Beauties (and Freaks)

Yes I do like them. I did a search yesterday...it took me to Rare and Exotic Seeded, that place is dangerous!

 

Don't go to Strange Wonderful Things then! Betcha don't find anything that you really want that is less than US$ 10 per seed !!

http://www.strangewonderfulthings.com/List.htm

 

Seriously? Now your starting me down the road to ruin! I'm going to have to control myself until...until I have a green house to keep all my beauties.
Thanks

 

If the only thing stopping you buying luxury plants and seeds is buying a greenhouse then ... BUY A LARGE ONE !!!

 

Just went for easily achievable!!

 

my choice for you would be

brugmansia vulcanicola



canna cleopatra



passiflora vitifolia



banana ae ae



calocosia black magic



musella lasiocarpa




any more

 

@sal73 - you've just filled the Princess of Wales conservatory in one post!! Julie has not even got the greenhouse yet!!!!

A couple more;
Impatiens niamniamensis blooms really well outdoors all summer. Dead when the frosts come, so grow it in a pot, or for a better display plant in the ground a take cuttings in September for the following year......................


Desfontiania spinosa should be hardy enough for you. Will make a cracking bush over a few years.........................


Exotic bulbs are great - after flowering put the pot somewhere frost free and drag it back out in the spring. Hymenocallis festallis..........................


..............and Scadoxus multiflorus......................

 

Yours didn't look that colour when I was babysitting it ??

Thought I had a photo, but can't find one sorry. From memory it was more of a Mauve colour

 

mine is a pink ice



PS Coming back to Beauties (and Freaks)

just got 2 new plant

the mangave bloodspot




and even found the macho macha

 

Yes! That's much more the colour

 

Here is a selection of photos by Flickr member Andreas Kay. I hope that you enjoy them.

Cecropia sp., Urticaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Caterpillar of a noctuid moth, Hemicephalis sp. by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Moth with Entomopathogenic fungus by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Wild cocoa, Herrania sp., Malvaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Treefrog, Agalychnis hulli by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Spider & Entomopathogenic fungus by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Ladyslipper orchid, Selenipedium dodsonii by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Ladyslipper orchid, Selenipedium dodsonii by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

 

LongK - I am so pleased to see your pictures keeping this thread alive. I love that Cocoa - but I see that its a tree and trees can get very big and difficult to overwinter.

 

Almost worth trying for a flower like that though

I sort of forgot about it really. But it's winter now so plenty of time to add to it now.

A few more from Andreas Kay;
Centropogon cornutus, Campanulaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Centropogon cornutus, Campanulaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Caryocar sp., Caryocaraceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Parasitic flower, Ombrophytum sp.? Balanophoraceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

@PeterS - remember the Heliconia at OBG? Well, here's one in habitat................
Heliconia rostrata, Heliconiaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Heliconia rostrata, Heliconiaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

This next one is really special so here are three photos...............
Urera baccifera, Urticaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Urera baccifera, Urticaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

Urera baccifera, Urticaceae by Andreas Kay, on Flickr

 

I have seen similar Heliconias in Singapore and Madeira but none of the others, stunning photos.