You bet that Red Dragon is gonna take off there Frank! Yep first pic looks like Gilmar.Sweet Lillian is looking well sweet and beautimus also..How many bulbs did you plant at one time? Go ahead and clog the airwaves with pix! I wont mind. Peace,Mark

Beautiful flowers!!

They're all wonderful, Frank! That's some nice photography you did... great capturing!

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with the last one... I've never seen anything quite like that before. It looks like it's melting... that's something I've never experienced before.

The others are just lovely, Frank! Thanks for sharing!

I just love the first photos! Thanks for sharing :)

Beautiful pictures Frank! Just love 'Red Dragon'. The red is sooo deep.

Will add to my 'Wishlist'.

Thanks.

Hatta

THe red double looks more like Red Peacock to me then Red Dragon. I have one just like it opening and that is what I think mine is...that or a Red Nymph. My Red Dragon opened out to a perfect layer of petticoats. The one I have now has a twist of petal in the middle and is an orangish red, not the clear red of Red Dragon. I'll watch yours with interest and hopefully get a true name on mine!

beautiful!! except for the last one...sorry

Frank,

I am eagerly waiting for the continuation of these blooms, especially Red Dragon.

Help me, please!!! ..... LOL!

Hatta

Thanks everyone! Sorry I am so behind on the follow up here!

Liza- I'm not entirely sure. I was just going by the label, but now that I look further 'Red Dragon' may not be this one...possibly 'Double Dragon' instead? I have no clue!

Hatta, I hadn't forgotten you! Here is the big red double triple or quadroople...lol These are not great photos and don't even begin to do the color justice, but my best efforts: {{gwi:380533}}From H. 'Red Dragon'
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The 'wildcard' turns out to be what appears to be a 'Red Lion' I guess. It does have a little flair in the center though? {{gwi:380538}}From Misc
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Some of my children: {{gwi:380543}}From Misc

I'll have to post 'Picotee' and an update on 'Sydney' on another thread since this one is getting very long. There are more photos in the album if you click on any image. Hope you enjoy them as much as I have!

-Frank

Just what I needed this morning! I'm having a very time moving, and my poor bones are not cooperating! I'd kill for a long window ledge like that!

Wow, Frank! They're all beautiful... I'm loving that Gilmar, and all that bright red you've got going on! Which one is that wispy pink? I want to say Sweet Lilian, but I don't think that right... anyway, wow!

Wow, Frank! so beautiful!!! Great group photo.
Jan

I hate to hear you're not getting around well today Jodi, but hope the photos distract you a little from any pain.

Thank you also, Jan. My indoor photos can't hold a candle to your outdoor ones!!!

Gosh, I'm a dork...I should have labeled the group photo! Jodi, that is indeed Sweet Lilian on her third scape. It thought she was done after 2, and pulled her out of her pot to investigate and there was another bud coming. She has been in bloom and teasing bloom almost the entire time I've had her! I remembered seeing someone's photos with 4 scapes and knew I had to have one of those! Hopefully a fourth may emerge? I can dream, right?

Ok, here is another group photo and I wish I could say this was even half of my children: {{gwi:380544}}From Misc

Pictured from the top on the ledge left to right: 'Red Lion' and Red with white stripes NOID in a planter, 'Sweet Lilian', 'Red Lion', 'Gilmar' and 4 other 'Red Lions' in silver bowl, 'Red (or Double) Dragon', and 'Picotee'.

On the filing cabinet are back to front: some kind of palm plant that is not very happy right now, my not Minvera in the back with HUGE leaves, another 'Red Lion' just in leaves, and an 'Apple Blossom' replacement from the one that didn't bloom in bud. Below them on the floor are a big Pothos (in a big tacky pot, but someone gave it to me and I don't know what to do with it) and some kind of Dracena that doesn't really like me. All the leaves fell off, but when I stopped watering it, it grew from the top...so odd!

On the wood bench/storage thingy left to right: A gardenia in bud from Vday, a Norfolk Island Pine from last year, 'Flamingo Star' in front, my money tree or Pachira, a random Christmas Cactus, beside and behind are 2 kinds of arrow plant, and then on the floor is a big pot with 7 clearance bulbs of the varitey 'Red Lion'...geez! I have a ton of red lions! I've hit too many clearance sales it seems!!!

Hope you don't get exhausted reading all of this...if so, just skip it and look at the photo! HAHA!
-Frank

Frank, Frank, Frank... why do you have those blinds drawn? The more light your children get, the more they will love you! Open them, pull up the whole thing, and let the sun shine in!

Great photos! You have your kids spread out compared to mine! Would you believe I have over 60 bulbs and assorted plants jammed into that one alcove?

Check that palm and draceana for spider mites... they're notorious for attacking palms, and they love dry conditions. Look for very tiny webbing and teeny tiny moving pin dots near the new growing tips and by the stem. Eradicate as soon as possible, if that's the problem. That's what always killed my parlor palms... that, and the too dry conditions. Norfolk pines hate dry air, too.

Wonderful flowers you have there! I'm jealous of all your window ledge space! I'd love to have enough room to pot all my bulbs in larger containers... but, right now I'm stuck.

I feel ok now... it usually takes me a while to get moving in the mornings... once I load up on caffeine, nicotine, and take my medications... and the weather cooperates... my bones will respond and I'll be ok. Chalk it up to a bad accident and Lupus... I'll survive, though... I have so far! Thanks for your good wishes, though... it's hard to feel bad with all these awesome bloom photos and the usual humor you guys dish out! Laughter and beauty are the best medicines!

Sweet Lilian is in a class by herself... she was a very good bloomer for me last year. She hasn't shown signs of growing scapes yet this year, but after such a huge performance last season, I'm not surprised. She wouldn't set seed for me, either... but I'll try again next bloom cycle.

Thanks for sharing, Frank!

Jodi- This is a north facing window, so these are just posing here. They are normally all packed in the southern exposure windows fighting for the sunshine!

I don't see anything on the Draceana...I think I just over watered it. Who knows! I'm thinking about chopping it off and letting it grow fresh but not until it can go outside.

I love my Norfolk Island Pine and hope it will grow big and tall for 20 years like others I have heard of!

I tried on both the first 2 scapes to get seed from Sweet Lilian, but no results. I just didn't even try on this one. To my knowledge right now, none of the ones I used her pollen on took either...She just isn't up to it!

Well, we got a little snow here. I'm actually a little embarassed since the media reports were of "record snowfall - 3 inches!"...LOL! We just never get any, so 3 inches is a lot for us. It just seems silly to report it that way...HAHA!

-Frank

GORGEOUS! GORGEOUS! GORGEOUS!

I fainted just now just by looking all those blooms! LOL!

Red Dragon is ready to grrrrrrr ...

Thanks for sharing the photos, Frank.

Hatta

I see, Frank... it's just temporary for picture taking. Well, that's different! I thought for a minute you were depriving those poor guys of sunshine! :-)

I actually have several pots that sit in my north window permanently... I just don't have a choice. However, they are actually blooming for me, and this is year 2 of having them in that north facing window! That's the only area that doesn't have extra lighting, believe it or not! It's fairly bright for a north window, but still.

I've had the best luck with east and south-east windows... this house has one south window, but it's too cold to use during winter... it's in a stairwell. When autumn rolls around, I scramble, looking for spots to shove bulbs in so everyone gets enough light and is still warm enough!

Geeze and Holey Socks, Frank...those are some beautiful flowers!!! I really do like group photos where all the plants a Jamming together....do ya think they are talking among themselves???

"Stoopid humans, they think we are all theirs, but we belong to us!!! Look at them just taking our pictures all the time, making us stand straight...that's right Louie, fall over a bit and make him mad-heh heh!! Now he is running to fix you.... Just as long as they pamper us the way they do we will love humans...hey there Francine, get your pollen up, girl, the Human wants to tickle your sexy parts!!heh heh heh Humans!!"

Cindee, you crazy naughty girl!!!
Frank, you have gorgeous flowers and plants! I covet your Gilmar, haven't had a chance to find that one.

Cindee, you are TOO funny!!!