Chris🌴🌶️ 🌺
@thegreenman.us
🌺 🌶️ 🌴 tropical horticulturist, garden designer, plant nerd, speculative fiction fan, metal head, bluesman, Floridaman, father, husband, Dudeist, Pastafarian
I have been told they're Ghost level. I don't taste citrus on these but the flavor is lighter/brighter than the reds and browns.
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I have been told they're Ghost level. I don't taste citrus on these but the flavor is lighter/brighter than the reds and browns.
Most of my plants took a beating with the cold but it looks like all of them will survive. Here's my gold GhostBird which didn't miss a step even after going through a night of 32°f unprotected. 🌶️
February 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Most of my plants took a beating with the cold but it looks like all of them will survive. Here's my gold GhostBird which didn't miss a step even after going through a night of 32°f unprotected. 🌶️
Hey I got a mention in the local paper article about protecting plants from the cold.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/01/31/g...
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www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/01/31/g...
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Get ready for the freeze, South Florida: How to prepare your home, car, animals for cold temps
Many of us South Floridians are clueless when it comes to the cold. But here’s help.
www.sun-sentinel.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Hey I got a mention in the local paper article about protecting plants from the cold.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/01/31/g...
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www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/01/31/g...
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Thanks, not much we can do. Wrapping a few orchids and watering everything. Loping for the best.
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Thanks, not much we can do. Wrapping a few orchids and watering everything. Loping for the best.
Well the weather is going to drop into the low 30s this weekend so I may be saying goodbye to a lot of our tropicals. It's going
Down to 32f. If it stays for six or more hours at that temperature I can kiss the majority of our tropical plants goodbye.
We haven't had it this cold since 2009. 🌴
Down to 32f. If it stays for six or more hours at that temperature I can kiss the majority of our tropical plants goodbye.
We haven't had it this cold since 2009. 🌴
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Well the weather is going to drop into the low 30s this weekend so I may be saying goodbye to a lot of our tropicals. It's going
Down to 32f. If it stays for six or more hours at that temperature I can kiss the majority of our tropical plants goodbye.
We haven't had it this cold since 2009. 🌴
Down to 32f. If it stays for six or more hours at that temperature I can kiss the majority of our tropical plants goodbye.
We haven't had it this cold since 2009. 🌴
Bromeliads in the garden today. 🌴
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Bromeliads in the garden today. 🌴
Hi Tropical Plant fans...
I've been absent for a while. Here's our Florida Champion Cuipo Tree (Cavanillesia platanifolia) just starting to bud out. 🌴 🌱
I've been absent for a while. Here's our Florida Champion Cuipo Tree (Cavanillesia platanifolia) just starting to bud out. 🌴 🌱
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Hi Tropical Plant fans...
I've been absent for a while. Here's our Florida Champion Cuipo Tree (Cavanillesia platanifolia) just starting to bud out. 🌴 🌱
I've been absent for a while. Here's our Florida Champion Cuipo Tree (Cavanillesia platanifolia) just starting to bud out. 🌴 🌱
I finished dehydrating another batch of peppers last night and turned the kitchen into a toxic cloud of pepper dust grinding them up into powder. I was coughing and sneezing for hours... 🌶️ 🌱
#hotpeppers
#superhotpeppers
#hotpeppers
#superhotpeppers
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I finished dehydrating another batch of peppers last night and turned the kitchen into a toxic cloud of pepper dust grinding them up into powder. I was coughing and sneezing for hours... 🌶️ 🌱
#hotpeppers
#superhotpeppers
#hotpeppers
#superhotpeppers
Don't know if I ever posted a followup, but yes, we have a new Champion Strangler Fig.
January 8, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Don't know if I ever posted a followup, but yes, we have a new Champion Strangler Fig.
Triplaris americana is blooming now in the arboretum 🌴 🌱
January 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Triplaris americana is blooming now in the arboretum 🌴 🌱
Orchids in one of the garden holiday displays
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Some after-closing light photos added as well..
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Some after-closing light photos added as well..
December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Orchids in one of the garden holiday displays
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Some after-closing light photos added as well..
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Some after-closing light photos added as well..
Today's mini pepper harvest 🌶️ 🌱
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today's mini pepper harvest 🌶️ 🌱
This is a terrible rule.
December 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is a terrible rule.
December 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Bilbergia amoena flowers 🌴 🌱
December 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Bilbergia amoena flowers 🌴 🌱
Just an old Cuisinart mini-prep. I hit it with grind then chop and it seems to do pretty well.
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just an old Cuisinart mini-prep. I hit it with grind then chop and it seems to do pretty well.
I finally finished dehydrating these peppers today. I started last Saturday. Some of the thick walled baccatum crosses took forever to dry. The dark ones I smoked with apple wood before dehydrating. Next they go into the grinder tomorrow. 🌶️ 🌱
December 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I finally finished dehydrating these peppers today. I started last Saturday. Some of the thick walled baccatum crosses took forever to dry. The dark ones I smoked with apple wood before dehydrating. Next they go into the grinder tomorrow. 🌶️ 🌱
They bring in bee hives at flowering time to promote cross pollination.
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
They bring in bee hives at flowering time to promote cross pollination.
In the Coleus example they grow from seed every year selecting the best 100 or so varieties from several thousand. They reproduce the plants asexually (micro-propagation) for each year's crop.
They then collect seed at the end of the season for the next year's crop.
They then collect seed at the end of the season for the next year's crop.
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In the Coleus example they grow from seed every year selecting the best 100 or so varieties from several thousand. They reproduce the plants asexually (micro-propagation) for each year's crop.
They then collect seed at the end of the season for the next year's crop.
They then collect seed at the end of the season for the next year's crop.