Treasure Trail THRIVES HERE!!!I have one in a large pot on Fortuniana, also a smaller one in a pot own root. I will post a picture of from this evening... I lost my phones usb cord, so sorry for the webcam pic. One of my Favorite roses! Just had to walk 10 feet outside to drag it inside. Mel Hulse,I tried twice before it lived. Never has amounted to much here. Lady Moss and Condoleezza do alright here not worth writing home about.Better grafted. Fa's Spotted moss also grows in my yard, not doing the best. But, with the cold December it is filling out.Some black spot on it.Not grafted. Fakir's Delight is an octopus here. VERY thorny like many mosses, close to 10 feet spread I am guessing. Almost ALL of the old moss roses have tried have not lived here grafted or not. Warm and Fuzzy grows here Nicely. Clean. I DO NOT SPRAY! I will say that almost all of my Ralph Moore moss minis have to be replaced like clockwork and really are not worth growing here own root.Grafted ones are better, but not even close to happy in most cases, a few exceptions. I do it for the pollen. I would not encourage most mini mosses in Florida and only a good handful of moderns. I have tried about 40 - 50 types total I am guessing. Kim, I think I will have to try Unconditional Love anyone mention it on RHA? Regards, Andrew Grover St Pete Fl

Romogen, I just looked up Laneii, and it does look VERY similar. Maybe a bit mossier? The poor rose in my neighborhood ("my" rose) is in such sad shape that it's hard to know what buds s/he'd produce under ideal circumstances. Also, the moss on "my" rose looks greener than the moss in the online photos of Laneii. If my memory serves me well, many moss roses have brownish tinted moss. Salet is one exception in my garden. In your experience, is the green moss on "my" rose a helpful indicator of identity? I'm just now collecting moss roses again after moving away from my past collection 15 years ago. I wish I'd been more observant when I was growing a multitude of mosses. I think James Mitchell is lighter pink. If I am able to rescue a portion of "my" rose, I'll take some more (and hopefully better) photos. Thanks so much! Carol

LOL @ Bob. If I were not in total denial, some would say that I am somewhere between 6-7 with all kinds of plants, in general. And always looking for a new little oddball to grow successfully and sell. Currently, I am fascinated by orchids. I have 10....2 Phals, 2 Paphs, 1 Vanda, 1 Hybrid Onc, 1 Dendrobium, 1 Blc, and a 2 little sederias. Thank you, James. I have seen Kool Logs, too. But, the olla was cheaper online than anything similar. Since this is an experiment, I tried to keep my costs down. The olla holds 2-3 inches of water for the better part of a week. It has the capacity to hold more, but it weeps water all the way up the sides of the pot if it’s full. I don’t mind if the bottom is wet, but all the way up the sides I felt was too much. And when I refill it, I rinse off the entire plant and roots with a water shower. But to be fair, that one is in an big east window, in a big bathroom that gets steamy at least 4 times a day. Then, I mist at least 4 more times. I do put a very tiny pinch of orchid food or a couple of drops of Superthrive in my mister, though. And the olla has a plug to block insects. The other olla is going to hold a Vanda in a skylight with several hours of direct sun and a humidifier. Currently, I’m trying to figure out how to free the Vanda from it’s plastic cage without damaging it. I may have to use a wire cutter to cut thru the tough plastic. So far after a week, the Paph and the Onc on the olla, look fine. The Onc’s pseudo bulbs are a little plumper than a week ago. But, the very tips of its many fine roots have browned, Roots at its base are greening up. Its leaves are bright green. The Paph looks good, but the roots were firm and brown when I took them out of the pot. No change. They are still brown a week later. The leaves look good though. I worry about the brown roots =/ Thanks for the tips, ya’ll! =)

Ben... I know what you mean... these days for practical purposes I use lightweight resin pots... they are not glamour pots like the ceramic ones, but they suit my purposes.. they are all straight sided, no curves or bulbous shapes... if I had those I would have to use a shovel and get right in there and dig it out... with straight sides they should pull out easily enough... although my 'Marie Pavie' shown above is in a rounded pot but the sides are straight within.. and that rose will be going in the ground this winter.. ..another trick with these types of plastic pots is that I can cut out the base... here's an example of a climbing rose 'Ballerina' planted in one of these... I did not want to dig a hole here, so the pot was necessary.. obviously I planted it up in situ because the base was removed... so the roots if they want can get out the bottom into the ground below... but again I may not keep the rose that long, but if those roots have gone down into the ground and I want to discard the rose, I would just tilt the pot, sever any roots going into the soil, lay the pot on one side, and pull Ballerina out of it... then start again with another rose... but I reckon this rose could be kept going in this pot, this way, indefinitely... ...this is my Lichfield Angel trough just after I planted it... my Benjamin Britten was in this for 5 years and I noticed signs of deterioration.. it wasn't flushing so well or so often.. I used to get 4 or 5 flushes a season from that rose... so I used a shovel and dug it out... very easy to do.. then replanted with LA... ...some pots I have I think will only serve for 2 seasons, but by then I shall just remove the rose completely... and move on to something else... ...it's the regular watering I dislike the most... I never have enough rain water, and they hate my tap water... that's my biggest issue with pots really...