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Post by Tig on Nov 4, 2009 23:42:41 GMT
Every couple of days it throws up another flower Cheery, and the older ones at the back die off to form a sort of 'cocks comb' if you know what I mean  I will take another piccie to show you what is to come when yours decides to perform for you  Some folk may recall the Lemon I rescued in January this year .. it flowered but nothing happened. It has been in the front bedroom all year, watered as Andy suggested .. left dry, then drowned  I thought I should have put it outside for the 'summer' but as it was fairly miserable and wet I didn't bother. I was thinking that the time had come to give up on it, and then ... it has gone and flowered again and guess what!!! I have a baby lemon growing ;D I will take a photo sometime soon ... x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Nov 5, 2009 0:09:34 GMT
I checked on my Bird of paradise plant. It is in the study and I water it when I passit by.I took it out of the outer pot and the poor thing had about 15cms of roots curling out of the bottom of its pot!!  I have now repotted it ( had to cut the pot away ) and it seems very happy ;D |
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Post by Ladygardener on Nov 5, 2009 6:09:52 GMT
My goodness a baby lemon, well done Tig.  Treat them mean is your motto there then. Pics are always good and I did'nt realise the BOP kept on producing, you live and learn. Auricula it sounds like yours is a lot happier now, perhaps it will flower yet. |
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Post by Auricula on Nov 6, 2009 2:22:16 GMT
I certainly hope so, perhaps next year |
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Post by Tig on Nov 14, 2009 15:13:15 GMT
I hope it flowers for you Auricula, they do 'drip' sticky fluid though  Better late than never, here is my little lemon ;D  x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Nov 16, 2009 17:40:33 GMT
Oh bless............all round to Tig's house for v&ts all round ;D ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 15, 2009 17:01:00 GMT
I've gotten my first exotic plant, a friend was away for a short break last week and he's brought me back a baby Strelitza. It's only got 3 mature leaves and 1 more on the way. I do hope I don't kill it. I'm delighted as I was well impressed with Tig's this autumn and hope it does well for me. ;D
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Post by Auricula on Dec 16, 2009 23:55:11 GMT
Oh how lovely, a baby for Xmas. Make sure you take good care of it LG ;D
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Post by Tig on Dec 17, 2009 11:52:29 GMT
What a lovely prezzie LG - you just need to be patient with it My 'tip' is to keep it in the room you most use, where it not only gets some natural daylight, but has an extended day due to artificial lighting. It is the only thing I can think of to explain why mine grew so well and flowered within 18 months of my adopting it  x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 18, 2009 22:24:20 GMT
Auricula I'm afraid of killing it, I'm not very good with houseplants. :-/Thanks for the advice Tig, I've potted it on as it could hardly stand up in the tiny little one it was in and following your advice I have it's now in the sitting room.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 5, 2010 9:57:54 GMT
I've done it.....finally - 3rd time lucky....
I have managed to get a Mimosa pudica to germinate....only one out of 6....but it is success.....
RF
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Post by Tig on Jan 5, 2010 13:16:59 GMT
Well done RF - the others may still come up. I think the ones I did last year started at different times x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 5, 2010 19:17:10 GMT
Well done Rf, hope it does well for you. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 5, 2010 19:18:47 GMT
Tig did you feed your BOP and if so what time of the year and what with I wonder. Mine is looking so big and healthy, you would'nt believe it already just in ordinary multipurpose compost. I have some nettle fertiliser would that help?
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Post by Tig on Jan 6, 2010 14:53:44 GMT
It only got fed once a month from late spring through summer LG - and I used an organic liquid fertilizer that was cheap at Lidl ;D Good to hear that yours is growing well, mine is only in mpc as well x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 8, 2010 8:38:45 GMT
Thanks Tig, I'll start feeding around April or so then. |
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Post by andy on Feb 18, 2010 8:48:30 GMT
Awoke to a wonderful sight this morning.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 18, 2010 11:13:41 GMT
A wonderful sight it is indeed Andy - I bet it smells a dream...
I have lost my Mimosa seedlings - I ended up with two and they both got one leaf and then wilted!!
RF
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Post by andy on Feb 18, 2010 15:28:50 GMT
I does indeed smell nice RF but i also have Jasmine and hyacinths in flower so it all gets a bit lost. Smells great though.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 25, 2010 11:45:27 GMT
What wonderful scents you have there Andy, beautiful trumpet, well done. |
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Post by Tig on Mar 9, 2010 11:41:20 GMT
What are the chances that the mimosa pudica has survived the winter outside in a pot in the UK?
I was going to chuck it out this morning and got the pot ready to cut off all the old growth into the councils compost bin, started at the outer edges and when I got to the thicker woodier stalks there was a hint of green in them! I have just tidied it for now as I am wondering if by some miracle it could have survived?
x Tig
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Post by andy on Mar 9, 2010 11:51:22 GMT
I thought they were annuals anyway Tig...well we always grew them as such in the palmhouse at work. Chances ?....there's always hope if there's some green but i really wouldn't hold your breath
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Mar 23, 2010 18:24:26 GMT
My 2 melianthus major plants are starting come back to life....phew....thought I'd lost them in the cold winter (in pots in the GH)
This year I've managed to get 2 cotton seeds to germinate! cor......also have the usual banana seeds in the heated propagator (generally take about 6-8 weeks to germinate)...and have sent for some ricinus after seeing Andy's gorgeous specimens last year... ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 25, 2010 16:09:20 GMT
Well done Cheery - I have also got a "success story"... Tig - cooeee Tiggy...have a gander, do you recognize them?? Pomegranate (Pudica)  and Bottlebrush (Callistemon rigidus)  I had them both clutched to my bosom all winter in the bedroom...just as well 'cos they would not have been happy outside, this year at least... RF |
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Post by Tig on Mar 25, 2010 16:55:56 GMT
Ooooo - well done RF!!! Yours are looking much better than mine, which have been left to fend for themselves in the garden all winter  What are you going to do with them when they get bigger? Chuck OH out and move them in permanently ;D x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 25, 2010 18:20:04 GMT
Hehe...you've discovered my secret then - at least they don't snore!!
RF
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Post by Tig on Apr 5, 2010 12:42:09 GMT
Lovely smell in the front bedroom the other day, and whilst my big lemon isn't ripe yet I have been tickling these  x Tig |
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Post by andy on Apr 5, 2010 14:59:32 GMT
When i looked after the palm house for Brighton council, it also involved looking after the orangery. Some of the big naval and Seville oranges were 10 feet tall and you can imagine what the smell was like in there when they flowered ;D
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on May 13, 2010 19:05:17 GMT
These are my little beauties this year.... trachycarpus fortunei and phormium...  tetrapanax  a couple of musa plants...(and a jade tree)  ricinus seedling...  cotton seedlings  |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 14, 2010 6:58:49 GMT
Wonderful Cheery - I have lost just about everything "exotic" that I had but I managed to get the Pomegranate (Pudica) and the Bottlebrush (Callistemon rigidus) from Tig through the winter and have just planted them into bigger pots.
I love the tetrapanax and the cotton plants.
RF
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What are you going to do with them when they get bigger? Chuck OH out and move them in permanently ;D