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Beautiful pictures from everyone! I check this site several times a day to see all the beauties. First time bloom from Gabriel for me today. My problem with flower photography is I take about 100 pictures of them and have a hard time picking just one to share. So I narrowed it down to 4.  |
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« Reply #166 on: June 27, 2012, 08:29:08 PM » |
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Hi Farmer D
Yes the first one is Tahitian Princess, Cinnamon splendor , Lexie (named after our daughter by a hybridizer in Puerto Rico) and Marrianne Charleton.
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« Reply #167 on: June 28, 2012, 12:04:44 AM » |
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Darren, so far so good. It will take time for real results to show themselves (whether positive or negative). It sounds like you may already know what I'm doing a little differently. Nice LL by the way!!! Kristen, welcome home!!!! I love your Gabriel. I don't think anyone would complain about you sharing so many photos. ^^ Edit: What happens when I drink wine before/while posting. DENISE, I love your Gabriel!!! |
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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -Edgar Allan Poe
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« Reply #168 on: June 28, 2012, 07:58:59 AM » |
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Darren, so far so good. It will take time for real results to show themselves (whether positive or negative). It sounds like you may already know what I'm doing a little differently. Nice LL by the way!!! Kristen, welcome home!!!! I love your Gabriel. I don't think anyone would complain about you sharing so many photos. ^^ Edit: What happens when I drink wine before/while posting. DENISE, I love your Gabriel!!! I must say I don't mind having my photos mistaken for Kristen's!  |
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« Reply #169 on: June 28, 2012, 10:39:26 AM » |
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Some blooms from today, the chocolate one is a seedling we have been growing for 5 years and this is it's first bloom.
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« Reply #170 on: June 28, 2012, 05:28:24 PM » |
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My sympathies to any of you who are trapped in that terrible heat across the country...
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« Reply #171 on: June 28, 2012, 05:33:28 PM » |
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RS really starting to show summer colors now too...
My 1st T Princess bloom of the season definitely doesn't have the beautiful colors that Patrick's has (just awesome Patrick!) but I really like this look. Kind of a white washed appearance with very defined patterns. Never seen it like this before...
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« Reply #172 on: June 28, 2012, 06:55:47 PM » |
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My sympathies to any of you who are trapped in that terrible heat across the country...
Farmer D
“Hello, SoCal? This is SE Michigan calling… It seems that our summer weather was delivered to you (and your weather to us) by mistake... We were just wondering if you wouldn’t mind forwarding ours back to us (we’ll be happy to cover return shipping)?Thanks Darren for thinking of all us " sizzlers" in the Midwest... Also, thank you very, very much for checking out H. waimeae for me while you were in Kauai.  So many amazing blooms everyone… It always makes my day checking out all of the awesome photos on the Forum! It’s been pretty warm and toasty here in SE MI (we hit 101 today), and no rain in our part of the state for weeks (i.e, we’re parched). I have over 80 plants outside baking basking in our borrowed SoCal summer weather, and so far they’re all doing great... No sunburn, no “heatstroke” casualties-- Whoohoo! No outdoor exotic blooms yet, but LOTS of buds (!!!). The steady bloomers have been “the ancestors”, the old garden-variety hibs, and the roses… Leave it to me to grow the thirstiest varieties of plants during the hottest, driest summer in SE Michigan. Keeping all of the plants hydrated has become my second job (I keep a full 5-gallon watering jug at the door at all times), so not much time left when the day is done to post on the Forum (although I check-in as often as possible during the day). So, here’s a mini-recap of the past few weeks... Baby H. Schizopetalus (first bloom on a rooted 6” cutting) Bienvenue Thanksgiving A full outdoor garden shot Our weather forecast (ack!)  Stay cool everyone! Deb  (P.S. It's now 10:00PM EST and it's 94ºF outside!) |
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« Reply #173 on: June 28, 2012, 07:58:06 PM » |
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Everything is looking so pretty! Love this forum and all of your pictures, everyone! I got a Bonnie Lass today. It took me until a few days ago to realize that all of my "older" plants are suffering from thrips! They look lush and healthy leaf-wise, but after about 4 big buds that were sooo close to blooming turned brown and fell off, I went to the website and determined that it is most likely thrips. So disappointing when the bud gets that close and then dies.  I started Spinosad, so hopefully everything will be back on track soon! Anyway, this one Bonnie Lass managed to bloom, so here she is. |
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« Reply #174 on: June 28, 2012, 08:21:46 PM » |
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Tahitian Princess day 2, the color faded but still looks good.
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« Reply #175 on: June 29, 2012, 10:47:26 AM » |
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Denise, you are doing the right thing treating with spinosad. Loved your Gabriel photos, too!
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« Reply #176 on: June 29, 2012, 01:59:38 PM » |
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Third bloom on Antique Treasure x Heartbreak hotel
the form has improved and I like the colors on this one. It looks like the bush will be prolific.
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« Reply #177 on: June 30, 2012, 03:04:30 PM » |
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Love your psychedelic seedling bloom Chris! Lots of first time bloomers for me today... Angel's Wings (1st bloom... a huge 9" one) Black Beauty Carolina Breeze Scarlet Beauty (1st bloom out of the box) Waited until 3:00PM to open (I think she's still on Cali time) Tahitian Taui (1st bloom) Deb
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« Reply #178 on: June 30, 2012, 04:56:38 PM » |
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A few from today
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« Reply #179 on: July 01, 2012, 12:09:17 PM » |
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Deb you're going to love Scarlet Beauty. The blooms are always really big and bright with some fancy form. Great bush too...
Norm that is a stunning Midsummer Night! I love the that one a lot and the fun part for me has been the variability with the blooms. Each one is unique!
Well someone left the camera next to the lawn where the sprinklers could get it...so back to the old iPhone for pics. I apologize for the quality of some of them.
Well some great stuff the last several days:
First blooms for Climax (holy smokes!), Tahitian Queen (a very pleasant surprise) and Tahitian Pink Queen which is still stuck inside my wet camera so that one will have to wait which is too bad as it was really pretty too...
Loving Black Dream with the blackish eye zone like Flickering Flame - 2 standouts!! VR is really an impressive bloomer with striking looks that vary.
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