From Keith's Shade House

[ellisonk001]

All - thanks for your kind comments!

Yann - the ovata is certainly in my top 10; I love the shape. I can't wait for it to get bigger. It also adds a lot to crosses like your beautiful truncata x ovata (or did it get it backwards).

Jimmy - I love raffs. There are so many color variations.... I also love the elegance of the upper. I am sure I have posted pictures of my set up, but would be happy to post more. It is kind of hard to capture without a wide angle lens, but I will try....

thez_yo - The campy x (spec x talan) is another one of my favorites. It has such a great combination of color and shape. Can't wait for it to put on some more size.

 

[ellisonk001]

Jimmy here are some pictures of my shade house and other growing areas.

Shade house as you pull in the drive

Main bromeliad area down the side of the garage to the left of the drive

Succulents at the end of the drive

Gate and pond just inside the gate

 

[ellisonk001]

Tillandsia above the pond

Inside the shade house

Cryptanthus under the benches

Left down the side of the garage

Behind the garage

 

[JB_OrchidGuy]

Holly cow Keith!!! That is awesome!!!

 

[lance]

You lucky duck! That hawaiian weather sure is working its magic on those massive Nepenthes :O. Amazing!!

 

[corky]

very cool,

 

[ellisonk001]

Thanks guys!

 

[thez_yo]

 

[B0B]

Amazing!

 

[ellisonk001]

A couple I missed the other day…

N eymae x veitchii

N maxima x talangensis

N rafflesiana

 

[bluemax]

'Just amazing. 'So glad I checked in! I really like the Nep growing above the iron gate.

 

[mass]

Bet you have the most colorful yard on your block.
Like a private botanical garden. I love it..

 

[uphwiz]

every thing is breath taking thank you so much for all the work on the pics, cant wait till i have a few min to go through all of them , thanks again keith
you have it goin on , and on and on. LOL

 

[ellisonk001]

Thanks for all your kind comments! Several of the neighbors have commented on the bromeliads, but most haven't seen the neps; it may scare them away...

 

[JB_OrchidGuy]

I love the eymea x veitchii! Stunning!!

 

[ellisonk001]

Thanks JB! Unfortunately, I was loosing light so the colors didn't come through well. It is a beautiful plant...

 

[ellisonk001]

Some of the stuff that caught my eye while I was working on my plants today…..

N rafflesinana

N ovata

N maxima Dark

N spectabilis x truncata

N thorelii x aristolochioides

N spectabilis x talangensis

N Black Beauty

N x splendiana xx mixta

N 'Manny Herrera"

N x splendiana x ??

N x rufescens

N x wrigleyana

N reinwardtiana

N truncata xx Ile de France

N x outramiana x x splendiana

 

[ellisonk001]

N Guya "Budda"

N x lessii

N truncata x ephippiata

N bellii x truncata

N fusca x veitchii

N izumiae x ramispiana

N ampullaria x sibuyanensis

N truncata x ephippiata

N ventricosa red x ovata

N hamata x platychila

N fusca

N izumiae x maxima

 

[thez_yo]

Wow... that budda is really nice. Hey so are you sure everything's labeled correctly? I just can't bring myself to believe the colour on what you have labeled as trunc x ephip..

 

[dionae]

Beautiful plants Keith! I really like the ovata, the raff and the amp x sib.