What's looking exotic in July

Got a little clump of the Spotted Orchid growing, very nice.


and lots of these little b********! Great plant, as long as you don't let thr seeds pop all over the place

 

Sprekilia formosissima is in bloom!

 

The garden is looking very exotic and lush at the moment, i took a short video the other evening.

 

WOW, amazing video!!!! If only I could have that many tropicals to do that with my yard! Wow, oh wow!


Paul McMahon
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Fantastic Gaz, how many Trachys? a brief glimpse of the pond, it looks good but would like to see more of it.

 

Same old things as last year I'm afraid, but here goes.

P. "Anastasia"



Adenium obesum.




Chamaerops flowering.



Wondering if I will get any Trachy seed this year?
Been here before, but no go.

 

Pete, how do you find Adenium? I just bought one, lost identical in colour to yours. It has dropped every single leaf but the flowers are still growing strong.

 

They are touchy regarding watering, although at the moment they will take quite a lot, but in cool cloudy weather the roots rot easily.
They do seem to go through leafless stages, mine is quite lush at the bottom but fairly short on foliage up top just now, but they still flower.

I give mine full sun, behind glass, its really hot at the moment, but yours might not be used to it.
I think you need to ease it into the growing conditions you have.

Dont let it go below about 12C in winter and keep it on the dry side.
If you can give it more heat and light it can flower right through the winter.

 

More than I have at the moment! Plenty to come (hopefully) though
First buds are only just showing on P.alata.

crap year for the Arisaema - so late to get going, and then a heatwave just as they are almost there. A.costatum and speciosum blasted, and ringens is looking 50/50. At least A.tortuosum has obliged.....................


I reckon that this Streptocarpella looks exotic outdoors under the apple tree......................




It was unhappy indoors, and even unhappier when it caught a late light frost, but is recovering well. Need a better pot for next year though!

My recently purchased Nerium oleander is happy................

 

Gloriosa rothchiliana.


First Caesalpinia gillesii.

 

Lovely Mine didn't come back this spring :( and the couple I raised from seed, about which I was dead chuffed, the slugs ate :(

next year ...

 

I agree!

Goddamn mice got my stock (G.superba) Totally wiped out
I do have a couple of seed grown orange forms coming along nicely though

 

Loving your succulent bed sal

 

Chickens have wrecked what few succulents I have, and all my Rex Begonias :( The Welsummers we have now are brutes compared to the French Marans we had before :(