Tropical Plants

We have a solid roof on our back verandah or my semi tropical plants being mostly begonias wouldn’t survive the winter ..the col blustery winds would kill the plants ,as well as begonias don’t like “wet feet “ they would rot if we got a wet winter ….gotta resize photos …why won’t photos post on new forum without making them very small @Ken Anderson
 
Kate Ellery said:
We have a solid roof on our back verandah or my semi tropical plants being mostly begonias wouldn’t survive the winter ..the col blustery winds would kill the plants ,as well as begonias don’t like “wet feet “ they would rot if we got a wet winter ….gotta resize photos …why won’t photos post on new forum without making them very small @Ken Anderson
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What size are you trying to post, and how small do you have to make them, Kate? I always use a free hosting site so I don't have that issue, if you'd like me to walk you through it. (I assume you can access it from down under.)
 
John Brunner said:
What size are you trying to post, and how small do you have to make them, Kate? I always use a free hosting site so I don't have that issue, if you'd like me to walk you through it. (I assume you can access it from down under.)
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I really don’t know , when I say made them smaller I mean resizing , I only do that on my iPad ….so I realy, don’t know the actual,size ..or how I’d find out on iPad ….so yes any hints to assist me would be good , I ever had a hosting site however I’ve seen others mention it ,had no need didn’t have to use one on old site or I play on the crafty forum @John Brunner
 
Kate Ellery said:
I really don’t know , when I say made them smaller I mean resizing , I only do that on my iPad ….so I realy, don’t know the actual,size ..or how I’d find out on iPad ….so yes any hints to assist me would be good , I ever had a hosting site however I’ve seen others mention it ,had no need didn’t have to use one on old site or I play on the crafty forum @John Brunner
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I've not really noticed...do your resized pictures display OK, Kate? If so, then you're fine doing what you're doing to get them to upload. Ken has likely put size limits in place (in terms of Mb, not dimensions...although they can be related) in order to conserve limited storage resources. That's why I use a hosting service. The picture resides elsewhere and displays here, consuming the resources of the hosting service and not this site's. It's an easy habit for me to get into because I'm on another forum where you have to be a paying member (I am not) to upload pics directly, so I have to used a hosting service.
 
I use my iPad to resize mine, and I also use photo editor, @Kate Ellery . I use photo editor if I need to crop a photo, but I use the actual photo app to resize them. When you choose your photo, you will see three dots at the bottom left corner of the photo screen. When you click that, it will say “options.
That shows you photo sizes, and you can choose either small or medium and it will work for posting on the forum. Here is what it will look like after you click the three dots icon, and then choose Options.

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We are making some progress on the patio. Repotted a 7.5' tall Norfolk pine and a dracaena, and several small annuals. It's still a mess out there but we are slowly getting things done. My husband is going to play with the new little power washer and clean everything up so we can get stuff back into place.

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Don Alaska said:
Really great @Beth Gallagher!!! Wish I could do that
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Thanks, Don! That's only one end of the patio; there are just as many plants on the other side and more inside the house. I have always loved tropical plants and I've had some of these for many years. Now that I think about it, the palm tree towering above the patio first came home with me in a tiny pot; it was about 10" tall when I got it. :D. You can see part of it in the top picture; it needs a trim to get rid of winter damage but we may pay someone to do the climbing this year.
 
John Brunner said:
For some reason, I had a green thumb for things that were supposed to be difficult to keep alive, and failed at the basic stuff (weeping fig, rubber tree.) I don't have any plants now, but keep thinking of getting a prayer plant at my friend's greenhouse. He has some nice, healthy large ones. They're fascinating.
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You probably know that a weeping fig is a small leaf rubber plant. I've not found them particularly difficult but they don't like to be moved around. So if you have one that is an "indoor plant", it will get pissy and drop leaves if moved outdoors. Of course it will usually regrow leaves and become adjusted to the new environment in a short time.

I call Prayer Plants "Rabbit Tracks." They are unusual and very pretty plants. You should get one. :D
 
Beth Gallagher said:
You probably know that a weeping fig is a small leaf rubber plant. I've not found them particularly difficult but they don't like to be moved around. So if you have one that is an "indoor plant", it will get pissy and drop leaves if moved outdoors. Of course it will usually regrow leaves and become adjusted to the new environment in a short time.

I call Prayer Plants "Rabbit Tracks." They are unusual and very pretty plants. You should get one. :D
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Yeh, the weeping fig is Ficus Benjamina (named by B. Franklin) and the rubber tree is Ficus Elastica. They both lost their leaves way too often. Could have been that the room they were in did not get much light.
 
John Brunner said:
Yeh, the weeping fig is Ficus Benjamina (named by B. Franklin) and the rubber tree is Ficus Elastica. They both lost their leaves way too often. Could have been that the room they were in did not get much light.
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They do need good light and are kind of temperamental about temperature changes. (Like when the heat comes on in winter.) I have generally found them to be some of the easiest to grow.
 
I have this ficus (rubber plant) that I got last year and I have been trying to ID it. The nursery tag just said "rubber plant" but it has fuzzy leaves similar to a fig leaf, where my regular rubber plant has thick, glossy green leaves.

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I just gave away my only tropical plant. It was taking up half of my office/sunroom. I never knew the name, but it looked like a banana plant of color. It had a lot of red in the leaves. It never rooted very well and had to have a support pole.
 
I would have potted any bits that broke off or needed trimming on my begonias , but now days I’m favouring larger growing plants like ficus’s and umbrella trees instead of so many small pots , we have a rather large ficus I would have had for 30+ years hubs calls it the gum tree , I bought a dwarf version last year that has a darker leaf ..I’ll take photos latter and try @Yvonne Smith suggestion for editing the photos
it’s still dark here at 7.30 am ..we are expecting a thunderstorm …..we has a inch of very steady rain yesterday ..it was most welcome after almost year with no rain

@Beth Gallagher those Norfolk Island pines grow here , it said sailing ships with chop them down and use for replacing broken masts ..I can see one from my front door that’s on the beach front …..
Adelaide’s western and southern suburbs are beach areas and they all have Norfolk Island pines on beach fronts
 
Beth Gallagher said:
We are making some progress on the patio. Repotted a 7.5' tall Norfolk pine and a dracaena, and several small annuals. It's still a mess out there but we are slowly getting things done. My husband is going to play with the new little power washer and clean everything up so we can get stuff back into place.

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Your tropical plants are magnificent looking. You have quite the beautiful backyard oasis.
 
Kate Ellery said:
@Beth Gallagher those Norfolk Island pines grow here , it said sailing ships with chop them down and use for replacing broken masts ..I can see one from my front door that’s on the beach front …..
Adelaide’s western and southern suburbs are beach areas and they all have Norfolk Island pines on beach fronts
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I love the Norfolk Island Pines, Kate. I've had this one since it was a little fellow; it sat on my desk for several years, then it got moved to the front porch. I had to move it from there because when the wind blew it would set off the Ring camera about 400 times a day!! Now it's nearly 8' tall and lives on the patio. It looks really cute when I deck it out in fairy lights.

We considered planting it in the ground but I couldn't figure out where to put it, so we went with a larger pot for now.
 
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Faye Fox said:
I just gave away my only tropical plant. It was taking up half of my office/sunroom. I never knew the name, but it looked like a banana plant of color. It had a lot of red in the leaves. It never rooted very well and had to have a support pole.
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Maybe an ornamental banana tree? I used to have one of those but it froze a couple of years ago and didn't recover.
 
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