Lily Contest
 

We need a little competition in here that is actually POND related. ;)

So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1). There
will be 2 winners. 1 for whoever has the most lilies open and 1 to whoever
has the most different varieties (and can give their names) open. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

jan wrote and can give their names

Does white, pink, that one you gave me
last year count?

kathy ;-)
(the pathetic ponder)

That leaves me out for most of mine, as to me they are yellow, white
red, etc etc.....Last week however I had 68, 75, 86 blooms out at
once, with one yellow having 7 blooms........Yesterday i counted right
at 98 total blooms........I have a hard enough time remembering
peoples names....... I just poted about the tropicals I have but would
have to look ata the papers to see what they are named again except
for the Dauben.



On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:51:46 -0700, ~ janj JJsPond.us
wrote:

===We need a little competition in here that is actually POND related. ;)
===
===So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
===each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1). There
===will be 2 winners. 1 for whoever has the most lilies open and 1 to whoever
===has the most different varieties (and can give their names) open. ~ jan
===
=== ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


==============================================
Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
"The original frugal ponder"
~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o

Does white, pink, that one you gave me
last year count?
kathy ;-)

You'll be in the first contest. Number of blooms open.

(Shaking head, muttering, "I should have expected such a question from
K30." s) ;o) ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Roy, you are totally disqualified for owning a LAKE. ;-) I still expect you
to go count them all tomorrow and let us know what we should strive for....
someday. ~ jan

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:07:01 GMT, (Roy) wrote:

That leaves me out for most of mine, as to me they are yellow, white
red, etc etc.....Last week however I had 68, 75, 86 blooms out at
once, with one yellow having 7 blooms........Yesterday i counted right
at 98 total blooms........I have a hard enough time remembering
peoples names....... I just poted about the tropicals I have but would
have to look ata the papers to see what they are named again except
for the Dauben.



On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:51:46 -0700, ~ janj JJsPond.us
wrote:

===We need a little competition in here that is actually POND related. ;)
===
===So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
===each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1). There
===will be 2 winners. 1 for whoever has the most lilies open and 1 to whoever
===has the most different varieties (and can give their names) open. ~ jan
===
=== ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


==============================================
Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
"The original frugal ponder"
~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:51:46 -0700, ~ janj JJsPond.us
wrote:

We need a little competition in here that is actually POND related. ;)

So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1). There
will be 2 winners. 1 for whoever has the most lilies open and 1 to whoever
has the most different varieties (and can give their names) open. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


I've been helping out at a pond retailer. We have 11 ponds with lots
of blooms. Can I count there?


--
Charles

Does not play well with others.

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:20:02 GMT, Charles wrote:

I've been helping out at a pond retailer. We have 11 ponds with lots
of blooms. Can I count there?

You and Roy can compete against each other. How's that? ;o) ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:

We need a little competition in here that is actually POND related. ;)

So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1). There
will be 2 winners. 1 for whoever has the most lilies open and 1 to whoever
has the most different varieties (and can give their names) open. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~



When do I count the night bloomers?? They close up during the day!

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:

So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1)

This is a 2/3 acre "farm" pond; not particularly large by local standards.
For those with too much time on their hands, there are pictures in need of
updating on my personal page in the .sig.

And a word of explanation- several years ago, the hardy lilies and a couple
of lotus were neglected for a couple of seasons. As was life in general...
it doesn't need re-hashing at this point. Some of the plastic pails
cracked and the plants established themselves in the earth bottom; they
haven't spread enough to meet the definition of "weed," so I'm letting them
be for the time being. "Potted" means in a 3-gallon pail of the sort donut
filling, etc. comes in.
Right now, the first flush of blooms has passed; there were many more a
couple of weeks ago. The lilies have all been fed with Lilypons
"Lilytabs," and there should be more flowers soon.

Naturalized "Sumptuosa" 1'X8' bed: 2 blooms
3 potted "Sumptuosa" 2 blooms
6 potted "Fabiola" 6 blooms
Naturalized "Fabiola" 15' X 8' bed, 8 blooms
Yellow bog iris in the margins: 1 bloom (it's just finishing a nice show; I
got these from Lilypons some years ago, and they've spread to perhaps 8'
along the banks by a couple of feet wide).

Not blooming, but have earlier:
Joey Tomochik
Virginalis
These are not nearly as vigorous as "Fabiola," which at its peak has 4-5
blooms on each plant.

Unknown White Lotus (Lilypons sent as a replacement, promised to identify
when theirs bloomed, didn't). Has a bunch of aerial leaves; expecting
flower buds Real Soon Now.
Lotus "Mrs. Slocum" new this spring; growing well with several aerial
leaves; I'm hoping against hope.

Bonus: Walter the Koi was seen swimming under the bed of escaped "Fabiola"
lilies in the company of a bunch of teen-age bass. I only see hem when I'm
not looking for him..

And that's the news from Duanesburg, where the men are distinguished, the
women are good looking, and the children are grown, paid for, and moved
out.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Gary Woods wrote:

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:



So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1)



This is a 2/3 acre "farm" pond; not particularly large by local standards.
For those with too much time on their hands, there are pictures in need of
updating on my personal page in the .sig.


(snip)

Jan may decide to disqualify you along with Roy for lakeness, but thanks
for the pix. "No vampires", indeed!

Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G


And for the rest of y'all let me just say, "JPEGS! We want jpegs!" ;-)

Dale
(near Austin, TX. 150 gallons, 18 "feeder" goldfish, 1 elephant ear
"rescued" from the river)
http://www.thehungersite.com/

Gary Woods wrote:

Some of the plastic pails
cracked and the plants established themselves in the earth bottom; they
haven't spread enough to meet the definition of "weed," so I'm letting

LOL. A weed is defined as any plant that's in a place where you don't want
it. As long as you're happy with lilies & lotuses, I guess they're not
weeds! :-)

Lotus "Mrs. Slocum" new this spring; growing well with several aerial
leaves; I'm hoping against hope.

That's tough as nails, and I don't think it's a forlorn hope.

And that's the news from Duanesburg, where the men are distinguished, the

Distinguished by what, one might ask?

--
derek

Went out to the bog, no lilies blooming.
Went over to the pond, ONE lily blooming.
Pink. ;-)

Lily, the turtle, was in her Command Post, where
she keeps watch on the pond. Saw me, jumped (well,
a turtle type 'jump') in the water and swam right on
over. FEED ME!

I suspect Lily ate all other available lily blooms for
today. That's my story and I'm sticking to it...

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ bladderwort

Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

7 Varieties, 8 blooms.

Gloriosa
Splendida (2)
Peaches & Creme
Black Princess
Gyspy
Hollandia
Panana Pacific (opened under the surface, what's with that?)

~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Under LARGE ponds, competing with Roy, Gary claims:

This is a 2/3 acre "farm" pond;

Sumptuosa 4 blooms
Fabiola 14 blooms

Total - 18 blooming (did I get that right?)

Night bloomers, count if open last night/this morning. ~ jan
~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

"kathy" wrote in message
oups.com...

Went out to the bog, no lilies blooming.
Went over to the pond, ONE lily blooming.
Pink. ;-)

That's all I have so far, one pink flower :-(
Still, the other two lilies are pushing up buds and there are more on the
original.

There's nothing doing with my dwarf tropical in the half barrel. It's still
growing, but 'cos I had it in the freshwater tank and cut the floating pads,
it just grows buds on the floor of it's pot :-)

Peter

Awe how cute. I love turtles.

About a month ago I was *really* jazzed, we had a female Spotted Turtle
in the yard! This is our little visitor. I guess I can expect to see
her for years to come.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95599065@N00/22806188/

We named her Daisy. Spotted Turtle seemed so impersonal. ;-)

On first viewing turtles can seem rather
more like moveable boxes than adorable
critters but they really do have personalities
and Lily is now the undisputed Queen of the Pond.

(We're not sure where Her Royal Highness The
Lady Bullfrog went but she will be standoffish for
months at a time..... I think I'm seeing a trend start
here with the royality names. I suppose the koi could
be court jesters and the goldfish the serfs.)

You can find a picture of Lily archived in the blog.

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ bladderwort

Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

I feel a bit left out. Can I use my friend's pond? I'll only use the
one with the goldies in it. Otherwise, I'm thinking that his 14 ponds
would be a shoe-in for blooms. ;-)

Lilly

I feel a bit left out. Can I use my friend's pond? I'll only use the
one with the goldies in it. Otherwise, I'm thinking that his 14 ponds
would be a shoe-in for blooms. ;-)
Lilly

14 ponds get categorized under lake. ;) Looks like we'll have to try this
contest on a weekend when more RPers have time to go check out their ponds.
So Saturday (7/16th) at high noon, the 2nd Lily contest begins! ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:51:46 -0700, ~ janj JJsPond.us
wrote:

We need a little competition in here that is actually POND related. ;)

So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1). There
will be 2 winners. 1 for whoever has the most lilies open and 1 to whoever
has the most different varieties (and can give their names) open. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


So I had three blooms on marliac chromatella. One of the blooms was
rather ratty, on it's last day.


--
Charles

Does not play well with others.

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:
We need a little competition in here that is actually POND related. ;)

So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and
count each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than
1). There will be 2 winners. 1 for whoever has the most lilies open
and 1 to whoever has the most different varieties (and can give their
names) open. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Let me count........................ grand total: NONE but we did
have one a couple of days ago... honest

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:
We need a little competition in here that is actually POND related. ;)

So, tomorrow morning after the lilies open, you are to go out and count
each one and supply the name and how many blooms (if more than 1). There
will be 2 winners. 1 for whoever has the most lilies open and 1 to whoever
has the most different varieties (and can give their names) open. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Can I count floating heart, or only true _Nymphaea_? ;-)
For some reason, my lilies are sulking. Probably need fertilizing, and
less current.....

-- Kizhe

In yesterday's contest it looks like Gary won for total blooms in the Lake
division and ~ jan won most varieties in the pond (under 5,000 gallons)
division.

3 days to next contest, so go out and inform your lilies. Have a discussion
with them! A serious discussion! ;) ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

2 more days to talk to your lilies. :o) ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

I had 91 today, and that was just the white ones. 11 red or pinks and
14 yellows.

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:14:30 -0700, ~ janj JJsPond.us
wrote:

===2 more days to talk to your lilies. :o) ~ jan
===
=== ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


==============================================
Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
"The original frugal ponder"
~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:47:20 GMT, (Roy) wrote:

I had 91 today, and that was just the white ones. 11 red or pinks and
14 yellows.

wow! ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Tomorrow's the BIG day! And a 1, and a 2, and a 3...... ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

This is it, go out and count your lilies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

From JJ's Ponds:

9 blooms, 6 varieties

Gloriosa (3)
Black Princess
Panama Pacific (2)
Hollandia
Splendida
Chromatilla


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:

This is it, go out and count your lilies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


Um... I have 8. 7 white with yellow centers, and 1 red (deep pink) one.
W. Dale

Um... I have 8. 7 white with yellow centers, and 1 red (deep pink) one.
W. Dale

I guess only you and I wanted to play the cyber game. :( ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:

I guess only you and I wanted to play the cyber game. :( ~ jan

I was up too late to do a good count, and had too much else to do. About
the same as last time, though Mrs. Slocum's bigger bud is getting pink.
Probably will open while I'm away..


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Today, Sunday, I have three blossoms, white and
two Attraction.
The water lettuce have taken over and are holding
the water hyacinths hostage. There will be one
water hyacinth surrounded by water lettuce. The
hyacinth will grow really tall to get their share of
the sun.
And I've got hornwort growing like crazy. All this
came from one sprog that came in on a plant.

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ the rat-tail maggot!


Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

"kathy" wrote in message
oups.com...
Today, Sunday, I have three blossoms, white and
two Attraction.

one pink, one white, and one pink.
This from three plants in two ponds.

Don't know whats happening with the half barrel lily, as the barrel is still
smelly with grey water :-(

Peter