What's Looking Good in January ...

Not in my garden, in the park today.


This Adenium has hardly stopped flowering in the conservatory for 8 months


Nepenthes is still managing to make a few traps although there's not much to catch at the moment.



The hairy trunk on the Trachycarpus looks good in the sun, I think .

 

You are certainly always up for something different Pete,and I recognise those leaves behind the hairy trunk.

Do you assist in feeding the Nepenthes or let it do It's own thing?

The Anedium is a new one to me,but seems a very good doer.

 

Hi roders,
Yes the leaves behind the hairy trunk are,......Clianthus, seville orange, lower right and a chamaerops, lower left.
I dont feed the nepenthes as it goes outside in the summer and really seem to like it in a shady spot.
Adeniums have got to be the most neglected pot plant of all time, they really need a push in the UK.

 

First of the Year in my plot

 

Dwarf Iris, dainty but very short lived flowers.

 

Love your Adenium, pete. And it's always lovely to see a daffodil and dwarf Iris, Pal and strongy. Neither are common here although I get one or two blooms each year ... if I'm lucky!

I had a treat today to see my Schlumbergera open. It lives outdoors. There are quite a few buds but it will be very short-lived here ... it's a wonder I've managed to keep it alive for five years. :rolleyes:



By the way, has anyone actually had these open at Christmas? I know they are often sold already in bloom at Christmas.

[ 29. January 2008, 03:29 PM: Message edited by: Lady of Leisure ]

 

Pete do you put your adenium outside in the summer to help flowering i'm hoping mine will flower this year.

 

Ahh, another adenium grower, walnut :D

No I didn't put it outside, I'm assuming its really too tender for that, plus its difficult to control the watering.
If I had a large plant I might risk it for a couple of months, but my plants are all seed grown and only a couple of years old.
Only two out of five plants have flowered up to now, the one in the pic is better than the other flowerer, so there is definitly some variation in them.
For that reason I bought some more seed last year and have another couple of plants from that, yet to flower.
How did you come by yours, was it seed?

 

Yes seed Pete they were actually a free gift when I bought some plumeria seed on e-bay i'm fascinated by their shape,thanks for the info.