WHAT'S LOOKING EXOTIC IN 2018

Wonderful plants PeterS. Much scent from them? Any in particular?

 

I am . It is only slowly with time that I am learning what I can and can't grow in a hot and humid environment. The ginger order/family come top of the list of what likes those conditions.

But there are some surprises. Bougainvillea, which you associate with hot and dry places seems quite happy. And Euphorbia milii, which is almost a desert plant, thrives.

One thing I learnt recently is that Anthuriums are virtually air plants. They don't have to be in soil. You can wash the soil off and cover the roots with moss - wired on. And then you can hang them from the ceiling and as long as the humidity is high and the moss is moist they will thrive.

Thanks Verdun. No my plants generally don't have scent. I acquired them for the visual aspect, but some do a bit. I have Jasmin polyanthum, that has quite a strong scent. And, of course, Brugmansia has a very strong scent when its in a confined space. And, at times, I have detected scent on others as well. I think Hoya has a scent.

 

@PeterS I hadn't expected the A nepalensis to flower this year; I'm now waiting to see if it produces a leaf or goes dormant until next spring. Around Easter the tuber started to rot, a bit too damp, so I took it out cut away the soft area, dried it off and then replanted.
Currently I have A konjac growing like triffids in the greenhouse and I'm also waiting to see if A bulbifer will produce a leaf or go dormant until next spring.
My Hoya bella is sweetly scented.

 

Hi Nigel. i have found Amorphophallus very prone to rot. So I am just crossing my fingers with mine.

Yes Hoya bella does have a pleasant scent, but I have just learned that it doesn't like too much sun. Mine had been growing well , but the flowers hang down and its difficult to see them. So I had the bright idea of putting it in a hanging basket near the transparent roof of my sun room, so I could look up at the blooms. The greenary nearest the roof went white - I think killed by the sun.

 

Mine gets no water until growth emerges. I then start watering it from the bottom and only water from the top once it really is growing fast.

 

@PeterS I've managed to scorch my Hoya bella on several occasions, now it spends most of the summer outside on a some shady decking.

 

I've found hoya carnosa doesn't like full sun either, even outside in summer.

I left my A. Konjak outside last winter in pots on the allotment, to be honest I'm a bit bored with them, anyway, growing again now .

 

Nigel and Pete - its nice to have confirmation about Hoya and the sun. At least its not a nasty virus.

 

It has only taken three years for my seed grown Iochroma fuchsioides to bloom............
Iochroma fuchsioides by longk48, on Flickr

Iochroma fuchsioides by longk48, on Flickr

Iochroma fuchsioides by longk48, on Flickr

 

@longk .
Can you give me some advuce please.
I've managed to snap the top 6" off my Impatiens Niamniamensis, will this root easy and can I take several cuttings ie tip and internodal off it.
Ta

 

Beautiful flower longk and I bet you are pleased ….is it one of those plants where they feel sticky as it looks it

 

The most reliable way by far is to put it in a bottle of water. Trim it just below a leaf point. It can take a wee while sometimes.
I've never tried internodal but my gut feeling is no.

Not at all. Being a close relative of Brugmansia and Datura it is a member of the Solanaceae (tomato/potato) family.

 

Lovely LongK - Iochroma is one of my favourites

I would agree with LongK. I. niamniamensis is basically a 'Busy Lizzie' and I would treat it exactly the same way. I have grown it for several years in my sun room, which I keep very humid, and it often sprouts roots from the stems well above ground and right up to the top of the plant as a result of the high humidity. I can't remember if the roots were inter-nodal, but there sure were loads of them.
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Thanks @longk ans @PeterS , I did wonder about water, that's how it is at the moment so I'll leave it in there.
Thanks again .

 

Valotta