tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post3064178190624443227..comments2023-11-02T16:30:27.962+08:00Comments on Andrea's Plants, Photos and Travels: GBBD-April 2012 From the TropicsAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-82933200970327077282012-04-18T05:25:00.834+08:002012-04-18T05:25:00.834+08:00How lovely these exotic blooms are, Andrea. I gues...How lovely these exotic blooms are, Andrea. I guess you think the same thing about what we consider ordinary flowers in our temperate gardens!Melbourne Australia Photoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-6983347783070956762012-04-17T22:00:25.951+08:002012-04-17T22:00:25.951+08:00Thanks Andrea, I've enjoyed the tour through y...Thanks Andrea, I've enjoyed the tour through your lovely garden. I wasn't bored in the slightest:) The Euphorbia pulcherrima looks fabulous, much less boring to see it growing in its native habitat. I never buy them at Christmas because my house is too cold and dry and after a couple of weeks they look terrible.Melanie J Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265452434129642917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-81703382219898956182012-04-17T09:44:22.986+08:002012-04-17T09:44:22.986+08:00Haha, that's a bit of a challenge. I am also a...Haha, that's a bit of a challenge. I am also amazed at the still red poinsettia even with this heat. It is photoperiodic or a short-day plant. The trick here is that short-day plants actually require long nights, so if they reach the critical length of dark periods, they are induced to flower (i mean produce the colored false leaves)! (hahaha, it was difficult for us students to learn about this also the first time). I wonder why they called it short-day plants, when they should be called long night plants. If you lengthen the light/day with unaltered night, they will not be induced. It is the dark alteration which promotes flowering.<br /><br />Probably, the induced molecules are not used up yet and colored leaves still continue to show up! Someone in the US who found my blog earlier said she was amazed to see a poinsettia tree in Subic. Maybe she was just used to the nursery-type poinsettias we also see here in December, all in pots.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-25800305573496008812012-04-17T09:31:03.859+08:002012-04-17T09:31:03.859+08:00Thanks Photo Cache, i have a nice but very hot Hol...Thanks Photo Cache, i have a nice but very hot Holy Week break! I am so glad my remotely-controlled plants are growing well and my 6 tomato plants produced lots of fruits, and i harvested every morning when home. Yes rural folks long ago use "palong-manok" in the past when cutflower industry is not yet the norm. They can't reach even one day in the cemetery due to the heat, but seedlings eventually grow from those seeds. However, the unconcerned 'sepulturero' or cemetery caretaker remove everything around the tombs in preparation for All Saints' Day.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-18656841608675835652012-04-17T09:26:49.356+08:002012-04-17T09:26:49.356+08:00Haha Alistair, yes invasive in this parts if not m...Haha Alistair, yes invasive in this parts if not monitored! Even if i give you they will also die there in Aberdeen!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-79471487283379888972012-04-17T09:24:51.187+08:002012-04-17T09:24:51.187+08:00Hi Amy, if only it is easy for us to share, i can ...Hi Amy, if only it is easy for us to share, i can easily give you. I actually cut them several times and discard them, haha! So sorry but they get so unruly.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-10097405137445486582012-04-17T00:52:24.928+08:002012-04-17T00:52:24.928+08:00i remember celosia being used widely during the al...i remember celosia being used widely during the all saint's day celebration, but i don't really know if they last long as cut flowers. because once we leave them in the cemetery we don't normally return the following days to check if the flowers were still alive. <br /><br />did you have nice holy week break?Photo Cachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17734663922538063553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-52825768265681698752012-04-17T00:49:06.133+08:002012-04-17T00:49:06.133+08:00wonderful flowers! thanks for sharing with us :)wonderful flowers! thanks for sharing with us :)Tina´s PicStoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144127584040088355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-13379710752596244392012-04-16T21:10:41.414+08:002012-04-16T21:10:41.414+08:00Bored!! yer jokin. (that's slang aberdeen lang...Bored!! yer jokin. (that's slang aberdeen language) Fabulous plants, and I really like the invasive Celosia gigantea.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104382970502166560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-83488543564280286242012-04-16T20:19:08.613+08:002012-04-16T20:19:08.613+08:00Nice showing for GBBD, Andrea. Not boring at all....Nice showing for GBBD, Andrea. Not boring at all. I'm amazed at your poinsettia. Any theories about that? Could it be our messed up weather. It hasn't been a typical summer with the daily rains at the start.Bomhttp://www.plantchaser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-33479570937570711762012-04-16T20:11:25.702+08:002012-04-16T20:11:25.702+08:00What a tropical bounty! Glad you shared them with ...What a tropical bounty! Glad you shared them with us, even if you're a bit ready for something new. Gorgeous fire colors, and I'm coveting that plumbago rosea. We only have pale-bloomed, bushy ones here.Amy Farrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308018161028455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-28300794020573270142012-04-16T17:10:03.199+08:002012-04-16T17:10:03.199+08:00Hi there - what a range of plants - and to think s...Hi there - what a range of plants - and to think somebody once told me plants are just "dull and green!"<br /><br />The crabs in my post are about the size of large peas - maybe 10 - 12 mm<br /><br />Cheers - Stewart M - AustraliaStewart Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04622420206244603688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-87127354963190861642012-04-16T10:31:28.349+08:002012-04-16T10:31:28.349+08:00Andrea, there is lots going on in your garden- I d...Andrea, there is lots going on in your garden- I didn't think hops would grow wild - I understand they grow very high as well. will you start making beer? That deep burgundy ti plant is very pretty - I think the color of the darker ones is better in shade. the pink one seem to need a bit of sunshine.africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-51129490850017687462012-04-16T06:54:06.168+08:002012-04-16T06:54:06.168+08:00Andrea I was not bored at all...I love your native...Andrea I was not bored at all...I love your native 'sanggumay' but really all your beautiful flowers are amazing...so odd for me to see poinsettias in bloom now...Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-13900296022979477092012-04-16T03:26:17.615+08:002012-04-16T03:26:17.615+08:00What a beautiful flowers you have and thank you fo...What a beautiful flowers you have and thank you for showing dendrobium anosmum - what a stunner!klaraau01https://www.blogger.com/profile/03580381271938506726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-79007380444781481542012-04-16T02:11:34.531+08:002012-04-16T02:11:34.531+08:00aloha andrea,
i love seeing your native dendrobiu...aloha andrea,<br /><br />i love seeing your native dendrobium, beautiful, i enjoyed my tour this rainy and cold morning in orchidland, we are still getting a very wet spring. i think those prickly euphorbias are great as a hedge to deter outside elements, i've seen them as high as six feet here!Noel Moratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457118286298824928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-3222453721523700852012-04-15T23:27:40.859+08:002012-04-15T23:27:40.859+08:00The colors in your garden are just absolutely amaz...The colors in your garden are just absolutely amazing. A visit to your garden always leaves me green with envy.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-55022788552012303072012-04-15T21:12:36.465+08:002012-04-15T21:12:36.465+08:00Love all the gorgeous red and orange you have - no...Love all the gorgeous red and orange you have - not boring at all for us who have mostly yellow and pink for spring! Love looking at your flowers.Erica Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413194227635734992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-85412733899784134022012-04-15T20:59:45.566+08:002012-04-15T20:59:45.566+08:00Andrea - What's boring for you is very interes...Andrea - What's boring for you is very interesting to us. The Eucharis grandiflora reminds me of daffodils.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-36110360884620824182012-04-15T20:51:15.946+08:002012-04-15T20:51:15.946+08:00You have a lot of very beautiful blooms! Very inte...You have a lot of very beautiful blooms! Very interesting bloom with all the seed pods! I had cockscomb at one time - you are so right about the millions of seeds, but a beautiful and unusual type of bloom. <br />My mother also liked the Euphorbia millii. She called it Crown of Thorns - a reminder to Christians of Christ's suffering.<br />Thanks for your visit and comment on my blog.<br />Have a wonderful day!<br />Lea<br />Lea's MenagerieLeahttp://www.leasmenagerie.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-14719835259690352172012-04-15T19:30:13.590+08:002012-04-15T19:30:13.590+08:00You're plants are not boring in the slighest! ...You're plants are not boring in the slighest! I really like the form of growth on the Celosia gigantea though I can just imagine the weeding out of the seeds is a real nusiance. It's a stunner of a plant that's for sure.Rosie@leavesnbloomhttp://www.leavesnbloom.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-16506159443914535352012-04-15T13:14:33.739+08:002012-04-15T13:14:33.739+08:00beautiful tropical blooms!! the cockscomb definit...beautiful tropical blooms!! the cockscomb definitely makes a statement, but yeah, that does look like a LOT of seeds just waiting to be scattered all over the garden!!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232693432045335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-54961296186962541502012-04-15T12:30:11.489+08:002012-04-15T12:30:11.489+08:00I love the cockscomb. What an unusual plant.....n...I love the cockscomb. What an unusual plant.....nice shots. The colors are very striking. You live in paradise my friend.Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-27784065666069364662012-04-15T10:23:59.598+08:002012-04-15T10:23:59.598+08:00Thanks so very much Bernie, you understand my bore...Thanks so very much Bernie, you understand my boredom very well. But when something i usually see just becomes unusual, then i miss it terribly especially when it has been there for years. <br /><br />Yes that Plumbago is not very common unlike the white and blue, but it doesn't groom itself well unlike the former. <br /><br />Can you not get the seeds of your Celosia before they shed off, put in plastic or bottle and put if the refrigerator, then plant it again when after the bad weather. Here it is not a problem, in fact it becomes weeds as i discussed above. <br /><br />I love your Justicia brandegeana, seems like i haven't seen one here. But i dont normally buy tropical plants, i just get some seeds or cut a tip, haha!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-61586812733829058042012-04-15T09:59:11.758+08:002012-04-15T09:59:11.758+08:00I don't think anyone could be bored by these f...I don't think anyone could be bored by these fabulous blooms and plants. I understand though that when you're seeing them almost every day, sometimes it seems like you're sharing the same old things over and over again. Still, there are plenty of us who want to see them over and over again, lol!<br /><br />That Dendrobium is wonderful, and I really love your Celosia. I'm a big fan of Celosias of every type and I can't wait to plant some more for the coming winter/spring here. I wish they would self-seed easily here, but unfortunately the dry here tends to really kill them off. <br /><br />The Plumbago is a new one for me. I'm so used to the blue over here. Yours is terrific. Love, love the Eucharis. I've just planted one under the new pergola area, and can't wait to see the flowers. I'll enjoy yours until then.BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.com