Very nice!!! I wished I lived near Logees. 😃

What’s a Logees and where are they located?

https://www.logees.com/

They are in Danielson, Connecticut, west of Providence, RI. have ordered from them but never made the trip up. I try as heck not to drive anywhere anymore, it's all eBay, Amazon, Etsy, etc...And thank the lord I don't live near them or would be having to spend even more $ on plants!

Lol, Margaritaville, I don't want to think about how much I've spent at Logee's over the years, well... decades!

LOL, i could pay off my mortgage in full for all the plants I've ordered online!

You and me, both :-) Well, at least I don't buy a lot of shoes.

LOL, I am still wearing flip flops and need to buy actual shoes.

Birkenstocks and sneakers (does anyone still call them that?). That's my go to.

"My what big leaves you have, Archiboldiana!" Is it the one in the forefront? What's in the back on the little stake?

That's it, popmama, right in front. The one I have from Gardino's has longer and more narrow leaves. This one's leaves are wider in proportion to the length. The leaves are also very stiff and leathery. The one in the back on the stake is Ceropegia sandersonii.

Yes it does have rather large leaves!

I've never seen that Ceropegia sandersonii. I looked up some photos of it and wow it has a very interesting bloom! If/when yours blooms, I'd love to see it.

You are way to funny!!

Same here, guilty as charged.

Funny, I got some of the same plants..lol

Actually when I am just about ready to be committed to a mental institution, I take a ride there in winter and usually that takes care of the issue.

It is the very best therapy :-)

Once your sandersonii is big enough to take a nice cutting, let me know. May be able to arrange an exchange. :)

I just got 2 streptocarpus from Logees today! Haven't grown them in many years. Very fast shipping too!

Sounds good, Paul :-)

Tommy, I was tempted by a Streptocarpus I saw there. I haven't grown those in years either.

If either of you (Wendy or Tommy) want some Streptocarpus saxorum, drop me a note.

Who needs shoes when you got plants?

My wife keeps a close watch on me when we go to our local nursery. Had a help wanted sign and no way could I work there. I would owe THEM every payday.

Wendy, I think it's a blessing that I don't live closer to Logees. If I did I am sure not only would I be spending an inordinate amount of time there but most likely a large portion of my retirement savings as well! I guess some things are better off not having!

Bill, I have spent a large amount of time (and money) there over the years. It's a good thing it's about an hour and a quarter drive to there. If it were less, I'd be there all the time :-) It's my favorite place to be on a cold snowy winter day.

Wendy, I fully understand. For some reason, walking around nurseries give me great pleasure seeing all the different plants. Yet, walking around my own plants just doesn't do the same thing for me. Maybe because I'm so familiar with what I already have? In the nurseries, I see so many different plants I'd love to grow. If I lived in a warmer climate, or had a 34x50 foot greenhouse (and a winning lottery to support it) maybe things would be different. In the mean time, we can continue to grow what we have and keep drooling over what we want.

Some thing wished for is always greater then having or owning one no mater what it is. What I hate to see is how much better their plants are than mine. Like you said, if I had a huge green house to keep my plants in maybe mine would look as good. But I try to be happy with what I got.

Stush, those grown in a GH will always look more lush and healthy because they receive a lot more humidity, are probably fed more often, and have optimal light. They also aren't there for long either because GHs need to move inventory. I count it as a great accomplishment if we can, at home, keep them healthy and bring them to flower. Then I know they're happy.

Now go tell your plant you love 'em, they'll really appreciate it!

I feel the need right now to get away to a nursery just to look around. Gloomy and raining out today. Can't wait till spring.

Stush, I'm just outside Philly myself. This is the time of year the gloomies are in full swing. Unfortunately, I don't have any good nurseries near me or I'd be doing the same thing myself!

That sounds great, Mike! Bird songs!

Can I just whistle instead? (It drives my wife crazy!) 🤣

I think my plants already drives my wife crazy. No need to add to it.

Hay Mike, No bird calls but try to do that most every day. Again, making more noise is tempting the wife. I tried buying her plants for special occasions (ones I like) but again to no avail.

Mike, just buy yourself a bunch of parakeets and release then in your plants. Put out food and water, running preferably, and before you know it they'll be nesting and surrounding you with their antics and songs. If I didn't have my dog, it's what I'd do.

OMG, I spent the day in my basement with the parakeets, an elderly cat, and hundreds of plants in 80 F heat and bright light (combo of sun as it is 1/2 above ground and LED lighting). I did a lot of transplanting and light feedings of underfed plants. We all like it down there by the furnace and hot water heater this time of year. Today was chilly but there was not a cloud in the sky all day. Just wish it would stay like this all winter all! Outdoors, the darn Camellias really want Spring as they are beginning to bloom. I used to get some degree of SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) because of the short days and darkness, but think it's definitely gotten better over the years. It definitely helps to live in a home with full, southern exposure all year long and to have windows facing all compass directions, especially the south.

P.S., If you want bird songs, you need canaries, definitely not parakeets, they squawk and make more of a presence than their diminutive size would suggest. LOL.

Margaritaville, you're 100% correct. Canaries are great for songs, but not as friendly as parakeets. I thought Mike would like to enjoy their antics. Whatever you do, don't get a parrot! I had one, and besides living for 60 years, it would scream at 90db! Unbelievably annoying! It wanted attention. After being unable to listen to the screaming, I'd finally go over to it to yell back and it would say "I love you". This happened many times a day! Drove me nuts. No more parrots for me! 🤣

Parakeets are actually a variety of "parrot", but I agree that they are very friendly and form bonds with their owners, and are very friendly. I once had to parrot sit for a dwarf Pacific parrot, so freakin' noisy! The thing with all parrots (including parakeets), and cockatiels, and cockatoos, is that they are all very sociable and intelligent..., all need to be engaged in their environment and have social interactions. So, here's where we are in 2021, birds needs regular social interaction, while humans are too busy texting to tend to either their children or the birds.

Exactly!

The great parrots like macaws can live to be over 100yrs old. Definitely a long term commitment. Most folks don't realize how much work it is to keep one healthy in mind and body -- ESPECIALLY the mind aspect. Being that they are very social and very intelligent, one of the worst things a person can do is leave them alone in a cage all day while the person is at work. The result is typically a very neurotic/psychologically traumatized animal.

You are 100% correct. They require constant attention and when they don't recieve it they definitely let you know. They are a long term commitment to be sure.