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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Thursday, August 28, 2014

{Ixora}

On our patio we also have the exotic tropical plant Ixora and it looked so lovely on July 4th. Due to plenty of late afternoon showers, like in the tropics, it was quite happy!
A bright yellow color with touches of pink...
Far more common is the red variety which you already may know.
But look; only six weeks later but after a dry spell...
Looking all perked up after a generous 'drink' from the green hose in the back...
Without water there will be NO LIFE!
It is still very hot and dry in Georgia/USA...

40 comments:

  1. we are very hot and very dry in texas, too.

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    1. Dearest Theresa,
      Lately it is hot and dry here in Georgia as well...
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  2. Hola Mariette querida ! Me encantan las flores amarillas , linda fotografía , e tenga un óptimo miércoles
    Besos

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    1. Dearest Angélica,
      We too loved these yellow flowers, so happy looking.
      Happy mid week to you as well and sending you hugs,
      Mariette

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  3. Pretty yellow. Very hot here. With high humidity by afternoon that is really suffocating. We bought some flowering pushes last weekend. I think they are gardenia though very tiny little blooms. The Arabic word that Indian guy told Sam translates to orchid and they are definitely not orchids. HA! Have a wonderful Wednesday. Tammy

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    1. Dearest Tammy,
      Thank you and yes, we both also like the yellow variety even more than the red one.
      Here we too have very high humidity; it is 100% at the time I write this reply and it's not even 10:00 AM...
      Probably you got some jasmine bushes and the guy might have told Sam the truth about these blossoms resembling mini orchids. Look here at these pictures: {White Indian Jasmine the Queen of Flowers}
      Hope you are lucky enough to see them bloom!
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  4. Deaerst Mariette,
    what a wondeful flower!
    Hot and dry ...............how nice ......long time ago here....we had rain all day long yesterday .....I guess, I tell the clouds to visit you and your garden ;O)
    Love and hugs
    Claudia

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    1. Dearest Claudia,
      It is a wonderful flower and with the high humitity we have right now, they might be able to pick up some much needed moisture... There should be some rain next week. Let's hope it is coming our way! Please do send your clouds our way!!! The wind is NNE so there is a slim chance...
      Hugs to you,
      Mariette

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  5. Hello Mariette, I may have seen some of these flowers around Taipei--I'll have to take a closer look the next time I spot one. Weather patterns seem to get stranger and stranger. We have storms almost every day, yet there is an overall drought because the total downfall is still not enough.
    --Jim

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    1. Dearest Jim,
      In Indonesia we did have the red version all over and I guess you also find them in Taipei.
      We sure need rain too, the lawn is starting to look very ugly already. Lack of water is a terrible thing on most crops. Our gardens are only for pleasure and we don't have to make a living from it. Hope you soon get it balanced out.
      Kindest regards,
      Mariette

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  6. It is a lovely flower Mariette.
    I hope it gets cooler soon for you.
    Hugs Kay

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    1. Dearest Kay,
      Lovely is sure is!
      They always say here in Georgia, wait until after Labor Day, which is Monday, so we wait and see. But we sure need that rain!
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  7. It looks so nice in the sunshine, a nice warm colour. Here the sun is coming back today 21 C!

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    1. Dearest Marianne,
      Yellow is always a happy and warm color and especially in the sunshine.
      Glad to hear you got agan some sunhine in The Netherlands. Just heard from my Parents over the phone that it is lovely today and that the fields are so wet that farmers can't even harvest...
      Wish we had some of that rain for now.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  8. Dear Mariette,what a beautiful flower!!Wonderful pictures and great closeups!!
    Have a lovely day!Hugs!
    Dimi...

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    1. Dearest Dimi,
      Thank you and we have surely enjoyed this beauty.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  9. Liebe Mariette,
    herrlich ist dein Phlox - was für eine tolle außergewöhnliche Farbe -

    wir haben heute auch einen schönen Sonnentag - wenn auch nicht annähernd so heiß wie bei euch -
    aber ich bin zufrieden nach dem furchtbaren Regen am gestrigen Tag -

    liebe Grüße - Ruth

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    1. Liebe Ruth,
      Es ist aber kein Phlox sondern eine tropische Ixora die normalerweise in rot kommt.
      Geniesse euren Sonnenschein, es ist immer viel freundlicher als nur Regen...
      Liebe Grüsse,
      Mariette

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  10. Hi Mariette, your flowers are beautiful. I love the cheerful yellow color with a hint of pretty pink!
    Sounds like they need lots of lots of water.
    It's got very hot and dry lately. I hope we'll have some rain!

    Have a great day xoxo

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    1. Dearest Tamago,
      Yes those beauties love lots of water for looking pretty.
      Indeed it is very hot and dry here in Georgia... They say next week we will get some thunderstorms with rain. Let's hope for the best!
      Hugs and enjoy your mid-week.
      Mariette

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  11. Hello Mariette!
    It looks like a very beautiful flower and in your care, it can only thrive!
    I wish we could have part of your heat, it has been such a miserable summer here... :(
    Love from France!

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    1. Dearest Noushka,
      Thank you and we try to keep it looking happy.
      Oh, if we all could swap some of the weather conditions we don't like or don't need... We would create paradise!
      Hugs from a hot and dry Georgia,
      Mariette

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  12. Hallo lieve Mariette,

    Het is met buiten potplanten altijd maar de vraag of ze het wel of niet goed doen en dat zal ook mede afhangen van het klimaat.De naam en foto van de plant zei mij in eerste instantie helemaal niets,al zal ik hem vast wel eens ergens tegen gekomen zijn in de tropen of in tropische kassen,het blad deed mij een beetje aan koffiestruik denken.Ging wat Google en zie dat Ixora familie is van Rubiacean en tot die familie behoren ook koffiestruiken,zag ik dus goed aan het blad van jou plant.
    Ben vandaag zo ongeveer 6 keer begonnen om verder te gaan met deze reactie,telkens moest ik achter pc vandaan,telefoon,visite,naar de oven,Har die klopt tegen het raam of ik even wil komen kijken,hij is de voordeur aan het schuren etc.

    Lees dat het bij jullie erg warm is, dus komt de tuinslang goed van pas.

    Lieve groet,Ger

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    1. Lieve Ger,
      Ja, of het om kamerplanten of buiten potplanten gaat, de omgeving en verzorging hebben inderdaad een grote invloed op hun wel en wee. Maar we hopen maar verder het beste. Volgende week zou er weer flink onweer komen, dagelijks... We wachten maar af en anders gewoon met de tuinslang water geven...
      Dus Har is ook goed druk nog en jij natuurlijk met koken, bakken en braden.
      Je had het dus goed gezien dat het een familielid van de koffiestruiken is. Er zijn erg veel Ixora variëteiten ook.
      Liefs,
      Mariette

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  13. Liebe Mariette,

    die Sonne scheint, und es kommen sonnige Grüße von mir zu dir.
    Elisabeth

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    1. Liebe Elisabeth,
      Danke, hier ist es auch immer noch straff blauer Luft und viel Sonne; wir brauchen dringend Regen...
      Liebe Grüsse,
      Mariette

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  14. You have so many beautiful flowers! It requires a lot of knowledge.
    We also saw many plants in California that we had never seen before.
    Hugs to you!
    Astrid

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    1. Dearest Astrid,
      Each country and each region has different flowers. This is a tropical one so we must shelter it in winter time... It would do well inside too!
      Seeing different flora and fauna is one of the charms of traveling.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  15. Daerest Mariette,
    Your lovely planty of flowers are beautiful was July...It was good happy with your klips is red vasilty....
    But after dry sprll after a gererous drink water in the green hose.
    We having a nice day with out raining ha ha But by monday another rains coming?
    Hugs a lovely to all ways!
    Michiko

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    1. Dearest Michiko,
      You ought to send your Australian rain over to us so we don't need to give our plants a drink from the green garden hose!
      Glad you had at least a nice day in-between; there is hope.
      Hugs and love to you,
      Mariette

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  16. Dearest Mariette,
    Ixora is a beautiful plant. I see that you grow it in a pot; I could probably grow it up here and bring it in for the winter.
    We are very dry up here. We are conserving water where we can. My latest is to put basins in the sinks and empty them into buckets for watering. It's a real eye opener as to how much water we use wastefully.
    Enjoy these sunny, if dry, summer days.........*s*

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    1. Dearest Suzi,
      Oh, in Australia I've seen this water conserving first hand and they reuse the rinse water from their washing maching for another washing... Why not? We all can be very wasteful if not paying enough attention to any use of water! Good thing you are doing this.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  17. My dearest Mariette,
    Here I am again, at long last! Your blog is the first I visit after this long absence... and first of all, I must tell you that I felt so touched when I found your sweet and loving comments on the very few posts I managed to post this month... THANK YOU so much for your friendship, dear Mariette... It is indeed real and loyal friendship, because he have hung in with me even if I have been away for a long time! I really hope to be able to follow your beautiful blog more regularly now... It's been such an eventful year (in a positive way!), and now after my stay in Rhodes and having settled in in the new apartment, I should hopefully have more time. I felt so bad about neglecting all the beautiful blogs I so love reading... So, hopefully, I should be more settled now (but I will spend two weeks in Rhodes in October!)...
    I'm looking forward to keeping admiring your amazing garden!!!!
    Thank you for your friendship, lots of love and hugs from the Alps

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    1. Dearest Anna,
      You are quite welcome and I always love to visit your beautiful Alps or Rhodes where you spent some wonderful time.
      Sending you love and don't you ever worry!
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  18. Oh; BEAUTIFUL Ixora with pretty yellow color and light pink in the center part, Mariette. Haha, I thought a kid of hydrangea. We have had a terrible rainy weather with land slide damages in some parts of Japan. Nature is Not Fair sometimes(^^;)

    Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*

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    1. Dearest Miyako,
      Thank you, yes this is a very special Ixora in yellow, a happy color.
      Oh my, wish we could have some of that rain for our garden. It is so hot here and dry... for weeks.
      Sending you best wishes and blessings.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  19. Liebe Mariette,
    diese Pflanze kenne ich gar nicht. Möglicherweise gibt es sie bei uns jedoch als Topfpflanze.
    Für viele Gewächse ist es in unseren Breiten draußen einfach zu kalt, besonders im Winter. Man bräuchte dafür ein Gewächshaus.

    Hier war der Regen inzwischen auch angekommen - gestern spät goss es ganz fürchterlich. Heute zeigt sich aber wieder blauer Wolkenhimmel.

    Liebe Grüße auch hier
    Sara

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    1. Liebe Sara,
      Ja ganz bestimmt soll es diese bei euch als Topfpflanze auch geben!
      Wir brauchen auch ein Gewächshaus da es in den zwei Monaten vom Winter auch frieren kann.
      Gott sei Dank hat es hier auch geregnet weil wir in Arizona im Urlaub waren; alles schaut frisch und grün aus.
      Liebe Grüsse,
      Mariette

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