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David In Nha Trang Vietnam
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« Reply #75 on: April 13, 2012, 07:45:50 PM » |
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Cut a few blooms to dresss up the front of the garden, they all last much better in the shade.
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farmer d
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« Reply #76 on: April 13, 2012, 11:21:09 PM » |
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Charlie thanks for the update on TLM, that is exciting to hear. I am glad to hear that T Pink Princess is making progress too. I'll post a pic of twins I just saw today of it off of FB.
Deb I agree with David your Rosalind is probably the nicest one I've seen yet. Also totally love the ducks shot with the hib - precious!
Mike your colors are outrageous - that Heavy Metal is what I pray mine looks like one day soon.
David your AG is totally awesome. I think at some point maybe end of this growing season I might actually prune mine on the top but first I want to see how full it gets this year. Great pics for all your blooms.
John that is a bloom parade you got going there and nice to see Winter Lights make a showing. Great stuff!
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« Reply #77 on: April 14, 2012, 08:09:19 AM » |
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Mike, your blooms are looking great.
Darren, those Tahitian Princess blooms really are eye catching.
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« Reply #78 on: April 14, 2012, 08:45:28 AM » |
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John D and Deb, thanks for the offer of Frappucino wood. I'm going to check more closely my stock plants and if I can't find one will email you privately. I do appreciate the offer!
Great photos from all over. Darren, the T Pink Princess flowers I have seen so far do not look like the photo you found on the internet. I saw mine a few hours after opening and it was much lighter in color and softer than the one you posted. Either it fades quickly or that photo was creatively enhanced - one of the main reasons we much prefer photos taken by our forum members who can describe the circumstances of the photos.
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farmer d
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« Reply #79 on: April 14, 2012, 10:13:31 AM » |
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Darren, the T Pink Princess flowers I have seen so far do not look like the photo you found on the internet. I saw mine a few hours after opening and it was much lighter in color and softer than the one you posted. Either it fades quickly or that photo was creatively enhanced - one of the main reasons we much prefer photos taken by our forum members who can describe the circumstances of the photos.
Charlie
That has been one of my biggest frustrations so far with some of the Tahitians I have. I don't know if it is the ideal growing conditions in Tahiti or the photos themselves or a combo of both. At least for TPP the blooms that we've both had are still nice in their own right in my opinion even though they're not quite the same as posted elsewhere. I think these photos from a South American grower are closer to what we have seen although your's seem to be more colorful so far than these. If the plant eventually qualifies for your hybridizing program it would be exciting to see what results we might see one day with new crosses. Thank you for taking the time to evaluate! Farmer D |
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« Reply #80 on: April 14, 2012, 12:08:46 PM » |
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David, Darren, John - YUMMY blooms!!! Cindy's Heart (HUGE - just under 9") Rum Runner (pale pastel colors today) Deb  |
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« Reply #81 on: April 14, 2012, 02:14:39 PM » |
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Deb, you are getting some really great blooms these days. Who woulda thunk it possible to get such big colorful flowers in the far north of the USA!
David, seedlings love sun. I know your sun is more intense than normal but you might want to experiment cautiously with giving them more sun. Seedlings always look so delicate but they are tougher than their looks suggest - more heat and sun tolerant, more cold tolerant, and more insect resistant than later plants taken as cuttings from them. Only thing they can't deal with is hungry mammals of various stripes that can eat them down to nothing very quickly. Even so, if they are conditioned to shade for too long they will still need to be introduced slowly to direct sunshine. Once they are acclimated they will grow faster and bloom sooner if they get plenty of it.
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« Reply #82 on: April 14, 2012, 02:17:06 PM » |
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Yes, Darren, that is closer to what I have seen so far. I will try to photograph an opening flower and one a few hours old and post them next chance I get.
Charlie
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« Reply #83 on: April 15, 2012, 08:32:11 AM » |
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High Voltage, Voodoo Queen triplets, Cindy's Heart, Hot Pepper twins.
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« Reply #84 on: April 16, 2012, 01:00:18 PM » |
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No blooms to share today, but I think the Vin Extraordinaire x Creme de la Creme cross that I did a couple of weeks ago took! Here's a photo of the pod this morning. If Vin hangs onto it and there are seeds inside, this will be my first successful cross.  |
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« Reply #85 on: April 16, 2012, 01:15:35 PM » |
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That would be interesting to see that cross, hopefully the less ideal traits in both parents are overcome!
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« Reply #86 on: April 16, 2012, 02:32:29 PM » |
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The seed pod looks good so far.
A rainy and cool day today.
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davidwood
David In Nha Trang Vietnam
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« Reply #87 on: April 16, 2012, 05:31:23 PM » |
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Deb, you are getting some really great blooms these days. Who would thunk it possible to get such big colorful flowers in the far north of the USA!
David, seedlings love sun. I know your sun is more intense than normal but you might want to experiment cautiously with giving them more sun. Seedlings always look so delicate but they are tougher than their looks suggest - more heat and sun tolerant, more cold tolerant, and more insect resistant than later plants taken as cuttings from them. Only thing they can't deal with is hungry mammals of various stripes that can eat them down to nothing very quickly. Even so, if they are conditioned to shade for too long they will still need to be introduced slowly to direct sunshine. Once they are acclimated they will grow faster and bloom sooner if they get plenty of it.
Charlie
Thanks Charlie, I did what you said and put them outside in the sun,it certainly sorted out the men from the boys so to speak, some just immediately flopped over and died, when I pulled them I was right, they weren't growing, some have not advanced at all in 2 months other than send out that first tap root,no idea why as they are well watered and now fed but am still left with about 15 that seem to be ok. |
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« Reply #88 on: April 16, 2012, 08:59:54 PM » |
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John looks like we're trading off on the weather. We have our first warm stretch coming up since January - can't wait!
Here is a totally thrips ravaged Miss Congeniality. I enjoyed personally squishing the thrips in this one but I'll be spraying again...at least MC is starting to gain those awesome shads of purple and mauve again.
Some super orange Prosperities - these should really have some intense color when they fully open tomorrow.
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« Reply #89 on: April 17, 2012, 01:55:17 AM » |
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High Voltage, Voodoo Queen triplets, Cindy's Heart, Hot Pepper twins.
John I was only saying the other day that allot of our blooms are very similar and it was probably because of the hotter weather we both have, then you show your Hot Pepper which looks nothing like mine haha, you have that lovely deep dark red centre which I don't, mind you my HP sits where a cactus would find it hot so maybe that's why. |
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