Gardeners Question Time.

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 20:23 Wed 17 Oct 2007

A couple of years a go, I bought one of those 'designer' plants from M&S. After a few months the flower faded, and eventually, I dismantled the fancy bowl and coloured sand. I was left with a basic green plant.
I like a challenge, so I scoured the Net and found out what plant it was. It said it was notoriously dificult to re-flower. The original plant dies, the new plant grows from the edge, and you have to recreate humid conditions, where after the flower senses the season of lots of rotting fruit and vegatation (Its that ethane-like gas thats the trigger), it will then decide to flower.
Well after a bit of effort...

...........................

So my Green Fingered Chums...What plant species is it?

Post by **DRT** » 21:23 Wed 17 Oct 2007

Easy. It's a green one with red flowers. I Latin it is known as Emanesus Dificultus Bloomatwices

Derek

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 21:25 Wed 17 Oct 2007

Can I thank you for your time and effort....

Post by **DRT** » 21:38 Wed 17 Oct 2007

There really is no need to thank me, it was no effort at all. My head is full of information such as this, most likely as a consequence of the Cliff Clavin effect

Derek

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 21:51 Wed 17 Oct 2007

(Its that ethane-like gas thats the trigger), it will then decide to flower.

I don't want to know how you managed that one

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 21:58 Wed 17 Oct 2007

Your Spot On!!!

Your supposed to bag it up, with a couple of chopped up apples gently rotting at the base.

I just put it in the bathroom

, and carried on my athletic lifestyle! Did the trick.

Post by **DRT** » 22:01 Wed 17 Oct 2007

Conky wrote:Your Spot On!!!

Your supposed to bag it up, with a couple of chopped up apples gently rotting at the base.

I just put it in the bathroom , and carried on my athletic lifestyle! Did the trick.

Did it flower shortly after the F-Plan Offline? I'm quite sure 5 middle-aged men full of port, raw beef and a big fry-up would have created the necessary atmosphere

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 22:03 Wed 17 Oct 2007

I heard the health department was checking Alan's neighborhood for an "Obnoxious smell" around the time of the F-plan offline.

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 22:06 Wed 17 Oct 2007

I suppose there is an arguement for 'collective responsibility'.
The time line is definitely there. If you'd have all stayed around long enough after that hearty breakfast we all had...I'd be up to my neck in these sodding things!

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 22:07 Wed 17 Oct 2007

Or Debs would have planted you in the garden

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 15:48 Thu 25 Oct 2007

Derek
Your ability to extrapolate horticultural crap is only surpassed by Alans offbeat humour !!!

Frederick Blais · Post by **Frederick Blais** » 16:33 Thu 25 Oct 2007

Ah I love botanic, I am starting plants from all the seeds I can find at home, or almost

I'm not an expert but I did study biology for a few years. I'm pretty sure that the family of the plant is : Bromeliaceae

For the species, it is not easy, there is so much diversity, it looks like a kind of Vriesea.

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 19:15 Thu 25 Oct 2007

Frederick,

Well done. You've restored my faith in the collective.

It was indeed a Bromelaid (Or Bromeliaceae). It is a Guzmania. (named after a Spanish chemist, Antonino Guzman). It can be broken down even further, but that's pushing my knowledge a bit far.
It is a parasitical type plant that usually grows on a tree, in the bark, or at a branch junction. It doesn't require earth/soil etc, and holds its water in its leaves. It will tolerate well drained light potting, and rewards you with stunning flowers...if you get the decaying gases right!

Alan

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 00:29 Fri 26 Oct 2007

Alan,
I can't add to your statement , I'm at a loss for words

Frederick Blais · Post by **Frederick Blais** » 03:17 Fri 26 Oct 2007

Luc wrote:Alan,
I can't add to your statement , I'm at a loss for words

You'll be even more when I'll post the first picture of the flower from my passiflora (passion fruit )

Planted from see last summer it is growing well!

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 09:28 Fri 26 Oct 2007

Luc,

While we wait for Freds Passion to bloom...

Here's one just for you.

What is it???

Alan

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 12:42 Fri 26 Oct 2007

My Dad could tell you Its Latin name .
Is that sand around your plant/flower ?

Frederick Blais · Post by **Frederick Blais** » 13:28 Fri 26 Oct 2007

Conky wrote:Luc,

While we wait for Freds Passion to bloom...

What is it???

Alan

Looks like some kind of clover

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 14:26 Fri 26 Oct 2007

It does look like clover, but I would have thought Luc would have spotted a Peanut Plant in a heartbeat!

Did you think they grew in jars?

Alan

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 15:12 Fri 26 Oct 2007

You could in theory plant one seed in a jar ( 2" from the surface )
However , since the peanut develops in the earth you'd have to remove the plant outdoor .
Port & Peanut butter have a few things in common :
- Both can be expensive ( presently in the U.S. there's a set of 3 six ounce jars going for ........................... 573.00 $
- Harvest time for peanut butter starts in mid Sept . and ends half way into Oct .