Author Topic: woohooo. I am moving up.. I got my first tropical lily...... (Read 2421 times)

tinkster · « **on:** July 11, 2007, 06:52:39 PM »

ms bunny was so nice to send me red flare... I am so excited .. I wanted to do tropicals but stlll a bit afraid of them but I have taken the plunge

If I can winter over I will have to be culling out alot of hardies

tinkster

Bonnie · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2007, 06:56:30 PM »

Beware Tink... now you're really in trouble. Now you have to make room for both hardies and tropicals!

Red Flare is a pretty one.. I have one that I got from Bonnie (bunny) too!

GAjen · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2007, 06:58:03 PM »

You are in for a treat, this was my first season of tropicals...so far so good except my Siam's are taking their time. My Red Flare hasn't bloomed yet either but it's been a fun adventure and a little different from hardies. I already posted this in a different section but besides my Miami Rose this is my 2nd tropical to bloom, Albert Greenberg.

tinkster · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2007, 06:59:33 PM »

how so different.. should I have planted different or something like that.. now you got me worried I did it wrong .. guess I should have investigated before I planted....

anyone with tippers on how to do it differnt than you do a hardy?

tinskter

tinkster · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2007, 07:09:24 PM »

That is beautiful Jen!

tnkster

bunny56lbc · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2007, 07:50:44 PM »

Better watch it tinkster , tropicals can become addictive....

I love them

My Red Flare. ( the dark leaves are hidden by the green one's , u can barely see them)
bonnie

tinkster · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2007, 07:53:02 PM »

That is beautiful! I will just die if she dont winter over. come fall maybe you can give me some tippers on what I need to do.

I am hoping she will solve another problem I have.. my pond is almost deep shade after 3 in the evening and when I have company over none of the lilies are ever open. I am hoping she will open in the evenings for me.

tinkster

bunny56lbc · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:01:20 PM »

Your's will look like this .
I follow the instructions that Sean posted somewhere in here...

...only ,I put all my tuber's in plastic bags with name tag's .Then floated them in rubbermaid tub's with a blue grow light on them.
U need to read how Sean does it .
It worked for me . I started out last fall with..around 22 tropical w.lilies & by Spring I had over 50!

I have no idea what it will do in shade , maybe it will bloom eairler ?
bonnie

mcp · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:10:00 PM »

Congrats Tinkster. @O@Cant wait to see pictures.You get them all figured out maybe I will try next year.

tinkster · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:14:22 PM »

or maybe when I figure out how to overwinter I can charge you a winter holding fee

hehehe ... I dont seem to winter over to well so I am not crossing my fingers

tinkster

bunny56lbc · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:17:27 PM »

Quote from: tinkster on July 11, 2007, 08:14:22 PM

or maybe when I figure out how to overwinter I can charge you a winter holding fee hehehe ... I dont seem to winter over to well so I am not crossing my fingers

tinkster

I can do that , if u decide u don't want to try it . And no charge...

..what's one more....

bonnie

Ky Kim · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:18:21 PM »

Its kinda like Lays Patato Chips, you can't just have one. Your hooked baby!

Kim

bunny56lbc · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:22:43 PM »

Quote from: Ky Kim on July 11, 2007, 08:18:21 PM

Its kinda like Lays Patato Chips, you can't just have one. Your hooked baby!

Kim

That is sooo true!

El Jefe · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:30:34 PM »

Tinkster I did the same thing! Matherfish just sent me a Midnight and it has two blooms on it I cannot wait!

and Enzo is sending me this one...

I will be doing the dance

karen J · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:37:49 PM »

Tinkster, Night blooming lilies are the EASIEST to overwinter! Don't worry about that at all. Yours will be fine. Do you have an ordinary aquarium with a light? Many pet shops sell night bloomers for folks to keep in their aquariums full- time. And they do fine. They send up small, triangular, "winter" pads that never reach the surface.

As long as they get lots of sunshine in your pond, shade after 3 pm shouldn't harm them too much.

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #15 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:43:28 PM »

Congrats on your 1st Trop

I had the Queen of Siam for a few years but this year I went all out and added a whopping 9 more. Enzo and Kat trusted me with their babes. I hope I can raise these babes to adulthood

and on to sharehood

livetogarden · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:47:23 PM »

So Karen, I should be able to over winter a night bloomer pretty easliy? Tammie sent me one a couple years ago but I didn't try overwintering it because I didn't think I had accomodations for it.
Most of our 'pond sitting' is in the evenings when hubby is home from work. It would be nice to have one again. He rarely sees a lily bloom unless we are lucky enough to have one open during the weekend.
I just bought solar spot lights today on clearance. They would be perfect for lighting up a night bloomer, right??
Now you've done it. Although with it being mid July It would probably make more sense to wait until next year, right?

joeyb5980 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2007, 07:08:18 AM »

Congrats on taking the tropical plunge Tinkster! Good luck with your lily!

SueSTx · « **Reply #18 on:** July 12, 2007, 07:22:07 AM »

Those are beautiful lilies.

I have a couple on my wish list...just not brave enough yet to take the plunge.

Kat · « **Reply #19 on:** July 12, 2007, 07:23:08 AM »

Once you are successful with tropicals, it is hard to resist getting more

tinkster · « **Reply #20 on:** July 12, 2007, 07:28:08 AM »

ROFL cathy.. your like me.. looking to blame our addiction on someone else... hey if I can winter over you can to.. we can try it together

Karen. My pond gets full daybreak till about 3ish full sun. then total shade, which all my hardies seem to love.. they are prolific bloomers. I do have a huge aquarium that is sitting empty.. never thought about that as wintering them over.. I might be perfect

tinkster

El Jefe · « **Reply #21 on:** July 12, 2007, 09:31:58 AM »

What?? Tinkster I am surprised after all the work I put into the "Wal Mart Lily experiment" That should have been right at the forefront....

Andy

Desertponder · « **Reply #22 on:** July 12, 2007, 11:10:11 AM »

This is my first year trying tropicals. I fear its going to be a challenge here. I got several baby trops last fall and I overwintered them in my betta tanks. Three of them survived so I planted them and put them out about 3 weeks ago. Only one of them is sending up pads, the other two are just sitting there. There is only about 7 solid weeks of lily time left here so I'm apprehensive that the trops will develop enough to even bloom. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. A member on another forum sent me a baby Eurayle Ferox and it didn't even survive. Water temps just fluctuate too much here.
Good luck with your Red Flare Tink.