Tropical Zone Gardening: I couldn't resist, my new orchid tree, 1 by extranjera

extranjera wrote:
Here is the whole tree with the incredibly long spike coming up. Several of the Bromeliads seem to be putting out bloom stalks as well. No real color on them yet. The roots all look healthy and I think it likes its location. Lots of light but nothing direct and it is near the edge of the terrace so lots of air movement too. I'm still spraying it daily, sometimes twice, as it has been very hot and dry. Once the rains start it should be much happier.

I just found several new blooms coming out on the heliconia as well, that's making me very happy. They had looked a little shocked for awhile and it was not really a good time to plant them, better would have been after the rains start. I spray them down every day as well, trying to keep them happy and it seems to be working.