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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2010 6:22:16 GMT
We need a dying hedge update when he gets back from Spain.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 7, 2010 6:25:08 GMT
Perhaps he went there out of chagrin.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 19, 2010 23:34:03 GMT
Okay ~~ who knows about orchids? I would love to know what these are. I posted about them elsewhere -- got them in the market for a song, their bulbs wrapped in moist Spanish moss. That was @2 weeks ago, & they're still blooming. Thanks for any help. How can I keep them going?
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Post by tod2 on Nov 23, 2010 16:39:49 GMT
Bixa, to me they look like orchids. I have only one variety in my garden and after they bloomed the flowers went on for over three weeks.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 23, 2010 18:22:29 GMT
What I know about them is that they are native (to Mexico) orchids, probably from either Oaxaca or Chiapas, and probably tree-dwellers.
I know nothing about orchids. Should I be picking off the papery, bloomed-out flowers?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2010 18:31:38 GMT
They resemble Cattleyas ,the orchid most often used as a corsage,but,look a little different. I always remove the spent blooms. Best advice I can offer without knowing for certain what it is,is to not overwater it,and allow for good air circulation,cool nights. Most people fuss way too much over orchids. My best,most prolific blooming orchids were the result of benign neglect,a la Katrina,when we were absent for 5 weeks,and returned,almost all my orchids were in full bloom. Several other people in NOLA told me the same thing happened to them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 17, 2011 19:14:04 GMT
I am happy to report that, whatever they are, those little orchids are making roots. I put them in a very shallow clay bowl with a big hole in the bottom and very loose unbroken-down crumbled leaf mold. The pot sets up @6' in the fork of the Japanese plum tree and I sparingly splash some water up there when I remember. Okay, now I need you all to please help me out with this plant that I bought Tuesday. I have the most awful feeling that I should know what it is, but have to risk embarrassment and ask for help. The leaves look verbena-ish to me, and the adorable little flowers resemble miniature snapdragons. Actual flower size is approximately that of the flowers on the stalk in the upper left of the larger of these two pictures. Thanks!
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Post by Kimby on Mar 1, 2011 8:28:48 GMT
Bixa, these look awfully familiar. I think I may have planted them in pots on the deck a couple summers ago, though in different colors. If it wasn't so damn cold in the garage, I could poke around and probably find the plastic ID stakes that came in the pots from the nursery.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 1, 2011 14:20:46 GMT
Thanks, Kimby ~~ I'm happy to wait, knowing that help is on the way.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 1, 2011 14:52:49 GMT
What part of "If it wasn't so damn cold in the garage..."did you overlook, bixa dear?
Here's a question for you- do they have a scent? As I recall there are two similar species, one that is very fragrant, and one that just looks pretty.
(And why did you just accept as fact that I would have 2 year old bits of plastic from long-dead plants in my garage? That's not normal, is it?)
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 1, 2011 15:04:10 GMT
Kimby wrote:What part of "If it wasn't so damn cold in the garage..."did you overlook, bixa dear? Um, none. I just figured that you'll eventually go out to the garage when the weather warms, look over at a pile of pots, sigh, then have a faint exclamation mark form over your head as you first wonder what the pots are reminding you of, then remember that you were going to rummage in them for a plant marker. Here's a question for you- do they have a scent? As I recall there are two similar species, one that is very fragrant, and one that just looks pretty. These have a scent, but it's very light.(And why did you just accept as fact that I would have 2 year old bits of plastic from long-dead plants in my garage? That's not normal, is it?) Normal? Of course it's normal for a person who can look at anything & think, "that might be useful one day!" Sound familiar? ;D
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Post by Kimby on Mar 1, 2011 15:13:09 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Mar 1, 2011 15:15:35 GMT
Just saw your reply. It may not warm up in the garage till May! I will likely forget about your query by tomorrow. And, you've been reading the hoarding thread, haven't you?
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 1, 2011 16:16:04 GMT
;D Kimby, thank you SO much! That is indeed what my plant is. There seem to be quite a few varieties, but the important thing is that I have the main name and a way to look up its cultivation needs. You're a star! (coincidentally, since you just posted that great run-down of your S.Africa trip, Nemesia are natives of South Africa)
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 2, 2011 18:12:09 GMT
oooh I do love nemesias...they fill the garden with scent. I'm on the lookout for a particularly sweet one with variegated leaves I saw a few years ago...haven't see it sold as seed anywhere so I may have to see if any turn up in a garden centre.
Beautiful flowers Bixa...and Kimby. ;D
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2011 23:43:46 GMT
It's Many Mysteries time! Well, I have a feeling that I should know what all of these are, so it may be egg-on-face time. Anyway ............. A neighbor on the back street has one of these growing on the canal berm across the street from her house. She sold me a big rooted cutting (@3' tall). It's succulent and bleeds white any place it's broken. I think it gets up to 6 or 7 feet. Here's something I got a few weeks ago. It's in with the things that don't like afternoon sun. It stays in bloom and is nicely self-cleaning. Square stems. I feel its identification is just on the edge of my consciousness, but I can't name it. This hitch hiked in with a lantana I bought on Friday and I found it when I repotted the lantana. It almost got crushed beneath my heel as I thought it was the dreaded oxalis. However, it might be something desirable. I never saw the flowers open. The faded bits are dark blue. The secateurs are there for scale.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 11, 2011 7:51:58 GMT
I think the first one might by Synadenium.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 11, 2011 16:31:07 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on May 11, 2011 19:30:33 GMT
Possible. They are very close. Synadenium grantii?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 11, 2011 20:39:57 GMT
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Did you click on the first link in my post, Mick? I'm sure #3 is the right ID.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2011 22:20:05 GMT
I'm not sure but,the lovely purple ones do resemble perhaps a species of Plectranthus?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 11, 2011 23:25:13 GMT
Yes, I was leaning in that direction, what with the square stems and general aspect of the plant. Your ID prompted me to look harder & this is what I found: This looks like a refined, or at least very well grown version of what I have. Click on the thumbnails for bigger pics. Also, it's quite a nice site. These are the parents named in the reference above: Plectranthus saccatusand Plectranthus hilliardiae. You have to scroll down the page to find it, but I wanted to get in a link for that site. It could be really useful for identifying things. Thanks!
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Post by mickthecactus on May 12, 2011 7:58:41 GMT
? Did you click on the first link in my post, Mick? I'm sure #3 is the right ID. Doh... I clicked on it after I posted...........
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Post by mickthecactus on May 12, 2011 7:59:43 GMT
I'm not sure but,the lovely purple ones do resemble perhaps a species of Plectranthus? Yes! Now you say it, I can see it.
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Post by Kimby on May 25, 2011 19:01:27 GMT
Can anyone ID this? I didn't take the photo, it came from a photo blog of Montana wildflowers and scenes that I've been quite taken with lately. But the photographer doesn't know this one, and my 10 flower books don't seem to contain it either. My first thought was "Bluets" but they have 4 petals, I think. A gentian was another possibility, but I don't know. It seems so familiar yet so unfamiliar... Any ideas?
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 1, 2011 12:33:59 GMT
Not me I'm afraid.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2011 16:55:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2011 18:06:47 GMT
I thought I had asked what this thriving weed was, but apparently not.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2011 18:45:27 GMT
Angelica?
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Post by fumobici on Jun 3, 2011 3:13:36 GMT
I thought I had asked what this thriving weed was, but apparently not. Heracleum mantegazzianum perhaps?
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