Yes, Melissa, the Brsv nodosa is an orchid. It really likes growing in my camphor tree with filtered sun and plenty of water. I think it has bloomed more in the past year than the previous ten. Anna, the only thing my hummers have been after this year are the trumpet vine. Where do they stick their bills in the ginger to suck nectar?

The Mimosa would require a great deal of light to do well (they grow in full sun in dry areas here in the USVI) but the "banyan" might do alright. I don't know what species it is, but I've had good success with Ficus citrifolia... i glued it to the underside of an angled piece of driftwood and it immediately began wrapping roots around the driftwood and sending down aerial roots. Very exciting! I think Florida has F. citrifolia and F. aurea... both good stranglers. I would suggest looking in the cracks of old stone walls and on rooftops, etc... they like to germinate in such areas and yanking a little baby from there with some roots attached will make your life much easier.

I must be developing alzheimers at an alarmingly early age my friend as I'd all but forgotten about this venture. -Cole

Reminds me of the time my sister bought a floor plant (so long ago). She got home, had pulled in the driveway and looked towards the back seat at the plant......and saw a lizard sitting on the seat staring at her. Needless to say she screamed and got out of the car as fast as she could. When I heard the noise, I headed outside. Every door and the back hatch was open, she was trying to shoo it out of the car, still screaming but not quite as loud as the first. Not sure how long I just stood there and laughed, but it was a while. hehehe