Thursday, June 24, 2010

Crazy Airplant/Bromeliad/Orchid Jungle Tree


This is a big umbrella tree that we have been adding to, and it is coming out awesome. It has dozens of varieties of tillandsia airplants, 3 bromeliads, 1 dendrobium orchid, 2 zig zag cactus, spanish moss, etc. Under and around it is a variegated monstera, variegated pothos, ferns, calico vine. I am having fun adding stuff to it, and I am starting another tree as well.

Silk Floss Tree and Lilies







Here is my lovely silk floss tree doing very well, bought it as a cutting at a plant sale. It's a cool tree, covered in spikes and will eventually have beautiful flowers. Underneath it, I planted some generic pink tiger lily bulbs from walmart, as well as freesia and amaryllis bulbs, and lots of wandering jew.

Variegated Colocasia Mojito



A close-up of the amazing pattern on the colocasia mojito, it looks like it was printed or something, reminds me of a bunch of cells under a microscope. Seems to be a slow growing plant, and wilts fast on hot days without water.

Variegated Cactus


Here is some type of variegated cactus, variety unknown.

Unknown paddle cactus in the background, I have lots of extra paddles of those for sale.

Variegated Aloe Vera


This is my favorite aloe, the aloe nobilis variegata. It seems to be a very slow grower, as it hasn't grown much in size or made any new pups that the few it has. It seems to be cold hardy, didn't sustain any damage this winter despite being left in the ground. I want to eventually have some pups for sale but it grows so slow I wonder if I'll ever have any extra.

Double Purple Datura











This started out as a scraggely stick, and after the winter the plant tripled in size and now has huge leaves and is almost constantly in bloom. The double/triple flowers are huge and gorgeous.

I usually always have seeds and seedlings and small plants available for sale of these. :)

Some of my orchids




Thought I'd snap some photos of these before they went out of bloom. One is a paphopedilum or lady slipper orchid I purchased at the redlands orchid festival. The one above it is just a phalenopsis.