I have some pics to share finally...Yay!

tepelus

14 years ago

First one is Bitsy from today, she's been blooming since the beginning of the month, and still has a few buds left.

The rest are all FFO's. First is Dragon's Orb, from yesterday.

Just A Tease is new this year. She's a bit more peach than the photo shows. Today's bloom.

And then there's Raspberry Pixie from today, color much more saturated than last year. She had two blooms today. Very cute, and pretty.

And that's it for now. I'll be posting more pics as more bloom.

Karen

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tweetypye
14 years ago
Good for you Karen....love Dragon's Orb and Raspberry Pixie is a cutie too. Can't wait to see more of your photos this bloom season.
Thanks for sharing.
Jan
newyorkrita
14 years ago
Did you put the grasshopper in the first flower with photoshop or was it really there? The daylilies are all pretty but Raspberry Pixie is my favorite.
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Just beautiful - great job! Here's a direct link to your album: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/583084592yIcUfP Here is a link that might be useful: Carnivorous plants album
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Hi Misselle! Welcome! That's quite the collection of plants! Very nice! I am horrible with names, so hopefully others will chime in soon and help. Your very last picture is an aloe, and yes, they can be slow to bloom. :-) I get impatient with mine. lol.. The one above it seems to be an Aloe or Agave. I believe the pretty little variegated one a little further up is portulacaria afra aka Elephant bush The one in bloom that you mentioned the photo blurry may be a Senecio It is important that you learn all the names or at least the family the plants are from to know the proper care. Especially on the mixed dishes. Many grow at different times of the year. Good luck! I will be watching this and learning with you. :-)
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Karen, Congrats..its always the greatest high winning something fabulous off of EBAY. Back in the day about 5yrs ago I was a EBAY addict and bought a ton of Plumies via Ebay and alias from Hawaiisandy (Probably 1 of everything Sandy sells to be honset..lol). Karen fell safe in buying from Maui Plumeria Gardens, you usually pay more off of Ebay get smaller cuttings SOMETIMES. Over the years I have weeded out the non reliable sellers and products and now have a list of trusted, reliable sellers like Sandy, Jennifer/Doug. If I wanted an India I would buy from 3 sources like Hawaiisandy, Jewelhummingbird and Jennifer MPG. All 3 of my Indias bloomed and than I would keep the beast growing and most profuse bloomer and get rid of the other 2. I have found that Jennifer from MPG has reliable cultivars, so if your looking for India than feel safe in buying it since they will bloom the same as Hawaiisandy, plus Jennifers cuttings are large and multi tipped and you can get rooted plants also and Jennifer usually gives you a freebie mystry cutting. This was just an FYI. Congrats again and enjoy>
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Sharing some faves and some ID help please lots of pics!
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Post a close up of the Cotyledon orbiculata (I believe) - the leaves look really nice! Edit: I caught a better look in the photo of your ferocactus. I have a very small cutting only and can't wait for it to get bigger.
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luvtosharedivs
14 years ago
I usually don't see grasshoppers here until late July and August. He looks like he's rubbing his two front legs together.

Is your favorite color purple?
Love Raspberry Pixie!

Keep 'em coming!

Julie
carefreeplants_2008
14 years ago
Beautiful photos.
Love the clear, clean colors of Just A Tease.

Bj
blue23rose
14 years ago
Like your little friend on Bitsy. These are all very nice. I like Dragon's Orb the best.

Vickie
shive
14 years ago
Hooray, your blooms have started! I especially like your Dragon's Orb.

Debra
jean_ar
14 years ago
Oh I love that RASPBERRY PIXIE. its so pretty.JUST A TEASE is very pretty, too.Thanks for sharing them.

Jean
Julia WV (6b)
14 years ago
I like Dragon's Orb. Do the sepals and petals open flat or always curl back?

My Raspberry Pixie started blooming this week also. Love that it's scapes and buds are above the foliage so when it has multiple blooms I can try to get a good clump shot. I also noticed that the color is much deeper this year than last.

Thanks for sharing and yes, the grasshopper looks cute.

Julia
tepelus
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks everybody! The little bug on Bitsy is a baby katydid, and I seem to have a lot of them on my daylilies. They must like the pollen or something, they don't seem to hurt the flowers. Dragon's Orb opened up at night, and was fully open at 7 am when I took all of the pictures. I love purple, so I have a lot of daylilies that are purple or have purple. I love the whites too. RP's scapes are nice and tall, branched well and full of buds, I'll see her blooming for quite some time. Blueberry Sundae opened today for the first time in the two years I've had it, and I'll post a picture of it later.

Karen
newyorkrita
14 years ago
That Katydid looks so big compaired to the size of the flower. Its a great shot :-))

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