🌿💛Epiphyllum var Buttercup

 

                                                 Epiphyllum var "Buttercup"

 Right at the back in amongst a joyful romping of phylloclades . 

Phylloclades -  It's what Epie leaves /stems are more properly called 🌿and these are actually the most wonderful apparatus for climbing rocky banks and scrabbling along amongst damp and mossy detritus filled nooks and crannies , putting down roots as they go along up in the trees of the warm , humid and shady forests of South America .

After they have finished blooming , I will be repotting and taking cuttings . After letting the cut ends heal over for a couple of days , they will take root fairly easily and do well simply stuck into some good quality multi purpose potting compost with a bit of perlite mixed in .

Some folks put them in hanging baskets and they look really great . I can't do that or my little greenhouse roof would fall in under the weight !

Some varieties seem to grow more upright and in the background you can see a cage support ...but the Epie changed it's mind and decided to escape it .  So now it is tangled up in the darned thing ! 

While the old greenhouse was being taken down and the new one put up , the Epies were moved about and haven't produced their lovely flowers for a couple of years . 

There are still a couple more buds waiting to open .  The moment is fleeting , they remain open only for a day or two if you are lucky and depending on the variety .

Some only flower at night and are gone by morning .

                   This one has lasted about three days  .

                                         Sending you a hug and my love  x    

                                                       

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Epiphyllum var "Lady Irene" 🌿🩷🌿

 The mini heat wave is over and now it is forecast to be cold , especially at night , possibly to 3 degrees or lower for the next few days . 

So I am holding back on planting out any of my vegetable seedlings just yet . 

Meanwhile it is my birthday week ......all week ... and why not ?  🎂🧸🎉🤣

V.E Day 80 Celebrations  

🪻🪻And Flora Day coming up !  💐🥁🎺💃🏻🎶

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It' is a beautiful month here in Cornwall ! Trees with blossom , wild flowers in the hedgerows and all along the cliffs . 

So it's a bit chilly today , who cares ! Lets see what's going in up in the greenhouse .

Oh my ! Let' go in and take a closer look !  

                       Epiphyllum var " Lady Irene "   🩷🌿

                         ....with her twirly whirly petals as she opens ......

                            Peach , pink and purple gorgeousness .....

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      Wishing you a beautiful Bank Holiday Monday !

    🌤️  Hopefully the sun might come out and if it does , it will be warm again !  ☀️

        Gardeners just take care to cover your seedlings over night .

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🌓🌿Epiphyllum var "yellow" 10pm update 🥱

 

The things I do for my Epie loving friends ! 10pm  and I'm going up to the greenhouse with a torch and climbing through the bushes round the back of the greenhouse , to try and get a photo of this flower which is facing the wrong way round !

Yep ....isn't that just typical .....the window is all steamed up !

So I took a couple from inside the greenhouse and will be back first thing in the morning to get some better pics from the other side . 

                     Off to bed now ......sweet dreams ! 

                                                           
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🌿💛Epiphyllum var "yellow" 💛🌿 buds update

                  .... slightly swelling up !

                                     Maybe this afternoon ?

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💛🌿Epiphyllum var " yellow " 💛🌿 - update

 Hidden in amongst the shade of the Sweet Peppers  ........

.............. is the one known only as " the yellow one "  ... and it is an absolute stunner !

               The wait to see these buds open is almost unbearable !  

This morning the buds have really coloured up , a beautiful gold  💛🌿

                   I will let you know as soon as they bloom .

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Lettuce Seedlings - not today 🌱🌱🌱🌱

 

So this morning I had planned to prick out and pot on this tray of lettuce . Simples !  😃

          Not so simples .... because first I have to make space in the shed  🙄

All those Epies have got to be moved .... 

.......  into the greenhouse  .......  😃 

     Don't panic ..stay calm ....we can do this  .... just need to shift a few things around that's all !  

I moved the Tarantula Fern and the Stag horn /Elk Horn into it's new shady position on a low shelf under the bench . They will be much happier in there .

I squeezed in a Disocactus macranthus in behind them  ...it also would prefer to be in the shade . Those tatty leaves / phylloclades have sun scorch marks on them . 

   

I moved out the shelving unit that was in the middle and found a smaller one to go under the bench along the back of the greenhouse . At the moment I have put some of my cacti on that....sort them out later .

Most of the Epiphyllums are on top of this bench with shade net fixed up overhead . 

that big Aloe in the orange tub is the one my brother gave me a few years ago .  It is amazing . It has not had any water all through this past winter , not one drop .  Cacti and succulents are fascinating and amazing plants !

I will probably put this one outside for the summer maybe next week . We are having a mini heatwave right now , which will almost certainly end with a deluge of rain at the weekend .  I'll put this Aloe and a few other things out after the weather has settled again .

Aloe vera...got to get that out too . I'm not so in love with that as I used to be  .

While I'm down here on the floor ,I might as well show you the Cucumber plants .....coming along !

On the other side , the tomatoes are now pushing up through the bench .

So all is looking fairly well , it's so hot !  Then as I started to get up from the floor , my brother sent me a message on the mobile phone which I opened and read but didn't reply to , because I passed out .

I'm o.k.  I think it was because I tried to get up too quickly and answer the phone at the same time . I got dizzy . I'm a newbie to the mobile phone and still get into a bit of a panic when it plays the music whenever anyone calls me . Gawd ! Don't like it !

Anyway , all is well ! I'm o.k. ! I'm O.K. !  

                   And I'm liking how it looks now . What d'ya think ?   

 That's all fer today . It's too hot for me . I'll do the lettuce seedlings early tomorrow morning .

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🌿❤️Epiphyllum update🩷🌿

                     It's happening !  Lets take a look !

                                             🩷  Epie love ! 🩷    

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🌶️Growing in amongst the shade of the Sweet Peppers 🌶️ This is an Epiphyllum that was sent to me from a very kind person in Kent.....they called it simply "Yellow "and said it never fails to bloom every year .💛

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This sweet little one - Rhipsalidopsis rosea is one of my absolute favourites  🤍🌿

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Epiphyllum var "Marilyn Monroe" - still waiting

 

Every morning early I am rushing up to my greenhouse to see if Marilyn Monroe has arrived ! 

The bud on this Epiphyllum is growing larger every time I go to look . You are not supposed to move the position of these plants when they are in bud like this , but she has now become so large that there is not enough space for her to fully open her petals .

                      So I have moved her into a more generous space towards the back .

I had planted her as a cutting last year inside a tomato cage for support but as you can see she has escaped . Epiphyllums like to roam wild and free .

E. Marilyn Monroe is supposed to have a large pink flower . I bought this from another Epie fan , Beverly in  Falmouth . Beverly I hope you are well and looking in today💐 . I am so excited to see her open that flower ! Will it be today ? Will it be tomorrow ? 

Watch this space !  🌿💚🌿