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Don Alley
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Don Alley
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Cypress
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Thanks, That's one heck of a garden.
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Natalie Ann
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Way cool garden photos, Don. I love the plumeria.
Could you please tell me about the second photo? Can't for the life of me figure out what that is.
And in your second post first picture, what are those beautiful tall plants with the incredible leaves? Think they'd grow in Berkeley?
Nena
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Ken Bondy
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Gorgeous Don! Absolutely beautiful.
carpe diem!
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Don Alley
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Way cool garden photos, Don. I love the plumeria.
Could you please tell me about the second photo? Can't for the life of me figure out what that is.
And in your second post first picture, what are those beautiful tall plants with the incredible leaves? Think they'd grow in Berkeley?
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Second photo: It's a seed pod on a plumeria that just opened up.
The tall plants in the second post: I don't know what they are. Maybe someone could help us out? I have several patches of them, as they self seed
very well. The tiny round parts lining the edges of the leaves fall to the ground and can grow into plants. They are all descended from a single
small plant I pulled from a clump at Los Arcos Cabanas in La Paz. A favorite of mine that I have never seen for sale in a nursery.
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bajamigo
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Looks like Ken Bondy's Morro Bay pics, without the H2O.
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Natalie Ann
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Thanks Don.
Hmmmm..... a plumeria seed pod.
Never woulda guessed that. I thought - some strange kind of moth on the plumeria stem.  
I sure like that tall plant and hope someone might know it's name. Maybe Mexitron?
Nena
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
Looks like Ken Bondy's Morro Bay pics, without the H2O. |
Thanks bajamigo, it is amazing how similar some of these things are. Hard to believe that this is a worm:
carpe diem!
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Paula
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Imagine finding THAT worm in your apple!!!
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Absolutely stunning Don, thanks for sharing this part of your world. Ditto Ken!
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BajaBruno
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Lovely photos, Don. Nice work!
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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The mystery plant is a Kalanchoe of some sort--a very prolific plant if its happy--all those tiny leaves on the edges of the regular leaves are baby
clones just waiting to drop of and form a new plant. Cool tribe of plants--from Madagscar and Southern Africa mostly, I think.
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thank you Don for those splendid flowers...I wont be getting any moms day gift and I hope you dont mind that I imagined those flowers were my
present...nature is the best!
the first photo really moved me...kinda gobsmacked by it and keep going back to it and it catches my breath every time.
and here is my garden contribution...back at ya!
[Edited on 5-9-2009 by shari]
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I've come to the conclusion that the tropical plants growing so prolifically in Loreto have no idea they're in the desert.
Whenever we're in Loreto, for some reason we rarely reach our destination on the first try and instead end up circling the block a few times. As we're
doing laps on the sidestreets, I take the opportunity to peek over the walls and admire what's growing in the yards and I'm very envious..
That's a gorgeous white Plumeria Don- how's the fragrance? Did you start it from a cutting?
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Don Alley
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
I've come to the conclusion that the tropical plants growing so prolifically in Loreto have no idea they're in the desert.
Whenever we're in Loreto, for some reason we rarely reach our destination on the first try and instead end up circling the block a few times. As we're
doing laps on the sidestreets, I take the opportunity to peek over the walls and admire what's growing in the yards and I'm very envious..
That's a gorgeous white Plumeria Don- how's the fragrance? Did you start it from a cutting? |
Yes, that plumeria was from a cutting. It's still pretty small. We've only been here a few years so the plants still have a lot of growing to do.
It helps that water is cheap here. But we recently all got new water meters so I think the price will go way up. May have to make some adjustments
then. Loreto may not be as green in the future.
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Don Alley
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
The mystery plant is a Kalanchoe of some sort--a very prolific plant if its happy--all those tiny leaves on the edges of the regular leaves are baby
clones just waiting to drop of and form a new plant. Cool tribe of plants--from Madagscar and Southern Africa mostly, I think.
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Thanks, Mexitron!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanchoe_daigremontiana
"Kalanchoe daigremontiana syn. Bryophyllum daigremontianum also called Devil's Backbone, Alligator Plant, Mexican Hat Plant or Mother of Thousands is
a succulent plant native to Madagascar."
[Edited on 5-10-2009 by Don Alley]
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Question about Plumerias?
I have seen them where all the leaves disappear during certain time of year and they turn to kind of bare sticks. Other ones maintain their foliage
and are nice year around. bloomin or not. Are those two different species or is it a matter of care. 
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longlegsinlapaz
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Don, awesome pics!! I can SMELL that plumeria!
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Question about Plumerias?
I have seen them where all the leaves disappear during certain time of year and they turn to kind of bare sticks. Other ones maintain their foliage
and are nice year around. bloomin or not. Are those two different species or is it a matter of care. |
Ed, yup! There are evergreen plumerias & those that lose their leaves. Good luck in getting a nursery to tell you which you're
buying!
Nena, another local name for that tall plant that drops all the little leaflets from around the edge of the leaf is "Bad Mother"....she has all those
kids & dumps them to survive on their own!
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Wow, just love all the colors! Wonderful shots!
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