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« Reply #60 on Nov 4, 2010, 6:16am »

There were some teenage brats hanging around laughing about my activities. One of them finally said "hey, don't you want to take a picture of us?" I replied "not until you start changing colour," and that left them speechless.

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« Reply #61 on Nov 4, 2010, 7:15am »

Absolutely beautiful images, Kerouac2.......I am just gobsmacked by the intensity of the colours every Autumn..but this year seems to be particularly incredible.

Is there a Seed Pod thread? I LOVE seed pods - can't find one on this section atm.....

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« Reply #62 on Nov 4, 2010, 1:57pm »

No, I think you're the one who'll be starting the seed pod thread, myrt.

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« Reply #63 on Nov 4, 2010, 2:27pm »

Yes please myrt! I have seed pods from at least 3 countries. I won't be able to identify them but someone else just might

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« Reply #65 on Nov 5, 2010, 10:33pm »

phwoar.....

I just love foliage...I was lusting over a huge tree fern at a Garden Centre only this afternoon.....

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« Reply #66 on Nov 6, 2010, 6:56am »

Those leaves are fantastic Kerouac - what a day you must have had

Between rain showers I went on a FERN EXPEDITION to track down all the different ones I have in my garden - Never really thought about them until I checked this wonderful 'Foliage' section on Anyport!
Seeing you love Tree Ferns Cheery these are for you

I planted this Tree Fern from a shoot I found next to it's mother plant:
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A new leaves appearing
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Hairy little thing isn't it!
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This one has lost most of the 'fur'
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Next , I found this Dracena Fern - doing very well in the shade.
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These Sword Ferns are everywhere in my garden and sometimes take over from other plants.
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I only know this fern as Bracken - maybe also called the Forest Fern?
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No idea what this fern is - Leather Fern?
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The Staghorn Fern again.....
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Lastly, my very own living wall with some Maiden Hair Fern

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Re: Foliage
« Reply #67 on Nov 6, 2010, 7:00am »

We had a tree fern when we lived in California, and I was always fascinated to watch the new leaves slowly unroll.

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« Reply #68 on Nov 6, 2010, 3:13pm »

Ooh, you lucky thing, Tod2 being able to grow all those sumptuous ferns! They are some of my favourite plants but my garden is far too hot and dry for them..... One of my favourite things in Spring is walking through the forest around me watching the ferns unfold - those pictures are soo gorgeous - although they also slightly look like little emerging aliens to me too.....

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« Reply #69 on Nov 6, 2010, 3:26pm »

Thank you myrt - I have heard that somewhere in the world, I think New Zealand, those new unfoiled new leaves are cooked and eaten. Maybe not from these big tree ferns but another species.
I was also informed that the tree fern is one of the oldest prehistoric plants - much older than cycads!

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« Reply #70 on Nov 6, 2010, 4:21pm »

Yes, ferns were a major part of the "history of vegetation" hothouse that I visited at the Jardin des Plantes. Dinosaurs trampling giant ferns --> we all grew up with that imagery.

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« Reply #71 on Nov 6, 2010, 4:39pm »

Lotsa cool beauty here!

Kerouac, I love that "woven" effect you caught in the second pic, and all the detail in both of them.

Tod, thanks so much for the tree fern -- I haven't seen one in years. Those are exquisite photos. It's interesting to see the different common names for plants. Your "dracena fern" is called a bird's nest fern in the US.

Your maidenhair fern is a frothy delight!

In the northern part of the US, in Canada, & in Alaska, fiddlehead ferns are a spring delicacy.

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« Reply #72 on Nov 8, 2010, 6:09am »

Ah! I knew I had read about the fern heads somewhere - thanks Bixa for the link! Other great stuff on it too

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« Reply #73 on Nov 14, 2010, 4:10pm »

Oooh they are so beautiful..I will be getting another tree fern in the new year....just need to find a space for it...

Splendid photographs tod2.

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« Reply #74 on Nov 14, 2010, 8:22pm »

Great Fern pics good people. For further reference,there is a separate thread in here dedicated to the Fern family,titled Fern Foray.

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Re: Foliage
« Reply #75 on Jan 5, 2011, 1:37am »

This geranium doesn't need flowers to sparkle. I think it was thoughtful of that stunted little zinnia to bloom next to it in such an appropriate color, though.
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Re: Foliage
« Reply #76 on Jan 10, 2011, 5:43pm »

Nov 6, 2010, 6:56am, tod2 wrote:

I only know this fern as Bracken - maybe also called the Forest Fern?

Bracken in the states always has three fronds growing off the main stem. Funny how common names vary around the world.

Nov 6, 2010, 6:56am, tod2 wrote:

No idea what this fern is - Leather Fern?

Leather fern - in Florida, anyway - grows to 6 feet tall, has leaflets more than an inch wide and 6-10 inches long, and looks not at all like your specimen, tod. (I think I like yours better.)

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Re: Foliage
« Reply #77 on Oct 11, 2011, 12:01pm »

Cycas revoluta -

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« Reply #78 on Oct 11, 2011, 12:24pm »

Carex sps.

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Pelargonium transvaalensis -

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« Reply #79 on Oct 11, 2011, 3:54pm »

Both Cycas and Carex are widely grown outdoor ornamentals in the part of the US I come from. I must say the Carex looks stunning as a pot specimen, though. Now the P. transvaalensis is total exotica to me and beyond gorgeous.

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« Reply #80 on Oct 11, 2011, 4:04pm »

The Pel will act like a succulent if you don't water it, lose it's leaves and be a pot of little stumps waiting for water (which was how it was when I first got it). However, if you do water you get a magnificent specimen which is just about to flower. More pics of it in a few weeks time.

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« Reply #81 on Oct 11, 2011, 4:06pm »

"magnificent specimen" barely covers the magnificence of that plant! Can't wait for the pics of it in flower, although it's a perfect foliage plant.

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Re: Foliage
« Reply #82 on Nov 3, 2011, 12:00am »

Ficus Religiousa

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Re: Foliage
« Reply #83 on Nov 3, 2011, 8:53pm »

I have a teeny tiny ficus in a pot in the house...I really like foliage and have a few houseplants just for their decorative leaves...

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dracaena I think....

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one of my zamioculcas zamiifolia

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Re: Foliage
« Reply #84 on Nov 6, 2011, 5:00am »

Sounds like Greek dessert accompanied by zither music. What is it, Cheery? Looks as though it has fleshy leaves. Does it get big?

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« Reply #85 on Nov 6, 2011, 8:34pm »

Haven't a clue....it seems to be quite resistant to the usual houseplant problems and thrives on neglect

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« Reply #86 on Nov 22, 2011, 12:59pm »

From Kew Gardens a couple of weeks ago-

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« Reply #87 on Nov 22, 2011, 4:36pm »

*sigh*

I have a teensy section of garden with an elephant ear, fern, Calathea, variegated shell ginger, & a beloved but very resentful Stromanthe sanguinea 'Tricolor'. They do okay in the rainy season, but are mostly trying to recoup from the extended dry season. There is just no way to surround them with the humidity they crave. Just to show that I'll never learn, I recently bought a black Colocasia. Hope springs eternal.

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