Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

I_have_spoken

This flower opened today on one of the plants I keep at the office, everyone is oohing and ahing! I have no idea what it is...

RAS

Hibiscus?...........

Davesnave

I_have_spoken wrote: »

This flower opened today on one of the plants I keep at the office, everyone is oohing and ahing! I have no idea what it is...

Probably in the hibiscus family.

Edit: Look at the timing on that! :rotfl:But RAS beat me.

I_have_spoken

Yep, hibiscus it is! Now I know how to care for it...all my other office plants are succulents so they're a lot more tolerant of me going on hols :cool2:

Alexelisey

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

my quail are laying.... but i have noticed, the run that i have taken the male out of as he was a bit of a bully, i am getting a load more eggs than the ones that have a male running with the hens, is it just a fluke or do you think there is something in it, or is just one of those things

I have come across this recently on the net, yes. They may well lay better without a male, due to less stress (as Rummer said) and also I understand they are randy little birds so the females may have more energy for egg laying rather than just having to run away all the time to avoid being mated.

So no, you're not losing the plot How many layers do you have?

lostinrates

I. LOVE hibiscus!

They remind me of my childhood. I bought a beautiful gold one last summer but, um........not so good with house plants. .

RAS

lostinrates wrote: »

not so good with house plants. .

I am good ........at killing them.

Davesnave

RAS wrote: »

I am good ........at killing them.

Outdoors we are good. :A

Indoors, just a fibrous begonia, an asparagus fern and Mother in Law's Tongue! :rotfl::rotfl:

The meeting went OK, although I was told yesterday wasn't really an emergency.

"It wasn't pouring out over the garden, was it?"

Apparently, that's an emergency. So now I know.

unhappy_shopper

I am sorry if I am being impertinent; I do lurk in this thread and find your conversations quite interesting :-)

I have spoken, the flower in the picture you have posted is a tropical hibiscus; the flower will last only a day :-( However, water it well and lots of flowers should appear soon. BTW, where/which garden centre did you purchase it from? I would like one too!

lostinrates

Whose responsibility is it to check the tanks? I know some people never do, but with a shared facility I think the situation to advice when it's nearing the three quarter mark, for example, so people can budget seems prudent.

I think particularly with last years weather impacting on so always in some cases, and shared ownership where not all might be sensible about use ( wrong products, zealous bleaching etc) you are a brave and I think people should suck it up if you death with a problem.


If they are huge and the tenant isn't long term and ll is saying the rarely need emptying then tenant might have good moral case to present for a partial contribution only. I'd be annoyed if my ll was talking about dodgy practise. I'd be thinking about what shortcuts were taken with electrics etc.