Re: Tropiflora Spring Extravaganza

Yeah, well I don't envy you that task, Jim...be careful and I hope all
goes well...sounds like it might be a 2 person operation. :-) Good luck!



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Mon 04/05, james singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:
From: james singer [mailto: jsinger@igc.org]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 05:11:10 -0400
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tropiflora Spring Extravaganza

Probably not, but it won't have any trouble attracting them. Think I'm
<br>going to plant it in a large [36" diameter] terra cotta pot that is
<br>currently empty. The thorns on it are really something--so I guess
<br>planting it will require the same defensive armor that planting a
<br>cactus requires.<br><br>On Monday, April 5, 2004, at 04:34 AM,
Melody wrote:<br><br>> Jim: Does your bull's horn acacia come with the
requisite ants to <br>> help it thrive?<br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA (Z
5/4)<br>><br>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the
mysterious."<br>> --Albert Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Sun 04/04, james
singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:<br>> From: james singer [mailto:
jsinger@igc.org]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004
18:10:45 -0400<br>> Subject: [CHAT] Tropiflora Spring
Extravaganza<br>><br>> Today was Tropiflora's annual Spring "event."
This year, it was<br>> <br>bigger, more ambitious than ever. Maybe a
dozen huge greenhouses<br>> loaded <br>with bromeliads, orchids, fat
plants, succulents, and just<br>> plain <br>odd-ball stuff at bargain
prices. All that, plus another 20 <br>> or<br>> so other <br>plant
venders [some of whom are direct competitors to<br>> Tropiflora] with
<br>booths, guys selling pulled-pork bar-b-cue, <br>> calypso<br>>
musicians playing <br>steel drums, and old guys [like moi]
shuttling<br>> customers with their <br>plant purchases back to their
vehicles in golf<br>> carts. At least four <br>tropical fruit growers,
including two from<br>> Florida's east coast, were <br>there. It was a
true plant<br>> carnival.<br><br>And the weather was perfect. Mid -70s,
not humid,<br>> slight breeze. "Now I <br>know why I live here," the
short one said<br>> without prompting. She came <br>home from a week in
Massachusetts<br>> yesterday.<br><br>One of the more interesting plants
we bought was<br>> [NOREEN] an ant <br>plant--a Bull's Horn Acacia
[Acacia sphaerocephala<br>> Chamisso]. Here's a <br>picture and some
fascinating<br>> lore.<br><br>

    http://www.kil


lerplants.com/plant-of-the-week/ <br>> 20020204.asp<br><br>Island<br>>
Jim<br>Southwest Florida<br>Zone<br>>
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