Faye's new pics 3

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A group of shade lovers




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Group 3





Calathea ornata





Calathea ornata ,looses the red as it ages





IN THE FRONT FOREGROUND IS THE GROUND ORCHID .Spathoglottis plicata

That is what I'm hoping to achieve one day I'd love to see you spathloglottis when it flowers.

Lovely combinations of foliage colour, Gwen ...I wish it was warm enough here to plant such lovelies. I have trouble keeping them alive in the fernery over winter.

Great pics Faye, and Gwen thanks for sharing, your garden beds are paradise

Thank you all for remarks , yes the shade gardens are a joy to me also ,I love the contrasting colours and different leaf shapes .The thing is living in the tropigs plants, that cost an arm and leg down in the deep south grow here like weeds.I was talking to John last week as he was thinning out plants from some overgrown area's. He had 3 barrow loads of plants to dump in the area where he puts plants that someone may use .When anyone who gardens calls ,So Chery you are right it is they go through the pile and take what they want.Of course the plants left start to grow as well and I end up with another shade plant area.

Just a reminder to Gail .This is the Spathoglottis ground orchid flower . I had a deep purple ons once but not anymore.

Nice undergrowth Gwen oh and also love the Caladiums, Ags and other aroids lol

I meant to come back to this one

That's a very pretty orchid Gwen. My Spathoglottis is Premier x Bulbosa - it is a light purple and white... no flowers yet though

Yes gail I think its a nice one i think it has more character than the deep purple . I' ll save you some bulbs.

Thanks Gwen, I'll do the same with mine though will be a while as it still isn't big enough to flower yet. There's a picture of one on this link like mine... I just hope mine flowers one day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nottooshabby/3450155752/

So Lovely and green and tropical looking Gwen..

Thats a lovely Spathoglottis Gail I'd love one when its gets lots of bulbs.

MA Thanks.

Lovely garden.

Here's my contribution.

That one is so pretty Bubba, do you know which one it is?

Very nice..

Gail wrote:

That one is so pretty Bubba, do you know which one it is?

No idea. I bought it for $2 at the Petrie Country Markets. There's a lovely old handicapped man who collects bits of plants (or sometimes weeds) from all over and pots them into whatever he can find. He charges $2 each and says it's his way of recycling.
You have to sort through it but I like to buy a few things off him whenever we go.

There are a couple of stalls like that at our markets too. I'v managed to find some less common plants that way, also some of the more common ones that you don't see in nurseries either.

That one you have Buba is so close to the one I lost ,mine was darker thats all.