OT-Non AV Blooms 2021
Ok all, this particular thread was started by Paul in Michigan I think. I am keeping up the tradition for 2021 !
I participated in a trade with a member of this group and received some very nice things I had never heard of before!
From top left to right--Seemania silvatica/ and at the right end are a couple of begonia wedges that made babies !
Next row--Episcia "NOID" (but lovely!)/ next is Sinningia Prudence Risely/ another begonia wedge baby!
Next row--nothing/ halfway down is Episcia Harmony's Slinky Pink.
Bottom row--nothing/ 2 AV leaves Maggie Lee.
The blank spaces did have cuttings/leaves but sadly they died. Strangely enough the cuttings are all robust but the violet leaves of Maggie Lee are well rooted but not one baby yet.
All of these were planted Sept 25, 2020., so you would think Maggie Lee would have babies. That's ok,,,,I am patient! Just thought I would share. Rosie in Michigan
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AnneCecilia z5 MI
3 years agoRosie1949
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Comments (10)sunflowerlover, it depends on the plant and how severely you mangled the roots. I'd give it a month or so. KWien, someone suggested a technique that appears to have worked for me. I had a mini rescue that had never bloomed in all the months I've had it. I read on the forum that taking the pot and knocking it sharply on a flat surface can get a slow bloomer to put out. Well, dang if it didn't work. I guess it's the shock or jiggling the roots or something. Of course the little guy is taking *forever* to open up, but it's getting closer... Korina...See MoreSlightly O/T: Do you grow any 'proper' HT's?
Comments (14)I have a few foot-tall sticks that cling to life: 'Dainty Bess', 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliams', 'Nigrette', if our very hot summer this year didn't do in my last plant of it: this puny rose clings to life amazingly. Doing pretty well, especially considering the bad ground it was planted in, is 'Cl. Mme. Caroline Testout'. This is a very tough rose that does well on its own roots. I have another nameless climbing HT, a beautiful long-budded pink variety, a found rose given to me as a cutting, that's growing in heavy ground without support and doing surprisingly well. I would love to move this to a pergola but am afraid I might lose it, even though I've seen to what extent one can massacre roses during transplanting and still see them come back. I want to take cuttings of this and put the new plant in a more appropriate spot. I have several plants of 'Mme. Jules Bouche' and am hopeful that for some I may finally have created the conditions it needs to reach its full potential. It has a lot of Tea character. Also a puny plant of 'Barcelona', my last survivor of this variety, and I hope I've planted it adequately and it will grow well. 'Barcelona' is tough, but my garden is too often tougher. Warm climate roses and their close relatives, among which I include the Pemberton Hybrid Musks and HTs, struggle in my garden. I think they need lighter soil than I can readily provide, some protection from wind and full sun, and a degree of what I can only call gentility in their conditions which the once-blooming old roses of European origin can better do without. This fall I planted some herbaceous peonies and a lemon verbena in a corner of the garden where shrubs have been growing for several years now and where I have steadily mulched. I think some buried part of my brain had decided that the environment had been sufficiently domesticated to support herbaceous perennials. The same would need to be done for HTs. I think, terracing, rich, somewhat soft soil, in an area hedged by shrubs and with a mature decidous tree or two somewhere in the vicinity, would be perfect. Naturally the hectare or so of the garden doesn't include a single spot where such conditions exist, I'm not sure there's one where they could even be implemented. I would love to try 'Oklahoma', for one, and there are other Hybrid Teas that pull at me....See MoreOT: non-AV blooms 2018
Comments (111)What a GREAT idea for a thread! Currently the only two non-av plants that are blooming is a moth orchid that has been blooming solid for about 10 months, and an unidentified episcia. :) No pics of them, but I totally get what you said at the very beginning where people say "Oh yea, that's nice." I have two large windows full of plants, and people walk in and go "Oh you have a green thumb!" And then change the subject - and I'm like, "OK, never mind I won't tell you about them! They are all different and amazing and have a story, but that's ok. Let's talk about the hardwood." LOL. So nice to have a group of people who appreciate the diversity and amazing therapeutic qualities of houseplants....See MoreOT: non-AV blooms and other plant related stuff 2019
Comments (4)Paul, have you thought of entering in an african violet show in the design category? If you do, please let us know how you did/do/ Yolanda...See More
irina_co
3 years agoRosie1949
3 years ago
Paul MI
3 years agoHmm,seems, with the exception of Rosie, that you folks have been slacking with regards to this thread. Let's try to get the ball rolling, shall we?
Trying to do this with my phone. Something I've never done before. We'll see how it goes.
First, a mini orchid.
Then a not as mini orchid
To end with a truly mini carnivorous plant (the plant is about the size of a dime).
Rosie1949
3 years agoWow! Those are fantastic Paul!!!!!! Glad you decided to post,,,,I knew you would!!!
These are my little blue spring flowers. I just love them. Rosie
fortyseven_gw
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agofortyseven_gw
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
Same plant, different view. Color is fuschia but name is purple.Rosie1949
3 years agoRosie1949
3 years agoRosie1949
3 years agoI have a couple more lovelies to show on this thread. First my sininngia pusilla-I complained that it wasn't doing enough and after Irina gave me a polite talking to I took her advice and now I have a full pot! In fact it needs to be divided and spread out! lol
Second is my brugmansia Charles Grimaldi, cuttings given to me by a friend late last fall. Hopefully they will bloom this year!
And last but certainly not least,,,,,,begonia foliosa. A miniature leaf begonia that bloomed while she was rooting!!!!! I just love small things!!!!!
I took these pix this morning because it was raining and so dark and dreary my cell phone camera didn't have to compete with the sunlight coming thru the window!
Hope you enjoy them! Rosie
fortyseven_gw