Here are some plants adapted to drought, heat, and humidity as long as you give them a sprinkle or two of water. To see other serious foliage that will knock your socks off, visit our host, Pam, at http://www.penick.net/digging .
Kaempferia elegans aka Kaempferia laotica
Kaempferia pulchra 'Chocolate'
Kaempferia pulchra 'Ben Lee' from Mercer arboretum
Kaempferia pulchra 'Silverspot'
A colony of Kaempferia masonii in bloom
Neoregelias seem content with daily temperatures hovering around 100 degrees. Keep them in dappled shade.
This is Neoregelia 'Happy Thoughts'
My squid agave (Agave bracteosa) has finally started to look like its namesake.
This is part of my Agave collection.
Thanks for stopping by Tropical Texana.
David/ :-)
Wow your Neoregelias are gorgeous! And of course it goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway) LOVE the agaves!
ReplyDeletevery unusual plants. that drought is amazing. A flood follows a drought. You should join blotanical.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have a really nice collection of Kaempferias. Their own my 'Gotta Get' list - just not sure if I'll be willing to give them the extra moisture they may desire. But their foliage is spectacular.
ReplyDeleteLove that Neoregelia 'Happy Thoughts'. And the Kaempferias almost look like Native American textiles; very cool.
ReplyDeleteThat colony of Kaempferia masonii is gorgeous. The detail on the leaves looks like sand pictures -- remember those?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it goes by different names, but isn't your octopus agave a squid agave (A. bracteosa)? A. vilmoriniana is much bigger when mature, with longer arms, plus it's more cold susceptible. At any rate, it's a beauty. I have several squids myself and love them.
Hi Pam,
ReplyDeleteYes, it is squid agave..Agave bracteosa.
I have both and mixed up my squids and my octopi. :-)
Love the variety of your Kaempferia. Last summer a friend dug up some torch ginger to share with me. Later I see "peacock ginger" coming up. I was so lucky that it tagged along with the other ginger. It is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteHi David! How many blogs do you have right now? Looks like you've been bloggin quite a while!
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