MORE RARE TROPICAL PLANTS

WHY I DO THIS BLOG ON RARE PLANTS

This blog is a labor of love. Because of my love for unusual, tropical plants and the ways to make them prosper, I searched high and low for information and data on the more obscure denizens of the plant Kingdom my information database grew and I realized that Much of the Data on Obscure Species was Unavailable or written in a cold scientific manner. In Addition, many things in garden books will not tell you of the potentially bad aspects of plant species because they were compiled by people who did not actually grow the plants themselves.Finally,as a gardener of unusual plants, I and others searched relentlessly for species, pictures, seeds, and descriptions of plants that are Unusual and easy to maintain yet many of which are never seen outside of a botanical garden.

I talked to people and found that many of my friends and associates wanted cuttings (and had as much success with them as I did) It occurred to me that there are a great deal of people out there that relish unusual and odd plants but the mainstream Plant distributors only carry "Safe" plants, Yet the dealers who deal in unusual make a killing in the plant business. How are People supposed to know about these Floral finds unless they are exposed to them.

According to the report “State of the worlds plants”by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom, there are about 391,000 species of vascular plants currently known to science. Of these, about 369,000 species (or 94 percent) are flowering plants.

By scanning through several plant databases, including the the Plant List, the International Plant Names Index and the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, the team found that 391,000 vascular plants are currently known to science. Moreover, about 2,000 new plant species are discovered or described every year. Many of these newly described are already on The endangered list

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Collages of rare plants

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Tropical flowering cacti

I’ll do a quick video presentation on all the different colors of this day flowering species

How to sterilize Spanish moss without killing it

The easy and Safe process shown in detail on how to remove insects from Spanish moss without killing the moss.

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Tons of photos to keep you occupied

Photos from my library to brighten your Covid day

Posting some scrap photos

I was told that I’m all work and no play so I’m gonna share more pictures of what I do for fun other than plants
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More updates I’ve been doing presentations just not posting

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Updates I’ve been dark online lately

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I miss traveling around the world and lecturing

Growing loofah gourd in my garden

My new gorgeous Sterling articulated horseshoe pin

It came from the talented and genius people at Luna Parc

It’s the only place to get exotic one-of-a-kind jewelry that’s bound to get noticed… Check out their website

Some of my friends and some of my sites

Two videos on sterilizing Spanish moss

The easy and complete way to rid Spanish moss of all insects and insect Eggs

Monotropa hypopitys

Monotropa

Monotropa is a genus of three species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants that were formerly classified in the family Monotropaceae and presently are classified in Ericaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and are generally rare. Unlike most plants they do not have chlorophyll and therefore are non-photosynthetic; rather, they are myco-heterotrophs that obtain food through parasitism on subterranean fungi. Because they do not need any sunlight to live, they can live in very dark sites such as the floor of deep sylvae.

Project #699

This weeks projects

Just stuff

Exotic tropical flower bulbs

The hundreds of new miniature bromeliads I divided

More random rare plants

Enjoy!!!

Working on new series of presentations

Heres some short videos had to free up space.

My Various media sites …each one has slightly different content

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Botanical terms for red flowers

TROPICAL CACTI

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Happy gay pride… Here’s some images from the past and current pictures to celebrate

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COMING SOON

Video topics coming soon

Topics I’ll be covering soon they are all researched and photographed… But the presentations have to be cut and perfected.

Topics include

Obtaining cultivating and processing coffee arabica growing and drinking the coffee you Grow.

Obtaining cultivating and processing camellia (thea)chinensis and how to process the plants leaves into black green and white tea that you can brew.

How to candy orchids and other edible flowers

Step by step instructions.

A mega cachet regarding the common myths about growing bamboo

10 amazing unknown facts about bamboo

And my actual favorite species and experiences.

A presentation on several rare and bizarre species as soon as I can obtain more plants.

The species are

Dorstenia

Ceropegia

Amorphophallus

Catasetum orchid

Ant plants -hydnopytum and dishidia

A step by step class on how to mount epiphytic plants. I will do this class in installments

A list of Bromeliads species (that would be awesome if they were crossbred)My favorites and why they are my favorites

The videos will post to my YouTube and blog… Because they are longer presentations... I will however let my followers on Facebook Instagram and TikTok know.

Top 10 bulbs that are unique for Florida

I can even tell you top vendors for these... The great thing about bulbs is that It’s their tnature to clump and mass and they actually bloom more when they’re crowded.

Amazing orchid videos

Two new orchid vids.....

General orchid tips… Before my videos on Monday

Orchid basics

The Key things to remember about orchid care in general .

In order to keep alive and re-bloom it.

Will it be indoors or outdoors?

Each species has different light requirements and water requirements.

Orchids in a potting medium must

have the medium dry out between waterings.

Most Orchids without Water storage must be watered a minimum of once a week.As a rule of thumb, drought-tolerant orchids, such as cattleyas, oncidiums and dendrobiums only need to be watered once a week. Other species should be watered every 4-5 days.

Almost all epiphyte species do best when mounted on wood...It’s how they grow in nature… And once established… They require less or no watering and very little fertilizer.

Explaining light requirements -Most orchids need strong filtered light. Not necessarily direct sun. Although they will acclimate to it.

have a very sunny yard, so I put most of my not-full-sun plants in containers under the eaves. They want and need filtered light ..strong light. And many will not re-bloom unless they are affected by seasonal light change.

If you have orchids that like higher light — the Dendrobiums, Vandas, oncidiums and Cattleyas — put them in the pool cage or under an oak tree. If you have a successful staghorn fern, it's in a spot that's great for most orchids.

Many can take some morning sun and afternoon shade.

Your plant will tell you if it’s getting too much (or too little) light. Leaves tend to become greener when light is too low, but they may turn yellow or bleached-looking when light is too bright. If you notice black or brown patches, the plant is likely sunburned and should be moved to an area with lower light.

They really should only be fertilized when they’re actively growing.

Hybrids or inter generic orchids will have the same light and water requirements of the parent plant or plants.

STUNNING ORCHID VIDEO

Shopping for my bamboo lecture today...amazing facts about bamboo that few people know!

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A Latin term that actually misleads you in its meaning ...what it actually means is…

The very first vascular plant

Mounting orchids and other plants

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The rarest plant species in one informative vlog

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ONE NEO SPECIES FOUR EXPERIMENTS TO SHOW WHY NEOREGELIA BROMELIADS SHOULD NOT BE FED

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Upcoming Research for presentations

Video of selections of unique Tropical vines And why they are special. Video of noteworthy Florida native plants and unique facts about them. Video of butterfly house and plants Educating how why and where to plant a butterfly garden. Unusual tropical trees that are Suitable ,unusual and useful to be used as specimen plantings. The right plant for the right place makes for a righteous landscape. Video of fern Selection and how to grow them Individual focusing on plant family and the best species The top 10 species names …unique characteristics… And how to grow and propagate them Heliconia,Ginger Bromeliads ,epiphytes Bamboo and more

WHY I DO THIS BLOG ON RARE PLANTS

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