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Author Garden: What is THis? jannet55 Gardener Member # 5854 posted                       Can anyone tell me what this plant is? Plants: 9 | From: Ketchikan Alaska | Registered: Jun 2005  |  Seeded: 65.74.67.157 joclyn guest posted                 the pic is too small. Seeded: 70.20.204.240 jannet55 Gardener Member # 5854 posted                       Plants: 9 | From: Ketchikan Alaska | Registered: Jun 2005  |  Seeded: 65.74.67.157 jannet55 Gardener Member # 5854 posted                       Can't seem to make it come any bigger than this, I hope it is big enough! Thanks Plants: 9 | From: Ketchikan Alaska | Registered: Jun 2005  |  Seeded: 65.74.67.157 jannet55 Gardener Member # 5854 posted                       A closer view.. Plants: 9 | From: Ketchikan Alaska | Registered: Jun 2005  |  Seeded: 65.74.67.157 joclyn guest posted                 k. i opened the pic in a new window, saved it and uploaded it to my photobucket. dunno why it was so small when you inserted it! anyhoo, here it is. some type of orchid. maybe? not sure as that flower (nice as it is) doesn't look like any type of orchid flower i've ever seen! could be some type of hoya or even an aloe or other kind of succulent. Seeded: 70.20.204.240 myndful Great Gardener Member # 10869 posted                       I don't know what it is...but I want one!!! * * * * http://myndfulmeanderings.blogspot.com Plants: 98 | From: Salisbury, MD | Registered: Sep 2006  |  Seeded: 71.200.93.134 margaret e. pell Super Gardener Member # 4427 posted                       Not hoya, not aloe. It reminds me of something. I'll look around some and see what I can find. * * * * may God bless the WHOLE world! Plants: 601 | From: Rhinebeck, NY USA | Registered: Jan 2005  |  Seeded: 68.199.184.133 joclyn guest posted                 i agree, myndful!! i'd like one too!! margaret, i didn't really think aloe or hoya - but you never know as there are SO many varieties!! so i threw it out there anyway! maybe some type of bromeliad?? Seeded: 70.20.204.240 margaret e. pell Super Gardener Member # 4427 posted                       I think haemanthus, the flower is right and the wide strap leaves. Here are some places to look: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/haemanthus.html http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Haemanthus http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/plantsman/1205/Haemanthus.pdf * * * * may God bless the WHOLE world! Plants: 601 | From: Rhinebeck, NY USA | Registered: Jan 2005  |  Seeded: 68.199.184.133 patunia Great Gardener Member # 3557 posted                       wow that is just wonderful. does it have a fragrance? * * * * Plants: 96 | From: Central Oklahoma | Registered: Sep 2004  |  Seeded: 64.19.117.173 patunia Great Gardener Member # 3557 posted                       Unlike many Haemanthus species, the bulbs of this one produce offsets readily. oooohhh if that's the case, put me on the waiting list for trade out....i will find something to trade for a start! * * * * Plants: 96 | From: Central Oklahoma | Registered: Sep 2004  |  Seeded: 64.19.117.173 papito Super Gardener Member # 1346 posted                       Add this to Margaret E. Pell's links. photos and text at http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/haemanalbif.htm * * * * Amor est vitae essentia. Love is the essence of life. Plants: 932 | From: Northern California, Zone 9b | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 67.123.7.210 njoynit Garden Pro! Member # 1345 posted                       That iz kewl.so how'd ya find that? you really should not tell me.hubby just told me this morning that I have too many plants.It took me all day to get some in and had most of them in already.now to clean the cannas up...nice bronze fall color now...he he heee maybe the ugly ones with buds will still bloom. Those are neat. * * * * I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden..doing whatever the Hell I want! http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit03 http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit http://photos.yahoo.com/njoynit03 Plants: 2209 | From: SE TX`in the yard somewhere most likely | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 4.226.66.86

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