Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
What orchids can be grown in the ground?
Spathoglottis Tropical Punch - Sorbet Ground Orchid
Spathoglottis Tropical Punch - Sorbet Ground Orchid
Epidendrum radicans - Orange Reed Ground Orchid, Sunrise
Spathoglottis Lemon Kiss - Sorbet Ground Orchid
Bletilla striata x formosana Kate - Yokohama Ground orchid
Epidendrum elongatum x radicans - Lavender Reed Ground Orchid
Spathoglottis Rainbow - Sorbet Ground Orchid
Arundina graminifolia - Bamboo Orchid, Bird Ground Orchid
Orchids have a mystique that seems to set them apart from most other flowers... they are elegant and almost unreal in their perfection... But not every gardener has luck growing traditional orchids.
- ⚜️ Terrestrial orchids (a.k.a. ground orchids) grow in regular garden soil instead of in the air on tree branches!
- ⚜️ Ground orchids come in many colors and shapes.
- ⚜️ Ground orchids will be happy to bloom in sun or shade and are very easy to grow!
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When you need an easy plant for a shady spot, Calathea zebrina is a winner!
Calathea zebrina - Zebra Plant
Calathea zebrina - Zebra Plant - is an absolute winner for your shade garden. It's very easy to establish, fast growing and always happy - as long as you water it💧
✅ Great plant for beginners, Zebra Plant won't disappoint you!
It's a large and vigorous Calathea, beautiful velvety leaves have dark green stripes, like Zebra stripes
The underside of the leaves is purple and not always visible right away because leaves grow horizontally.
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What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?
- 💙 Winter heavy bloomer
- 💙 Attracts butterflies and bees 🐝
- 💙 Compact shrub, responds well to pruning.
- 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!
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Who thinks this is an Eggplant? Do you? What is it?
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How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is one of the most fascinating tropical fruit, as we showed earlier.
- 👉 In spite of reputation being ultra tropical, the tree is not as cold sensitive as everyone believes. Mature trees can withstand light frost for a few hours without significant damage. Keeping Jackfruit in a pot is also an option in colder areas.
- 👉 The fruit is so large and heavy that the tree has a smart feature to produce only at the base of the trunk. This makes it possible to keep Jackfruit tree at very short height - 6-7 ft tall. It can be grown in containers considering regular topping/pruning.
🔻 Secrets of Jackfruit successful production:
- 📍 Frost free temperatures
- 📍 Soil rich of organic matter (compost, manure, peat moss)
- 📍 Moist soil and regular watering
- 📍 Constant pruning and keeping under 7-10 ft
- 📍Regular application of fertilizer, microelements and SUNSHINE-Honey supplement for better quality fruit.
🎥 Videos: of the fruit and of the tree
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One of the top 10 most impressive trees on the planet
✍️ "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
📷 Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia - one of the most popular tropical trees covered with bright red orchid-like flowers from late winter through early summer.
"The Royal Poinciana is one of the most spectacular flowering trees in the USA, and probably among the top 10 on this planet. In full bloom, it is like a regal elephant caparisoned in red and yellow brilliance."
(Larry M. Schokman, The Kampong, National Tropical Botanic Garden)
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What is Lions Ears: the plant that keeps growing through the flower!
Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus
Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus
Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus
Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus
Leonotis leonurus is another Nature's Wonder. Flower petals purportedly resemble Lion's ears, and bunch of upper leaves from a distance resemble Lions tails. A curious thing, the plant continues growing through the flower! This creates a multi-level appearance.
Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Everblooming.
⚕️ Used in Eastern medicine
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Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me?
Akee fruit, Ackee
Can't wait for the next crop this year 😼
📖 Fun Fact: Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is a key ingredient in the traditional Jamaican dish, ackee and saltfish. However, it must be properly ripened and cooked due to its toxic properties when unripe.
‼️ Check out our previous post about Akee.
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🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
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How June plum can fruit itself to death: look at this heavy load!
DWARF June plum, Ambarella (Spondias cytherea)
This exciting fruit tree will amaze you with its ability to fruit abundantly at a young age and small size. This is a DWARF variety of June plum, or Ambarella (Spondias cytherea).
- ✳️ Grows as a compact 6-7 ft tree.
- ✳️ Very aromatic fruit, Its feel and juiciness resembles that of a mango (it's Mango's close relative) but with completely different, delicious flavor.
- ✳️ Expect heavy fruit production within a year. Starts fruiting in winter and holds the fruit up to 6-8 months and more.
- ✳️ Perfect containerDWARF variety of June plum, or Ambarella (Spondias cytherea). fruit tree.
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Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
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