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Orthophytum , more Bromeliads

aussiearoids

By aussiearoids
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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aussiearoids Grand Master

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These are really strange looking things when they start to flower , and grow big tall infloresences .

I have a few flowering now .. One is very stiff silver Orthophytum disjunctum

First big pic is mine coming into flower now , other smaller pics are parent plant at Whyanbeel .

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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aussiearoids Grand Master

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this is O gurkenii

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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aussiearoids Grand Master

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One I just got recently , forgotten the name already :rolleyes:

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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O Warren Loose is a cultivar of O gurkenii without the stripes .

Other is O.magalheesii.

Great , its just started raining ,,

better go close the windows ..

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Micheal,

Those look really cool. Do they require soil like Cryptanthus or can they be "air" mounted too?

Ray

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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They are terrestrials and need same dirt to thrive . Though in our tropical climate they survive just fallen on rocky nursery floor . But if not watered would suffer .

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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