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Blooming in the greenhouse today, but no daylilies

hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)

last year

As per Kay's request, here are some flowers (not daylilies though) blooming in the greenhouse today. Since Bob retired, he has enjoyed spending more time puttering around in his greenhouse.

This is the flower spike coming on Aechmea 'Fia Variegata'.

Here's what it looks like when the spike expands. FYI, in the bromeliad world, the inflorescence is called a spike, not a scape. The flowers are the little blue things coming out of the the berries.

This is an orchid called Epidendrum radicans. It is a reed-stemmed orchid. The flowers are quite small.

This is Wallisia cyanea. This is a rather common bromeliad, often seen in plant shops. It used to be called Tillandsia cyanea with the nickname 'Pink Quill'. This particular plant is a variegated one.

This is the inflorescence of Musa 'Royal Red'. This banana is not edible.

This is Hibiscus schizopetalus. The plant in the background is Musa velutina, another indedible banana. The fruits, the little pink things, are filled with white fiberous pith and seeds.

This hibiscus is an offspring of the schizopetalus. It's one of my favorites--a small flower.

As far as the daylilies are concerned, Tom Adams is putting up a scape. Positive Introspection is putting up a rebloom scape too. When they bloom, I will post photos.

Nancy

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Brad KY 6b
last year
Very interesting group of flowers. Wallisia cyanea is my favorite of these.

Brad
sherrygirl zone5 N il
last year
Thanks Nancy! It is fun to see these tropicals blooming. I ’m getting impatient waiting for spring and the daylilies. I have daff foliage with some buds all around the yard. The cold seems to have slowed things down a bit

Sherry
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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
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I like bold colors and your greenhouse plants sure provide them in what seems to be the never ending gray days of early spring. I've seen that Tilandsia before somewhere (now updated to Wallisia apparently), and while it may be more numerous then some in public view, it is still a knockout color combination. Makes me think I may need to try an "air plant" again if I can get similar blooms on a low care plant............That spike on the Bomeliad is remarkable. Is it true that the plant dies after it flowers like this?.............Maryl
organic_kitten
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Love all the colors, and the Hibiscus is gorgeous. Red, you know. One of my major favorites.

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Embothrium
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>in the bromeliad world, the inflorescence is called a spike, not a scape. The flowers are the little blue things coming out of the the berries<

In the case of 'Fia' the inflorescence type is identified as a panicle here (below); the berries of course, being fruits will not precede the flowers producing them:

BCR Bromeliad Cultivar Register> (bsi.org)

Otherwise:

Bromeliad flowers are aggregated into inflorescences of various forms

Bromeliaceae - Wikipedia
Julia WV (6b)
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Interesting plants and color even if they are not daylilies.

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Nancy 6b
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Those are beautiful! So different from anything i usually see. I don't have a greenhouse and don't have but a couple houseplants because i neglect them too much during the summer. i still have a couple of orchids, just the easy ones. I have a big white one that seems to be in bloom almost all year.
Embothrium
last year
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> I have a big white one that seems to be in bloom almost all year<

Probably a moth orchid.

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