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Flower Power

Walter John

By Walter John
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Get some colour in your lives, pics from today and last week.

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DayLillies2.jpg

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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more ? okay....

DayLillies1.jpg

diffenbachia.jpg

coralbush.jpg

bromflower.jpg

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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For all you Azalea lovers out there.

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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must have frightened people off with the azaleas hey.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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WAL!

Holy [expletive] Batman, what's THAT?

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Sorry Dave I forgot. I'll try to find out. I know I've seen the same thing but with yellow flower heads.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Jerry@TreeZoo Grand Master

Jerry@TreeZoo

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Dave, Wal,

It looks like Ixora cv "Maui"

Jerry

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

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Daryl Grand Master

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Maybe Ixora 'Coral Fire'?

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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(Daryl @ Feb. 20 2007,20:29)

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Maybe Ixora 'Coral Fire'?

That's him, onya Daz.

More colour from Yesterday Today and Next Thursday

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Nice Cordyline flower.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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SunnyFl Mentor

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Ohhhhhhh Wal!  What beautiful flowers, what awesome photos!!  You made me wish I could grow azaleas (can't) - such beauties.

And (gasps in wonder) the Coral Fire Ixora!!! Aiiiyeeeeeeee!  Where can I get some?

St. Pete

Zone - a wacked-out place between 9b & 10

Elevation = 44' - not that it does any good

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Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Dear Wal  :)

I must say that iam basically a person loving only plants

with lots of thorns_Cactius,prickly pears,Phoenix Sp,

and regular palms.but never a lover of flowering plants.

But seeing your stills of such beautiful plants made me

simply go gaga ! Iam Just Bowled this time.

Thanks & Love,

Kris.

love conquers all..

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Scott Mentor

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Wal not only are the flowers gorgeous, but so is your photography. Excellent! These flowers must really enhance all of your beautiful palms that you share with us.  :)

Thanks for sharing,

Scott

Scott

San Fernando Valley, California

Sunset Climate Zone 18

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paulgila Grand Master

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wal thanks for helping to get us thru this cold dreary winter!keep those pics coming!

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Bilbo Proficient

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Wal; azaleas as well!

I didnt think they could grow in sunny Queensland and I had to look carefully at the leaves.

They must be in amended soil and in shade I suppose ?

Excellent pics.

Regardez

Juan

Juan

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Daryl Grand Master

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Here's a plant that has been impressive in my garden lately. A cultivar of Tibouchina lepidota called 'Alstonville' which is a town about 1 1/2 hours south of here. Adds some good colour to a predominantly green palm garden!

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This is Ixora 'GoldFire'

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Daryl

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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ron@springhammock Community Regular

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(Gonzer @ Feb. 28 2007,17:24)

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What do these flowers hail from??

Considering it's coming from you, I'd say some sort of Tillandsia.

I wish I could find a Tibouchina that would grow and flower in the shade.  That 'Alstonville' sure is tempting me to try yet again.

Central Florida, 28.42N 81.18W, Elev. 14m

Zone 9b

Summers 33/22C, Winters 22/10C Record Low -7C

Rain 6cm - 17cm/month with wet summers 122cm annually

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Gonzer Grand Master

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Close Ron, those flowers are from the ubiquitous Billbergia nutans var. minima (Queen's Tears). I know that Tillandsias aren't high on the food chain around here but the two shown below are exquisite. (purple) - T. straminea, (orange) - T. recurvifolia var. subsecundifolia.

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Have seen Azaleas growing very well even way up here in the wet tropics , they were up very high in raised beds with a light shade cloth cover , but they flowered very well . Wal the foliage on yours looks crook as a dog mate .

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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(Gonzer @ Mar. 06 2007,18:48)

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(aussiearoids @ Mar. 05 2007,19:37)

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looks crook as a dog mate .

?????????? ???  ???

Looking at the leaves, my guess it's not a very kind remark.  Trying to decipher the actual meaning, I don't get it.

Thanks, for the "close" comment, even though I was way off.  I didn't really think hard on what it could be, just figured you'd be the one and only with a gigantic Tillandsia.  I'm not a serious collector, with maybe a dozen plus exotics.  I do try to grab a few new ones each year.  They're the kind of plant you have to stop and appreciate close up, so that probably limits their appeal.  The native's can look pretty spectacular when they've covered a tree like a furry coat speckled with hot pink and blue flowers.  But that's not a sight easily replicated in a garden.

Your T. recurvifolia var. subsecundifolia looks exactly like your T. straminea flower ???

Central Florida, 28.42N 81.18W, Elev. 14m

Zone 9b

Summers 33/22C, Winters 22/10C Record Low -7C

Rain 6cm - 17cm/month with wet summers 122cm annually

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What, no Hibiscus in here Wal? Hibiscus are probably my most prolific bloomers. All my bushes produced beautiful flowers this entire last year, even through the winter. I will have to take some pictures tomorrow and post them.

Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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By the way, I have Ixora planted here and there. They have not yet gotten fully established and taken off yet, but I have seen them in the 'hood and they are magnificent hedge plants once they get a foot hold.

Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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