Re: weather

Recent refugee fro Ohio, who teaches with Ms. Fatma, came by last evening for a tour of the jungle and some advice about plants. As we wandered around, we noticed that all of our outdoor Christmas cactus are either blooming or in bud. Indoor one haven't decided to do anything yet. Crowns of thorns are also all blooming except the Thai hybrid red ones [Thai hybrid yellows and variegated are blooming]. And, we've still got some ground orchids blooming--which is quite unexpected; they're usually all done by this time of year.


On Dec 9, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:

We're having our first heavy snow for the season - so far about 4 inches, but
it shows no sign of letting up. Of course it would be the day I finally had
an
appointment with a doctor who might have done something about the Lyme
disease I have been struggling with since summer, but that's the way it
goes. Also, the Friends of Lasdon annual dinner tonight will be cancelled.
My garden club worked hard earlier this week to decorate the manor house
for this event. Oh well

As for having flowers in winter - I try to have something in bloom all the
time.
African violets are a staple, if boring. My heirloom Christmas cactus - from
a cutting from a huge one in an old-folks home where we used to visit about
40 years ago - is just coming into bloom. I have had, and lost, numerous
fancy hybrids in many colors - yellow, white, pink, etc., but this old magenta
one keeps on producing year after year. Also a couple of my old hibiscus
plants have produced a new rash of blooms since we brought them in - one
bright red and the other light yellow. Less showy, but very attractive to
me,
is an aloe 'Flurry' that is beginning to send up flower spikes, and a dwarf
pink spathyphyllum has a bloom spike. I guess none of this would look
like much to many people, but it gives me a boost.
Auralie
In a message dated 12/09/2005 12:07:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
judylee@lewiston.com writes:
It is lovely to have flowers in winter. I brought in a pot of impatiens that
never stopped blooming and a couple of Pelargoniums are blooming again. Oh
and an African violet bloomed for the first time in a couple of years.

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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