08 Jun 2009

by Plantaholic

frog, garden visitor, tree frog, treefrog

Garden Visitor!

05 Jun 2009

by Plantaholic

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coconut orchid, max, maxillaria, orchid, tenufolia

Maxillaria Tenufolia, the coconut orchid

My first time getting this orchid to bloom! It smells just like coconut. Love it! There is one flower and one bud, but hopefully more to come. I didn't even know this was getting buds until I looked today and it was already blooming!

04 Jun 2009

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basil, blooming, garden, herb

Blooming Basil

31 May 2009

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dischidia, dischidia ruscifolia, million hearts, ruscifolia

Dischidia Ruscifolia

27 May 2009

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carnosa, hoya, hoya carnosa

Hoya Carnosa

This hoya originally came from my great grandma 25+ years ago in Seattle. My grandma took clippings from her, my mom took clippings from my grandma in Alaska, and I just took clippings from my mom and brought them to Florida. A multi-generational hoya :) It rooted very quickly and is now growing like a week in this humid weather. The new growth starts out very dark (see above), then lightens up.

26 May 2009

by Plantaholic

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brassavola, brassavola nodosa, lady of the night, nodosa, orchid

Brassavola Nodosa

This orchid is also called "Lady of the Night" because it only smells at night when it's blooming. And it smells just like Jägermeister!!

24 May 2009

by Plantaholic

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cactus, huernia zebrina, huernua, life saver plant, succulents, zebrina

Huernia Zebrina aka "Life Saver Plant"

20 May 2009

by Plantaholic

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hoya, lacunosa

Hoya Lacunosa

Hoya Lacunosa blooming! This is potted in a 4" terracotta pot, mixed in with my orchids. It gets pretty much the same treatment as everything else, I just water it once it dries out. This plant has about 15 peduncles currently blooming.

19 May 2009

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orchid, paph, paphiopedilum, pinocchio

Paph. Pinocchio

I got this from Home Depot last year. It was tagged wrong and had no open flowers, so I didn't know what I was buying. It has had one spike blooming continuously for the past few months. Two other growths started producing spikes, and now there are 3! This flower is about 1.5" tall.

16 May 2009

by Plantaholic

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ds-70, hoya, tsangii