Plants arriving in the mail is a Most Exciting Event, especially now!
These babies arrived Friday from Miles2Go. What have all or you gotten recently?
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Comments (35)Thanks for the link, ArthurM... very good reading! And thank you for sharing your orchid photos! I really like the Neofinitea falcata... the flowers are so delicate-looking and the white does look really nice against the darker green of the leaves! Thanks to all who shared photos! Lovely flowers! I only wish I could grow such beauties... my apartment is just not a very orchid-friendly environment... which is why I'm thrilled my Epidendrum is doing so well!...See MoreWhat do you do when your mail order starter roses arrive?
Comments (11)Nope, you guys missed a VERY important step. The very first thing you do with new mail order bands after taking them out of the shipping box and taking off any shipping paraphenalia is to fill a garbage can to the point where the water will completely cover the whole plant and to submerge it for 30 minutes to an hour. The point here is to kill any critters that came with your plants, especially of the spider mite variety. It also rehydrates everything that dried out during shipping. Then I keep them in the band pots in the shade for a couple of days and then, when I have time, I pot them up to one gallon pots. No fertilizer in the one gallon pots until you see they are established and growing well....See MoreLook what Came in the Mail (especially Rita)
Comments (9)I did that earlier in the season, that is tag plants that I intended to move either somewhere else in the garden or outta here. I am also back to work fixing up that area in the back were I dug out the gooseberry shrubs as I intend to plant daylilies there. Some will be there temporily as I am going to tackle the front yard section near the nice new (last year) front steps and just have to dig everything out. Much of it goes outta here but other things will move in there from other areas in the garden. Before any planting there needs to be grading and probably some mini terraces. I just couldn't deal with it last year or this spring but I know what I want and I think I know how to do it, will see once I start if it works. As far as finding odd and off the beaten track places to buy, I just love to find those great plants ( and sellers) that might not be so well known....See MoreNow what, MIL outburst at family event.
Comments (30)Ah, MILs! I actually don't have a complaint about my MIL. She lives in another country (probably part of the success of our relationship) and is a very sweet person. You don't hear many husbands complaining on message boards about their MILs, but I imagine my DH would have a lot to say. He told me this year (now 6 years into our marriage) that he almost didn't ask me to marry him because of my mother, who is controlling and narcissistic. I can't say I blame him, in retrospect. My mom would hug everyone in the room goodbye and shake his hand. She wanted to take me out to dinner for my birthday (on my birthday) and asked if DH (then my fiance) could pay for himself if he wanted to join us (he said, thanks, but no thanks, as did I). When DH and I (thankfully) moved to a different state nearby so he could pursue a business opportunity, my mom told me she thought he wanted to move away specifically to take ME away from HER. She has made all manner of rude comments and controlling efforts in his direction over the years. When I gave birth, she made a rude comment to my OB about DH (he was out of the room at that time, but I was there, laboring away). My DH remains polite and dislikes her so much he cannot bring himself to speak much to her when she visits. It's very clear where things stand. And yet, she still WANTS to come visit and tries to make me feel guilty she's not here more regularly. Her extraordinary capacity to deny reality (and believe that she's a "damn good" mother-in-law) amazes me! MILs out there, remember that if we could hear the other side of the story, it might appear far different than you think. You may have an uncommunicative son/daughter, but for all you know, your child's spouse nags them to call you. My husband has a fine set of parents (certainly they have their faults), but I regularly tell him to call them. How to bridge the gap between son and parents once he is married, I don't know, as my son is only 3. My brother is not yet married (although he already barely speaks to my mother and not at all to my father). My plan is to build a life of my own and not rely on my children to emotionally support me when I am old. It's a gift. I have no wish to be the emotional lifeline for my parents (yet admittedly, I already am for my father, who has no friends and no family, so I know what I'm talking about). I hope i am never one of those mothers inducing guilt because their son doesn't call or visit enough. I figure, it will be his choice. You can't force people to do things. I have been "guilt-tripped" into doing things for my own mother, and it only makes me want to run away. Plus, importantly, young people in their 20's/early 30's may still be discovering who they are apart from their parents. It may be important to them at this time to maintain more of a distance (certainly not always true, but in my case, this was true). If they go on to have children, I find that is typically when families may start to "reconnect" and the value of extended family is better understood by the new parent. Again, not always the case, but certainly true in mine. My mother now focuses all her controlling and needy love on my son, which is fine by me. He adores her. They are very close at this stage in his life (we'll see once he gains more independence), and I'm now expecting a girl which is exciting for all, particularly my mother....See Morestupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
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3 years agoWendy, most of the Euphorbia francoisii crassicaulis v ribrifolia
on OOA came from a lovely elderly lady in Orsteen, FL. She forms them
from seed. She’s decided to retire and sold most of her stock to OOA. She used to sell this plant for about $25. OOA has kicked things up several notches. I’dlike to find a few with broad or unusual shaped leaves for hybridizing.
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3 years agoBeautiful, Howard. Here are the rest of my seed grown Thai hybrid francoissii...
The one on the right with the long leaves is usually a dark red color, but after being outside it's turned more dark green with pink veins.
I definitely want to keep all of the ones in the first photo, and probably a couple of the ones in the second photo. I also have 8 seedlings that I started this year. Seed is from a different grower in Thailand. They're just starting to form their first true leaves, so it will be a while before I have any idea what they're going to look like.
Hopefully, i'll eventually have an interesting one to send you!
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3 years agoThese are not your “Ordinary Suspects”. They just arrived. I know what they are, do you? And, no, they aren’t sprouting potatoes!
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3 years agoA couple of new arrivals... Hoya krohniana 'Super Eskimo' and Hoya kerii 'Quilt Leaf'
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoStan, just for you..... more potatoes arrived today! And these are even larger!
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3 years agoWhile this isn’t a “New Arrival”, it was sent to me in the recent past. At the time of its arrival, it was a very long serpentine arm. I cut it in half and here we are.
Top half
Bottom half
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3 years agoStush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
3 years agoWendy, update on new plants.
Never seen such a display. Love it.
My friend on another site sent me a White Rhino same time you did. His was very small and 2 years old. Almost died but I see a new leaf coming up. Happy dance time.
Your Jade just keeps getting better too.
Keeping them indoors under strong LED lighting and cooler temps. Figure why mess with success?
New Euphorbia growing three new leaves. Self pollinated the two flowers so who knows?
Nice fat bulb root on this.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoNew plants? Did I hear new plants? How about 43 lbs (19.88 kg) of imports from Taiwan. And there’s another box just as large arriving, hopefully, next week.
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3 years agoLooking good, Stush!
Howard, I'm dying of curiosity... what's in the boxes??? Also, how long did the shipping take from Taiwan? I've been avoiding international mail lately, but maybe I don't have to, hmmm....
Couple of my new arrivals... E. abdelkuri (on its own roots) and Cyphostemma pachypus
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3 years agoThis is one of our larger orders with over 800 plants. They use EMS but can ship by whatever method you wish.
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3 years agoWell, another new arrival, this time from Aridlands....
Adenia globosa
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoSuper excited to get this new agave I just order today. A little more than I wanted to pay but I never saw one like this.
Agave Cubic is an interesting cultivar with bizarre ridges on the back of most of the leaves, resulting in some of them having a three or four angled appearance. Plants need winter protection when temperatures dip down into the high 20’s F.
This plant is a mutated monstrose form of Agave potatorum. Marginal spines can grow on up to all four of the leaf sides. The leaves grow as if 2 leaves are fused together forming a square shape. Grow this plant in full sun to partial shade.
Picture are from Esty seller Succulent Cabin;
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoFirst time I saw this agave. How long has it been around? Do you remember where you saw it first? If like any of my other Agave potatorum, they pup like crazy.
These guys started out small and for years stayed that way. Now they are over 8 inches and I have removed pups several times from them. Seems the older they get once pups are removed, they tend to stay that way.Maybe I should have waited for a variegated form.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHere's pictures of my Agave. Just came today. Roots are dried up and dead but they regrow pretty easily. Plant is exact one pictured above.
Showing the mutated leaves growing into each other forming that 3D effect. I am happy to have paid the little more to get a bigger and nicer plant.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoMore new Agave today :-)
In the heat of summer under the hot sun, they turn more red.stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a thanked Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWendy, Thru the winter most of my agave sit in low light. They are in a cool basement with almost no water which makes keeping them easy.
Here's my back porch with my gutter system for plants;
When I bring them in, leather gloves and heavy cotton jacket (long sleeves). Still I get some cuts and scratches.stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a thanked Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
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