Bulbophyllum dentiferum

Bulbophyllum dentiferum is 1st bulbophyllum that flower at my house.

Bulbophyllum dentiferum

Bulbophyllum dentiferum

Tillandsia ionantha zebrina

A unique form of ionantha with zebra stripes looks like horizontal strips on its leaves. I got it few years and it still not bloom yet... but, I want giant size as well!!!!! eeeeemmmm....

My growing condition : Hanging ; Receive early morning sun until 11am+ ; Watering everyday, except raining day. For tillandsia, most important is make sure after watering, its dry in few hours.

Old photo

Tillandsia ionantha zebrina - photo taken on 2012-Aug-23

Sunflower Teddy Bear

Its miniature sunflower that have 1feet tall. Like its furry yellow. When its fully bloom, seems like the plant didnt produce pollen (or very less). So, I just put some pollen from autumn beauty to its. End up, I got few seeds is forming... Im wonder its pure teddy bear seed or "sunflower teddy bear  x  autumn beauty"

Sunflower Teddy Bear

Sunflower Teddy Bear

Sunflower Teddy Bear

Tillandsia cotton candy

Just a update on its bloom. Here is old post regarding the bloom. http://jc-nursery.blogspot.com/2012/07/tillandsia-cotton-candy.html

I wonder where is its pollen...

Tillandsia cotton candy

Tillandsia cotton candy

Adenium

In Malaysia's Chinese, Adenium always categorized as flower that keep/grow by old folks. Old folks like them because its name in Chinese is 富贵花, means, wealth. Beside that, adenium can easily bloom at our tropical weather. 

Initially I brought 3 S size adenium for wife's grand mum. Because of certain reason, she and family unable take care them. End up, it hanging at my garden. After do more research and influence by few "nice" friend, end up, got 3 more M size adenium at my house (1 is FOC from the friend).

2 of them bloom and few plant is giving flower bulb as well.

Care sheet at tropical country : drainage media. fertilize them once a week. Water them if the media is dry. I water them daily or every 2 days (depends on weather and moisture of the media)

Tillandsia rectangula

A cute and miniature tillandsia - rectangula giving me a surprise few days ago with a small, yellowish cute flower. Its without any smell.

Had pollinated it with T. ionantha druid. Hope it success...

T. rectangula

T. rectangula

T. rectangula

Sunflower Autumn Beauty

After almost 2 weeks of my post SunFlower. 1 of plant successfully bloom!!! The plant is 5.5ft tall

Sunflower Autumn Beauty

Sunflower Autumn Beauty

Neoregelia lilliputiana

Last time I post regarding my Neoregelia lilliputiana is on April2012. After 3 months, it have grow a lots !!!

Neoregelia lilliputiana

Neoregelia lilliputiana

Tillandsia duratii

Tillandsia duratii is 1 of must collect item, because it can grow big (that's why, some grower don't want it to flower, and want it become big size monster), tolerance with direct sun. The most important is, they use their leaf to climb!!!!

New leaf will facing upward, after sometime, its leaf will slowly bend down, once the leaf is block by something, it will hold it and use it as support to climb up.

I wish my Tillandsia duratii grow to tall and straight as shown in below link

Tillandsia duratii - biggest at my house that
that I keep for few years

Tillandsia duratii - end of  old leaf.

Tillandsia duratii - bottom of the plant

Tillandsia duratii - the others

Photo extracted from : https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=495491870477940&set=o.203705776338918&type=1&theater

Sunflower - Italian White

Daughter and me brought seed from a nice forum-er and sow on May 15. After 2 months, they bloom nicely. It didn't "white" as photo from internet, we still like it, especially my daughter, because this is 1st plant that she grow from seed!!!

Sunflower Italian White 2012 July 6

Sunflower Italian White 2012 July 12

Sunflower Italian White 2012 July 13

Sunflower Italian White 2012 July 13

Tillandsia cotton candy

I got a T. cotton candy years ago.

Few days ago, found middle of the plant turn pink!!!! And will give me flower soon!!! 

Tillandsia cotton candy - Dec-2011

Tillandsia cotton candy - 12July2012

Sun Flower

My daughter like to help me when im planting and watering my plants. So, decided to lets her experience it with easy growing plant --> Sunflower.

We brought it from a famous seeds Malaysian seller at http://iris-seeds.com/ . We brought 3 type of sun flower (Autumn Beauty, Teddy Bear, Italian White ) and a morning glory seeds.


We only sow partial of those seeds. And rest of them, keep in fridge at vegetable compartment for future use. Morning glory plantlet cannot make it because it ate by snail :(

After few months, it is time to see the result!!!! Cannt wait to seeing the bloom!!!!


Autumn Beauty

Italian White Sunflower - flower that choose by her

Tillandsia tectorum

A friend asking me about  Tillandsia tectorum. After search the internet and input from friend. Its intermediate ~ highland tillandsia that grow on 800 ~ 1500m.

A friend from Singapore able grow it at tropical climate!!! Here is his comment :"mine oredi 7 months with me. need to keep dry and in a windy place, water once a week. slightly shaded is best"

Friends, time to get this nice tillandsia and become part of yours collection!!!!

Photo from http://www.karnivores.com/fr/vente-tillandsias/tillandsia/tectorum

Neoregelia lilliputiana

Few week ago, got my 1st Neoregelia. I Brought it because it is 1 of the small Neoregelia.

Its flower is purple color. And its suitable for small terrarium.

I planted it using cocopeat + perlite. Water it everyday. Receive morning 8.30am until 11am sunlight.

Neoregelia lilliputiana

Flower of Neoregelia lilliputiana
http://www.charlies-web.com/bromeliads-alphalist/tex727.html
http://thechocohut.homestead.com/Plants.html
http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/plants/38587-neoregelia-lilliputiana-flowers.html

More link about Neoregelia 
http://www.rainforestflora.com/minineos.php
https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonminineo/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonneoregelia/
http://bromeliads.gardenwebs.net/NEOREGELIA.html

Devil's Claw - Ibicella lutea , Proboscidea parviflora

Long time ago, I got brought devil’s claw seeds from a friend, but, I failed to grow them.

On mid of January 2012, the friend drop me a PM and ask whether I want devil’s claw. Answer from me : I want!!!! May I know how much? She said : Free of charge!!! What a good friend is this!!!! Against, thanks… I got 3 species (each 5seeds) from the nice friend [I]Ibicella lutea , Proboscidea parviflora and P. louisiana[/I]

On beginning of February 2012. I sowed them. Im only successfully grow Ibicella lutea , Proboscidea parviflora to adult size. Now, both of them are flowering!!!!

Proboscidea parviflora

Proboscidea parviflora

Proboscidea parviflora

Ibicella lutea

Ibicella lutea

Ibicella lutea

Seed pod of Proboscidea parviflora as at 6April 2012

Seed pod of Proboscidea parviflora as at 12April 2012

I successfully pollinate Proboscidea parviflora, but not Ibicella lutea. At my house, I have 2 Ibicella lutea. I cross pollinate them also failed. Any suggestion on this? At my house, left few flower left for me to pollinate them. Help urgently needed.

Thanks in advance

Ant plant from Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia

Few weeks ago is Chinese New Year. We drive back to Kelantan and stop at a R&R station. Saw a malay uncle selling plants... it is ant plant!!! Dont think twice and brought them. Below plant is attached together with those seedling, anyone able to ID it?

Ant plant

Ant plant is unusual and weird plant. Below is 1 of post from internet---> This "Ant Plant" is an interesting and unusual epiphytic plant whose swollen base also provides housing for ants. Myrmecodia tuberosa have thick unbranched stems with larger leaves. They are sometimes covered with unusual structures, called clypeoli (shield like structures surrounding each leaf base). Clypeoli may have spines to give the stem an armored appearance. These spines can be simple or branched. The base of the stem develops into a tuber. The tuber is a brown or greyish color. There are entrance holes on the surface that connect to galleries inside the tuber. These galleries are split up. There are smooth walled galleries where ants live, and are protected. The plants take advantage of the ant's waste products while the ants are thought to help protect the plant from predators. Many growers successfully use a mix of peat and perlite, or a combination of long-fiber sphagnum moss, chopped fir bark, and perlite which is very open but retains moisture. The plants are watered when the mix is just barely moist, because sphagnum is difficult to re-wet if it is allowed to become bone dry. See other 'Ant plant' - Hydnophytum. http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/MYRMECODIA_TUBEROSA.htm

I got below plant from a nice forumer on dec 2010.

                    Here is how the plant looks like after almsot 2 years The plant grow nicely and few mths ago, it giving some seeds as well... Here is end result...