Marianne, Ariana did bloom today
riku
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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a new seedling to share today
Comments (13)Thanks everyone. You would probably laugh if you saw the conditions the three seedlings I just recently posted were growing in. I have two small beds at the base of my back porch that WERE suppose to be Hosta and impatients -- well the morning, almost all day sun fries the impatients but a few well placed hostas are still making it. Those beds were put in place for my backyard wedding almost 3 years ago and looked beautiful for about a month..lol. Well I ran out of room in my tiny seedling bed and just planted those in there - in amongst the hostas that were making it look more like jungle conditions. I honestly did not think they would survivie but I couldn't just pitch the dirt and tiny little seedling -- so I used a pencil to wallow out a hole - shows how small they were at the time!! Anything water related that one would pitch out in the yard seemed to be thrown into these two beds.. lord knows what all. Well early spring I cleaned out all the WEEDS and uncovered these beauties happily growing in such a wasteland. I figure their blooms are their way of saying thank you for cleaning up the neighborhood..lol. Shelly...See MoreI picked a few roses today....
Comments (39)Carol, you are so sweet. You should travel for various reasons. You should cross the Pacific ocean when you get the 1 St chance, just go. Don't let anything hold you back I flew alone. My husband can't go with kids in school. I had a marvelous time. Food was great, people were awesome, friendly and kind. I give you an example, I went for a body message for an whole hour for just 2 dollars (US $) and I can never afford here. I got tired if tourists attraction so I told my tour guy ( hired him for 1 week). Take me places where locals go..I was looking for lots of things but they can be bargain. He took me to local own goods and I was shocked with prices that was half slashed from what I bought other days. Some were even more. Still he said they made good money of you. I love art and paints..that is where I got those above pics for $ 15-20 dollars. I can never buy that size or oil paints here even Pier 1 can cost more than 400 dollars . This pic I paid only a quarter..seriously a quarter...no bargains in retail store.pic is below. Japan was pricey and so was Singapore but I have best time of my life....See MoreOT: non-AV blooms 2018
Comments (111)What a GREAT idea for a thread! Currently the only two non-av plants that are blooming is a moth orchid that has been blooming solid for about 10 months, and an unidentified episcia. :) No pics of them, but I totally get what you said at the very beginning where people say "Oh yea, that's nice." I have two large windows full of plants, and people walk in and go "Oh you have a green thumb!" And then change the subject - and I'm like, "OK, never mind I won't tell you about them! They are all different and amazing and have a story, but that's ok. Let's talk about the hardwood." LOL. So nice to have a group of people who appreciate the diversity and amazing therapeutic qualities of houseplants....See MoreWhat I see today.
Comments (51)"That tintype photo is really neat! Do you also use pictures of people? I would imagine plenty of folks would love to have a family photo made like that. I know I would, and it’s certainly the kind of photo that should be prominently displayed. How long does it take you to “make” one, from start to finish?" Thanks, Lisa! I occasionally do wet plate photos of people, but very rarely. Why? In part because the medium is used almost exclusively by modern practitioners for portraiture, and many of them make "cookie cutter" portraits (the same thing over and over) and I did not want to work in that realm - making distinctive work when doing tintype portraits is difficult. And although many practitioners do well selling tintype portrait sessions, I have no interest in selling my services for such purpose. The time it takes to make one wet plat/tintype varies on lighting conditions and a few other variable, but as "traditional" photography goes, its a fast medium. I can prepare and pour an aluminum plate (Glass takes longer because it has to be meticulously cleaned), sensitize it in the Silver nitrate bath, load the plate holder, make the exposure, and develop/fix the plate in as little as ten minutes. Washing, drying and varnishing the plate adds more time to the process, of course, but the making of the plate itself is fairly fast. "I hope my rose is truly ‘Siren’s Keep’. It’s total lack of fragrance throws me off. I’m assuming you would have mentioned it, had mine appeared to be misidentified. It does bloom in small clusters, but the largest blooms are quite a bit smaller than 4”, only 2”." Well, I hate to have to tell you this, but I guarantee you that rose is not 'Siren's Keep'. I'm 100% certain because I do know what it is: 08-02-05 How this came into the hands of RPN is a mystery to me. About 8 years ago I sent about 45 plants of 08-02-05 to Rogue Valley for introduction (It was about to receive a name) and somehow they lost track of this variety in their inventory. I asked about its whereabouts several times, and at one point they had located the plants, and then months later they were "lost" again, and this time it was permanent. What appears to have happened is that this variety ended up in RVR's "lost label" roses, and was distributed to customers as a "no ID" freebie rose. Several GW folks have posted photos of this variety in the past couple years, explaining that it came from RVR as a no name freebie. But again, I have no idea how it came to be in the inventory of RPN, and I have no idea if all of the plants they are selling under this name are incorrectly labeled. (But I bet they are) If any of you have bought "Siren's Keep" from RPN, you may want to contact them and show them the story I have posted here. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there you have it. And no, 08-02-05 is not a repeat bloomer, so set your expectations accordingly....See Moreriku
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