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Just a some photos of  plants in the yard today.

All of the front yard is Sensitive plant

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius flower

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius 3 flowers 

 Gonatopus boivinii - Giraffe's Knees

Gonatopus boivinii - Giraffe's Knees

xAndrolaechmea 'O'Rourke' in flower

Neoregelia 'Big Blue'

Aechmea ?



Neoregelia ?



Gardenia

Gonatopus boivinii - Giraffe's Knees

Gonatopus boivinii or Giraffe's Knees, a native of tropical E. Africa.

The leaf often reaches 3 ½ feet in height and is marbled with blackish-brown markings.

The plant only produces one leaf from its tuber when in growth. This one is trying to make a 2nd tuber.

The leaf stalk is swollen about halfway up giving it the appearance of a giraffe's knee.

 This is one of these plants that I did not buy and where it came from I don't know. This one I just dug out of the back yard and I have a few in the front yard what just came up also. A few years back I had one growing in a pot in my front yard that I sold on ebay, that was the first one that I know of. Where the other came from who knows? It is said to grow from leaf cutting as well.

 This one is in the front Yard

Blooming Time: Late Spring. The single flower is 8 inches tall and the spadix is 3 inches long.

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius in flower today (June 3 )

It is planted in the ground where it get some sun. It doesn't flower every year thank goodness.  I say thank goodness because of the smell of it. When in flower it's like dead Raccoon of some thing that big.

 

Water Lily

I have a small pond with no fish, just water and this Water Lily.

I had fish (Gold fish) a few years ago, but gave up on trying to keep them alive.

If it's birds trying to eat them or the pond plumping trying to kill them.

It was always some thing trying to do away with them.   

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Sansevieria sambiranensis

I got it  from Out of Africa when they first started to sell them.

 Some times it does OK  but then it goes backwards and loses more leaves then it makes. 

I don't think I will ever see it flower.

If it is Sansevieria sambiranensis it should have red flowers.

 

Pseudobombax ellipticum

 or
some times it's called a shaving brush tree.

Flowering late winter or early spring with it's 5 inch flowers opening at night.

Leaves are first red turning green as they mature.

A winter deciduous tree and is drought tolerant, but does OK with our Florida rains.

 

It was getting to large so I cut it back last fall after it

dropped it's leaves. I've had this plant for about 30 some years.

You need two of them to get and seed. I only have one so no seed for me.

 

Tropiflora's 15th Spring Festival

I work at Tropiflora 2 weekends a year, the Spring and Fall sale Festival.
I job is just talk to people about plants.

The last few sales I say to my self I'm not going to buy any more plants, but that doesn't work.

Some time the plants they bring out I just have to bring home.
This sale I had to have a Navia arida  that was just $10 and then there was a Dyckia estevesii  looking plant for $4 now how can I pass on that?



Navia arida 

 

Dyckia estevesii looking

It may not stay this way but for $4 I had to have it.

Euphorbia francoisii

Euphorbia francoisii

Euphorbia hedyotoides

This one was a twofor (2 for 4 the price of 1)

Euphorbia francoisii Euphorbia hedyotoides.

I had Euphorbia hedyotoides before but lost it.

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Friday April 04 - Sunday April 06
Tropiflora's 15th Spring Festival
is a three day event featuring thousands of Tropiflora's own plants placed on sale in special tents and on benches set up for the sale. All are sale-priced and marked for your convenience. In addition to our own plants, we host about 20 outside vendors selling plant material from bamboo to bougainvilleas, crotons, aroids, ferns, orchids, succulents, shrubs, annuals, fruit trees and palms. Free coffee and donuts in the morning. The Oaks barbecue restaurant has a tent with delicious lunches for sale. Live music brightens the atmosphere. Free parking and Free admission! Pet friendly! Hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday and Saturday, and 10:00 am - 3:00 pm on Sunday.
Tropiflora is located at 3530 Tallevast Road, Sarasota, Florida 34243.
Website: www.tropiflora.com/PDF/SpringFestival2014.pdf





 

Dyckia Larry the Chopper

Dyckia Larry the Chopper  is also coming in to flower for the 1st time for me.

 

Sausage and Cannonball trees

There is a sausage tree that grows not far from where I live. Unfortunately the  sausages are never within reach.




unknown

 

There is also a tree (about 30 away) what has flowers that look like a Cannonball tree but the flower are up on is branches and not on it's truck. like a true Cannonball tree. The tree truck look like a  Ficus of some type with a  buttress roots.

I picked this flower off the ground and did not have my camera  with me.




unknown

Anyone know that it might be?
 

Fosterella weddelliana

Fosterella weddelliana  also going to flower.

 

 

 

 

 

The only thing I like about this plant is it's shape.

 

The first Uncarina to flower is?

The first Uncarina to flower is? 

 

Uncarina grandidieri

 

Almost all have not sent out any leave yet.

This one is in a 12 inch pot

 

Seedling from Dyckia Dakota

Seedling from Dyckia Dakota is not the best way to get a variegated plant but you never know what your going to get.

No variegated  plant this time.

Thanks Max

Dyckia linearifolia

Dyckia linearifolia a some what rare plant that's hard to come by.

This is what it looked like last year

Today (March 14 2014)

1st time flowering in a 8 inch pot.

 

What color will the flowers be?

Dyckia platyphylla

Dyckia platyphylla 1st time flowering for me.

 

 

It has not made any pups in all the years I've had it (5 years I think).

 

That small flower stem gave up and died.

This is a big plant in a 8 inch pot.