Picture of the day...........week4!

annafl

14 years ago

Thought I'd try again. I've missed seeing your photos the last few days. Anything garden-wise goes, people!

Some of my orchids are liking the cooler weather.

Here is a link that might be useful: week 3

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Carol love_the_yard (Zone 9A Jacksonville, FL)
14 years ago
Crinum lily:
katkin_gw
14 years ago
Anna, that orchid is stunning!!

LITY, I have that crinum too and love it. Someone on this board recently said you can cut the leaves all off at almost ground level and it would grow again. I tried and it worked wonderfully. It made a nice compact plant and is blooming again. I was only cutting them off one at a time and it was scraggly. Now to attack my Queen Emma. lol
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johnjsr
14 years ago

I really like to grow the Cattleya species. I love the way they looked "Before the hand of man put his foot in it". ;>)This is C. lueddemaniana 'Costa', one of the easiest to grow in Fl.

john
lellie
14 years ago
Bee-yoo-tee-full Orchids, Folks!!!

Here's my Fullers Sunset:
corar4gw
14 years ago
LTY, what do I have that you would be willing to swap even one small bulb of that Crinum for? I'll post a list in Exchanges.

Kat, I've been tempted to swipe a Queen Emma bulb from the service sation on the corner, but it would be a LOT of work and it's open 24/7. ;o) I would be happy with one small bulb. See the exchange list.
cora
annafl
Original Author
14 years ago
LTY, that is a lovely crinum. I've never seen that variety with the prominent red stripe. I'm glad you showed it to us. It is really striking.

John, that is one classic beauty! I love species orchids also. Look at the intricacies of that lip. How does that happen? Amazing.

Lellie, you are becoming quite the orchidist! I don't have any phals that want to bloom right now. Mine bloom only late winter/spring. Love the yellow.

Nothing too special, but wanted to show where my other compost pile is hidden... behind these happy sanchezias. Not too much of a pile left the last time I looked. Just some foliage to show.

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laura1
14 years ago
Those are really beautiful orchids! I love the colors!
I've been on a crinum kick sort of and I like that red striped one.
This is the orchid I loved but could not afford at Phelp's Farm...sorry I don't know the name.
countrynest
14 years ago
Those Orchids are beautiful!
I visited,Nicki,on Saturday and I have been drooling since.
She,gave me a child of her Bamboosa Oldhanii. Picture below.
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Thanks to Marcia and Mark, I have a Textilis and another timber bamboo. I now have 7 species of bamboo in the front of the house. Four of them get to be about 70 feet high,I am tickle happy.
Felix
johnjsr
14 years ago
Anna,

What is the first orchid pic you posted? I have one blooming now that is very similar. It's a C Portia coerulia. Yours put's mine to shame. It is beautiful.

thanks john
olyagrove
14 years ago
Wow, what a colorful week

Anna, as always, your cattleyas are breathtaking!
Love_the_yard, I LOVE the picture of the crinums, so colorful

John, what a beautiful orchid :) And so is yours, Lellie :)

Wow, Felix - 7 different bamboos, that is great!

Two rather humble pictures of my two catts currently in bloom -
From Orchids October 2009
From Orchids October 2009
annafl
Original Author
14 years ago
Laura, the color on that orchid is really pretty. I feel like I've seen it before, but I don't know the name. You might go through Carter and Holmes site and see if you can find a reasonably priced one there, but it will be small and a while till it blooms.

Felix, you are acquiring quite a bamboo farm there. I love oldhamii also. I find it very serene-looking.

Olya, beautiful shape and color on those catts.

John, the name on the blue orchid is Lc. Blue Boy x C. Gaskelliana var. 'Sea of Cortez'. I got my plant in 1995, and it was an old cross then. Neither the flower shape nor the habit of the inflorescence is up to today's standards, but I love this plant. The color is so pretty. Thanks.

I think interest in this thread is waning. Maybe we should pause for a few weeks? I've so enjoyed all your pictures, though, but sometimes a break really refreshes. Thanks, everyone.

Anna
johnjsr
14 years ago

Anna,
I like the "blue" orchids also, and the old crosses. Especcially the primary hybrids. This one is all of the above. Its a remake of LC Canhamiana. This one is called 'Cobalt'....You said, "Neither the flower shape nor the habit of the inflorescence is up to today's standards". I guess that is true, but I much prefer the open look and shape of the older hybrids. As far as interest waning for this thread, it has not for me. I look at this first thing in the morning and several more times during the day. It is humbling to see what others have done with their gardens, but inspiring too.

thanks john
featherhoof
14 years ago
"I look at this first thing in the morning and several more times during the day"

Adict-No. wait. I do the same thing.
olyagrove
14 years ago
Pretty "blues", John
fawnridge (Ricky)
14 years ago
Step back from the flowers for a moment, and see the bigger picture. This is from a garden in Costa Rica owned by Richard Heredia. First of all, drool over the mere fact that he has elevation, then look at the wonderful use of Liriope and Mondo Grass as a "handrail" and "trim" going up the stairs.

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lellie
14 years ago
"Elevation"???
'Splain, please...Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

Jes kidding, 'Reeky'...very pretty!
What is that tree, do you suppose?
gardengrl
14 years ago
Here's a pic I took of a field of swamp daisies at Lake Jessup a few weeks ago at sunrise:
olyagrove
14 years ago
Wow, Gardengrl - what a view
imagardener2
14 years ago
Aaaaawsome photograph of swamp sunflowers. What a sight to see. Thanks for sharing it.
annafl
Original Author
14 years ago
Oh, John, that is a beautiful blue. You are so right about the older hybrids. I also favor the open look to an orchid flower. Seems so much more natural to me (because it is, I guess). I remember telling an orchid judge that once and seeing a blank stare. Different strokes for different folks. That's what makes the world go round, I guess!

Wow, Ricky, that is a beautiful garden. You're right, the variegated liriope really accentuates the elevation. It's a great edging. Meems uses it beautifully as an edge in her garden also. Love the cluster of crotons, and the stone and brick stairs are so natural looking in the setting. I wish you would share some recent shots from your garden. Maybe just one here and there?

Gardengrl, you have got to put that one up on your wall!!! That is gorgeous! And great photography. Loved it.

Here is my petticoat palm. I got it almost 4 years ago. Boy, it sure is a slow grower. It seems to be picking up the pace a little now? When I got it it was in a 3 gallon pot. I guess I can't help but compare it to how fast most of our other plants grow, but it seems excruciatingly slow.

Anna
fawnridge (Ricky)
14 years ago
Anna - I've been meaning to update the garden photos; perhaps when we get back from Jamaica. Hopefully it will stay warm here for another week or two.
lellie
14 years ago
Anna...that is one cool palm!
I've never seen one before...
gardengrl
14 years ago
Thanks everyone! It was a great morning for a sunrise:

Anna, that petticoat palm is pretty neat. Very unusual!
annafl
Original Author
14 years ago
Gardengrl, another stunning photo. What great colors. So so so red.

The petticoat palm still has the look of a juvenile. It is about 5 feet tall, but hasn't grown up yet.

Ricky, have a great time in Jamaica! Take photos to show us there too... and yay on your garden photo updates to come.

Anna
featherhoof
14 years ago
Cool palm. I love all these photos!

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