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Post by onlymark on Oct 12, 2011 19:13:46 GMT
Can get general feed stuff here, I do know of a shop where I can get it. There are actually a lot of nurseries here selling all sorts of plants as well.
bixa, they were left by the previous occupiers who returned to Europe. I doubt I'll spend much time in the succulent section though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2011 19:32:51 GMT
When I think of how Mark killed his hedge in Rehab, I'm already worried.
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Post by onlymark on Oct 13, 2011 4:10:20 GMT
It wasn't me, it was the cats. I'm sure of it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 13, 2011 4:46:55 GMT
You're telling us it was cats writing things in the dust?!
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 13, 2011 12:04:47 GMT
A repot would be fine Bixa but I don't see Mark doing it....................
They wanted me to go to Rehab. I said no, no no..........
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Post by onlymark on Oct 13, 2011 13:25:12 GMT
I know about re-potting......but you are right, it's not going to happen.
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Post by Kimby on Oct 13, 2011 20:25:13 GMT
The Pelargonium is what we call Geraniums in the US, and they are pretty easy to keep alive, but they don't like to be overwatered=soggy, yet at the same time if you let them dry out too much, they wilt.
Though they are grown like annuals around here, we have 4 in pots that we have been putting out for the summer and bringing in for the winter. They thrive in a south-facing window and get huge and covered with blossoms (with infrequent feedings with Miracle-Gro) by the time it warms up enough in the spring to put them back out on the deck. But the winter foliage is too tender for full sun right away, so they go out on the shady side of the house till they've hardened up a bit.
I'm guessing your climate in Amman is a bit warmer than ours, though...
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Post by onlymark on Oct 14, 2011 6:31:03 GMT
I certainly hope so.....
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Post by onlymark on Nov 21, 2011 10:10:44 GMT
Questions -
1. Name me a nut that isn't a nut.
2. Name me a nut that is a thousand times more radioactive than any other food.
3. Name me a nut that if you eat and then have sex with someone who is allergic to nuts, you can make them have a reaction. It's supposed to be the only one that will do it.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 21, 2011 12:30:08 GMT
Peanut?
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 21, 2011 12:30:39 GMT
I was going to say peanut too.
What's sex?
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Post by onlymark on Nov 21, 2011 12:38:45 GMT
Not peanut, no.
Sex is the pronunciation for the number 6 if you are from New Zealand.
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Post by onlymark on Nov 21, 2011 12:51:49 GMT
mick, I understand also this 'nut' is either impossible to cultivate or at least extremely difficult.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 21, 2011 13:32:36 GMT
But a peanut still isn't a nut....
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Post by onlymark on Nov 21, 2011 13:47:49 GMT
My communication skills are lacking. The answer to the questions is the same, i.e. the same nut answers all three.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 21, 2011 13:51:36 GMT
Doh.................
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2011 18:51:41 GMT
Brazil nut.
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Post by onlymark on Nov 22, 2011 19:26:05 GMT
Hurrah!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 6, 2011 5:15:24 GMT
It's a succulent. A crassula of some kind? I really, really wanted this thing, but the vendor wanted a stupid amount of money, plus it was in an oversized tufa container. It's a good-sized plant -- each leaf is at least 4" long.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 6, 2011 10:38:42 GMT
Crassula falcata.
There is a superb hybrid of this with C. mesembrianthemopsis called Crassula "Morgans Beauty" which I've had for years.
It has "shaving brush" type pink flowers in spring which are strongly scented. I'll see if I've got a picture of it.
Look out for the postman in Spring Bixa.....
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 6, 2011 13:08:37 GMT
Here's a picture of it 2 years ago. I have had it much larger than this but eventually heads start to die off and I have to start it up again.
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Post by tod2 on Dec 6, 2011 17:36:24 GMT
Oh so pretty Mick - reminds me to go out and take some photos of my Hoya which has bloomed for the first time!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 7, 2011 0:52:37 GMT
Thank you, Mick. What a gorgeous beauty Morgan's Beauty is!
wrtng ths on my blkbry Bcuz im stndng out by the mlbox now!
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 7, 2011 9:07:44 GMT
I've grown it to about 5 times that size and it is really spectacular but that's about as far as I can get it before the central heads start to die off and I need to start it again.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2013 6:19:00 GMT
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Post by bjd on Mar 4, 2013 8:30:25 GMT
Looks like a cross between a fern and parsley. ;D
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Post by tod2 on Mar 4, 2013 12:37:17 GMT
Does doesn't it! Or carrot tops.... Bixa the only fern I have in my book , which is mainly shrubs and flowers, is Zamioculcas zamilfolia or Ferm Arum. It looks similar to your third and fourth photo.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2013 17:40:57 GMT
That's a cool plant, Tod, but not even close (not even a fern, really). Thanks for looking, though.
One thing about the plant that's really striking is how different the mature & immature leaves are.
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Post by mossie on Mar 4, 2013 19:36:24 GMT
Is this what one calls Autumn Crocus They are a nuisance and keep springing up during the winter and spreading across my gravel lawn (to save mowing
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Post by lola on Mar 4, 2013 20:47:57 GMT
I call that Early Crocus, have lots, too. (crocus tommasinianus)
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