Purple, what's the deep red/purple, erect plant in the white pot!! Now that IS colorful! WOW! LOL, moving plants around..sounds like me when plants are brought back inside. When plants are set outside in spring, I usually keep most in locations they were placed previous summers. Although a few, Adeniums for example need a much brighter location than they were placed the last two summers. Thank God for poles w/hangers. Though we ended up placing bird feeders on three...can't deprieve the birds..or should they be called, squirrel feeders. lol..squirrels climb up poles, hang upsidedown like bats, stealing sunflower seed. Brats! Marjie..it's true..healthy is better than large. But, don't worry, in time, your plants will grow taller and wider. Howdy Josh. Is WJ/T. zebrina, one of the hundreds of plants names were changed over the years? In Purple's top two pics..her entire plant is deep purple. No silver or green. So, you're saying, her WJ was kept in shade? How much shade are we talking? Total shade..Does this include indoor shade? Sorry for all the questions, but her plant is amazing. I agree, placing such a tender tropical in direct sun, w/o acclimation, would scorch foliage. 'Scorch' isn't a very nice color. :)

Here is an address that may be of help to you, I believe Steven Hammer is considered the world expert on the species. sphaeroid@juno.com You are able to download his list. All plants will have species names, and good documentation if that is important to you, he is a master at packing for shipping. You never know what he (Steven Hammer) is offering at any givin time. I can safely recommned both nurseries. Steve is a specialist and hope you enjoy his sense of humor. Norma

we have rocks, they are just ground up really tiny and called sand LOL! Rocks and cupcakes, now those are trades! Jim is as excited as I am about the rocks. Forgot Lisa on my list! How did that happen? Ya`ll weren`t gonna tell me either, they are my cupcakes, mine! all mine! I`ll share. Lisa: cupcakes FOR: whatever you want!, take it all! What can I dig up out of the yard for you? Tally HO!

Thank you for any and all things you send to me. Are you a major collector of Hurnias/Orbeas/Stapelias, or do you just have a few along with other plants of all types? I have some Stapelias,about 20-25 Huernias/Orbeas, i try to keep grow more, but last year was cold and wet, so i lost almost all my stapelias, this year is HOT and wet, so I keep loosing huernias/orbeas....like the Varigata that I lost and am searching for so badly! They tend to hold up in the heat and wet better than Stapelias. Now my Stapelia collection, that use to be huge, is down to like 3 varieties. Might have 6 pots of Stapelias 'Leenedrtizea' ,spelled wrong, I call it 'Lee', it has the fat sausage shaped maroon flower on it., and Gigantea in the ground, a few pots. And a few Carallumas. It hasnt bloomed at all this year. I swear it is to hot for them to bloom! So any ne w additions to my collection will be welcomed!! This is a Huernia that I got from Mile2go, about 6 times, to finally get one to live and bloom. It is big for the variety, it blooms facing down into the soil,and is about 1in wide. They are usually like 1/4in wide, the VERY common 'Dragon Flower'. This is Huernia Kennedyana.it is a new cross the Miles started carrying last winter. I got a few Zebrinas that were green,NO red in it at all, 1 close to a Magniflora, called 'Super Z', a big Zebrina, but not huge like Magniflora. I lost the mall over and over, from the rains,cold,heat. I not finally have small amounts of the Super Z, it is now budding!, and Kennedyana, it is blooming, i finally got them in the right place and between the rain letting up,and putting them under shade cloth!, they are alive. I am not trying to enlarge my bromeliad collection, they seem to love the heat/wet/cold, almost cant kill them. But the Stapelia/huernia/Orbea is my true collectiion, large flowering hoyas, and then bromeliads. I am searching for a certain bromeliad now, in the bromeliad forum now. This is one of the Zebrinas, minus any red. cant keep it alive, bought it 5 times ,still cant keep it alive. It was H. 'Zebrina X Zebrina', and a long African name after it. It has a yellow/green with black spots and black stripes flower.