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Jan 31, 2020 7:19 AM CST
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Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
Oh Lin I love your Hawaiian Bells! I used to have that and have thought about getting it back again. Your adansonii looks fab!
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Jan 31, 2020 9:11 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Gina, I will send you some of the Hawaiian Bells vine if you want it! I got the plant 5 years ago from an online nursery in a little 3 inch pot and it has really taken off! When we lived in Daytona, if we were predicted to have a winter frost or freeze, I'd move it to a screened porch but when we moved here in May 2016, I sat it by the pine tree where it's remained and it always blooms in December and January. I hoped that it would climb the pine tree but it just seemed to trail out of the pot and all over the ground, through the weeds.

The Monstera adansonii was growing in that area when we moved here and it's traveled down from a maple tree, across the ground and started climbing the pine tree. A couple of months ago, I noticed that the Hawaiian Bells has started twining around and through the Monstera.

That part of our yard is so weedy, with a lot of pest plants that took over when the house sat empty for 14 months. Now that my husband is fully retired, I have a To-Do list for him and I'm hoping the cleaning of that area is one of the first things he tackles this spring! Smiling
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Jan 31, 2020 11:52 AM CST
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Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
That is such a kind offer Lin! I actually BOUGHT one this morning, I remembered how much I loved having it....Top Tropicals has big 3 gallons on trellis, for a good price.
I am not sure what happened t my old one, it probably got too dry during my neglect and passed on...It had grown literally SO FAST, I got it as a trade years ago from someone in So Florida, just a small rooted cutting and within one summer it had climbed up into the attic of the greenhouse and was blooming! WOuldn't it be cool if it came in different colors??????
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