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Hi there,
Some of so called "well meaning" members of my family reckon I don't have green fingers. So I was bought a gift at Christmas and I planted it.
So now look...meet Horace my pet Triffid!
"Sorry mum it grew"!!! Like my hair and she hates that to!!!
Cheers,
John.B
Looks like an amarilus (sp?) to me.
BTW I love that movie Day of the Triphids!!
Yupp that's right.
It is a very good film...Howard Keels finest roll...hehehe!
Hello Horace. A pleasure meeting you. And of your master gardner, indeed he seems to rightfully so have a green thumb. His family is all wrong about him.
This lovely plant looks like an Amarilus, but the flowers are of a different shape than I have ever remembered seeing. And, I have never had luck growing one of these! (feeling jealous now.)
Perhaps a rare species from Europe?
Guess I shall have to start naming my plants. (Neat idea!) Presently have started a Sundew on the Windowsill. It is so sweet and little. "Goo-Goo" shall be his name. He likes to live in sandy wet places where he grows best. And, his nutritian comes from (because he is a diabetic plant) insects devoid of too many carbs.
Justin~
ps: Good thing you didn't give Horace a "trim" earlier, lest he be now without flowers.
Hi Justin,
Well we are a rare species here in Europe.
I will pass on your kind words to Horace and I'm sure the news will sprout more growth!
Cheers,
John.B
Hey John
So nice of you to pass-along my lovely message to Plant Horace.
At present my brat Sundew is having a temper tantrum and I am going to have to call a "time-out." If "Goo-Goo" doesn't learn this time it will be the SHEARS!
LOL
Justin~
Cool plant John as it looks healthy and green!Did you start it from seed or was it partially grown when you got it?See even us longhairs can grow things other than our hair:)As I recall our own Urban Cowboy was a grower too!Cheers
Mark
Well if it grows like your hair you'll have to move to a flat with higher ceilings.
Kevin
Johann,
That's what we call an amaryllis on this side of the pond, but still, it's very beautiful. It's blooms ought to last for a few weeks. After that Horace will sprout foliage and be pretty and green all year. Also, if you take really good care of it, it will bloom next year and so on. I don't know if England's warm enough for Horace to live outside though on its own.
I had quite a few which flowered annually for about six years before I moved home and had to give them up. I started off with three and ended up with eight because of off-sets. My first three were crimson, peach and white with a hint of pink, quite like Horace. I used to leave them outside all summer and only brought them in when the first frosts threatened - same with the bananas and birds of paradise. I miss my plants, but I only have enough space for one super-dwarf banana and one bird of paradise unfortunately.
Not only does Horace look a bit menacing, but the abstract painting background sure looks a bit Tiffidish....
Perhaps you and Justin can stage an International Battle of the Triffids with Horace vs. GooGoo.....
International Battle of the Triffids with Horace vs. GooGoo.....