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Last photos I promise (for this year anyway!)

17 years ago

these are the last pics I will post of my Jade Vine this year (I promise!) Its just hard to stop taking them when it keeps looking better and better!

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and, the aftermath...cleaning up all the fallen flowers!

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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
17 years ago
Gorgeous as usual. Hey I dont mind all the photos at all. I like the one with the fallen flowers they look like freaky alien hawk talons :D Be cool if they glowed in black light. ~SJN
karyn1
17 years ago
Why does this have to be the last photo? The Jade vine is incredible in full bloom like that. Once that's spent I'm sure you have other unusual plants that are beautiful in bloom.
Karyn
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hoorayfororganic
17 years ago
how much does a greenhouse like that cost?
bihai
Original Author
17 years ago
Hi hooray for organics. I answered your question via private email
ara133
17 years ago
What are those blue talon flowers?
annafl
17 years ago
Oh my gosh! Please don't stop showing us your beauties. Just beautiful is all I can say. What a gorgeous jungle.

Anna
Bill
17 years ago
Wow, what a show!

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junglegal
17 years ago
Regina,

Just curious what you're feeding this beauty. I'm growing one in St. Pete & have great expectations for it. I left it out all winter and it wasn't phased.

Bren
bihai
Original Author
17 years ago
Bren,
I used to use Miracle Grow. But I stopped. Now, I use Nutricote sprinkled and scattered pver the ground around all the planted plants as a top dressing, and also in all my potted plants. In addition, I am trying out a new fertilizer recommended to me from a palm grower: Peter's Excel 15-5-15 Cal/Mag water soluble. I am going to apply that once a month as a faster acting "booster". It gets almost all of its Nitrogen from Nitrate, and has all the minors and traces.
aloysia
17 years ago
Wow! I've never seen anything like it! Could you tell me the Latin name for this vine? There's no way for me to find it here, but, you never know...
junglegal
17 years ago
Aloysia,

Latin name is Strongylodon macrobotrys.

Regina,

Here is my youngster in the brown pot. Thanks for the fertilizer recommendations, I'll be on the look out for them today!
aloysia
17 years ago
Thanks! I envy you, I hope that one day I'll find this amazing plant!
bihai
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17 years ago
You would probably have to special order the Peter's Excel, and I would advise you, to have your favorite local nursery do it for you. Because of the Nitrate composition of this fertilizer, it is classified as a "security risk" and there is "special paperwork" that has to be filled out with it. Homeland Security style stuff. Better the nursery, than you! I think Helena Chemicals can supply it, but again, they would require a lot of info from you
Bill
17 years ago
Hey,

After seeing your pics, I kept looking at mine and wondering if it was ever going to bloom. Suddenly, yesterday I noticed three growths starting that appear to be preparing to bloom! About time.

Bill
bihai
Original Author
17 years ago
YOu must have looked at it just the right way!!!
Good for you!
wanna_run_faster
17 years ago
Aloysia,
You can pre-order the Strongylodon macrobotrys "Jade Vine" at Logees.com if you're still looking for it.
bihai
Original Author
17 years ago
I will have another to trade pretty soon, but I can only do USA trades and only within certain states.
barbcoleus
17 years ago
We DEMAND new photos regularly:0) Put me on your list for a trade, hopefully I'll have something you want
Barb
aloysia
17 years ago
Thanks Wanna Run Faster, but I'm in Europe, there's nothing like it here.
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Original Author
17 years ago
I am going to try to separate another vine today, this one is blooming! Its very large.
buyorsell888
17 years ago
That is fabulous!!!!!
bihai
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17 years ago
Just a note to anyone thinking about growing it....when it flowers, CLEAN UP the dropped blooms IMMEDIATELY. If they get wet (my greenhouse is a rainforest environment, its REALLY wet and REALLY humid) they turn into a morass of disgusting moldy slimy yucky stuff! Coats anything it falls on.

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