"Victoria" has Westie Pup
chisue
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Comments (8)I wish I could claim any responsibility for the appearnce of my plant. In reality, this is a total "set it and forget it" plant. It gets lots of sun and water when I remember. Otherwise, it does its thing all on its own! eBay is probably the best, and worst thing to have happened to this hobby. It really opened things up, making it more approachable to the general public. Instead of mail order, text only plants lists, you can now do searches, see pictures, and have the plant ordered in less than five minutes! It has also served to make the hard to find stuff a little less hard to find. On the other hand, it has done a great deal of damage to popular taxonomy. There is little regard for scientific names, with borderline useless common names being much preferred. Worse, eBay sellers will use *any* name for a plant if they think it will increase their page hits or sells. Now everything is a Jade!!! or caudex!!!! or bonsai!!! or lest we forget RARE!!!!!!!!!!. Beyond that, and consider this a warning, it can do some serious damage to your bank account!!! By the way, $10 with shipping included is a terrific deal!...See MoreHow long before pups appear?
Comments (5)Hi everyone. Len – First of all I have a couple of questions for you – You say, “The plants are quite large none have roots”; did you remove the roots or were they like that when they came to you and have they already flowered or as yet un-flowered? Were they a gift or did you purchase them and did the person you got them from give any reason why there were no roots? You also say, “Just planted an assortment of bare rooted single Bromeliads”; what genera were they, Neoregelias, Aechmeas, Vrieseas etc? I have heard that some people prefer to remove the roots from single plants but it’s never been made clear to me why they do it. My thoughts are that when transplanting any plant, the more intact healthy roots you have the less amount of transplant shock the plant suffers. There are only two occasions I ever plant brom’s without roots; firstly, if the roots are dead or rotted, (in which case they need to be removed) and secondly; if they are freshly cut pups that haven’t yet made roots………... But why would you remove healthy roots? I find this time of the year here where I live (and the same would apply to you) is the worst time of the year to plant brom’s as it’s the middle of winter and plant growth has slowed right down. Personally I prefer spring time when the weather is starting to warm up and growth is starting up again after winter. However with a large collection like I have, I’m re-potting all the year around as I don’t have the luxury of being able to re-pot all that need re-potting in the warmer months, there’s just too many. During the colder months I mainly just “pot on” (moving plants that have out grown their pot into the next larger size pot and disturbing the roots as little as possible). I have found that if I plant pups at this time of the year, they just sit and “sulk” and roots won’t start to form until spring time anyway. If I have been given a pup and I must plant it during winter, I wrap the “heel” (where the new roots emerge from) in fresh Sphagnum Moss before I plant it in my normal potting mix, and I find when growth does finally start, pups treated in this manner grow roots much quicker than those without it. Another important point to remember is that if the plant or pup is top heavy, and can move within the pot, don’t be afraid to stake it; because while ever it can move, any new roots it produces will be broken off. The same thing applies to pups that have been mounted on trees; they must be firmly attached and unable to move for the same reason. Finally, as tsugajunkie asks, do you have any photos of the plants we are discussing? All the best, Nev....See MoreWhat has your pet figured out on it's own?
Comments (84)I am so loving all the dog and cat stories. It is apparent that our animals enrich our lives in many ways. Here is another story about another Granddog. My younger daughter had 2 Beagles. While visiting at her house for a weekend some years ago, I stayed with the Beagles while Daughter went to a Doctors appointment. The dogs normal supper time is 4:00 she had told me, but Molly the oldest would try to tell me at about 3:30 that it is time to eat. Don't fall for her lies and just ignore her till it is 4 o'clock, she said. Sure enough about 3:30 Molly appeared in front of me as I was reading in a comfy chair. She did a little wiggle dance and then went to her empty bowl. I continued to read without looking up. Then Molly came back and did the wiggle dance and added 2 fast spinning circles for emphasis and then back to her empty bowl again. I continued reading. Molly then came back, repeated all the other moves and next grabbed my pant leg and shook my leg briskly. Now I burst out laughing. I couldn't ignore her any longer...See MoreVictoria Standard?
Comments (15)Stush, most cities around me do have laws about oaks and other hardwood trees. You can cut down the native palms that grow from seeds like weeds, but established oaks and the like are somewhat protected in that you have to ask about cutting them down. I'm sure if you have a good reason it'd be no problem, like roots affecting the foundation of your house or too close to the house during storms. Altho oaks are beautiful and provide shade, they're 'dirty' trees with tons of leaves, twigs, litter and limbs on streets, driveways and vehicles. Barb, interesting that you had trees blown down all the way up there in Georgia. By the way, my Anth clarinervium is doing very well. Thought I had some seeds coming but they didn't develop. Russ...See More
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoReminds me of the movie "Marie Antoinette" with Kirstin Dusnt. When the Austrians dropped her off with her new French court, the French made her surrender her little pug back to the Austrians instructing her she must have a French dog from now on. The pug's name was cute, but I can't remember it just now. But I'm OT.
ETA: His name was "Mops"
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