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Why do we love Ground Orchids?
Ground Orchids
❔ Why do we love Ground Orchids?
❓ Q: I need your expert advice on a low growing perennial with pretty flowers that I can plant in semi-shade close to my house. What is your favorite perennial?
😊 A: Our most favorite bright flowering perennials are ground orchids!
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❓ Q: I need your expert advice on a low growing perennial with pretty flowers that I can plant in semi-shade close to my house. What is your favorite perennial?
😊 A: Our most favorite bright flowering perennials are ground orchids!
- 💋 Ground orchids are the easiest and most rewarding flowers for a tropical garden. They thrive in regular garden soil or potting mix, tolerate both sun and shade, and bloom nearly year-round.
- 💋 Their adaptability makes them a perfect choice for any spot in the garden, whether you need to fill a sunny patch or a shaded area under trees.
- 💋 And look at these colors! From vibrant purples to soft pinks and yellows, ground orchids bring a splash of tropical beauty with minimal effort. Their consistent blooming makes them a must-have for gardeners seeking color all year.
- 💋 For profuse blooming, apply Sunshine Orchidasm - Orchid TotalFeed Booster.
- 💋Watch the video in next post 👇
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What Ginger makes a natural shampoo?
Pine Cone Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet), Shampoo Ginger
What Ginger makes a natural shampoo?
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- 🎍Pine Cone Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet), also called Shampoo Ginger due to its unique, milky substance found in the cones. It is widely used as a natural shampoo in Asia and Hawaii, and even found in commercial shampoos.
- 🎍Fragrant and Spicy: All parts of the plant are known for their strong, spicy fragrance.
- 🎍Stunning Flowers: The cone-shaped flowers are long-lasting and perfect for cut flower arrangements.
- 🎍Fun history: Pinecone ginger is a canoe plant, brought across the Pacific by ancient Polynesian settlers.
📚 Gingers from previous posts:
- 🟡Favorite Ginger - African Princess
- 🟡Most interesting edible gingers
- 🟡5 most spectacular Ginger species
- 🟡How to French Kiss: the Red Button Ginger
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How to have the Deep Purple mood year around
Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry
🎸 How to have the Deep Purple mood year around
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- 🟣 Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry - a favorite of shade garden landscapers. This thin, fuzzy, rippled leaf Calathea is very attractive as well as durable. A purple leaf back adds to this plants rich color and texture.
- 🟣 The upper foliage of Calathea rufibarba is semi-glossy, and olive green. The under side of the foliage, along with the stems are rich burgundy to deep purple!
- 🟣 The stems are covered with fine purplish-brown hairs.
- 🟣 Place your Deep Purple Calathea in bright filtered or indirect light.
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What to plant by the pond?
Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia
⛲️ What to plant by the pond?
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- 🐘 Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia is a classic beauty.
- 🐘 The heart-shaped, large purple-and-green leaves of Illustris are huge, and their dark highlights are stunning.
- 🐘 This elephant ear is a lover of moist shade, but does best with a little dappled sunlight.
- 🐘 It will tolerate boggy conditions.
- 🐘 Provide light shade to full shade and consistently moist or boggy soil.
- 🐘 It is a strong fast growing variety that does great in container, landscapes, ponds and patios.
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Fun Fact: King Anthurium
Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium
Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium
Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium
👑 Fun Fact: King Anthurium
🔖 Crowning its title, Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium - boasts leaves up to 3 feet long! Majestic houseplant! Very hard to find, rare plant.
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🔖 Crowning its title, Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium - boasts leaves up to 3 feet long! Majestic houseplant! Very hard to find, rare plant.
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Fun Fact: Voodoo Lily
Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily plant
Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, flower
Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, flower
😈 Fun Fact: Voodoo Lily
👹 Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, blooms from a single corm and releases an unforgettable scent, often compared to rotting meat. Despite its bizarre appearance and smell (that only lasts one day!), it's a showstopper that can easily be grown as a houseplant.
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👹 Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, blooms from a single corm and releases an unforgettable scent, often compared to rotting meat. Despite its bizarre appearance and smell (that only lasts one day!), it's a showstopper that can easily be grown as a houseplant.
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When Bat Head Devil Flower is in bloom
🌚 When Bat Head Devil Flower is in bloom
Tacca nivea - White Tacca
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca
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Bat Head - Devil Flower
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Tacca Lily - has been in bloom all summer, on an off.
Curious, bat-like inflorescence both in shape and color, with wide spreading, wing-like bracts of rich maroon-black, accompanied by long trailing filaments or "whiskers".
Perfect container plant for a greenhouse. Needs filtered light, prefers high humidity.
Comes in different species and colors: Black, White, Green:
Tacca nivea - White Tacca
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca
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Bat Head - Devil Flower
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When Bat Head Devil Flower is in bloom
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
🌚 When Bat Head Devil Flower is in bloom
Tacca nivea - White Tacca
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca
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Bat Head - Devil Flower
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- Tacca Lily - has been in bloom all summer, on an off.
- Curious, bat-like inflorescence both in shape and color, with wide spreading, wing-like bracts of rich maroon-black, accompanied by long trailing filaments or "whiskers".
- Perfect container plant for a greenhouse. Needs filtered light, prefers high humidity.
- Comes in different species and colors: Black, White, Green:
Tacca nivea - White Tacca
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca
📚 Learn more from previous post:
Bat Head - Devil Flower
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Fun Fact: Long Leaf Anthurium
Anthurium vittarifolium - Long Leaf Anthurium
Anthurium vittarifolium - Long Leaf Anthurium
Anthurium vittarifolium - Long Leaf Anthurium
🔍 Fun Fact: Long Leaf Anthurium
💎 Anthurium vittarifolium - Long Leaf Anthurium. This rare rainforest gem flaunts leaves that can stretch up to 6 feet long, creating a stunning cascading effect when grown in hanging baskets. Plus, it surprises with bright pink, showy fruits that add a vibrant splash of color to its dramatic foliage!
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💎 Anthurium vittarifolium - Long Leaf Anthurium. This rare rainforest gem flaunts leaves that can stretch up to 6 feet long, creating a stunning cascading effect when grown in hanging baskets. Plus, it surprises with bright pink, showy fruits that add a vibrant splash of color to its dramatic foliage!
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Why Yellow Aphelandra looks red?
Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra
💥 Why Yellow Aphelandra looks red?
👒 Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra - is getting ready to bloom! Soon it will be shooting its curious yellow flowers out of these "candles"... Stay with us to see it bloom!
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👒 Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra - is getting ready to bloom! Soon it will be shooting its curious yellow flowers out of these "candles"... Stay with us to see it bloom!
📚 Learn more about Aphelandras from previous posts:
- 📍 What is the best flowering shrub for a shady spot?
- 📍 Panama Queen
- 📍 How to grow Zebra in container?
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