Orange Shrimp Plant

Hi,

This very pretty and striking plant has been the mystery in the garden for some years. My friend Coral gave me a lot of plants some years ago, when we redesigned the garden, and as it goes with busy collectors of plants she didn't know the name of this plant, suspecting that she and her friend probably liked it 'somewhere' and took a cutting.
Fortunatly one of our guests recently tracked down the name:
Its formal name is Aphelandra Sinclairinia or Coral Aphelandra and its
common name is Orange Shrimp Plant.
I love the name, it somehow it very fitting. Orange Shrimp Plant, is easily planted by taking cuttings and sticking them inot the wet ground beginning of the wet season. It starts flowering around June, this year in May and keeps going until the rains start. It is more a bush than a tree, and easliy maintained.
So, there. Mystery solved. Many thanks.

Ruhrpott Goodies

Hi, this is for the Germans, who understand Ruhrpott Talk. We received a parcel in the mail from 2 Fantastic visitors, who understood our love for Knoedel= Dumplings. Since we can make most things, even pasta, but have no luck with Knoedel, we love goodies send to us from Germany, which these 2 lovely people did. With this greeting on the card:
" ineifervonnetgefecht
habbichdichtrotzdemnichvergessen "
Schoen, nich !!!!!
Have a lovely day.
Marion