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Indoor Tropicals as Outdoor Plants

Hello...For several years I have kept a wonderful garden "Tropical Paradise" here in
Zone 6 Southern Illinois...I have over 60 Tropical plants that I overwinter inside
plus many cold hardy sub-tropical plants that can be kept outside..ie: Needle
Palm..sable minor palm..etc..also cold hardy Cacti...anyway with the advent of the
large stores like Lowes,Home Depot, HQ etc and their large greenhouses..many small
tropical plants are now priced as reasonable as most annual plants...for variety if
you don't have room to overwinter alot of non-hardy plants inside why don't you try
these cheaply priced plants in your garden and use them as annuals???  Tropicals are
a new source of beautiful foilage...such as your small parlor
palm...crotons...etc...JUST AN IDEA??? Mike

indoor-gardening@prairienet.org wrote:

>                             INDOOR-GARDENING Digest 506
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
>   1) Re: New Orchid-"Ludasia"
>         by Michael Bernardoni <mikeb@GlobalEyes.net>
>   2) RE: Gardenias
>         by "Heather Mathews (S&T Onsite)" <a-hmathe@microsoft.com>
>   3) Common vs. latin names
>         by Ivana <ivana@dlcwest.com>
>   4) walking iris
>         by anggrek@juno.com (Tsuh Yang Chen)
>   5) common vs. scientific/latin names
>         by anggrek@juno.com (Tsuh Yang Chen)
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: New Orchid-"Ludasia"
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 06:55:02 -0800
> From: Michael Bernardoni <mikeb@GlobalEyes.net>
> To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
>
> Ruth..That is the Orchid!!!  Thanks...Mike B.
>
> > >"LUDASIA"..could anyone give be any insight on the beautiful GEM?? TIA  Mike B
> > >
> > MIke:
> >
> > Does it have lovely wine colored leaves with light veins?  If so it is
> > Ludisia discolor or Jewel Orchid.  Ruth...
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: RE: Gardenias
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 11:17:09 -0800
> From: "Heather Mathews (S&T Onsite)" <a-hmathe@microsoft.com>
> To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
>
> I've also been keeping a gardenia indoors (in my office at work). I
> acidified the soil by adding orchid bark to the regular potting mixture, and
> have fed it standard houseplant food.
>
> My gardenia lives (reluctantly) under a grow-light during the week, but gets
> full sunlight in a window over the weekend, and always has a few new leaves
> on Monday. So I second Kathy's comment about the indoor/outdoor needs of
> gardenias -- they do thrive when given plenty of sunlight, and they know the
> difference between grow-lights and the real thing.
>
> Heather
> Seattle, WA
> (zone 5?)
>
> > ----------
> > From:         meistrel@nwark.com[SMTP:meistrel@nwark.com]
> > Sent:         Sunday, February 15, 1998 1:24 PM
> > To:   indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
> > Subject:      Re: Gardenias, Daturas and Clivias
> >
> > >I was just wondering if anyone here has ever been able to keep a Gardenia
> > >plant growing indoors (sans greenhouse, I mean).  I have tried a couple
> > of
> > >times, but they don't seem to last past a few months. They always seem to
> > >contract some sort of ailment (once was mealybugs, another time the
> > leaves
> > >just started to drop off).  I would really love to try again, as I find
> > the
> > scent to be one of the most delicious!!
> >
> >         I have a gardenia plant...more like a bush...that is an
> > indoor/outdoor plant. It is nearly six years old.  Gardenias are acid
> > loving
> > plants.  Feed it *Miracle Grow* for Azaleas.  My plant stays indoors in a
> > southern window (supplemented with florescent lights) from late October
> > until late April.  Sometimes it blooms when it's inside, but not very
> > often.
> > I put it outdoors after the 15th of April in a semi-sunny/partly shady
> > place.  It produces flowers from May until July.  When it is hot and dry
> > during July and August, gardenias (like all of us) want a frequent long
> > cold
> > drink.
> >
> > Kathy (meistrel@nwark.com) in Fayetteville, Arkansas--Zone 6
> >
> >
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Common vs. latin names
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:48:38 -0600
> From: Ivana <ivana@dlcwest.com>
> To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
>
> >I am having a problem (yes, only one today !). I was trying to find
> >germination instructions in Dr. Deno's books. However all the listings
> >begin with the LATIN name and I don't know the LATIN name.  Is there a book
> >available that crosss references the English names to Latin.
>
> I have the opposite problem. I'm on a (really wonderful) seed exchange
> on the web, and often miss really interesting plants because I only
> know plants by their Latin name. If you find a good cross reference
> please tell me. :) The other problem is that common names often aren't.
> For example 'ladyslipper'..I've heard it used for a whole genus of orchids
> (well 2 if you count cypripediums), calceolaria, impatiens balsamina, etc.
> I'm too shy to hang around garden clubs so I just don't learn the common
> names.
>
> >1) When ever someone posts a latin name, could they also post the common or
> >english name. I for one would then be able to relate quickly in most cases.
>
> If I know it, I will.  Don't suppose anyone reading knows what "Jewels
> of Opah"  is? Or 'red tassel flower'? (Sender said it wasn't love-lies-
> bleeding.)
>
> >2) Latin names are hard to pronounce.  When posting a Latin name would it
> >be possible to also post a close approximation of the phonetic
> >pronuncation. example
> >Verbena Bonariensis .  At risk of making a complete fool of myself I will
> >attempt to phonetically spell the name. " Verb-ena Bon-aryan-sis "
>
> Latin rules of pronounciation go on for weeks, I've never had anyone
> laugh at my attempts so far. (Did have one interesting conversation
> with a guy growing Aeschynanthus -lipstick plant- though :)
> Anybody who laughs at another's pronounciation is just rude.
>
> >Please forgive me if I have offended the  great Gods of Gardening and the
> >Internet. I am but a worm and a user, ignorant of many things.  I  only
> >seek to learn and propagate (in a strictly gardening  sense) . Please do
> >not decend on me with all the force of your email program (as I have a
> >great firewall and filters)
>
> *laugh*  Gardeners are in general, nice people!
>
> happy gardening
> Ivy
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: walking iris
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:54:30 EST
> From: anggrek@juno.com (Tsuh Yang Chen)
> To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
>
> hi, jenny, i'm not sure why you had that problem.  it could be too much
> light if the leaves are getting pale and bleached, i understand this
> plant requires bright light but not full sun.  it could also be too much
> water, it does like a moist environment but not water-logged, if the tips
> of the leaves are drying up, it is overwatered.
>
> i hope this is helpful and maybe others on the list may have other
> suggestions.  good luck!
>
> tsuh yang chen, new york city
>
> On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:35:52 EST Edaleputt@aol.com writes:
> >Hi, I have this plant, it got buds on it but they never opened just
> >seemed to
> >dry up, wondering if you would know why?  It is a southern exposure
> >and it is
> >cool and with lots of other plants so I don't think lack of humidity
> >was the
> >cause.  Maybe I am giving it too much light?
> >thanks
> >jenny wildes
> >edaleputt@aol.com
> >
>
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>
> Subject: common vs. scientific/latin names
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:54:30 EST
> From: anggrek@juno.com (Tsuh Yang Chen)
> To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
>
> there's been some grumbling about the use (or lack of) latin names when
> talking about plants.  whenever possible, i try to use both scientific
> and common name, if any.  i use the scientific name so that there won't
> be confusion about which plant i'm talking about; as others have pointed
> out, some common names apply to different plants.  and precision in names
> is important, including the spelling.  for example, a while ago there was
> a lot of controversy in the orchid list re: the importance of correct
> spelling.  as an example, there is a  Dendrobium johnsoniae and a
> Dendrobium johannis.  2 different plants with totally different cultural
> requirements and yet if someone mi-spells the name, we wouldn't know
> which one they were talking about.
>
> the trouble is that many plants don't have common names. so when i use a
> scientific name, it is not to be snobbish.   and many folks don't realize
> that lots of other plants have their latin names adopted as common names.
>  for example, cyclamen, gardenia, clivia, begonia, these are all their
> latin names that later got adopted as a common name because they didn't
> have one to start with.  so i think folks should be more patient about
> names and try to learn both.
>
> tsuh yang chen, new york city
>
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