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A Day With Nature! 2008-05-03 00:29:00 Well really just a few short hours, but it still was a fantastic afternoon. Aaron and myself had finished a few jobs and were scoping out some new fishing holes when we stumbled across a new little wetland area that neither one of us had been to or heard of before.It is located just off the shores of the Indian River Lagoon here in Ft. Pierce Fl.These are a few of the blooms I encountered. No idea what I 'm looking at on these!And then I do know 1. This is a Ricinus communis or Castor Bean.Come Watch my Plants Grow
Washingtonia robusta , Mexican Fan Palm 2008-05-02 23:58:00 These are pictures of Washingtonia robusta , or Mexican
Fan Palms that I took today at a wetland area just off of the Indian River Lagoon here in Fort Pierce FL.Come Watch my Plants Grow
Heathcote Botanical Gardens Volunteer Orientation 2008-05-02 23:16:00 Aaron from A Yard in Fort Pierce and myself signed up at the garden sale to volunteer at our local Botanical
Garden. The very exciting part of this adventure is that they received a $3.2million grant for a 65 acre expansion. They are making a new public park Here is a link to the press release from Heathcote on the park expansion. We begin on Wed. and we will be volunteering every Wed. from 9-until. Along with assisting them with the future plant sales. And as soon as the expansion begins we will be there on day 1 and as much as we can give. And here is Heathcotes website link.Come Watch my Plants Grow
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Watch my Purple Vanda Bloom! 2008-05-04 21:05:00 This progression of pictures of my purple vanda started on 4/20, and reached a full bloom tonight 5/4. I do not know the name of this purple vanda. It has a large flower that is a spotted purple color. This was a $25 vanda from the Heathcote sale a few weeks ago. I have a slide show with pictures in order of the date taken.Come Watch my Plants Grow
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My First Rare Palm Sprout! Veitchia merrillii ' Aurea Variegata ', Adonidia merrillii , Variegated Christmas Palm , Manila Palm 2008-05-06 22:11:00 Veitchia merrillii ' Aurea Variegata ', Adonidia merrillii , Variegated Christmas
Palm , Variegated Manila
Palm are the names I have heard this palm called. I collected the red fruits from a tree back in Dec 07. In previous posts I have talked about these sprouts. I had around 70 cleaned seeds that I threw in an extra recycle bin that I had. Well, over the weekend I went to clean out the community bin and found this rare beauty. As of now this little sprout is showing great signs of variegation. Both sides of the first leaf have a yellow/white veins running through them. I have asked a few questions like will this seedling keep the variegation and the responses have been good. So hopefully I have sprouted my very first rare palm tree! Here are a few pictures from the recycle bin before th Read more:First
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Got Spikes? 2008-05-05 20:24:00 This little pink noid Phalaenopsis orchid came from the Master Gardener Sale. The little pink flower is a little larger than a quarter and is a very bright pink color. It has 3.5 separate spikes growing right now.Come Watch my Plants Grow
Volunteering at Heathcote Botanical Garden, Day 1 2008-05-07 21:52:00 Today was the first day of volunteering at Heathcote BotanicalGarden
s. Wed's from 9-12 everyone that volunteers shows up and scatters through out the gardens, and begins cleaning up or trimming. Aaron from AYiFP and myself went up to the gardens without a clue on what they were going to tell us to do. When we showed up late, because of my early job, we were givin' the 2 minute tour on were all of the tools and supplies were located. Score, behind the scenes, she also showed us the propagation and growing areas. During this tour she asked what were our interests? Palms was shouted out without a second of hesitation. She began to tell us about some of the new palms that were just donated and took us to were they were being kept. In this mix of new palms was a variegated christmas palm that
Mokara Orchid, Khaw Phaik Suan x Kultana in Full Bloom! 2008-05-08 22:56:00 This is my first Mokara Orchid. Khaw Phaik Suan x Kultana is the name and it is a Vandaceous orchid. The Mokara Orchid is a trigeneric hybrid between the Ascocentrum, Vanda and Arachnis Orchids. Created in Singapore in 1969, Mokara is now as popular as its parents. The first Mokara hybrid was called Mokara Wai Liang, named after C.Y. Mok of Singapore. This hearty hybrid has a unique flower shape and an intricate patterns within the petals of some varieties make the orchid look as though it is smiling giving it the common name "Smile Orchid". I purchased this for $25 a few weeks ago from Heathcote and have been taking pictures along the progress of the spike to the full bloom, so here is another slide show of the process.Come Watch my Plants Grow
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Just Another Yard in Fort Pierce w/ Zamia furfuracea or Carboard Palms For Sale! 2008-05-12 02:10:00 Since I have begun this blog I have met a variety of people. Some local some not so local, but the really exciting part are the local plant people's response when I talk about My yard in Fort Pierce
. I have had several Emails from people offering me plants and open invitations to visit there yards. Well this is another 1 of those invites and I have some really sweet pictures from who we will call
Just Anthoer Yard in Fort Pierce pt.2 2008-05-12 01:35:00 These are some of her blooms and nicer palms from the CP Lady's yard! Plumeria White Frangpani The bloom of the Costus barbatus or Spiral Ginger. The full picture of the Spiral Ginger. Read more:Pierce
Juat Another Yard in Fort Pierce pt.3 2008-05-12 00:26:00 These are a few of the Pandanus's that the CP Lady has in her yard along with pictures of a Bald Cypress and a Caryota mitis. This pandanus is over 9 ft tall. Here I am standing in front to show how large it is. A field a variegated pandanus. Read more:Pierce
A Visit From The Plant Fairy! 2008-05-11 21:23:00 A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a some very nice people that found my blog and live locally here. They come across plants pretty regular in there line of work and asked if I had a home for any plants. Well I am 1 never to turn down plants so I said anything you would like to offer I can find a home for. Well a couple days later when I woke up on my front yard were 18 Silver Buttonwood Bus Read more:Plant
Wild Florida Encyclia tampensis orchids in Spike! Update 2008-05-13 14:11:00 Today on my lunch break I stopped by my property to check up on the Encyclia tampensis orchids. They should be close to blooming. These guys are almost there. Maybe another week or so and we should have some really good pictures of these flowers. But in the mean time I took a few more pictures of the orchids in spike growing on 1 of the old oak trees. I also got the best side of the resident gat Read more:Florida
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First Gladiolus Blooms! 2008-05-12 20:13:00 Back on Feb 24 I purchase some flower bulbs from a Dollar Store on clearance for $.50 a pack. I came home and started all of them. These are the first bulbs that I have tried to grow. Well, after a few months I have been rewarded with the first blooms from the Gladiolus. These are some of the pictures that I took along the way.Come Watch my Plants Grow
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Volunteering at Heathcote Botanical Garden, Day 2 2008-05-14 22:32:00 Today was the second day of volunteering at Heathcote BotanicalGarden
s. We were introduced to many of the other volunteers and the director of the Gardens today as well. Aaron and myself are now referred to as the "Palm Guys", they love the fact that they have 2 young guys in there to help out. And we are having a blast doing what we are doing. And it is official we are the Palm Walk maintainer
Misi Luki Banana Pup Removal Project 2008-05-19 23:01:00 Back in Nov. 07 I planted a Misi Luki and Apple Banana Tree in my back yard and with a new game plan and layout for the new patio to come the trees are going to have to go. My plan is to allow the mother trees to finish growing, but I decided it was time to move the pups off of the Misi Luki tree. I have began another section of the yard for banana alley and have all of the other banana trees grow Read more:Removal
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Close Up Pictures of a Tillandsia fasciculata , or Cardinal Air Plant in Bloom! 2008-05-21 01:35:00 Tillandsia fasciculata , or Quill-Leaf , Cardinal
Air Plant
, Wild Pineapple are a few names I have heard this native Florida Bromeliad called. These grow wild all over the neighborhood, and while I was walking my property I came across this fallen limb that was full of them. I brought them back to the house and have been taking care of them since. These 2 have been blooming for weeks now. 1 is fu Read more:Close
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New Palm Sprouts Today! 2008-05-20 19:38:00 What a day! I came home from work and began playing in the yard. As I was walking around doing the watering I came across the first sprout of the day. My first Coconut Palm has cracked the shell and is making its first appearance. I thought these were never going to sprout. I collected these coconuts on the beach back in Nov. And finally today the first 1 has started. Next I was watering on the po Read more:Sprouts
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Volunteering at Heathcote Botanical Garden, Day 3 2008-05-21 22:27:00 Heathcote volunteering Day3, was another hot hard working day. When we showed up the volunteer director walked us over to the what is suppose to be the back entrance to the Palm Walk. But the back entrance path actually steered you away from the Palm Walk. The over growth of ferns has made the path less then 2ft wide. So her plan for us today was to create a new entrance that steers you into the P Read more:Botanical
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The Alligator on the Palm Tree Pictures! 2008-05-23 19:12:00 The other day I was along the shore of the St Lucie River when I came across an awesome photo opportunity. This area is has a number of Sabal Palms that grow sideways thanks to hurricanes and erosion along the shoreline. As I was taking in the scenery I came across this 4ft alligator laying on the trunk of 1 of these leaning Sabals. Incredibly these tree can have their trunks completely submersed Read more:Alligator
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Wild Encyclia tampensis or Butterfly orchids First Flowers! 2008-05-28 02:24:00 It is getting very close to an amazing display of wild Encyclia tampensis flowers. These butterfly orchids are showing their first flowers. Here are a few pics of the first flowers to appear.Come Watch my Plants Grow
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A Few of My Orchid Bloom Pictures! 2008-05-27 22:04:00 Trying to keep up with posting has been hard. I have a few new business ventures that are growing super fast. I have still been snapping pictures whenever I can, and have lots of blooms and projects to share. Now with almost 100 orchids the bloom pictures stack up. So this post is going to be the blooms I have now. So have names, some are NOID's but still just as nice. I will name the ones I know, Read more:Bloom
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Volunteering at Heathcote Botanical Garden, Day 4 2008-05-29 00:14:00 This week seems to be the hardest work we have encountered yet. Aaron and myself are still working on the backside of the "Palm Walk". We arrived at 10 a.m. and did not leave until 3:30p.m. I don't know if I work this hard in my own yard, but the hard work will be worth every drip of sweat shed. So this week they asked us to remove a few trees, some invasive vines, and plants. Along with trimming Read more:Botanical
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This Weeks Heathcote Botanical Gardens Plants! 2008-05-28 23:18:00 Each week I during my volunteer day I am taking pictures of the palms or plants that are in the section that we are working on. This week I have a few common palms and a group of Bromeliads that are all in spike or starting to bloom.Pics 1&2 are Young Cocos nucifera "Dwarf" Malayan Coconuts 1- yellow and 1- greenPics3&4 are Chamaedorea cataractarum or Cat PalmPic5 is a Young Roystonea regi Read more:Botanical
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Encyclia tampensis or Butterfly orchids Flowers Beginning! 2008-05-30 22:41:00 These Encyclia tampensis or Butterfly
orchids are beginning their show. The flowers are beginning to open and they are stunning. This is the first time I have seen this orchid bloom and the showing is going to be very impressive. Just days away. Here are a few teasers of some of the first flowers to open.Come Watch my Plants Grow
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Phal. Naples nights x (Petite rose x Glad melinda) First Flower! 2008-05-31 13:39:00 This is one of my project orchids for a growing experiment on orchidgeeks.com The best part is this is the first one to flower in the group. This morning I went outside and the bloom I had been waitng for has finally opened. Here are a few of the pictures from this morning.Come Watch my Plants Grow
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A Few More Blooms! 2008-06-03 01:01:00 The first is a cactus that climbs on a number of different tree here. It has this large white flower at night. The flower is 4x the size of the cactus. The next 2 are the bloom from the project phal. Then the next 3 are some of the NOID's phals, and the last 3 are of the Encyclia tampensis in mid bloom right now.Come Watch my Plants Grow
Lily of the Nile, African Lily ( Agapanthus africanus ) Slideshow! 2008-06-02 22:14:00 I have had a couple of these Agapanthus africanus , or Lily of the Nile and African
Lily for a few months. When I purchased these lilies they were just beginning to put up their spikes and show the first buds. I have a slide show showing the progress over the past month and a half from the blooms to the flowers. There are pictures from 2 different lilies in this mix.Come Watch my Plants Grow
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Update on the Project Orchids! 2008-06-03 23:56:00 I have done a few posts on the blooms of my Phalaenopsis Naples nights x (Petite rose x Glad melinda), along with the phal I also am growing a Dendrobium Cathy Beck, and an Enc. Atronecium - cordigera 'Multi' x Enc. cordigera 'Giant'. Well tonights post is an update for all the people following the progress of the orchids. The first is going to be the Phal. The second flower opened today. Next is Read more:Update
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The Blc. Husky Boy 'Romeo' Orchids New Home 2008-06-03 22:53:00 I bought these Blc. Husky
Boy 'Romeo' back in March they had a beautiful yellow flower. Here is a link to the original post that shows Blc. Husky Boy 'Romeo' in bloom. Well I had the idea of another coconut mount for these and came up with this. I took a coconut that had not matured and allowed it to dry out. This is what happened. When it is not fully developed they will shrivel up as they dry. T Read more:Orchids
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