July Flower Photos of the Day

[davidwood]

As usual Darren all very nice,  that Flickering Flame seems to be getting even better and is becoming one of my favourites to see.
Its pretty much ditto with Lynett except her Wild Allure is my favourite, that would be number 1 on my wishlist.

[blupit007]

Nice ones Darren, funny to see some in pots from you!    It took me by surprise!

[Doll]

Cherokee Princess on a cloudy, rainy day

[blupit007]

Pretty CP John!

Here are some from today.  Simple Pleasures and Gator Pride.  Also, CH with only 2 pads and a guest.

[blupit007]

The last Voodoo Magic bloom didn't open all the way.  I didn't know why.  Then today the same thing.  So I investigated it.  It was stuck together.  The edges of the petals were glued together, and because I waited till tonight to investigate, they were dried up too.  So I ripped them apart, and the bloom just spread its wings, battered and broken.  VM has about 20 tiny buds on it!  Hopefully thy don't all stick together.  Has anyone had this happen?

Also, the same Simple Pleasures, just after a day in out intense heat and through the roof humidity.  What a huge change!

[blupit007]

Took some late day photos of Gator Pride, looks like Simple Pleasures isn't the only one that's hating this supreme heat!  The color is just amazing.  It looks almost green on the edge. 

Tigerama got yellow just from today!  Looks like my morning is gonna be filled with finding some good permanent shade for all my babies!!

[farmer d]

Nice ones Darren, funny to see some in pots from you!    It took me by surprise!

Hey Kristen, glad I could still throw a surprise out there for some of you.  I have 6 permanent potted hibiscus along with another six Tahitians that are being slowly brought back from the brink.  The good news is that I think most of my Tahitians are already outgrowing their 1 gallons since I barely water them and they yellow very easily (need more space for better drainage is my guess).  Also picked up half dozen water meters to help me out.

You got your blooms finally going on now!!!

That Simple Pleasures is wild with the change in one day (love that heat!).  Also Gator Pride and Tigerama are looking really awesome.  Purple is my favorite color so right on target there.

A few from today...

Midsummer Night


Valentines Day


cool shot - almost like a mirror image of each other


Hot Pepper


The Path (day 2)


Sea of Tranquility


Rise and Shine - 1st bloom of the season
Such a fun bloom!!!


Farmer D

[LJG]

Here are a few of mine blooming.

Some Like it Hot:

[LJG]

Flickering Flame

Tangerine Dream

Fabulous

Muy Caliente

[LJG]

April Showers

Snowy Sky

Whisper Soft

[Charlie]

Hi Darren and everyone,

I assume Darren's last photos show the same way for everyone - not as photos but as Photobucket messages saying "Bandwidth Exceeded". That means the photos are too large a file size and Photobucket is refusing to send them to the forum.

Very large photo files also have other consequences for forum readers. Those with very fast DSL connections get the pages in a reasonable time but those international readers or anyone with a slower connection can wait for 5 minutes or longer for a page to load. I sometimes open a page with a lot of photos and know it will take several minutes to load so I do something else and come back to it later. We all LOVE the photos, and this is not meant to discourage in the slightest Darren or anyone from posting photos, but we can still get the great photos without the long download times if some changes are made in how the photos are posted.

All that is needed is for the photos to be reduced in file size and/or in dimensions. This is really easy to do with any photo software. Cindy or I would be more than happy to help anyone learn to do it with whatever software you have. Just write to office or to my personal address and we will work with you to figure it out.

There is another problem, too, with the photos that are not uploaded the way that the forum is designed to do. This one I dread. When photos posted from Photobucket or some other service are moved within Photobucket, or if the user changes services, all these photos will disappear from the forum and leave big gaps in the messages and pages for the many people who will be reading the forum in the future. This is because the forum has to go to Photobucket or wherever the photos are uploaded on the internet and retrieve them every time a forum page with photos is opened. If you use the forum photo upload system instead, then the photos are stored at our website and there is no problem retrieving them from another site.

So, my plea is for people to start using the forum photo upload. It is easy to do and will preserve the forum photos for people to see for years to come. First fix your photo so it is not so large. Then click the "Additional Options" button located just below the screen you type your message in. Click "Choose File" and it will show you your computer files and you select the file on your computer that is to be uploaded. Try it a couple of times and it will become second nature.

If you can't figure it out, we still want to see your photos but any help along these lines will be appreciated by Cindy and I.

Thanks much,

Charlie

[farmer d]

I would like to apologize to everyone for that brief mishap.  I exceeded the memory allowed to be uploaded to photobucket for the month.  Now fixed for the next 2 yrs and I will make sure I reduce the megapixel sizes on my camera before uploading them to match the limits on the forum downloader.

Hopefully this will make it a lot quicker for those with slower connections.  Most of my previous pics are in the 500 - 600 kb range with some smaller and larger at times.

Please let me know if the photos have not been restored, looks fine on my desktop but my iPhone is still not showing them so not totally convinced yet.

Again my apologies.

Farmer D

[farmer d]

LJG it's great to see your blooms today!!! 

Wow, some fantastic varieties there and in ground as well.  I was always curious what a more mature SLIH bush looks like, and the blooms are really nice.  Muy Caliente is gorgeous as well.  You have some very nice landscaping in your backyard - thank you for sharing!!

Again Charlie and everyone I apologize for the early mishap - it's been a crazy week here and I didn't catch that in time.

Today's blooms (should load faster I hope as I used the lowest setting on my camera)

Rudolph (1st bloom ever)




Miss Congeniality




Valentines Day




High Voltage


Farmer D

[motherof4]

Wow so many nice blooms...doll luv the cp...kristen how exciting ..finally some beautiful blooms...lg...very nice..really like the tangerine dream..that is one on my wish list...and darren ..I just luv sea of tranquility...i missed it on the last update,  but I put it on my wish list...hopefully six inch...here are some blooms from the last couple of days....lynette

[motherof4]

the rest.....