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Post by MrMike on May 1, 2017 16:40:28 GMT -5
Garage Rocker , Peony? I thought this was a carnation?  th shrooms are cool, ever ate Morels?
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 1, 2017 16:50:26 GMT -5
Garage Rocker , Peony? I thought this was a carnation? th shrooms are cool, ever ate Morels? I'm probably wrong. My wife, mom and MIL brought all our flowers in. I just take pictures.  Not a mushroom guy, Mike, but a lot of people around here hunt them. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 1, 2017 17:44:32 GMT -5
Garage Rocker , Peony? I thought this was a carnation? th shrooms are cool, ever ate Morels? I'm probably wrong. My wife, mom and MIL brought all our flowers in. I just take pictures. Not a mushroom guy, Mike, but a lot of people around here hunt them. you are right, not a peony. I would say either small carnations, or pinks. Flowers, buds and stems are right. |
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Post by kk on May 3, 2017 3:15:47 GMT -5
As we dont have proper seasons like most of you experience, we have way too many cultivated plants and flowers all year round. But while Hong Kong is known for its city and business, there is a whole other side to this place. Many of which I have shown over the past few years. Now with having gotten involved with the cabin up on one of our tallest mountain, I regularly come across things I had not seen before. Never seem to fail finding new weird things along the way. Weather horrid, no rain but in the clouds all day. Yet, well worth going up, doing a little work, calling it a day early, and then taking time to look around in the mist for a Lilliput world that is right there if one just takes the time to look for. Never seen that one before, flower is about a quarter of an inch in diameter  Flowers are somewhere between 1-3mm in size  And the strangest thing I found today; again a plant that knows how to collect water..... Flowers are about 3mm at best.  Last but not least something for James: As you mentioned water-logged a few days ago; here is something that blooms right now and comes in multitudes that one can only describe as weed (waterlogged all year round, but blooms only once a year for about 5-6 days)  |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 7, 2017 16:58:41 GMT -5
I'm probably wrong. My wife, mom and MIL brought all our flowers in. I just take pictures. Not a mushroom guy, Mike, but a lot of people around here hunt them. you are right, not a peony. I would say either small carnations, or pinks. Flowers, buds and stems are right. Hey all They're Carnations if you are sober. Peonies if you aren't and a species to collect if you are from "The Mother Ship". Grin
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Post by coloradocliff on May 7, 2017 17:01:45 GMT -5
One I took this weekend.  snuffyGood looking poppy cowby.. |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 7, 2017 17:03:33 GMT -5
Too be sure, this was last week. I really appreciate the flower pics.  But you got better banded agates,, |
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 5:25:23 GMT -5
All you plant folks out there-Shazam app for plants in development in France at moment.
I think the library is up to 400,000 plants, maybe most are European at moment. Take a photo with your phone and it does the ID.
Several are on market, this one look to be the most comprehensive when completed.
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 5:56:46 GMT -5
kk, water hyacinth has been a staple pond plant for years here in Atlanta. I have averaged 10,000 per year for 25 years. I collect them in high flow springs on the GA/FL border in March.(In Georgia for the record) Illegal to collect in Florida as they are invasive. $1000 fine per plant in Florida if moved. Florida must spend a billion dollars per year spraying them with glycophosphate. Many environmental battles in Florida about this practice. They are safe up here in Atlanta as they freeze each year. Aquatic weed removal machine. Byproduct makes finest of compost.
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 6:09:03 GMT -5
Bamboo grew down an electrical conduit and is coming up under the porch in my welding shop. It is also puncturing thru the asphalt parking lot. looking up at ceiling  floor  through a clamp  past the vice  |
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 8, 2017 11:22:53 GMT -5
Ha! jamesp, my honeysuckle isn't looking too pesky now. That bamboo is some tough stuff with a will to live. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 8, 2017 11:27:24 GMT -5
Man, this will make a yard smell good...
Japanese iris?
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 11:27:35 GMT -5
Ha! jamesp, my honeysuckle isn't looking too pesky now. That bamboo is some tough stuff with a will to live. Honeysuckle can hold it's own. It grows in every condition known. the bamboo would never get a 'tan' under that dark shed roof. |
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 11:28:47 GMT -5
Japanese/Siberian/mountain/Versicolor-hard to ID that rascal.
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 9, 2017 17:48:37 GMT -5
More flowers...
Cymbidium orchids in my care at dad's house. These spend most of the year out in back, underneath the lemon tree. I bring them out on the front porch when they bloom. The extra rain this winter made them have a banner year. These green and yellow ones each had three or four flower spikes. They have been blooming for about three months now. 
Plumeria in the planter in front of the porch. Four plants, a good six feet tall, with lots of branches. These flowers were from a couple years ago. The plants are nekkid right now, green leaves just starting to sprout from the stem tips.
Untouched photo. These are much prettier (and fragrant!) than this picture alludes to.
A monstrose cactus I potted up for my sister a number of years ago.
Will share more later. Jean
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 10, 2017 11:16:20 GMT -5
rockpickerforever, we don't do well with orchids around our house. Yours seem to be thriving. I like the Plumeria, you've had pics of that on here before, I think. The flowers look almost plastic, very pretty.
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 10, 2017 12:38:47 GMT -5
rockpickerforever , we don't do well with orchids around our house. Yours seem to be thriving. I like the Plumeria, you've had pics of that on here before, I think. The flowers look almost plastic, very pretty.
How much you think that cactus planter weighs? That thing is huge! Optical delusion, Randy, it's just the camera angle. It's not so big. The pot is only about 8 inches in diameter, pot and cactus maybe ten inches tall altogether. Between five and ten lbs, depending on if it had been watered lately. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 10, 2017 13:33:00 GMT -5
A few days late blooming this year, cinco de mayo rose.
Aliens have invaded this rose bush.
'Little drops of water
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean,
And the pleasant land.'
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 10, 2017 14:07:37 GMT -5
rockpickerforever , we don't do well with orchids around our house. Yours seem to be thriving. I like the Plumeria, you've had pics of that on here before, I think. The flowers look almost plastic, very pretty.
How much you think that cactus planter weighs? That thing is huge! Optical delusion, Randy, it's just the camera angle. It's not so big. The pot is only about 8 inches in diameter, pot and cactus maybe ten inches tall altogether. Between five and ten lbs, depending on if it had been watered lately. Hmmm, I was either deceived by the small cell phone screen, or I read monstrose and registered monstrous. Either way,  |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 10, 2017 20:18:45 GMT -5
kk , water hyacinth has been a staple pond plant for years here in Atlanta. I have averaged 10,000 per year for 25 years. I collect them in high flow springs on the GA/FL border in March.(In Georgia for the record) Illegal to collect in Florida as they are invasive. $1000 fine per plant in Florida if moved. Florida must spend a billion dollars per year spraying them with glycophosphate. Many environmental battles in Florida about this practice. They are safe up here in Atlanta as they freeze each year. Aquatic weed removal machine. Byproduct makes finest of compost. They freeze every year?? Oh shucky darn.. Its a good thing you work so hard to make sure the people have them for the next year. Guess someone has to bite the bullet and cash their checks) .. Love Colorado cause all the annuals freeze every year. Like you James, I stand and deliver purdy flowers every spring. Oh shucks maam, Ah don mind. Its mah playsure.. grin. Hard day in the ole salt mine and momma's day is coming. Hide !!!
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