Faye's new pics

Not necessarily new plants but new pics.


Alocasia amazonica



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Dracaena marginata.[would you call this tri colour???]








Dieffenbachia sp




Dieffenbachia sp




Dieffenbachia SP.

All great looking plants there Gwen the colours of the Dieffenbachia also

That Alocasia is a wonderful looking plant I have two myself though no Dieffenbachia at all...

Beautiful plants love foliage plants. I have a couple of similar alocasias but not that one. The dieffenbachia cutting you sent me is still doing ok
That dracanea isn't tricolour which has white/cream stripes as well as red and green. There is a fairly new (as in a few years now but just found out about ) one called Colorama which has a more intense red on the edges similar to yours. From what I could find out there is D marginata - green with red edge, D marginata tricolour - green, cream & red striped, D marginata 'Colorama' - green with red edge but more red than green, and D marginata 'Black Knight' - a darker nearly black edge. There is a good description of Colorama here http://www.freepatentsonline.com/PP04035.html

I love the colours on the Dracaena...all the plants are lovely.

Thanks for remarks.Gail thanks for Dracaena info ,I 'll spend some time researching that today.
I'll put an Alocasia amozonica in your next parcel.That one in the picture has a lovely big seed pod on it at present.I'll have to get Faye to put a stocking end over it to catch the seed.There were 2 flowers on it and noe one full seed pod.

I really love all the various textures that the tropicals seem to have, some even feel and look like plastic

Love the aroids Gwen. That amazonica looks more like a A. 'Polly' to me as it has ruffled edges where as the amazonica less so. In saying that all those 'African Mask' types are hard to distinguish cause they look so similar, nevertheless a great looking specimen. Reminds myself to send that variegated Alocasia to you . Sorry I am hopeless