Tropical Gardening

Sorry to drag up such an old thread, but I was doing a search as I ordered both Narajilla seeds and a young Tree tomato plant today.Pete, did the Tree tomato fruit set and ripen in one season or do they ripen over winter?

Where was the photo taken Sal?

Sal, The top one is Aloe dichotoma The 2nd one Aloe plicatilis And the 3rd one Aloe barberae Of the 3, Aloe plicatilis is probably the easiest to grow in our climate. It can go outdoors in summer, but must be brought into a greenhouse in winter. Aloe barberae is from a subtropical area,...

This is what a healthy A broomii should look like:

Thanks for the tips. All potted up now in a free draining, moss / bark / peat mix. I have four bulbs, all have one developing flower stem and one or two other growths.

Phal.violacea is as close to a blue Phal as you'll get...................() I picked a Vanda up cheap early this year............... Not dyed!

I grow pink passion outside in a pot. It hates over watering and best in sheltered spot I think. Away from west Cornwall I think it will need winter protection. Lovely plant though

I did try to send you a PM about A humilis. I may also have some A. shawii seed to spare, but not sure without going and looking. Out all day tomorrow so I will check on Sunday, that is if you need some.

You're a gentleman!

I'm guessing its the aerial roots that are lush and green. My guess is the roots in the pot are rotted. I've had it happen to me and its a long process getting things back to normal, if you can. I'd not cut back the leaves, they will die back when ready. One way I have found is to cut the...

Zamia is a member of the Cycad family Zamioculcus is a tuberous Aroid

Mine had a major prune last summer and seems to have sulked a bit. Think it'll pick up in the end, though.

Thanks MadahhiliaI sewed the seed in seed tays and good quality compost and kept the seed trays in the greenhouse but I think it was just too hot. Even in late February, daytime temp in the greenhouse was 30 . Night time temp fell to about 12 - the greenhouse is not heated, so I think the...

I seem to remember growing this a few years ago. I remember it making very long flat branches which started to take over my conservatory. Unfortunately, space being a problem I had to remove it, it did have a few flowers, but not enough to warrant the space it was taking up.

Sal - I have no idea. Its not in my small book on Hibiscus - so I can only Google the same sites as you. It sounds similar to H. coccinea though it comes from Asia and not the USA. H. coccinea also grows to 6 foot, is sold as an annual but is really a perennial, and also has cannabis like...

Btw, stapelia gigantea, a bit off topic. But keep warm not below 10*c, plenty of sunlight. And it can take a lot of water in the growing season (summer)

Just struck me as strange that it struck on plants indoors and on greenhouse plants. The growing conditions must be very different.

Many thanks for all the ID's there. I've renamed most now and the numbers on the remaining ones have changed slightly so if i missed anything do let me know.

I saw those Emily Mac' Croc's in DeJaggers' catalogue last week. They're a must for this year in my garden me finks!

Nice. I bet Santa struggled with that down the chimney - it won't need sweeping again for some time.