What's Looking Exotic In July 2014

Strelitzia reginae is flowering now, its a long process, the first of the flowering stems showed last October.



Cereus peruvianus, night time bloomer.

 

Very nice strelitzia reginea @pete
Don't think there's much chance of me growing one in the ground here

 

Its a labour of love, but possible @mowgley

 

Strongy - lovely Oleander. I am growing some from seed and would love to see them looking that good.

LongK - your Gloriosa is way ahead of mine - Glorious

Pete - fabulous Strelitza.

Ipomea indica has a fantastic growth rate. From a small plant earlier this year it has now climbed over 10 feet and got a 20 foot runner.


Two of my favorite big leaf plants. Alocasia calidora in front with the green leaves, and Ensete 'maurelii' behind. Thunbergia battiscombei, blue flowers, is below; and Mandevilla boliviensis, red flowers, is behind on the left.


This Amaranthus is supposed to grow to 8 feet. Its never grown very tall for me in the past, but I am hoping for greater things this year - its about 4 feet so far.


Fuchsia boliviana, compared with a triphylla on the right.


First Hibiscus flower of the season.

 

@PeterS is your hibiscus kept in your grow room or is it outside?

 

Its been outside all year - though obviously inside over the winter. Really it was just forgotten. I only moved it inside two days ago after it started to flower.

I am growing some Hibiscus coccinea inside though, one from last year and a few more from seed this year. Pete suggested that it was unlikely to flower outside, and I just hope that it will flower inside. Its a flower I have never seen except in pictures.

 

Eucomis "Pink Gin"

look at the size of this !! flowers are just forming in the base of the plant I just didnt think they would grow to this size , but saying that the tubers were huge.

 

The Nepalese Busy Lizzie is enjoying this humid spell and is putting up basal stems now. They root easily in water - PM me if you would like one to try,
Jenny
ps - in a North facing window - gets about an hour's sun in the morning - if it's lucky

 

looking great Jen , so much flower

 

I have a couple of other species that will soon be in bloom too.

That looks really good!

Look forward to the flowers. Some strong healthy looking leaves there @Spruce that look ideal for leaf cuttings (now is a good time).

It looks seriously happy @Jenny namaste !

This Abutilon x hybridum seedling has thrown a bloom out!


The seed was only sown in February!

Solanum rantonetii came through the winter well enough, although the Philadelphus was swamping it a bit.....................


Sorry to bore you, but Bomarea edulis is a different plant now that it's in the ground. Twenty plus blooms on the clusters seems about the norm, and lots more clusters too...............

 

@longk remind me how to do them , size etc , best compost

 

Rather than retype, look here.

 

@@Spruce
Cut into about 40/50mm sections. No heat, just a sunny warmish w/sill. Use a very gritty mix and place the leaf cuttings on top (the bottom of the leaf section at the bottom), prop up with cocktail sticks and add a shallow layer of grit. Yes, they need to be covered.
It is very simple.

 

Now why didn't I think of that @Spruce

Albuca shawii...............




Here's Sues Passiflora (exoniensis we think). It was just a cutting that I took last autumn..................

 

Pete - that was very informative about the long gestation period for your Strelitza flowers. I keep looking at mine to see if it has flowered in the two days since I last looked - but I think you are telling me I will have fair warning.

LongK - that Albuca is really nice and unusual - never heard of it. I love the red passifloras but I believe that they would find my garden room too hot. It was one of my thoughts - but there is no space left - and I have a long waiting list for when something dies.