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Want Christmas in Summer? Santa is packing flowers this year! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Santa with Xmas Santa Adenium flowers

Santa with Xmas Santa Adenium flowers

🎅 Want Christmas in Summer? Santa is packing flowers this year!
  • 🍭 Adenium Xmas Santa - the jolliest bloom in the garden!
  • 🍭 With its deep red and snowy white ruffled petals, this festive Desert Rose looks like it came straight out of Santa's gift bag.
  • 🍭 Whether you are decking the pool or the patio, this holiday-colored wonder brings cheer all year long. And yes, it's real... no elves involved (we think). See photos of actual Xmas Santa Adenium in next post 👇


🛒 Bring home Xmas Santa today!

📚 More adeniums

#Nature_Wonders #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts #Adenium

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Why does everyone want a Miracle fruit plant? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Miracle Fruit - Synsepalum dulcificum

❓ Why does everyone want a Miracle fruit plant?

✨ Because it's pure magic for your taste buds! The small red berry of Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) contains a natural compound called miraculin that temporarily makes sour things taste sweet. Lemons taste like lemonade, vinegar like candy! It's fun, fascinating, and even helpful - especially for those undergoing chemotherapy who need help enjoying food again. A miracle? Pretty close!

📚 Learn more from earlier posts:

🛒 Bring the magic home - plant your own Miracle Fruit!

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Adenium Candy - a pure sugar for the eyes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Adenium Candy

Adenium Candy

🍭 Adenium Candy - a pure sugar for the eyes

📸 Photo of Adenium Candy for the previous post 👆

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Don't eat this candy it's too pretty to unwrap! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Adenium Candy

Adenium Candy

🍬 Don't eat this candy… it's too pretty to unwrap!
  • 🍬 Adenium Candy is pure sugar for the eyes! Its cheerful yellow petals are dipped in cherry red like a summer lollipop, with layer upon layer of sweet swirls that look almost good enough to taste.
  • 🍬 But don't be fooled - this sugary beauty is all flower, no calories! Like most members of Apocinaceae plant family, Adenium sap can be irritating and poisonous iа digested.
  • 🍬 With its bold colors and ruffled texture, Candy is a joyful little show-off and a must-have for your garden candy shop. See photos of actual Candy Adenium in next post 👇


🛒 Add Candy to your garden!

📚 More adeniums

#Nature_Wonders #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts #Adenium

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Too weird to ignore, too easy not to grow! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus

Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus

Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus, flower

Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus, flower

Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus

Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus

Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus, leaves

Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus, leaves

Too weird to ignore, too easy not to grow!
  • ⚡️Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus. Also known as Anthony's Rick-Rack or Fishbone Cactus, this oddball epiphyte is famous for its zigzagging, succulent leaves that look like a green lightning bolt.
  • ⚡️ In nature, it climbs trees using aerial roots, but it's happy in a pot too.
  • ⚡️Give it bright, indirect light and let the soil dry out completely between waterings.
  • ⚡️In spring, it may reward you with a rare night-blooming flower that lasts just one magical evening.
  • ⚡️ Easy, sculptural, and full of character!


🛒 Add this oddball to your jungle

📚 More about exotic epiphytic cacti:
Disocactus ackermanni - Red Orchid Cactus
Epiphyllum oxypetalum - Queen of the Night
Pseudorhipsalis (Wittia) amazonica - Blue Flame
Epiphyllum guatemalense Monstrosa - Orchid Cactus, Curly Locks

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The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update
👹The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update.

  • ⭐️ Vanilla dillioniana - The Biggest Vanilla Orchid grown in 100 gal pot by Robert Riefer's "Intelligent Design" in 2017 video got so big that Robert had to step it up again - in a giant 250 gal pool on wheels! Here are some photos of this world-famous Vanilla plant in full bloom.

  • ⭐️The Mother plant originated in 1927, awarded in 2011 with CHM certificate of Horticultural Merit by American Orchid Society.

  • ⭐️ Leafless Vanilla Orchid is an amazing exotic vanilla that forms a multi-branched, leafless vine reaching lengths up to 15 ft. The light green flowers are similar to Vanilla barbellata but the petals and sepals are longer and the fluted lip is a deep reddish-purple with a yellow crest.

  • ⭐️ Vanilla dilloniana is a very rare species and considered vulnerable, endangered across its range.

  • ⭐️ The plants we have for you at Top Tropicals are grown from cuttings of this very plant - in very limited quantities, don't miss the chance to get the offspring of this legendary plant!


🛒 Get your own super rare Leafless Vanilla dilloniana - propagated from this exact historical plant!

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The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Vanilla dilloniana in 100 gal container

Vanilla dilloniana in 100 gal container

Vanilla dilloniana in 100 gal container

Vanilla dilloniana in 100 gal container

Vanilla dilloniana in 100 gal container

Vanilla dilloniana in 100 gal container

Vanilla dilloniana in 100 gal container

Vanilla dilloniana in 100 gal container

Vanilla dilloniana flowers

Vanilla dilloniana flowers

👹The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana monster grew even bigger! 2025 update.
  • ⭐️ Vanilla dillioniana - The Biggest Vanilla Orchid grown in 100 gal pot by Robert Riefer's "Intelligent Design" in 2017 video got so big that Robert had to step it up again - in a giant 250 gal pool on wheels! Here are some photos of this world-famous Vanilla plant in full bloom.
  • ⭐️The Mother plant originated in 1927, awarded in 2011 with CHM certificate of Horticultural Merit by American Orchid Society.
  • ⭐️ Leafless Vanilla Orchid is an amazing exotic vanilla that forms a multi-branched, leafless vine reaching lengths up to 15 ft. The light green flowers are similar to Vanilla barbellata but the petals and sepals are longer and the fluted lip is a deep reddish-purple with a yellow crest.
  • ⭐️ Vanilla dilloniana is a very rare species and considered vulnerable, endangered across its range.
  • ⭐️ The plants we have for you at Top Tropicals are grown from cuttings of this very plant - in very limited quantities, don't miss the chance to get the offspring of this legendary plant!


🛒 Get your own super rare Leafless Vanilla dilloniana - propagated from this exact historical plant!

#Container_Garden #Shade_Garden #Nature_Wonders

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Watch the biggest Vanilla Orchid in the world moving to 100 gal pot! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

🏆 Watch the biggest Vanilla Orchid in the world moving to 100 gal pot!

Vanilla dillioniana - The Biggest Vanilla Orchid grown in 100 Gal Pot! "Intelligent Design" by Robert Riefer.
Today we take a tour in Robert's garden, where he shows us the secret of growing the biggest vanilla orchid in the world. To find out how, watch this video filmed in 2017, and check out updates of this monster plant in the next post!
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🛒 Get your own super rare Leafless Vanilla dilloniana - propagated from this exact historical plant!

#Container_Garden #Shade_Garden #Nature_Wonders #How_to

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The bloom that broke all the rules: Black Sheep Adenium. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Black Sheep Adenium

Black Sheep Adenium

Black Sheep Adenium

Black Sheep Adenium

Black Sheep Adenium

Black Sheep Adenium

🐑 The bloom that broke all the rules: Black Sheep Adenium

Photos of Black Sheep adenium for the previous post 👆

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The legendary Black Sheep of the family. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Black Sheep Adenium

Black Sheep Adenium

🖤 The legendary Black Sheep of the family
  • 🐑 Not your average desert rose, Black Sheep Adenium shows up to the garden party dressed in midnight velvet!
  • 🐑 Its petals are so dark they almost swallow the light, with a smoldering red glow at the center that dares you to look closer.
  • 🐑 Mysterious? Yes. Dramatic? Absolutely. This flower doesn’t blend in - it steals the show!
  • 🐑 The perfect plant for those who like their beauty bold, broody, and a little rebellious. You'll want to whisper secrets to it under moonlight. It's not just a plant. It's a statement! See photos of actual Black Sheep Adenium in next post 👇


🛒 Own the drama. Grow the legend: Black Adeniums

❗️Black colored adeniums start as reddish color buds, flower opens as red-black and darkens as matures.
📚 More black and dark-flowered adeniums

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