I have several buds on my adora and rosa traum brugs the grasshoppers have gotten them before
and speaking of hoppers look what 3 lil green ones did to my blueberry sparkler canna
I hunted them down and well, you know
They did leave the bloom alone

So far, it's been a good year re grasshoppers. Less damage and fewer grasshoppers than I can remember in a long time. I think all the rain last spring may have washed the eggs into the lakes. They can sure do a lot of damage.

I went off my mowing pattern to run over a grasshopper the other day. Got 'im! Grass looks silly but the grasshopper is dead dead.

I haven't seen too many this year but these 3 did this sometime/all time from 7:30 am - 8pm
I remember one year decades ago the stripped a holly bush, I couldn't believe it those leaves are like leather
Good job Cheryl,

Beautyberry, purple and white

Fire Bush (Hamelia patens) just starting to bud out

Pride of Barbados that I grew from seed. They have already set seed pods but will need to ripen. They did take two years to bloom from seed, but I think I planted them a little late in 2015 and they just didn't have enough time to grow before it started cooling off.

Brazilian oxalis 'Silver and Gold'



Datura bud and flower

Epiphyllum oxypetalum




Good ole Brugmansia 'Eternity' about to do her stuff for the fourth time this year.


Bromeliad 'Chili Verde' coloring up and blooming tiny blue flowers

I didn't know that the Oxypetalum would bloom so late in the year. I thought they bloomed in the spring. I just wish mine would bloom.

This is the second round for it. I totally ignored it this summer. The pot is under a tree on the side of the patio (the pot dump). I didn't expect more blooms because of no care, no fertilizer. The blooms are on my iPad. We're going out but I'll find them when we get home.

@SALL20 Here's one

So pretty! I love it!

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Mine has never boomed either. I keep it pot bound. Seeing Sandi's pretty blooms makes me want them even more! Prrrretty!

Soooo I move the Night Blooming Orchid to a place of honor. Maybe she'll want to show of with some blooms now?

I'm so excited! Look what I just noticed today! I can't believe I didn't see it sooner! Now I'll be a nervous wreck until it opens. I hope I will know when that is!

Congratulations! Maybe it will open tomorrow night! Could be sooner, but probably needs to grow a little. Be sure to check it before you go to sleep tonight, just in case. The blooms only last one night.

If it look like this tomorrow evening, it will open.


Edited to add: I don't know why the photo enlarged so much!

yay @sall20 Sondra!!!