Re: New garden pics

The trick I've found to keeping them happy is benign neglect- they like 
being overcrowded, watered on an irregular schedule and have a cool 
period during winter.  They seem like the perfect house plant to me!

Theresa

Cathy Carpenter wrote:
> Speaking of orchid cacti, when we were in San Diego a couple weeks  
> ago, we went to Escondido to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. We hiked  
> up to where they had the California condors and stopped at their  
> display of orchid cacti. Many were in bloom... so many cultivars...  
> magnificent flowers. Would love to have one, if I could only keep it  
> happy.
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Jun 11, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Theresa wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi Jim-  both colors of the orchid cactus came from one of our old  
>> listserv friends - Lynda in Wyoming I believe (my memory for these  
>> things is awful).  It grows very much like my night-blooming cereus  
>> does.  Long flattish branches, with buds that pop up on the leave  
>> edges.  A gangley looking plant- not that attractive honestly- but  
>> the flowers are stunning.  I don't know the real name.  The plant  
>> is right next to a potted palm tree- so you see it's leaves in one  
>> of the pics.  If you remind me this fall, (and give me directions)   
>> I'd be happy to cut off a branch piece and send to you.
>> P.S.  A couple years ago you sent me some African Iris seeds- and  
>> one of the plants is now large enough that I think it might  
>> actually bloom!  No buds yet, but at least it is now a nice sized  
>> plant.  So- thanks for sharing!
>>
>> Theresa
>>
>> james singer wrote:
>>     
>>> Great job on the patio, Theresa. Very nice looking.
>>>
>>> I'm smitten with your purple cactus flower. Do you know its real  
>>> name? And what kind of structure does the plant have?
>>>
>>> On Jun 11, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Theresa Witt wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> New garden pics
>>>>
>>>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tchessie/album?.dir=/ 
>>>> 946bscd&.src=ph&.tok=phTUuAFBDpSPCYxB
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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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