Summer or Winter Colours

[Walter John]

Being a southern hemi man, here's one for openers, my old washing machine tub full of different marigolds and a few zanias.

[Walter John]

Alamandas..

[Kim]

Very colorful, Wal. I really like the Allamanda blooms.

This is what's blooming for me now:

Laelia superbiens

Schlumbergera/Christmas cactus

And my trees out front are looking colorful:

Also some rusty daylillies and orange canna have responded to the warm fall, which is now turning cold as of this morning.

Oh, and these little lithops:

[junglegalfla]

Here is an orchid that is in full bloom right now. A cattalaya orchid I inherited from Jeff when he moved to Costa Rica. He got this plant from an elderly neighbor who has since passed away. She told him to feed it banana peels so I've been doing that every few weeks. Last year I got 9 blooms, this year 16 and it has since attached itself to my sea grape tree. One of my favorites in my garden.

[SubTropicRay]

Bren,

How do you feed it a banana peel?

Ray

[junglegalfla]

Ray,

I just take small pieces of the peel and shove it into all the nooks and crannies of the roots. I've heard of some people putting them in the blender then dumping the mush over the plant but I am lazy and I don't really want to see all that 'goop' on the plant.

[tipper55]

Here is an Aristolochia that bloomed right at ground level. Usually they are too high in the tree to take a picture.

I've recently started acquiring some Impatiens. The first is I. niamniamensis with a variegated leaf and the second is I. arguta.

[bubba]

"They said it was about the remarkable colors" to which one replied "it's the colors man,it's all about the colors".This was just before they reached the Aswan Dam.

[Jeff in St Pete]

Bren, I LOVE that orchid. I knew you would take care of it better than anyone else.

The lady that gave that plant to me was named Athalea (sounds like a palm name). She would be so happy to see it blooming like that!

Here is some local color I saw on my way home from Panama on Saturday. We stopped at a restaurant by an estuary and these gingers and heliconias were growing by the water.

[Al in Kona]

Here's some flower colors you'll see in Hawaii winter or summer. These (mostly anthuriums, heleconias & orchids)

were at the outdoor market in Hilo. Just recently snapped the following 4-pics.

[Jeff in St Pete]

More local color

[Jeff in St Pete]

I love the silver under the leaves

[FRITO]

this little green anole hitched a ride indoors on my schefelera

[Tampa Scott]

This is my favorite bloomer this time of year.

Edited December 22, 2008 by Tampa Scott

[Tampa Scott]

Here is a picture of my Vanilla Orchid growing up a palm trunk. A good winter bloomer for me.

[joe_OC]

Very colorful, Wal. I really like the Allamanda blooms.

This is what's blooming for me now:

Laelia superbiens

Schlumbergera/Christmas cactus

And my trees out front are looking colorful:

Also some rusty daylillies and orange canna have responded to the warm fall, which is now turning cold as of this morning.

Oh, and these little lithops:

Kim,

LOVE the Laelia Superbiens... Looking to add orchids to the garden once palms are a little more mature. If you ever make divisions of yours, please let me know.

[junglegalfla]

A couple orchids in bloom..no idea of the names.

[mppalms]

Here is a picture of my Vanilla Orchid growing up a palm trunk. A good winter bloomer for me.

Makes me want to move to FL.

Jason

[_Keith]

Not much in the way of winter colors here.

[Walter John]

Lost a couple of these NG impatiens to hot dry sun and dog urine, most still alive but need watering a lot. Colours hard to capture on low megapixel cameras.

[Randall SD]

Some winter color from California...

Vireya Rhododendron

[Randall SD]

Rare Color

Deppea splendens

[ricky]

hi Manuel i love the look of this but what is it i think i need to add one to my collection cheers Ricky

[Randall SD]

A not so rare snapdragon

A tropical Sage of some sort, I'm not sure of the variaty.

[Al in Kona]

Hey ricki, that white flowering shrub pictured above is a Mussaenda, a very tropical plant in its requirements. There are other colores too. Some of the hybrids are especially nice. These are two that I currently have . . .

[Brad-Tampa]

Ceratozamia robusta "Guatemala"

[Jeff in St Pete]

Holy crap! That Ceratozamia is incredible!

[Texeltropics]

hi,

What beautifull plants that are.....now i know for sure . I do live on the wrong side of the world....here 2 pictures of my wintercolors

[philinsydney]

Some December flowerers around Sydney:

Angophora costata, related to the eucalypts

Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Christmas bush

[philinsydney]

Tristaniopsis laurina

[ariscott]

Hey ricki, that white flowering shrub pictured above is a Mussaenda, a very tropical plant in its requirements. There are other colores too. Some of the hybrids are especially nice. These are two that I currently have . . .

You need a red one as well... Al. The nicest one, IMO... I haven't got any Mussaenda yet... It is in my TO HAVE list, once I got the big stuff planted...

Regards, Ari

[Jeff in St Pete]

I have no idea what this plant is, but it almost hurt my eyes to look at it!

[Al in Kona]

Jeff - Those very colorful plants above are annuals that sometimes reseed themselves, called Amaranthus tricolor. The one above looks most like the one they call Amaranthus 'Molten Fire'. The most popular ornamental forms of AMARANTHUS have names such as: Illumination, Molten Fire, Joseph's Coat, Aurora, & Love-lies Bleeding. Check this link to see some of the forms and colors of this ornamental plant:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...l%3Den%26sa%3DN

[Jeff in St Pete]

Al, thanks for the id and the link! I've never seen a plant quite that intensely colored before.