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Blooming in the greenhouse today, but no daylilies

hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)

2 months ago

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
2 months ago
Very interesting group of flowers. Wallisia cyanea is my favorite of these.

Brad
sherrygirl zone5 N il
2 months ago
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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Thank you all for the nice comments. Fernstone is a really pretty red. Avedon, I got mine from Garden Crossings. Their plants are not cheap, but I have been very happy with anything I have ever gotten from them. I think this clump is three year sold, but it may just be two. Incidentally, I bought some of the million bells, and they are doing really well. they made it through the win ter just fine, but yours are spectacular. kay
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We have overwintered it in the ground with no mulch but it always seems to come back the next spring more puny than it was before. It's registered as a dormant for whatever that is worth. We keep it because of its beautiful color, hoping to pass that along to its offspring. We have had success with Tiger by the Tail, which was bred from Adorable Tiger, and a couple of our own seedlings.
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Rust doesn't survive the winter in our garden, thank God for that. We are rust free now, but we just keep reinfecting our plants every year because of the southern plants we buy. We try to buy only northern grown plants, but that is rather difficult. Some of the ones we want for hybridization are from the south. Some sellers offer good prices. There is one seller in Florida on the lily auction that sells new stuff at better prices than Jamie Gossard and Tom Polston, for example. I love to buy from those guys, but their prices are high and I can afford many more plants if I wait a couple of years and buy on the secondary market. Also, buying from Jamie, who is in Ohio, (and maybe many others) does not guarantee you won't get rust. Now that Jamie collaborates with Kinnebrew in Florida, there is always the possibility that he has grown the plants you buy in Florida to get the quick increase the climate allows. We will be trying something new this year. We will be spraying the southern-purchased plants (those that we pot and are in isolation) in hopes of keeping the rust from breaking out. If the plant isn't making spores, it won't be spreading to the other plants. We tried it late last season and it seemed reasonably successful.
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I've wanted this daylily since it first came out. The full rounded form and the fact that it starts out yellow (my favorite color) were right up my alley. So, I waited and waited until the price came down. Finally it was within my range only to be told by two different people about its growing habits. Their report was much the same as yours. I don't have a greenhouse, so the care it would receive in such a wonderful environment is not available to me. But seeing your picture Nan, I still love it. I hope you continue to post pictures and reports of it........BTW, is it supposed to be good for hybridizing?.....................Maryl
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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
2 months ago
Love all the colors, and the Hibiscus is gorgeous. Red, you know. One of my major favorites.

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Embothrium
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
>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)
2 months ago
Interesting plants and color even if they are not daylilies.

Julia
Nancy 6b
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
> I have a big white one that seems to be in bloom almost all year<

Probably a moth orchid.

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