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Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years     Gina1960 Nov 9, 2020 6:15 AM CST |
| wow that's a nice one! Good buy! Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Name: Sally central Maryland Seriously addicted to kettle chips.              sallyg Nov 9, 2020 6:49 AM CST |
| lol, did not buy it, have already, a corallina (or similar, big rounded spotted leaves) and maculata (or similar, spotted long skinny slightly jagged leaves) and Sophie Cecile (or similar..) so easy to root the canes. i'm pretty OK today, how are you? ;^) |
Northern NJ (Zone 6b)  LorettaNJ Nov 9, 2020 8:59 AM CST |
| I didn't see that here when I went for lawn bags a couple days ago. I had a real nice cane a couple years ago but it got too big, I let it go. Now I am sorry about out but I can't keep all the big plants. I just let a shell ginger stay outside and so far the top is affected by frost. I can still try to save the roots but probably I won't. |
Name: cheapskate gardener South Florida (Zone 10a)      hlutzow Nov 9, 2020 12:34 PM CST |
| I saw a Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica' the other day at Lowe's. Because of the 'fancy' (ie painted clay) pot it was in the price tag was too high for my wallet and I left it. Fast forward 5 minutes. Someone brushed by it with a cart and knocked it onto the floor. The pot broke and the cuttings scattered. Yep, cuttings. The 3 single leaf cuttings didn't even have a hint of roots yet. I would have been so disappointed if I had shelled out over $20 for that. On the whole, I don't seek out variegated plants just to have those coveted variegated leaves. I tend to stumble on it and then decide if I like it or not. Some plants, like the Song of India, I wouldn't dream of buying the green version. Others, like my Schlumbergera and my Plumeria, I actually prefer the green leaves. I got a Philodendron Xanadu recently to divy up and give out as gifts. I like it so much I'm keeping the mother plant and I actually don't want a variegated version. The green is just too awesome with the neat shape of the leaves. Keep calm... and plant something. |
Name: Sally central Maryland Seriously addicted to kettle chips. sallyg Nov 9, 2020 12:42 PM CST |
| Loretta, I have no place for big cane begonias at home . thankfully work tolerates them. I like rooting new 6 inch pots from the big canes. hlutzow.. cuttings.. what a rip. I saw spider plants that loomed pretty hasty too. Our lowes had d9ne-bloom phalaenopsis, still 15 bucks. Get real, Lowes, how many of those will sell.  I agree, fancy shape AND variegagion is probably too much going on. i'm pretty OK today, how are you? ;^) |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Nov 9, 2020 1:39 PM CST |
hlutzow said:I saw a Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica' the other day at Lowe's. Because of the 'fancy' (ie painted clay) pot it was in the price tag was too high for my wallet and I left it. Fast forward 5 minutes. Someone brushed by it with a cart and knocked it onto the floor. The pot broke and the cuttings scattered. Yep, cuttings. The 3 single leaf cuttings didn't even have a hint of roots yet. I would have been so disappointed if I had shelled out over $20 for that. Hey I'll trade you some of that for something else.... Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Northern NJ (Zone 6b) LorettaNJ Nov 9, 2020 5:54 PM CST |
| hlutzow, actually the Scindapsus I bought was just like that but Home Depot. They were dying off one at a time and as I pulled each dead stem out, I saw they had no roots. One stem had a little root on it and it is still here. It was one of the little pots so I guess it was less than $5. |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Nov 9, 2020 8:01 PM CST |
| I bought one last year and pulled them all out of the pot and mounted them onto a fencepost on coir mat with a little moss. They have grown all the way off the board, which was propped against the greenhouse wall, and now its growing directly onto the greenhouse glazing. No substrate whatsoever Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Northern NJ (Zone 6b) LorettaNJ Nov 9, 2020 10:05 PM CST |
| That's a good idea. |
Name: Sally central Maryland Seriously addicted to kettle chips. sallyg Dec 1, 2020 9:22 PM CST |
| Loads of begonias at Steves Leaves How about this one, $50 for a 2 inch pot if I read that right https://stevesleaves.com/produ... i'm pretty OK today, how are you? ;^) |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Dec 2, 2020 5:37 AM CST |
| yes all the terrarium peeps are going nuts for those punctate bullate begonias with the eyelashes. Someone here locally had a ferox for sale for $80. Too rich for me Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
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