More Beauties and Freaks!

You certainly love the unusual Meanie! Beautiful pics.

Surely there must be some sort of potion you could make out of some of these plants.... that would help for sleep!

Very nice Meanie, some of the plants made my hands itch to own them!

I got out bid at the last second on a Hoya Multiflora on ebay just two weeks ago...drat. But I got a Hoya Publicalyx Silver Pink for £3 BARGAIN!

I go out walking when the insomnia is bad, just wandering about aimlessly.

Pimpernel, sorry for your insomnia, but great blog thank you, really weird and wonderful some of the pics. I really like them, would like weird plants in my garden but north east Scotland climate says no.

Lol, This is Meanies Blog Cazcat....He has enough bother with Iclair pinching his comments.

Thanks all!

some great photo's Meanie, especially the Tropaeolum deckerianum i like these also the Aristolochia westlandii i've grown the Aristolochia Chilensis but was a monster and had to get rid of it..

some intriguing and amazing plants on here, thanks meanie and i love having the music to go along side it.
not sure which plant was my favourite but i did like
Dorstenia barkeria ~ like a wonderful exotic plant on a beanstalk!
I thought Pleurothallis flexuosa was weird ~ like an alien mouth ~ with a furry tongue.
I reallly liked Hoya multiflora ~ beautiful, like diving creatures from the sky, amazing.
Polyscias recemosa ~ really fascinating ~ like living christmas decorations
also loved Monodora crispata ...Orchid tree ~ exotic, delicate and fascinating
Aristolochia fimbriata ~ another fascination, like an alien.
rather liked Impatiens sp. Madagascar ~ quite intriguing.

thanks for all these, i find these amazing things so interesting ~ ok, so i didnt listen to everything in school but i do still like learning something new. thanks again, fascinating blog.

Thanks Surreylad and Sticki!

I've been thinking about giving Aristolochia chilensis a go. I've found the seeds at Chilterns.

It must be your turn soon Sticki as a seasoned Flickr user!!

oh dear, i havent found so many as you. and i get tempted by wonderful sea scapes more than exotics. you will make me feel guilty if i dont do it. i have to get up so early for part of the week that i cant spend so much time looking round flikr but i will try at some point.
i have a few photos of around my area to do a blog one day but will put this on my 'to do' list!!!

it's quite easy to grow, but when it's happy it spreads real quick.. If you give it a go have fun the pitchers are great on it

Did you grow yours outdoors SL?

No it started in the greenhouse Meanie and took over it and was poking out the top vents, this if happy really is a spreader but it's not hardy so soon gets killed off with the frosts..

Rethink needed maybe then.........

Some pretty weird looking plants you found there, Meanie! :-))

When's your next sleepless night? LOL! :-D

Weird can be wonderful!

This is my latest insomniac discovery..............

http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/EPlantdbase.htm

WARNING: only go there if you have several hours to waste!!!!!

Thank you for the warning then, I think I'll wait till I have a sleepless night! LOL!

looks like a whole project on one web page ~ will keep us going for ages meanie.

Fascinating.....lovely latin names. A connasoors page. Can't spell it.

The I. madagascar was totally alien...lol... loved it!
And the hoya! wow...and the hairy little orchid...all totally cool~ insomnia you say?

The I. madagascar would be a gem to track down wouldn't it Lori!

I'm still drooling over the hoya! but yes...I sure wouldn't turn down the I. madagascar...speaking of flowers "madagascar" I bought madagascar periwinkle...it has loved the hot and dry and is growing very well...it will be an annual, of course.

That looks interesting!

I'm still wrestling with the common periwinkle (Vinca major & minor) in the new garden...............

Too much? I love vinca minor and have many places where I think it would thrive. My cousin who lives a few miles south has a whole grove of trees where the periwinkle thrives like a beautiful carpet...she's promised me at least a couple of square feet of it! Just realized I didn't post the pic of the MP...will post.

I really struggle with Vinca Lori!