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« Reply #180 on: July 22, 2012, 09:23:31 PM » |
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some more early & later shots and day 2s
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« Reply #181 on: July 22, 2012, 09:32:36 PM » |
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Multiples...
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« Reply #182 on: July 22, 2012, 09:38:31 PM » |
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1st Rodeo Drive off of new plant
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« Reply #183 on: July 23, 2012, 04:17:15 AM » |
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Wow, Darren, that's a spectacular group. I particularly like the multiple blooms on varieties like Chariots and Daisy Mae but seeing early/late day blooms is also instructive. Fortunately, most of them look good both ways.
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« Reply #184 on: July 23, 2012, 08:22:10 AM » |
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Darren, all your blooms are spectacular.
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I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.
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« Reply #185 on: July 23, 2012, 08:33:20 AM » |
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Darren, don't apologize for showing so many photos. No such thing as too many. I enjoyed every bit of it and wish there were more. Your yard shots are great and it is always interesting to see sequential photos throughout the day to show how the blooms change. I just wish I was better at photography. My pictures never seem to look as good as the real thing.
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« Reply #186 on: July 23, 2012, 09:53:42 AM » |
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I am certainly not going to make any friends with my following comment. However, I think this has to be said, and now is the time. There is indeed such a thing as posting too many photos.
Also, somewhere in the guidelines there is also a mention of only posting photos of HVA plants.
You have to remember Cindy and Charles are paying for the bandwidth and its very expensive. Posting almost 50 photos in an hour by one poster is really not fair to Charlie and Cindy. I understand that Cindy has limited the photo to 5 per post. However, I see that being defeated with multiple posts with 5 photos each.
I run a very popular photo web site and I had to restrict photos to only one a day, it was costing me a fortune.
I am sorry if I am the wet blanket, but try to respect Charles and Cindy, they are paying for this site out of their pockets.
Don't throw any stones at me, please.
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David In Nha Trang Vietnam
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« Reply #187 on: July 23, 2012, 01:15:10 PM » |
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Wow, Darren, that's a spectacular group. I particularly like the multiple blooms on varieties like Chariots and Daisy Mae but seeing early/late day blooms is also instructive. Fortunately, most of them look good both ways.
Charlie
Spectacular, I love the garden shots, I am not a big fan of Daisy Mae but liking it more seeing that picture, and Rodeo Drive, wow!! it looks like its suspended in mid air. Chariots of Fire has never done that well for me here [certainly compared to yours], but that cutting that I stuck in the waste ground is looking very healthy, its the nearest thing I have to being in the ground, hope I get your profusion Darren. |
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« Reply #188 on: July 23, 2012, 04:21:44 PM » |
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Louis, no stones here. I'm glad you pointed that out because I had no idea it was costing Charlie and Cindy. I know virtually nothing about computers and web sites and just assumed it was free or nearly so. Speak to me of bandwidth and I think of the space occupied by the orchestra on a stage. I will certainly be more selective with my posts knowing this.
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« Reply #189 on: July 23, 2012, 06:24:13 PM » |
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Charlie - The new seedling bloomers are just gorgeous... especially 11-0425_f0101  Darren - Loving all of your way tasty blooms (awesome color/photos!) John - Your blooms look dreamy and beautiful (as always)! ºAmber Suzanne ºAngel's Wings and friends with some of this year's "babies" ºFantasy Charm º"Not Belle" - 3 different branches have bloomed the same flower, so not BDJ or a sport  ºA new regular visitor to my garden, having a taste of Le Chocolat (there has also been a ruby throated hummer, but she's too shy/fast for photos) |
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« Reply #190 on: July 23, 2012, 06:32:12 PM » |
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and the rest... ºRuby Tuesday ºRudolph... in the rain  ºSilver Memories (opening colors) ºTahitian Princess ºTahitian Princess Twins Deb  |
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« Reply #191 on: July 23, 2012, 07:03:49 PM » |
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Lovely Deb, I like the idea of putting a bloom in the wine glass, I am having a party in 2 weeks, my daughter is coming over from England and I shall be doing that. Silver Memories is just lovely.
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« Reply #192 on: July 24, 2012, 06:22:37 AM » |
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Deb, I wonder what the "not Belle is". Hmmm, big mystery. Cindy thinks it's Sweet Sixteen, a Belle offspring that she has always wanted. I'm not sure what it is.
Lou, I really appreciate the thoughts and your looking out for us. It's true we pay for bandwidth but the HVH website has always been a heavy user of bandwidth since anyone who browses the website transfers many bits of data between the HVH site and their computer as the photos and pages load. We expect this and have lots of bandwidth available for the purpose. We are fortunate to have a good deal with a reliable provider and don't consider this an issue we are concerned about.
Cindy and I are open to hearing opinions regarding the best way for the forum to operate, either publicly or privately. Anyone who wants to can send us email directly or can post online as long as it stays friendly.
I feel like I should share my perspective on forum photos. For a decade or more I sent thousands of hibiscus plants out and never saw them again. I would drive around southern California and never see an exotic hibiscus. Occasionally someone would write or call, and even more rarely send a photo, but for the most part I was just left wondering how they did. We knew we were doing something right since orders have always been strong with many people coming back year after year, yet where were the plants and how were they doing? I just didn't know.
So, now that the forum is going strong I really love seeing all the photos of the hibiscus, and most of all the shots of the gardens and patios and indoor growing situations that people have created. It's deep down satisfying to me to see all these hibs growing wherever they may be and my personal feeling about the photos is "keep em coming". I look at every one that is posted and based on the stats the forum keeps so do a lot of other people.
That has to be the final decider - is the forum a service that hibiscus fanciers enjoy enough to participate in and/or look at? If the answer is yes, then we are on the right track, and that does seem to be the case with the forum.
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« Reply #193 on: July 24, 2012, 07:54:13 AM » |
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Hi All from South Carolina....
Deb....your Tahitian Princess is just beautiful! I don't know why but I am really drawn to the blue/purple hibiscus. My four HVH babies are really growing! I can't wait to see what they look like when they finally bloom.
Charlie....thank you for the vote of support on pictures. You just have no idea how much I have learned (and enjoy seeing) from the pictures....and most of all...it gives me ideas on which ones I want to order the next time.
School starts back for me in less than three weeks and the most I will get to do in the forum is look at the pictures! Thank you for making each day a blessing of getting to see your beautiful flowers!
Vicki
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« Reply #194 on: July 24, 2012, 08:49:49 AM » |
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So many beauties! Vicki- I think what it is about those blues is that they are so unique. Not what people typically think of when they picture hibiscus. I had my hands on a Tahitian Princess last Fall but managed to kill it.  My plants are doing so well! The ones that were dropping buds due to what I think was thrips have recovered. I have gotten about six beautiful blooms from High Voltage, the last two of which I found to be the best. (Pictured below). Bonnie Lass looks like it might open one tomorrow with lots of healthy buds developing! As usual, Confection Perfection is a slow grower, but looking healthy with nice small, glossy, well-formed leaves. I think it's an attractive plant even though it is very slow-growing. All of my babies from this Spring are coming along. All but maybe one or two have buds. |
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