Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Carpet of episcias

Mixed varieties of episcia planted in the ground. They are growing like weeds, shaded from the sun.


Sinningia speciosa

....aka florist gloxinia....one of my favourite gesneriads. Here's some recent blooms...all grown from seeds.






Monday, April 21, 2008

Catasetum 'Susan Fuchs'


One of my favourite catasetum....generous bloomer with huge blooms and fragrant.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Tillandsias

Tillandsias aka air plants...so called cos of their ability to survive without soil, roots or water. Fascinating and out of this world.....one of my favourite plants. Yep, i'm a sucker for weird and unusual plants and enjoy collecting them.

They are easy to grow. Lots of fresh air and occassional watering is all they need. Mount them on tree branches or decorative driftwoods and you're done.

These are some of my preciousssss......