I would love to trade some tall bearded iris for a purple orchid tree. My irises have just begun blooming in the past week or so. I have some that are a light lavender color and others that are lavender on top, and dark puple on bottom w/ yellow tongues. They'll probably be ready to transplant towards the middle of next month. If this is okay w/ you, how many orchid rhizomes do you want to trade for your tree? If you're on facebook, I have some pictures of them there.

You have one of the many sucking insects, though I cannot tell you which one for certain. There are so many that look similiar to that (wooly aphids, types of scale, mealybugs, etc.) I would like to see you have it identified properly and that may only be able to be done by an expert, in person. Do you have a good extension office in your vicinity?

Marcie... I have "Pata de Vaca" trees & seeds - color purple. I can send you a couple. I had white but I lost the tree with a previous years frost storm. Is there anyone who would trade purple for other color(s)?

I don't have the slightest, but it sounds interesting, and would love to hear when you find out... I thought of Anacacho orchid tree, but the leaves are small. How tall is the tree?