Kapalua!!! ;-)
Hello Everyone!!!
I finally have my computer working.. don't know what happened, but I couldn't get my pictures to upload to Photobuckket or even attach to send an email.. Argg!
I wanted to share some Pictures from my Kapalua that I received as a special gift form a wonderful person and then another wonderful friend to help get this Bad boy here to my home. I am so grateful for the help, the generosity of my friends.. YOU are awesome. Both of YOU!!!
When I received him in November, I kept him in his original container because I didn't want to cause anymore stress then it already had. It went to sleep for the winter and I checked on my new baby quite often!!! ;-)
During the spring, he was slow to show signs of waking up. I left him alone and placed him on the top deck and propped him up since he was so top heavy. Well... after he started to leaf out, he wanted attention all of the time!! I was willing to give him all of my attention, but he wanted more.. lol He wanted water every other day. If I didn't water him, he would wilt. Since I had four inflos on him.. I wasn't going to mess with him so that I could possibly cause them to abort. So I just babied him.
Most of you all know that I have to work out of town and I can be gone for days. I was worried about the need for water since I could see the leaves and inflos wilting. I had to move him to a larger container. Knowing that it would cause the inflos to abort, I still had to take the chance.. He needed more room and more water retention. The tempory container that he was in needed to be changed..
Here are some pics of the process.. You will see some pics of the first inflos.. STOKED? YOU betcha!!! ;-)
Here is a pic of my Kapalua after one day of watering...
it is right beside the grill...
Pic of the old container and the new one right beside the tree...
Container ready with screen to prevent mix from coming out of the holes...
My new baby.. in it's new container.. He sure is happy now.. ;-)
I moved the Kapalua to the corner.. you can see it is right in the corner beside my other large trees... it is happy there!!
Some of you know that I had to tackle this beast a few times because it was windy and it kept trying to tip over...
Well.. I caught it several times and on the last time.. I went down on the deck only to save the tree. I think I would have been an excellent football player.. keeping my eyes on the ball and just concentrating on bringin the ball to my chest and keeping it safe. Well.. that is what I did. I caught the tree and took the fall. The first thing I did after I talked to the Plumeria Gods for a few minutes.. LOL ( better than saying "stars" ) I collected myself and checked the tree for any damage. No broken branches.. no bleeding on the tree... LOL.. I had a few bumps and bruises and no broken bones either.. ;-) YOU all know what we would do for our trees... LMAO!!!
Here are some other pics...
I did post some others..
These might look better because they are with my camera and not ipad..
I didn't notice the six petals on the California Sunset until Robert said something.. Good eyes Robert!!! ;-) This is the only one.. all of the others are five...
Elizabeth Thornton Lemon Drop
More of the kids... lol
rooting bin.. Notice the center "antler.." That is a Kapalua.. this one is starting to show leaves.. Thanks the Plumeria Gods!!! ;-)
Kohola
I also love Adeniums too!
Desert Sunrise
my favorite... ;-)
The Tuberoses are about to open.. YES!!! Ill post a pic soon!!! I can't wait to smell these beauties...
Have a great Night!!!
Laura
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