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,...
I am :biggrin:. 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...
Thanks LongK. Yes I would love a Tacca. I have tried both this year and last year to grow one from a rhizome - but failed. And you just don't see...
Nigel - so nice to see your Amorphophallus nepalensis in flower, which I have never seen. Someone gave me a very small one about 3 years ago,...
I have only just learn't that Oleander is seriously poisonous.I love your Gloriosa LongK - always an amazing plant.
LongK, that Ipomea quamoclit is one of my favorites - such a shame its only an annual.[ATTACH] Such a funny little flower on Calathea.[ATTACH]...
still nothing on mine
Hi KFF - you have obviously got it right. It took me a long time, and several plants, to find that out.:rolleyespink:
I think Mandevillas are really beautiful KFF. But so easy to overwater in the winter.[ATTACH] I was doing some watering today and came across...
I have had my very best magnifying glass out, but still can't see any flowers. But I will keep looking.
My apologies. It must be A. speciosum. I only have these two now - and I was too lazy to go and read the label. :doh:
John - I do like that Aeonium. LongK, I think Kalanchoes are often overlooked. There is the ubiquitous blosfeldiana, but I don't think many people...
Hi Strongy - lovely to see your flowers - I will have to get my magnifying glass out and look - thank you for the alert.
Longk - you continue to amaze me. You keep coming up with plants I have never heard of.Keep the good work up. :snorky:
Thanks Pete - sometimes I think I am being adventurous and trying out new things. And sometimes i think I am just being disloyal and dropping my...
[ATTACH] A general view of my conservatory.[ATTACH] I was delighted when I recently found this - Heliconia stricta. I have never before seen...
[ATTACH] Matt, I am not really proud of this because its an Arisamea tuber that I should have potted up long ago. But it struck me that it...
Matt - I think it is very easy to overwater - I have killed lots of things that way.My feeling now it to start things off in very slightly damp...
Curiously, I can't. However don't worry about it. I think its just a quirk of the system.
Gail - we can't see the photos in your posts, but I do appreciate the comments.
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