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[*] posted on 7-25-2011 at 06:57 PM
more July flowers in Baja


These are the latest and they are awesome !!! Post yours too ....



















and who can identify these 2 ? thanx in advance ....








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[*] posted on 7-25-2011 at 07:00 PM


that purple flower looks awesome. i need i piece of that guy.



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[*] posted on 7-25-2011 at 07:10 PM


no problem woody - next time we head to san diego, I shall take you a cutting - it grows so easily. there are easily 15 buds waiting to open up ...




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[*] posted on 7-25-2011 at 08:37 PM


Oh Blanca, I like the first ones - orange fringe blooms on little cactus toes.;D
Your garden has been lovely this year.

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[*] posted on 7-25-2011 at 11:26 PM
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The pink one looks like it is underwater in the current...



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[*] posted on 7-25-2011 at 11:53 PM


very cool observation by urchin! it does have that look. I forget the name of the pink ones (and I guess too lazy to google it)...bloom at night? once or twice a year?

thanks for the post!
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[*] posted on 7-26-2011 at 11:49 AM


Beaut-ious pics!

The second plant is Manfreda maculosa (Texas Tuberose, Deciduous Agave)....the first one kind of looks like the Pregnant Onion Plant that was popular in the 70s (Ornithagalum I think) but I don't see any of the little baby bulbs clinging to the outside of the main bulb.
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[*] posted on 7-26-2011 at 11:58 AM


Thanks for your time and post.. really nice... :):)



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[*] posted on 7-26-2011 at 01:24 PM


Mexitron - there were tons of bulbs and I replanted them ...leaving those ones you still see. thanks very much for the info. Just got 5 new plants today in a trade and if I can't find their names, I will be turning to all of youse.

I know, this year the garden has just been amazing ... the more guests we have the more I can water them (we recycle the agua from showers and sinks), this has made a BIG difference. As you can tell, we have been busy 'cause I have water :)

Interesting that you should mention, Mexitron, that the pregnant onion plant was popular in the 70's - believe it or not, I got it from an estate sale in San Diego probably 7 years ago or more. And it looked like the lady had had it forever .... probably since the 70's. It loves Baja.

Now that pink one - queen of the desert - this is the FIRST time it has bloomed. I got it from San Ignacio maybe 4 years ago. The bloom looks gorgeous only one day but there are so many, who cares !!

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[*] posted on 7-26-2011 at 04:55 PM


WOW. Those are beautiful plants. And photos. Nice job.

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[*] posted on 7-26-2011 at 07:38 PM


Blanca: thanks for more wonderful flowers from your garden. When you posted a photo of the plant with the pink flowers earlier, I thought the leaves were fern-sized, not as large as they are, seeing a hand in the photo. What was the approx. diameter of the flowers? They look huge!

Did you get to see the photos I posted on your previous post "My neighbor's frangrant cactus flower" of recent photos of my neighbors amazing flowering cactus? If not, go there and then from there to my Picasa album (link posted on that page) to see lots more photos. I posted them at your request 'cause you wanted more. Enjoy!




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[*] posted on 7-27-2011 at 07:24 AM


bee u ti full!
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[*] posted on 7-28-2011 at 04:27 PM


ecomujeres, the whole plant is huge - the flowers are easily 4 inches on the red part plus the bulb another inch and stem another inch or so... here is a photo of the whole plant.





many more flowers to come but they only really last one full day




my orchid has decided it does not want to be left out of the fun:










this is a new one .. maybe one of you know it's identity ?




close up of the same plant




[Edited on 7-30-2011 by BajaBlanca]





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[*] posted on 7-28-2011 at 04:29 PM


and another mystery plant:






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