It is nice to see some new orchids coming to the local plant dealers. Orchid Obsession was at the Mercer Summer Sale, you can find him at most local plant sales now. As always Bruce had some really cool plants I didn’t yet own. [* You can find Orchid Obsession at the Bayou City Farmer's [...]
It is nice to see some new orchids coming to the local plant dealers. This is the first Grammatophyllum I’ve had or seen. Outside this plant wants light shade, which indoors means a bright, sunny window.
Temperatures can be as hot as 105′F These grow outside in Houston but it’d really be much happier if you [...]
Miles per gallon or gallons per mile? Calculate both.
The miles per gallon and gallons per mile caluculator remembers your last six calculations so you can see if your milage is improving or worsening. It also saves your last ending mileage so you have less data to enter to get your answers.
English and Metric settings.
Saves [...]
Price Compare lets you enter, 2 prices, volumes, and units ( ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, liters, pounds or grams ) and get the comparable price between two units.
The better buy shows in green, the higher unit price in red so you can tell at a glance which is the better purchase.
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All new for iPhone OS 3.0 is a newer, more user friendly interface.
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If you have a date that is near and dear [...]
I recently attended a talk at Mercer on growing cactus and succulents in Houston. If you haven’t attended any talks at Mercer do consider it. They’d love to see you and I learn a great deal each time I attend.
Most cactus prefer drier environments than we have in Houston. While they all [...]
All plants do well in great soil with the right amount of sun and water. Home landscapes rarely give us the right location with out a great deal of time and money. Sometimes it’s just easier to go with the flow.
Here are easiest plants, that I’ve enjoyed for your most difficult areas.
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Shade/Dry plants
Snake [...]
One of the things that makes cactus and succulents great house plants is that they don’t mind the dry air in homes and offices. If you can get them enough light you’ll find they are some of the easiest house or office plants to grow.
Cactus and succulents differ only slightly. All cactus are [...]
I’ve grown staghorn ferns off and on as houseplants. When I went on a garden club garden tour in April I saw several growing in people’s gardens outside. Once settled in they will grown outside here. Some were mounted on boards and fences, I decided to try mine in a tree nook.
Staghorns [...]
I saw my first stapelia at the San Antonio botanical gardens and it was love at first sight. But it was in a green house so I only thought of it as an indoor plant. Later I ran into some in hanging baskets at the Conroe Extension office, again in a green house. [...]
There are over ~ 2000 species in the Pleurothallis family.
The tripterantha are easy to grow and bloom year round.
Because Pleurothallis tripterantha remains tiny and prefers temperatures between 60′F and 85′F it’s a great plant for terrariums.
Light should be shade to bright light, no direct sunlight.
These are epiphytic rain forest plants, found in Central and [...]
Cabbage Palm is rated for zones 9b to 11 so should do well here in Houston. It prefers light to full shade, slightly dry soil ( for a fern ) and should reach 3′ in height and 1′ across. Water is not a problem can adapt to moist or wet soil.
It is usually grown [...]