- Location
- Staten Island
Orchids ...wow now that's crazy...lol... Nice..
I once grew a human from an old boot... lol..
I once grew a human from an old boot... lol..
Tropical/Exotic Plants Anyone?
- Thread starter nanoreefer22
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- Location
- Rego Park, Queens
- Location
- Forest Hills
wow nice e.mue. i never seen cypripedium live be4. i'm also mostly intereseted in paphs too. this isnt a good yr for me though. i lost about 3 plants. how many species do u have now? any pics?
mray: they do attract some, so need to check n spray occasionally.
mray: they do attract some, so need to check n spray occasionally.
- Location
- Rego Park, Queens
I've got a lot of paphs..and many species (I have callosum in bloom now...along with some hybrids ...a vinicolor and one of the few legal helenae crosses). I'm not home now, but when I get back tomorrow, I'll post a few pics .....
- Location
- Clifton, NJ
Here is a shot of one of my orange plant with fruit.
- Location
- Rego Park, Queens
The are some of my blooming plants....the first is Paphiopedilum callosum...the second is a yellow Clivia, the last is Cypripedium kentuckiense in my Rego Park backyard....The slipper flowers are both orchids....
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- Location
- Forest Hills
wow nice ,they look mighty healthy. they can surive the winter in your backyard?
- Location
- Rego Park, Queens
Yes, cypripediums are all hardy in the NYC area. In fact, some can't be grown here because its too warm. For those who are interested, the species Parviflorum, pubescens, kentuckiense are reasonably available and can easily be grown in a semi-shady NYC yard. C. reginae is also available, but it may be too hot in NYC for it...People in Conn. and Westchester may have better luck. C. acaule is available, but can only be grown in very acidic, sandy soil, with low nutrients. For those of us who live in eastern LI, it may be a good bet...I grow it at my summer place on the North Fork.
- Location
- 11756
Ming,
You have any pictures of your mango plant??
Very nice stuff everyone
How are those oranges coming along?
POsting a pic of my tiny mango tree in a few.
You have any pictures of your mango plant??
Very nice stuff everyone
How are those oranges coming along?POsting a pic of my tiny mango tree in a few.
- Location
- 11756
Kris..I'm not going to comment on your revelation about plants needing sunlight...oops, looks like I just did..lol
but here is an old trick...when you have a 'hard' seed that you want to sprout..take an emery board or piece of rough sandpaper and 'sand' one end until you just break through the outer casing to the fleshy part...it will develop roots faster and thicker
It is also often best to pinch off the top 2 leaves of a new plant ones it has grown more than the first set of leaves.
Nice orchids Reefman!!
Kat, what do ya mean by pinching off the top two leaves?
- Location
- 11756
- Location
- 11756
Should I use miracle growth on these plants periodically?
- Location
- Flushing, NY
Ming,
You have any pictures of your mango plant??
Very nice stuff everyone
POsting a pic of my tiny mango tree in a few.
Sorry, no pics, but it looked just like yours, but taller.
after 2 years, I didn't want to bring a tree in the house for the winter so it been long dead.
- Location
- 11756
How big did it get? Did it grow straight up or start branching off to the side? Fast grower or slower?
When growing your average plants from seed it helps the plant become 'bushier' if you pinch off the top two leaves that have sprouted AFTER a couple of other sets of leaves have grown.
If you do it too early you'll likely kill the plant (ya know chlorophyll and and all that..) but done after the plant is happily sprouting leave it tends to make more leaf sets grow along the stem.
I have no idea if this works with the more exotic plants and I wouldn't try it with those before asking someone experienced with them
After years of dying my fingers blue using MiracleGro I've been using Osomocote (pellets) to feed my garden plants and am more than happy with the results.
I would think that if you planted your Mango in new soil (the stuff from a bag maybe?) there should be a sufficient amount of good stuff in there to keep it happy until it's time to repot it. I've found that early feeding on some plants causes them to become 'leggy' (more stem, less leaves).
Ask Ming..he seems to have had great success with his Mango before he froze his!!
You guys have some fabulous plants out there!! Go you! More pics please
- Location
- Throggs Neck, BX
Nano, the best thing to use is compost tea and compost. Synthetic stuff just feeds the plants. Compost tea not only feeds the plant but also the soil organisms. Helps the plant to fight off infection as well. Also with the synthetic stuff, over time with use, salts build up in the soil and if you dont give the plant a good drenching to clear those salts it can kill the plant. During the hot months of summer most plants go into hibernation so by fertilizing your keep that plant awake and exposing it to the hot days meaning it will require more watering etc. I would wait until august, feed it before the winter frost and then move it inside. But you should relly check to see what the fertilization schedule of the particular plant is. Also what Kat means is what is called pinching terminal growth. Basically you pinch and sort of tear the very top of the growth on a stem. It helps to make a bushier plant by forcing new growth to go horizontal rather than vertical.
- Location
- Flushing, NY
i think about 4 feet by the 2nd year. the growth is much more longer when i had it indoors, with the leaves much more father apart and not as compact as it is in the summer. it did branch out, i think like 3 branches in the 2nd year. it seems to like growing straight up instead of bushy. I would say pretty fast grower
- Location
- Clifton, NJ
Ming,
You have any pictures of your mango plant??
Very nice stuff everyone
POsting a pic of my tiny mango tree in a few.
They doubled in size. I have another tropical plant that started to grow, I forgot I had dropped seeds in a pot. I'll post more pics tonight.
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- Location
- Clifton, NJ
Your mango plant looks great. My favorite fruit.
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