Re: Pictures
Jim, It doesn't seem she's had a chance to post them yet, but I'm sure they
are MUCH more beautiful than ny pics!
Kitty
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 2:15 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Pictures
> I just sent Donna two pictures. One is the jewel orchid now that some
> of the buds are open [and, yes, Cathy, it is ludisia. I thought not,
> but then I discovered a label].
>
> The other is a Hoya that I bought at the Japanese Festival a Morikami
> Gardens yesterday. Like an idiot, I didn't ask the woman I bought it
> from for a species name. She only had two of these and the other was
> sold before I got there. So I bought this one, left it in her care
> while we wandered around, looked at all the bonsai, listened to a
> couple of Taiko drum concerts, and ate soba noodle concoctions. Anyway,
> when I went back to get the plant, I forgot to ask the woman for a
> complete ident.
>
> It does not look like any of the three or four different ones at Selby
> Gardens [as I remember; will check that out for sure next weekend]. It
> has a small tag that says "HP", which I take to mean Hoya p-something.
>
> The picture shows both flower buds and open flowers. The leaves are
> about 3" long by 2" wide. The vine is 1/2" thick [at least] and has
> those gripping little tendrils that adhere to unpainted and untreated
> wood.
>
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> Zone 10
>
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