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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.

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.

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.

aussiearoids Grand Master

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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.

SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Micheal,

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

Ray

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

aussiearoids Grand Master

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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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