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Old 11-30-2007, 08:04 PM
Jo Ann Jo Ann is offline
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Good Evening all,

Today I decided to venture to Wal-Mart not that I really wanted to but we needed food. The crowds were bad. (I always start in the nursery section of the store... ). I picked up in the discount area a Paph. Raisin Pie X Supersuk, (is that really the best name they could come up with Supersuk?)...

The nursery was really packed with new shipments today. So I began to explore the Poinsettia area which was all over the place I never realized was how many different varieties of Poinsettia there is. I never was very interested in this plant up north I would see people buy them for the Holidays then chuck them out the door when it was all over. Here in my neighborhood I’ve seen a few large bushes growing in people’s yards all year round. It never occurred to me that these plants can be kept like a perennial not just treated like an annual. I do know that they are tricky to get them to rebloom. So I picked me up a variety called ‘Sonora White Glitter’. Tomorrow I will get its picture taken while it’s still in its prime. Oh and I did remember to get some groceries before leaving...
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Old 11-30-2007, 09:44 PM
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Glad to hear your not going hungry this week!! I have a Customer that has grown Poinsettia in to small trees. Cold blast will make them bloom or change color! My curiosity is going make me look up what a supersuk orchid looks like!!!
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Old 12-01-2007, 01:33 AM
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Jo Ann, I went to my local Wal-Mart the other evening....I went to the nursery section of the store, not converted to the Christmas section....and I asked if they had any orchids....lol....the lady laughed and said they were seasonal and wouldn't in until spring and I told them Home Depot had them for sale....she asked me if I saw the actual plant for sale or the bulb....lol.....um....yeahhh.....right.....
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Old 12-01-2007, 08:29 AM
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Poinsettia needs 12 hours of darkness to set bud. When we grew them in our greenhouse we pulled black shade cloth over them from 6:00 PM until 6:00 AM.
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