What's your favourite flower?

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Calceolaria - commonly called Pocketbook Plant, I had one of these many years ago. Such an unusual flower, reminds me of balloons!

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On this Feast Day of Mother Teresa these her words are appropriate for this thread .

At an early age, her parents gave her the nick name of “flower bud”.

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In Ahmedabad, India , people throw petals over a bust of Saint Teresa of Calcutta on the 109th anniversary of her birthday on 26th August .

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Most unusual… so I looked ‘em up and I think I can grow them, so may give it a go. They do look like a ladys’ handbag, don’t they, especially the one on the left. Or at least I can remember having bags of this shape!
 
@Sarcelle and @CRV; They are a often called lady purse or slipper flower, They are not from the orchid family. But do resemble them quite well. The pink ones are pretty. I remember my plant was quite a good grower and easy to look after. I gave it to Mum to look after when I went over-sea’s.

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Oh my, they are so so pretty! Don’t know which ones I like most! So you grow them in pots? I was not sure, but thinking of in the ground? Seeing as you have experience, what do you recommend and how should they be cared for?
 
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I had them in pots on the balcony, they did well. I have had friends whose plants did well in the ground. I was lucky to get have seedlings each year, which I transferred and replaced the original ones. They like some shade in summer, well watered and snails love them! lol.
 
Thank you for the care advice especially where to plant them - some shade in summer and to keep them watered - but especially about the snails! Perhaps I’d have to start leaving out saucers of beer for them, whilst hoping the neighborhood cats don’t think it’s a free buffet!
 
Even my humble Coleus is in bloom now

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“After a shower
the clearing sky smells faintly
of hawthorne blossoms”
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Went to an old house yard yesterday,permission to take bits,not much left after 25 years being abandoned and sheep grazing…but have pieces of bamboo,fig that had rooted ,narines .The Ox tongue lily we will go back and dig when the leaves have died down.We were amazed how huge they were!😃
 
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had to look that up! 😄 I have two varieties of those. The common orange headed one which someone gave to my mum and which I got from her, plus a different looking one which is pink. I see if I can find pics.
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Couldn’t find my own pic of the pink variety.

But here is a link to it on Amazon Pink Haemanthus. From looking at pics online, apparently there is a white variety as well.
 
All the same rose bush…
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Don’t plant the bamboo in the garden, otherwise you will have a lot of work controlling it. They send runners every where
 
No, haven’t been to that thread. It was to Greenfields thread about collecting from an an old home garden.
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Went to an old house yard yesterday,permission to take bits,not much left after 25 years being abandoned and sheep grazing…but have pieces of bamboo,fig that had rooted ,narines .The Ox tongu
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That they are! This particular rose never ceases to amaze me with it’s blooms!
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