A couple min-winter pics from Spring (TX)
kaboehm (zone 9a, TX USA)
7 years ago
Things are crazy in the Houston area as Super Bowl LI is ramping up for the big game in 3 days. Meanwhile, in rural Spring, things are a bit more mundain!!
My peach treat has fruit... For the past 2 weeks!!!
My H. Exotic Star is sending up scape #4!
And... After all the H. Belladonna and H. Ballerina, I have an H. Christmas Star from my batch of 20 assorted bulbs. Just opening.
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Comments (64)Of course... the third floret of the "outstanding sibling" Another sibling, with greenish flowers, which are bigger, one scape, 4 florets, 13+ cm in Diameter And a third sibling, with two scapes, 4 small florets each, just 11+ cm in diameter, and the flowers are conspicuously drooping....See MoreA couple of JUMBO Amaryllid bulbs for the winter
Comments (10)Glad you all liked the pics! Radar, I just find pots at the local stores.....whatever they happen to have. Yes, I have ernesti-ruschii that I am growing from seed I got about 18 months ago.....very tiny bulbs!! Josh, one of the reasons I like these are the amazing bulbs...as I say, they are really architectural in nature....more impressive than the flowers for the most part, which are far too short-lived. Since mine are potted in pure pumice or volcanic cinder or river rock they would have to be pretty tough to pull themselves in to the pot any deeper. Alana, as you may recall from your days in Organic Chem. many natural products are modified for clinical benefit. Since these bulbs are used for their poison they produce by indigenous people in South Africa and Namibia these toxins were isolated and it turns out that they are useful in treating cancer. The guy writing the textbook wanted a pic of the plant for illustration purposes as he talked about the medicinal chemistry efforts to make better anti-cancer compounds.....who knew :o) Dan...See MoreHello folks. Just a couple of my winter indoor citrus! Pic
Comments (19)Hey Josh! Feeling a bit better today? I hope so. I have been worried about you:-) Tmc, there are a few ways to rid scale once and for good. Some with horticultural oils, others with alchohol, and yet others systemically. Of course I am an all natural person as much as I can be until there is nothing else that will work. To treat and rid scale effectively, it would be nice to first identitfy the species. Knowing the type of scale you have can be very effective since there are hundeds of different types. Is it possible to see a pic since some are not hindered by alchohol or oil treatments. Some do carry their eggs while others lay their eggs under their protective scale covers. Is it possible to get a picture, so one of our pest experts like 'Rhizo' can properly identify and we can go from there? If it is cottony cushion scale, it can be treated effectively with alchohol, this pest usually being the culprit in the past in my case. Make sure you mist every nook and cranny and repeat application after a couple of days. Please give us a pic if you could? Mike...See Morecouple of pics from this week
Comments (42)I was just thinking after looking at your last post that 'the bench photos' would keep unruly(s) from visiting the house therefore giving a quiet atmosphere to enjoy to ones' self. Now I realize that all my friends would congregate, to my house. Enough said? I think so. Dax...See More
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7 years agodondeldux z6b South Shore Massachusetts
7 years agoI guess I was wrong about the ID of one of the bulbs that I thought was Christmas Star from the Thai Thai batch. Mine was very small and orange and I think it might be Little Star. Yours is beautiful!!! I'd have been very happy with one like yours....
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