Re: Weekend plants and stuff

Well, that's double what I have and since you do containers and epiphytes,
it's way more than I could have.  Since I started 15 yrs ago I've kept a
running list of almost everything I've tried.  Of course I don't still have
half of them, it's interesting to brouse the list of what I've tried.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend plants and stuff


> Well, Kitty... the plantation is really just 120 feet by 120 feet. But
> it is jam-packed, except for some areas that we can't decide about. As
> I've said before, our interest is specimen, not garden. So it's
> something of a hodge-podge. But if you want to see subtropical stuff,
> this may be a place to start.
>
> On Sunday, May 23, 2004, at 06:08 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > And I'm sure I've forgotten something
> > Jim, your place, as large as it is, must be simply jam-packed.  I
> > don't know
> > how you keep track of it all.  Do you keep a plant list?
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend plants and stuff
> >
> >
> >> Hi, Andrea. I have a fantastic rex escargot in a hanging basket on the
> >> veranda. Needs to be re-potted. I don't know the maple-leaf one. Got a
> >> picture? I also have a non-rex that is curled like an escargot; it's
> >> called a "pig's ear." I don't know why.
> >>
> >> The last plant sale we went to at University of South Florida, we had
> >> a
> >> nice chat with their begonia curator and ended up buying a B.
> >> aconitifolia that had been damaged [knocked off the table]. It's a
> >> large cane angelwing. Well, when we got it home we stashed it on the
> >> front patio and forgot about it. Ms. Fatma found it again yesterday.
> >> It
> >> has completely recovered from its misfortune and looks great. So we
> >> re-potted it. Also re-potted some dracaenas and a clump of bamboo
> >> palms
> >> that we raised from seeds; we planted the seeds 3 year ago and the
> >> palms are now 6 to 7 feet tall.
> >>
> >> All the begonias here at the plantation--and there are lots and lots
> >> of
> >> them--are blooming now, although some, such as the five or six dragon
> >> wings, bloom all year. And the caladiums are risen. It is really
> >> satisfying to see a large pink leaf poke its way up through a fern bed
> >> and unfurl.
> >>
> >> Lots of other stuff blooming--jatrophas [four species], bougainvilleas
> >> [three or four varieties], gerberas, gardenias, orange jasmine,
> >> confederate jasmine, allamandas, rubber vines, hibiscus, turks caps,
> >> Mexican petunias, non-Mexican petunias, crossandra, orchids and ground
> >> orchids, oleanders, crowns of thorns in all colors, desert roses in a
> >> bunch of colors, roses [we have two--a sorry red tea and a yellow
> >> miniature]. And I'm sure I've forgotten something.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 10:37 PM, Andrea H wrote:
> >>
> >>> Jim, do you have the Escargot and Maple Leaf begonias?  If not, I
> >>> must
> >>> send
> >>> you some cuttings.
> >>> A
> >>>
> >>> Andrea H
> >>> Beaufort, SC
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> >>> To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 2:00 PM
> >>> Subject: [CHAT] Weekend plants and stuff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I found one pod on my Hong Kong orchid tree a few weeks ago that
> >>>> seemed
> >>>> to have viable seeds in it. All the flowers--and there are hundreds
> >>>> of
> >>>> them every year--set pods but usually the pods are empty. Anyway, I
> >>>> dried this pod and I noticed yesterday that it had split open [they
> >>>> twist as they split open, like a wisteria pod--probably to dislodge
> >>>> the
> >>>> seeds].
> >>>>
> >>>> It had seven seeds, which I planted in a Jiffy pack today with a
> >>>> single
> >>>> miracle fruit seed. Don't know if the miracle fruit seed will hatch;
> >>>> it's been sitting on my desk for a week and I think they're supposed
> >>>> to
> >>>> be planted fresh.
> >>>>
> >>>> Then I planted another Jiffy pack with custard apple [Annona
> >>>> reticulata] seeds. A woman who works with Ms. Fatma has given us
> >>>> several custard apples, also called bullock's heart and Jamaican
> >>>> apple,
> >>>> from her tree. This last time I save a dozen segments and this
> >>>> morning
> >>>> I plucked the seeds from the saved segments. They are also supposed
> >>>> to
> >>>> be planted fresh.
> >>>>
> >>>> They are a very interesting fruit. They are about the size of a
> >>>> bullock's heart and filled with many clearly defined, easily
> >>>> separated
> >>>> segments, each about the size of a clementine segment, with a single
> >>>> small torpedo-shaped seed in the center. I should add that the
> >>>> membrane
> >>>> the encloses each segment is not at all noticeable the way they
> >>>> membrane that encloses a clementine segment is.
> >>>>
> >>>> Then I potted up some rooted cuttings of Mexican petunias [Ruellia
> >>>> brittoniana] and re-potted two golden barrel cactuses. Very
> >>>> carefully,
> >>>> I might add.
> >>>>
> >>>> I refreshed the cutting box where the Mexican petunias had been and
> >>>> started a whole bunch of new cuttings--three kinds of begonias
> >>>> [including one small angelwing that Ceres sent to me a year or two
> >>>> ago]
> >>>> and several cuttings of rubber vine [Cryptostegia grandiflora].
> >>>> It's
> >>>> called rubber vine because it has a sticky, latex-like sap.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Island Jim
> >>>> Southwest Florida
> >>>> Zone 10
> >>>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
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