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• Begonia Lenore Oliver. Sturdy, tall grower with huge trusses of pale pink flowers with yellow anthers. Surprisingly fresh fragrance. Female flowers.
• Lenore Oliver, male flowers.
• Begonia Red Planet. Miniature and compact rhizomatous type. Great patterning on the thick leaves. High light produces ‘red planets’ at the center of each leaf. White flowers.
• Begonia conchifolia ‘Bulls Eye.’ Thick glossy waxy leaves with a distinctive red spot above the petiole. Compact grower with nice white flowers. Very curious.
• Peperomia prostrata. What a wonderful miniature creeper. Small but highly held classic peperomia flower stalks. Semi succulent like leaves with nice silver striping. This cuttie makes a nice potted plant or tight hanger as well as a pot plant. Round leaves ¼ - ½ inch in diameter. Slow grower but worth the wait.
• Begonia gehrtii. Odd rhizomatous species. Large leaves up to 10 or so inches across. Broad leaves with oddly puckered leaf surface. Thick furry stems. A very stout and distinctive plant.
• B. gehrtii close up.
• Asplenium bulbiferum. ‘Mother fern.’ Very forgiving fern with interesting bulbils produced on the tips of the leaves. I have seen this one growing in a very very low light condition. Bright green arching fronds. Does not appreciate drying out, would you? Looks great in a clay bulb pan.
• Senecio macroglossus ‘Variegatus’. Wax Vine, German Ivy. Evergreen semi-succlent twining climber. Triangular hastate leaves. Very glossy and rubbery to the touch. Irregular variegation of white and yellow, some pink on the stems and vines. Good climber and good one if you like ivy, but not the hassles of ivy. Likes it bright but does not need direct sun.
• Close up of above
• Unknown epiphytic fern. I am glowing this one as a hanger in clay marbles. There is very little that this plant needs. Perhaps a Elophoglossum lingual(?).
• Begonia Cleopatra. Furry stemmed one. With a lot of bright light the green is very acidy and bold looking against brownish greens. Heavy white bloomer. Rhizomatous & sturdy.
• Begonia ‘Connie Boswell.’ Airy maple-like leaves, medium to tall grower. Irridescent colors of silver, bluish silver, lilac and mauve. Pink flowers and woody stem. Can get a caudix-like knot on the soil surface. Prefers good air circulation. Seems to like a dormant period in the winter, so ease off of the water and feed.
• Anthurium warwocqueanum. Long and somewhat narrow deep green velvety leaves. Ivory colored veins. Very showy.
• Anthurium w. again.
• Peperomia guatamala species. A very good one for a tight basket. Furry round leaves loaded with pereromia flower stalks a few times a year. Pink vineing stems.
• Begonia ‘Baby Doll’. Mostly maroon and gold spots to this miniature. Tight grower with small white flowers. A very odd color, sometimes getting to a umber like ruby.
• Epescia Looking for the varietal name. Crimson colored with silver tones and at times silvery mint in the central portions of the leaves.
• Begonia soli mutatai (glasnovii) Pebbled leaves, roundish low grower. Very interesting feel and rich dark green and coppery colors. White flowers. Rid on the underside of the leaves and stems as well.
• Next three, female flower umbels for B. Lenore Oliver
• African violet, ‘Snuggles Busy Bee’. (two pictures)If you like a lot of variegation this is a good one. Very miniature with light pink blooms. Has a lot of pink as well in the leaves if the light is strong. A favorite of mine.
• African Violet ‘Candy Trail’ (next two) Very bright plant with lots of white, acid greens and yellows on the leaves. Distinctive and bossy, kind of like my wife.
• African violet unknown variety. (next two) An interesting variegated one with lots of deep pink and tans along with whites. Pretty good sized plant.
• Asplenum bulbiferum (next two, see description above)
• Maranta leuconeura kershoveana, variegated. (next two) Your basic low light special. Nice coloring like my wife.
• African Violet. (next three) This beauty was given to me as ‘Genetic Carmine.’ Trailer with splashy busy leaves and a interesting mauve flower. Pretty strong grower.
• Tradescantia Small leaves and as you can see very pretty pinks and whites adorn the leaves..
• Ficus benjamina ‘Zig Zag.’ (next 3) Can’t count this one out. A natural self heading bonsai. With a little snip here and there you’ll develop a great sculptural plant. Note the back and fort ‘zig sagging’ that the branched do.
• Piper ornatum. Marbled leaves of silvers and fuschia coloring. Vigerous climber and a challenge to root. The underside of the leaves have mineral deposits that look like some sort of aphid, but not to worry. Closely related to Pipere niger, the plant we obtain black pepper from.
• Begonia venosa. (next two) Large grower and great display plant. Kind of fury with curious undulating leaves. Almost looks like floppy ears of some kind of a creature. Fragrant white flowers and thick stalks.
• Geranium ‘Candy’ (next 3)Very small miniature with light pink flowers suitable for window sill growing. Leaves to about a 2” diameter.
• Begonia rex, ‘Maui Mist’ (Next two) What is not to like? Strong grower that holds its color markings in lower light winter. Broad grower.
• Philodendron ‘Choco’ (next two) Vigorous grower with velvety green leaves and ivory veins. A real rich colored beauty. Large leaves.
• Philodendron Buryle Marx’s ‘Fantasy’ Vining philo with an odd leaf pattern. A slow climber with elegant foliage. Subtle black mosaic pattern on the leaves. A truly nice plant.
• Begonia bull’s eye again, (next 2)
• Monstera deliciosa ;Variegata’. A beauty of a monstera. Most call it a split leaf philodendron, but it is a monstera. Tough and great all around plant. Splits most often when it is a little older, but again, a great plant with striped stems. As it grows, should be trained on a pole.
• Philodendron ‘Painted Lady’ (Next 3) Very colorful philo with splashes of yellow, white, lime, and peach. Leaves are of a medium size.
• Ceropegia variegated. (Next 2) “String Of Hearts.” A beautiful hanging vine of little green, white and if enough sun tinges of pink hearts. Succulent thick hearts and at time very strange pipe like flowers.
• Begonia maculata ‘Wightii’. Some call it the clown begonia. I think the long trout shaped leaves look like spotted squid. This caining begonia has clusters of white flowers and is just plain fun to look at. Easy to grow and people are just drawn to stop and look at it. Pruning can keep it at the height you prefer.
• Begonia ‘Caravan’ Fuzzy quilted and velvety to the feel, this one is a cross between B. sarmentacea and B. listida, but appears to combine the best qualities of each. Bold patterning of the leaves of chartreuse veins.
• Peperomia columnaris. Hardly looks like a peperomia does it? A succulent creaper that works in a pot or hanger. Fat chunky leave pouches with windows on the top surface. An oddball.
• African Violet ‘Candy Trail”
• Philodendron squamiferum Largeish leaf with very hairy red and green bristly petioles. This one has large broad leaves. Got this one from a large production grower who is no longer growing this variety.(next 3)
• Begonia U400. You want rough and tough, try this species from China. Beautiful markings of silver and green and maroon. Furry stems and large leaves. Beautiful rounded nature to the leaf shape.
• Calathea stromata (Next 2) and a naturally occurring dwarf I was lucky enough to get from my friend Ruth Grenier and I have not seen another. The dwarf is every bit as good as the full sized one except 1/3 the size! Both are bushy, low growing and rugged plants. Will tolerate low light conditions.
• African violet “Petete Jewel’ (Next 2) Very tight variegated dwarf. Beautiful small flowers of periwinkle blue.
• Philodendron verrucosum. A climber with satin sheen of green and maroon umber markings. Leaves can get big as they travel and get a little mature.
• Monstera oblique ‘Swiss Cheese Philodendron’ (next 2) My wife says ‘why keep a plant that is hardly there?’ A very odd plant that is truly more not there than there. Long legs on this one. It is happiest when climbing a mossy pole. Can work as a hanger as well.
• Rhipsallis paradoxa. Hanging succulent that has alternating segments. Really works well as a hanger. Not too much for the flowers, but great if you like long lived, non-demanding and odd shaped plants.
• Philodendron ‘Buryle Marx’s Fantasy’ again.
• Peperomia meridiana maculate. Splattered variegation of yellows and whites make this one very striking. Small caperata like leaves (Emerald Ripple). With age many stalks will grow from the same plant and some will be upright and others will bend to the table and up again. (next 2)
• Cryptanthus unknown variety. (next 2) This one can get up to 5 or so inches in diameter, but mostly 3 inches. I like this one for its long lasting flushes of striped pink. In low light it will still have some streaks of pink but will go toward the creamy ivory’s and light greens. A very nice one with small bright blue flowers. Looks great in terre cota pots. (Needs help with the spelling of terre cotta…)
• Alsobia dianthifolia Some refer to this one as a episcia, but have found different info. A fuzzy gesnariad with tufted texture to the leaves. Creeping habbit. Flowers with a wide trumpet of white frilled edges. Very rich green color. (next 2)
• Begonia Lenore Oliver, (next 2) female then male flowers.
• Begonia “Red Planet’ (next 2)
• Begonia ‘Bulls Eye’ best picture….