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Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on September 21, 2025, 10:48 pm
This URN PLANT, Aechmea fasciata, a bromeliad, is blooming on this early fall day. The bracts on this one are very spiky, and can cut, if you are not careful. Yet, the bracts stay on the plant for months...almost until spring...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/shKNyW19ziUU29jF6
Recently, I posted a pic of this 'Meiwa' KUMQUAT, while a bumblebee was carrying out the "plant sex act". Now, baby fruits are forming. i guess, the fertilization process was successful...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MmXshhtAaQYh1cpU9
The ANISE HYSSOP, Agastache foeniculum, a wild form of Agastache, is blooming. Bees love this one...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jKaUGmVBNkhzqNUE7
Here's a form of elephant ear, rarely discussed on this board. it is a XANTHOSOMA, and its cultivar is 'Lime Zinger', for its chartreuse colored leaves. Xanthosomas have large leaves, but do not get as large as some Colocasias and Alocasias...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AkbYHkHMrDuC5QiV8
This ROSCOEA is blooming. Roscoeas are a type of GINGER. The cultivar of this one is, ''Red Gurkha'...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sRL8WCdyPGC92UqVA
- NEW PLANT -
Here's a new BLACKBERRY JAM FRUIT plant, I got.
Its botanical name, as the label on it says, is Randia fomosa. For those unfamiliar with this tropical fruit plant, its fruit is reputed to have a flavor similar to blackberry jam,, and the flesh inside the fruits, is even dark purple, like the jam...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vXjJXW7aWpjknRA8A
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