Author Topic: This years bouquet. (Read 3570 times)

turtlemike · « **on:** July 31, 2009, 07:29:04 PM »

I've been trying to find time all year to do this, and I finally did it.
Yesterday I could have named all of them, but by now I'm sure I would get a few wrong.
The black spot on the edge is Almost Black.

Lori · « **Reply #1 on:** July 31, 2009, 07:43:29 PM »

Now that's just absolutely spectacular!! Thanks for sharing all that beauty with us. I'm nearly speechless. Think I recognize a lot of my favorites.

Lori

Kat · « **Reply #2 on:** July 31, 2009, 07:50:54 PM »

Wow!

To have enough extra blooms to do that with would be fantastic

LynneNY · « **Reply #3 on:** July 31, 2009, 07:51:50 PM »

OMG - that is absolutely incredible!!!

KatFish · « **Reply #4 on:** July 31, 2009, 07:57:46 PM »

WOW! Are those all different flowers????? That would make an incredible framed picture. Did it smell awesome or what?

matherfish · « **Reply #5 on:** July 31, 2009, 08:03:06 PM »

That is incredibly fantastic! Beautiful!

cricket67 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 31, 2009, 08:17:18 PM »

WOW !!!!

Thats really pretty....

tinkster · « **Reply #7 on:** July 31, 2009, 09:02:25 PM »

okay now just why did bunnie and I not arrive to our visit with a bouquet like that waiting for us.. hehehe. That is spectacular mike!

tink

bunny56lbc · « **Reply #8 on:** July 31, 2009, 09:24:08 PM »

@ tink...

WOW WOW & WOW..Beautiful

bonnie

Holldoll · « **Reply #9 on:** July 31, 2009, 09:38:12 PM »

Wow! I can only dream of having that many blooms all at once!

tinkster · « **Reply #10 on:** July 31, 2009, 09:56:44 PM »

bunnie... I can still jsut see them all in the pond cant you

tink

Ky Kim · « **Reply #11 on:** July 31, 2009, 09:58:43 PM »

That is amazing. A rainbow of beauties.

mcp · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2009, 10:09:25 PM »

Absolutely incredible!!!

You are certainly blessed. The forum is lucky to have you.

Indiana Karen · « **Reply #13 on:** August 01, 2009, 04:16:06 AM »

Wow, that's bee-u-tee-full.

You guys are gonna think I am morbid but I went to two funerals in three days this past week. The first think that popped into my head was "wouldn't that make a wonderful and totally different casket spray".

:'(

:'(

You need to frame that.

Kittyzee · « **Reply #14 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:58:51 AM »

How DID you do that? Are they picked and floating? That's really beautiful.

bunny56lbc · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2009, 06:26:00 AM »

Quote from: tinkster on July 31, 2009, 09:56:44 PM

bunnie... I can still jsut see them all in the pond cant you

tink

...I sure can !

Julles · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2009, 08:59:15 AM »

I was expecting flowers gathered into a vase. What I saw just put a huge smile spreading across my face! So MANY of them!!

lorraine1960 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:20:19 AM »

AMAZING

LORRAINE

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #18 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:20:16 AM »

Now that is just plain GORGEOUS!!! WOWOWOWOWOW! Looks so perfect! DW is sure fortunate to have so many blooms at hand.

sooks · « **Reply #19 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:33:25 AM »

WOW...

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #20 on:** August 01, 2009, 02:51:04 PM »

Reminds me of a wedding, like when you make paper flowers out of colored tissue paper and stick them to the car for the newlyweds to drive off in. A happy occasion. It does look like they are in a basket floating in the water, but then how do you see the blooms on the bottom of the basket?

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #21 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:04:24 PM »

Mike, you are despicable. Just rub it in, why don't you. All those blooms while I have to hold my water lilies at gun point to get a bloom out of them.

KatFish · « **Reply #22 on:** August 02, 2009, 12:35:53 PM »

Better be careful with the gun, your lilies may turn colors you don't want (I'm thinking brown

) Is it too hot, or what? Why problems getting blooms?

turtlemike · « **Reply #23 on:** August 03, 2009, 11:57:47 AM »

Hi everybody and thanks for the appreciation. I'm glad you like it as much as I do.

I'll try to respond to some of your comments.

I have thought about calling a bunch of florist's and letting them know about my collection, and that my flowers could be made available to them for a price.

How I did it was that in the greenhouse I floated a 2 and a half by 2 ft. wide plastic bread tray, like a bread truck delivers bread to the store in and put the flowers in that. You can see the yellow edge in the pics.

Later I will name them but right now I don't have time. I might not be able to ID one or two by now but I can get most of them. I like to display them like that for you because you can really appreciate the sometimes subtle differences that you might think are just different lighting or exposure or camera. The colors would be brighter but I was in the double plastic greenhouse under shade cloth and shaded on the top half.

We could have done a bouquet while you were here Tink and Bunnie. I thought of it but just didn't get to it. You will just have to come back I guess.

I'll post later and name those plants.

Desertponder · « **Reply #24 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:22:47 PM »

Gorgeous!!

I was thinking the same thing, you have so many blooms available that you should find a way to sell some of them.

I don't know how one keeps the blooms looking good once they are cut though. I've tried cutting them, placing them in water and within a few hours they are shot.

frogman3 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 03, 2009, 01:30:54 PM »

Great set up Mike It will be interesting to see the post with all the names attached.
I have cut mine to bring into the office and they have opened and closed each day and lasted just as many days as they would in the pond if not longer. I did keep them out of direct sunlight though.
Fm3

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #26 on:** August 03, 2009, 05:39:28 PM »

Quote from: KatFish on August 02, 2009, 12:35:53 PM

Better be careful with the gun, your lilies may turn colors you don't want (I'm thinking brown ) Is it too hot, or what? Why problems getting blooms?

Nope, the problem is that I've had to pull off most of the pads because of damage from the CMM and snails. My alba and Helvola did bloom once and it looked like Chromatella was going to bloom but the bud died before it got to. I've got a hardy next to the potting shed that is blooming but don't know what it is yet. My tropicals, especially the night bloomer, has no problem blooming but I don't pull that many pads off of them.

water_sprite · « **Reply #27 on:** August 04, 2009, 10:56:35 AM »

Stunning!

tootsie · « **Reply #28 on:** August 04, 2009, 11:24:14 AM »

WOWZER, I agree, those beauties should be in a frame

I bet if you had them on E-bay there would be a whole lota movin and a shakin going on

turtlemike · « **Reply #29 on:** August 04, 2009, 12:46:37 PM »

OK, the first pic, the names are from top left, A light pink odorata I call Rose Arey Hybrid, but I don't know what it is for sure. next is Fire Opal , Virginia , my seedling 1,06 , Slightly lower and to the right is Joey Tomocik. Right of that is a mayla seedling I call Black Eyed Mayla , Above and rt. is Splendida , below and rt. is Gladstone, upper rt. hand corner is a plant I call Orange Pacman .
The next row, first big yellow I call Center East Test bed contender , rt. of that is texas dawn , below RT. of that is Mayla , upper RT. of Texas Dawn is a plant I call Dallas On Fire a Dallas seedling I think , RT. of that a seedling I call 1,04 , next is Attraction , At least I think it's attraction, I have 2 versions one that is lighter, this is the darker version. next is another " Dallas " seedling I call Flat Top Dallas ,
Next row , above Almost Black is 3,06 seedling , RT. and below that is One of my seedlings that I can't remember , Next to the RT. and below Mayla Is Sunfire , RT. and below that is a bigger and lighter Sunfire , back up and to the Rt. is that white seedling of mine that Esther I think called Wedding Dress , RT. of that is a plant I have been calling Regann but now I am thinking might be Wucai or an un named seedling that I purchased many times as atraction and other things , RT. of that is Myra.
Next row , Almost Black , below and RT. is Carnea , RT. of that is Fairy Skirt , above RT. is again the bigger lighter Sunfire , next RT. is Clyde Ikins , Next is Purple pink number 2 , Next is a mex cross seedling I call Carnea Pink , RT. and below that is Laydekery Fulgens .
Next row first on left is a seedling I call 13,06 , next is Peter Slocum , next is another seedling of mine that I cant remember , and last but not least is Pink Grapefruit in the bottom RT. corner.
I hope you all could follow that.