming now too)

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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1078 on Jan 23, 2012, 2:54pm »

Rikita - They are blooming in droves in my city as the creeper envelopes everything it touches - All alongside the road but I could not stop to photograph it as there are no pull-over places on this twistly steep downhill road.....

Ah today I got my chance to show you how they take over everything!
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Re: What's in bloom?
« Reply #1079 on Jan 24, 2012, 1:00pm »

it is always a shame when you see stuff you'd like to photograph and can't stop... i saw so many nice views from bus windows, but always sat on the wrong side of the bus... oh well...

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