We found a large fern growing in the roof gutter of a house we were living in. We removed it and planted it in a large hanging basket outside on...
Brown leaf edges on the Calathea Roseo Picta means that the humidity is too low. Calatheas need higher humidity especially if kept inside. Mist...
Thanks. I've just had a quick search and a definite resemblance so gives me somewhere to start. I guess I will have to wait for flowering to be...
I noticed the similarity to my Curcuma australasica, Cape York Lily. The photos are the inflorescence at different stages. The first two were...
We moved into this house about 6 months ago and found this climber growing in the shadehouse. It is planted outside in the ground but has grown...
I had a nice surprise this morning when I found my Calathea zebrina starting to flower for the first time - there are two inflorescences. I've...
Christyrm, I don't know how to make it fruit but would guess that maturity would be one of the factors. Mine were neglected badly for several...
I'm only a novice at this sort of thing and will just make a guess but looks a little like some kind of orchid. I don't know much about different...
A while ago I picked up a couple of what I thought were Stromanthe sanguinea 'Triostar' or 'Tricolour' (I bought them a few weeks apart from...
I am envious lorax... lol. I'm so tempted to move further north to a more tropical climate but the other half and the kids would complain too...
That's a shame that the one like C. crocata was so expensive, if it is anything the crocata it would be very pretty. I've found the ones grown for...
Thank you! It does look like that. I do have one of the other D. reflexas with the white stripe but couldn't find a yellow stripe with the green...
When I bought these plants as seedlings they were labelled Boab bottle trees. I didn't really know what they were but thought they sounded...
