There are some gorgeous red colours appearing in the nursery from T brachycaulos and ionantha. Why are these leaves changing from green to red and is it bad for the plant? The answer is a very clever process which helps to attract pollinators to the plant. The colour change occurs...
Nepenthes- Tropical Pitcher Plants
It's Nepenthes time, spring is always a great time to get into Nepenthes, they are growing and forming new pitchers and looking fabulous. Nepenthes are tropical pitcher plants, sometimes referred to as monkey cups. Modified leaves form into these beautiful pitcherswhich contain liquid that digests unfortunate insents that fall in....
Late winter flowering
Sometimes we overlook plants we think of as common or not special because they aren't new varieties or hybrids. Tillandsia tenuifolia, baileyi and schiedeana are some of the first plants I bought when we started collecting Tillandsias and each is fabulous in it's own way and coming into flower at...