Tropical Garden #3

That's already starting to look wonderful!

A Pandanus baptistii along the side --already have two "hijos" from this one

Some orchids, mostly brought down from the cold north, the climber a native to the yard.

Schandapsis variegata vine, at a post supporting a lattice frame

Side yard, on the North side, showing my lattice frame on which passions and several other vines are growing, with a couple different heliconia (lisette flowering on the left) to hide the uglies (gas tank and A/C units, the cattelya roja hibiscus, some aloe vera on the far left, behind the wall.

Outdoor shower in flower...

Heliconia Guyana (?)

jplunket wow i love that pandanus.and the pergola
we love pr. my mother in law just built a house near san german. out in 'el campo'

outdoor shower that is great to have after working in the garden in all that humidity

JPlunket, thanks for the wonderful pictures! Your place is beautiful!

Candela, what is the plant you posted at 5:56? The maroon backed leaves are fabulous!
Cathy

Love all of the pictures! They are gorgeous!

J Plunkett, thank you for sharing your pictures. I enjoyed everything about them, especially the outdoor shower. I was going to plant bananas around mine, but the yellow bells are much more attractive.

candela, Is that a breadfruit tree in the first picture? What is that plant with the maroon backed leaves?
I am so enjoying all the pictures . My kind of party thank you.
THIS IS NOT MINE. I thought that you might enjoy it.

JPlunket - thanks for the tour! Ahh, the tropics. Sigh.

i wish i had enough room for that pond.

candela, what's the red-leafed plant with green veins?

This is a pond that Placenciarita gave me last summer. Not finished in this photo. Jerry

Here is a picture of a philo. verrucosum x andreanum hybrid. I hope that it is the same as the one in candela picture.

Welcome back texasbigleaves.
blue ginger (thanks)

candela, I am always looking in the background of your pictures. In your brugmansia shot, the croton in the back steals the show. It is so big and colorful. The leaves on your begonias are impressive.
Here is a photo of my only good Begonia. I can't bear to show the others as they are in bad shape.

i got that philo from giancarlo another dg'er here in miami. i think it is called philo. cruentum.
yours looks like velvet.beautiful. and the blue ginger is on my must have for this year.
texasbigears how big is the liner? show us the after.

this is my carambola that i got from dade county free tree give away.

IN THE GOOD OLE SUMMER TIME!

(please excuse the glare off my hand) but this picture give you a little more perspective on how big these leaves are.

Placenciarita, I got my gas heating bill! It is bigger than your last months bill! Sorry about this news.Now a good pic.. Jerry

are those varigated bananas or cannas. what ever they are i'm in love
the whole side of my house is areca palms and i threw in a few crotons for some color. this one looks like bleach was spilled on it.

The QUEEN keeps living up to her name and fame.

candela, is your carambola bearing fruits yet? I have never had a starfruit. Do you have any custard apple trees? those are sooo good.
Those are monster begonias.
Teaxsbigleaves, I am glad that you are finding your pictures. Love your stuttgart.

that is an incredible hibiscus(i think). i've never had luck with hibiscus they always need spraying.
this is the croton on the side of the house.

Hi MrJPlunket,
is the Schandapsis variegata the same, related to (Syngonium podophyllum) > ?
Believe it or not if I don't keep cutting it...it turns out looking more like the variegata.


Got the computer back and running...a pleasant surprise, and not a fuss word uttered either>

You have some awsome crotons Candela

Texasbigleaves, what an incredible hibiscus- it is psychedelic!

Cathy

i have yet to get any fruit from that one, but at my other house i had loads. they taste alright.the only thing they are good for is garnishing a martini. custard apple not sure. is that similar to guayabana?

awesome croton, candela. I love those pictures with the sun rays coming through. There is a nice pink ginger in the background of your last picture.
Rj, is that a new philo? I love variegated plants. Do you know if the leaves will get any bigger as it matures? The chicken gizzard plant in the back was my best find last year.

RJ you should call it half moon like the cookies. they are perfectly split in half.

chicken gizzard plant?

It's a syngonium...this one has climbed up a trellis, the leaves are not as demarked at all. A friend told me I had to keep cutting all the faded ones off to keep it like this...in any case...I am going to be taking some cuttings, perhaps it would be a nice addition to your varigated section! I love varigated too!
It's more like Schandapsis variegata posted up the thread aways.

Got carambola? These grow profusely and our boys make a bee line for this tree every time they arrive.

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I can't find the name in DG, but that's what the fellow I bought it from said it was...maybe Schindapsis, but that's not in here either.

Perhaps it is a syngonium, I can't say for sure.

More carambola

Lets see...there are so many..I was looking through these
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/96469/

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/96738/


and I'm wondering if anyone knows the name of this one.

candela, the correct name is Irisine (chicken gizzard). I find it much easier to remember funny names instead of the latin.
I am still trying to find a guayabana tree. Is there another name for it ?
Rj , I had never seen the plant in the last picture before. I like it too.