DirtyCoconuts presents: The flora and fauna of the Coconuts Compound

[DirtyCoconuts]

then you need to get a small fish tank and some fat tail geckos! they are just awesome. super cute and very nice and social when they are raised well.

I also like leopard geckos as pets too, they just had more desert needs and thus were harder to keep in the humidity here

[DirtyCoconuts]

Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

I don't know why this flower is so difficult to photograph..it is orange like the first pic but it seems to be different in every pic

Marmalade by J Solo, on Flickr

[WaterWitchin]

Love the shading on that first Catt. But what is that tree? It's really fun!

[DirtyCoconuts]

a big desert rose (adenium)
i love them, they are such cool plants, they are neat when totally leafless, pretty with foliage and amazing in bloom

also, every single part is toxic and you can make a poison arrow just by dipping it in the sap....the more you know!!!

[DirtyCoconuts]

i love this phal, quite a good bloomer but my wife ruined it by saying it looked like it had measles....the tag has drifted to the bottom of the SH vase so i will not share the tax name unless someone really needs to know LOL
Kings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr

Night Nodosa
Kings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr

VERY excited when the Schoms start to spike!!!
Kings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr

Appleblossom starting to greet the day
Kings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr

I think was OrchidBro who observed that this looks a lot like red wine on a white tablecloth...accordingly i cannot see this plant without Red Red Wine playing in my head LOL...there are worse things. I love plants with variation from flower to flower

Kings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr

I firmly believe that weak blooms on and Onc. family plant is just the plant being lazy and i fully expect all spikes to look like this OR BETTER!!!!!hahaha

Kings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr


This is why orchids are jerks....this is a bulb semperflorens but it never florenses for me and it is a nice healthy clump that i placed on a HUGE cedar plaque because i was told it was voracious grower and i wanted to let it grow into a nice specimen....well, it grows very well but mostly up and not out and now....DOWN.....shaking my head


Kings and pawns by J Solo, on Flickr

[DirtyCoconuts]

and just because we are all cooped up...


Glamour shot!

Quarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr

this pic is not really about the orchids but if you look at the leaf in the middle of the pic there is a green anole i caught eating that disceted seed pod on the orchid...he was eating the seed, not the pod..i tried to catch it but startled him

Quarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr

Arachnis Maggie oi
everyone should have this plant..it is a non-stop flower machine

Quarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr

a stout looking drone doing the lord's work on my Brogdon avocado tree. Thank you!

Quarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr

Den new century happiness very happy in a mango tree. this plant bloomed two canes about a month and a half apart...odd
Quarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr

and last for now...the seidenfedinia has 4 spikes! i'll probably make a thread about it as it progresses

Quarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr

[DirtyCoconuts]

in case anyone on this forum likes....flowers!!!

Quarantine zone by J Solo, on Flickr



End of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr

End of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr

Hoya!!! by J Solo, on Flickr

End of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr

Mad chips, yo

Hoya!!! by J Solo, on Flickr


Hoya!!! by J Solo, on Flickr


ID's on request...too far to walk to the plants from my (sucky new home office) to the yard LOL

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Hoya!!! by J Solo, on Flickr


Hoya!!! by J Solo, on Flickr


Hoya!!! by J Solo, on Flickr

End of the world...part 2 by J Solo, on Flickr

[Dorchid]

Amazing pics/plants!

[camille1585]

I'm amazed by the huge variety of orchids and other plants! Do you have any idea how many plants you have?

Keep those photos coming, they are nice to see and and a very welcome change from all the covid19 stuff flooding the internet.

[DirtyCoconuts]

the secret to acquiring a large and varied collection is...very low standards LOL i get so many plants in poor shape from the trash piles on bulk day and the clearance section of the big garden stores.

I have no idea how many i have because then i would be in trouble with the wife

for the record i have "room for a few more" at all times lol

If i had to guess, i'd say 150-200 orchids, 20-30 fruit type plants, and probably 40-60 various flowering plants in the landscaping that are either intentionally planted or potted. Not counting any pure landscaping shrubs or the break of ficus trees...maybe a dozen cactuses and succulents...so 210-310 range....or "room for a few more"