I got mine! Actually, my family misunderstood and bought me for Christmas "bougainvillea Touch Glow". I don't know how that sounds like "begonia Escargot" [non-plant people :-)]. Yesterday, I returned the bougainvillea and bought Escargot and I am a happy camper. Now, how does one propagate to make more?

Curcuma alismatifolia: "Blushing Star" (I'm about 90% sure) this is actually "Snow White" the red blushing only comes out in full sun, and probably not on the younger plants as they are all from tissue culture this year..ie second year growth. I would imagine once they are in the division stage (ie larger rhizomes) it will be more obvious. The name of this selection was renamed by this particular supplier (I think, again 90% sure). It is not their exclusive, and the original developer named it "Snow White" which is what everyone else calls it. Kimono is great, didn't think I'd like the dwarfs but its beautiful. Can't say what happened with the pink one. Kaempferia pulchra bicolor does not exist, that is a form of K. elegans, an unnamed variety. You can tell K. elegans forms from the somewhat elevated or at least noticeable purple stigma (K "green ripple" "shazam" "son of shazam" "satin checks" "brushstrokes" etc. The photo they used is of a much rarer form that nobody is selling. I hope to have a few of them next year maybe. 2005 will be the year that the MOST INCREDIBLE form of K. elegans is released... unbelievable, amazing, awesome!!! Haven't thought of a name for it yet, but just waiting to hear that its in the lab clean.. might be awhile though....not too mention the second coolest Boesenbergia ever seen (hopefully the coolest will make it hear... but its probably rotten in New York thanks to some moronic DHL employees). As for the Globba, he used the same photo of the winitii clones for the "compacta"s and the winitii clones. None of the Globba are Id'ed correctly, none. (this comes from the thai side too). I have all of this stuff, but rhizomes of Globba for the most part are usually too small to offer. A few are, but its better to sell as plants or as second year rhizomes. Again the thai stuff is usually good material (from the right people), one just needs to know what everything really is before its let go. This particular source is actually run by very good people, just need some work on the taxonomy. I've helped them with several names etc... some got used some didn't, but in time hopefully most will be labeled correctly. Tim Chapman

Welcome USAF, I enjoyed that photo...lovely splash of colors...and three hovering hummies at that! I always find it hard to quickly photograph several of them together. ~ Cat

I agree with Taz. To me it looks like over watering. GardenWebber sprouts_honor (Jennifer from Cleveland) had a wonderful suggestion on how to tell whether or not you need to water your tomatoes, and I quote here: "Get a wooden dowel rod (or two) and sink it in the ground near a plant or two and leave it. Pull it out when you think you need to water. If the top is dry and the bottom is a little damp, it's time to water. If it looks dark and feels saturated, wait to water. I use this technique with potted plants that don't like being over watered and it's helpful with in ground plants too." Plants that are grown in any kind of container will need feeding more often than plants that are grown in the ground because each time they are watered, the water run off carries away vital nutrients. Many people who garden in containers feed their plants every week or so with a dilute solution of a balanced liquid fertilizer (because liquid nutrients are readily available to the plants) at 1/4 to 1/2 of normal strength. I hope that helps. Betsy