Re: Pictures

Wonderful photos Jim!
Donna, I see you settled on a name for your site.
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 8:23 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Pictures


> http://www.simplymyworld.com/jimphotos.htm
>
> will get you to see the photos...
>
> Jim.. was a tad busy today and also had to convert your files (mac)into
> something readable by my puter (windows).... I think I lost some of the
> clarity and size.. sorry!
>
> Donna
>
>
> >
> > 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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