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« Reply #45 on: December 12, 2012, 09:16:35 PM » |
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Erny your High Voltage is so pretty - love that color bleed
Black Dream is just amazing in cool weather...
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« Reply #46 on: December 13, 2012, 03:21:02 PM » |
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Wow Deb, great blooms! Erny, John and Darren always enjoy the outdoor blooms in the winter  |
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« Reply #47 on: December 14, 2012, 07:31:42 PM » |
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Had my first Sizzle come and I like it a lot, its a much darker red than my photo shows, reds seem to be a problem with my camera they always show lighter. Loads of Acapulco Gold and I usually cut them and place somewhere nice for show, strange yesterday I had one with 6 petals.
Also had seedling bloom, Saffron x Transcendent and its an exact copy colour wise of my Transcendent but not as heavy a petal. Transcendent only gets to about 5inches for me here and Charlie says it can get to 10 but my petals are really thick and heavy and unlike any other CV I have.
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« Reply #48 on: December 14, 2012, 09:27:41 PM » |
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That's all really interesting, David. The high temps of Vietnam are both a benefit and a challenge for the hibiscus.
BTW, is this seedling flower one of those slow growing seedlings you were concerned about earlier?
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« Reply #49 on: December 15, 2012, 07:57:34 AM » |
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That's all really interesting, David. The high temps of Vietnam are both a benefit and a challenge for the hibiscus.
BTW, is this seedling flower one of those slow growing seedlings you were concerned about earlier?
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Yes Charlie it is, all my seedlings are small and very very slow growing, this one bloomed on a bush 12 inches high, the tallest seedling of mine will bloom in a few days and that's at 2 feet. Not complaining and in fact very happy about that, but it is strange to me that they are an exact polar opposite to most the cv's I have from you which grow like crazy. I did have some seeds sent from the USA which also grew like crazy, I only kept 1 and that is now 12 feet tall. they all grow in the same mix and have the same food so no idea why this has happened, sort of Bonsai Hibiscus. There is one thing I forgot to mention and may have something to do with them being small, since the seeds sprouted they have known nothing but the full blast of the sun, sometimes temperatures well into the hundreds and for 4 to 6 hours a day, it cost me about 70% of my seedlings but I never made an attempt to shade them, at least now I don't never have to worry about these plants in the sun, sort of bred for my rooftop. |
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« Reply #50 on: December 15, 2012, 09:38:17 AM » |
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A couple of Cindy's Heart blooms
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« Reply #51 on: December 15, 2012, 04:00:40 PM » |
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Darren - Loving all of the "fall color" blooms Chris - Amazing WallflowerDavid - Congrats on your seedling bloomer... What a beauty! Great Acapulco Gold lineup, and that's a really hot Sizzle! John - Your Cindy's Heart blooms never disappoint A few for me today, including two "I thought they would never bloom" photos... H. Arnottianus H. Kokio, red (finally! #1) Cosmic Gold Frappuccino Pinot Noir Pyrotechnic (finally! #2 - And definitely worth it!) Deb 
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« Reply #52 on: December 16, 2012, 01:10:47 PM » |
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John - sensational CH!
Deb great to see Pyrotechnic for the first time - very impressive!
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« Reply #53 on: December 18, 2012, 12:30:23 PM » |
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It's great to see everyone's blooms in December.
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« Reply #54 on: December 18, 2012, 10:41:50 PM » |
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Yes Charlie it is, all my seedlings are small and very very slow growing, this one bloomed on a bush 12 inches high, the tallest seedling of mine will bloom in a few days and that's at 2 feet. Not complaining and in fact very happy about that, but it is strange to me that they are an exact polar opposite to most the cv's I have from you which grow like crazy.
I did have some seeds sent from the USA which also grew like crazy, I only kept 1 and that is now 12 feet tall. they all grow in the same mix and have the same food so no idea why this has happened, sort of Bonsai Hibiscus.
There is one thing I forgot to mention and may have something to do with them being small, since the seeds sprouted they have known nothing but the full blast of the sun, sometimes temperatures well into the hundreds and for 4 to 6 hours a day, it cost me about 70% of my seedlings but I never made an attempt to shade them, at least now I don't never have to worry about these plants in the sun, sort of bred for my roof top.
Here is the second seedling , its quite large for me at 6inches, Safron x Cream De Cacao, to say I am pleased is a bit of an an understatement haha, I think its wonderfull. had a nice Valentines Day today as well, VD is one of the ones I nearly lost with the Root problems I had [lost about 10 alltogether], I did find a product that was a huge help but more on that later. |
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« Reply #55 on: December 19, 2012, 07:51:00 AM » |
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Nice color on your seedling David.
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« Reply #56 on: December 20, 2012, 08:26:06 PM » |
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John your Cindy's Heart triplets are astoundingly beautiful!
A surprising and very nice version of Splash in winter colors. Also a fun shot of LL that bloomed through the railing slats on it's own - pretty cool!
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« Reply #57 on: December 20, 2012, 11:57:03 PM » |
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Chris that Wallflower is stunning, can you imagine if the central blue was bigger, amazing.
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« Reply #58 on: December 22, 2012, 03:05:29 PM » |
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Surprised today to see my Celadine plumeria is producing new buds on quite a few of it's branches. Up until this year it would lose all of it's leaves and shut down till April so this is very interesting.
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« Reply #59 on: December 22, 2012, 05:00:08 PM » |
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Nice Darren, I think its a reduction in light that starts them to shut down and lose there leaves rather than the temperature, you must have had some nice sunny days.
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