yay! Congrats! but DONT TOUCH IT!!!! I learned that lesson, and got yelled at by Karyn, lol. yuo can look, but don't touch! Hopefully in about 4 weeks you'll have blooms!
Crossin my fingers for ya that they make it! ANd you KNOW you have to show pix when they open! Congrats again :)

Awe how wonderful! So happy for you!
Looking forward to her bloom!
We are not nuts, just excited! :)
Susan

Very cool and I know you're excited! For some reason when I saw the title of this I thought we were all gonna post baby pics of ourselves...

CONGRATS!!! This is one of my favorites. Sometimes I hate when I notice those little buds because I have to look every day and I get impatient for them to open.
Shawn

I Love Baby Pictures!!!
I think your family and friends are nut. LOL
Who would not get excited over those babies!
Dorothy

WOOHOO!!! Hope that baby holds!!! Congrats.. DH at least Humors me LOL
Kylie

Yippee Skippy!!!...That's SO awesome!!...Keep us updated, will ya??

knotz

Argh!!! Talk about jinxing myself... I got home from work today and my NOL had been blown over on top of a barrel cactus. She's a little shredded but hopefully the worst of the damage was to the lower foliage. The buds looked ok, guess I'll know by tomorrow. Might be time to repot her in a larger one.

Congrats that they still are there after the wind knocked it over.

Lucy

Ryan, your babies look fantastic. Perhaps in a few weeks you have have a wonderful birthing. ha ha. I'm anxious to see photos of New Orlean Lady's flowers. Good luck in getting her to flower.

Daniella, good to know not to touch them ha ha. I could just see me touching them and moving them around to get a decent photo.

~Tj~

Ryan

You're going to love 'NOL' when she's in full bloom! And she smells great! Congrats!

Mike

I don't think you should repot her till after she blooms Ryan, she may react and drop her buds. Glad they held on thru 'the cactus incident' lol. What you could do, is put some rocks in the bottom of a larger pot, place NOL's pot inside the larger pot, and then maybe stick some rocks or soil or something, anything really since its just temporarily there, around the outside of the inside pot, to help NOL's pot stand str8. Just for now, to help keep her weighted down. Then after she blooms repot her into a heavier pot. Nice heavy ceramic one maybe, as long as it has holes of course.

I agree with not messing with it while the buds are forming. Tie it to the fence instead until you get to see the first flowers, lol. Great pic by the way. Reminded I have a new pic of the grand baby I need to download and post. He is getting so big!

Well, sure enough, the buds didn't survive the cactus incident. And just to be sure they didn't have a chance, mother nature threw in a freak hail storm this morning, and on top of that we're expecting freezing temps by Tuesday. Always nice to go from mid-80's to freezing so quickly.

Guess I'll have to wait for the next round of buds. But I think I'll take advantage of the extra time to get the repotting done. I'll probably stick to lightweight, light colored plastic pots. They tend to reflect heat better and keep the roots cooler in our 110 degree summer months. And they're easier for me to carry them around to follow the afternoon shade.

Ryan

O no, I'm sorry. That truely sux. Well, we'll be waiting for that next set..and hopefully they will get to open!
I can sympathize with you, last year I had so many buds drop from hard rains, wind, and some for no reason at all, lol. Such a bummer when that happens.
We had really weird weather like that here in the fall. Crazy $h!t!!

Ryan sorry that you have to miss out for NOW on getting some blooms. Trust me. We ALL go through this.

Lucy

My NOL has recovered from her run-in with the barrel cactus. While I lost the original first buds, she has put forth quite a new flush.
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WOO HOO!!!

that looks like it will be a very nice flush and I hope we get to see that also

Thanks for the update

Lucy

You got me to laugh out loud! Thanks for the fun of sharing your nuttiness - all too familiar! I think we all examine our plants' growing tips and get excited when we see the promise of a bloom. That was an extreme closeup!

After much anticipation the first flush for NOL has been quite a let down. Its quite pretty, but it stinks! Its a citrus-y fragrance, but more like the bitter pith than the sweet fruit. I'm hoping it'll grow into itself....

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Very nice Ryan! Should darken to a nice peachy color in a few days. You don't like the fragrance? That is what she is famous for, I can't believe you don't like it, lol.

Did you get my email with my info for the amaryllis co-op?
Shawn

Ryan, it sure is pretty!
Susan

I think she still needs to grow into herself. The smell was very bitter. I'm hoping the next few flowers will get sweeter.

The color was pure white this morning, and has started to get peachy by this evening.

yes, Shawn, I did get your info for the amaryllis. If you pop over to that forum, there should be a link to a spreadsheet where you can view your order and tentative total. Thanks so much for participating.

So pretty, Ryan! I wonder if it's the same smell as my Daydreams last summer. It stunk & didn't get any better with subsequent blooms!Not sure if it was just me.Fragrance reminded me of bitter honeydew rind.lol Oh well, sure looks good.

Theresa

Ryan there is a stinky brug I didnt think It was possible...Lol I hope she smells better for you..I like the tree form that is pretty...Have a great saturday....Barb

Congrats on your new blooms! Normally NOL has a great smell! However, smell is very variable from person to person. Some stuff that I love like for instance, pink jasmine, my dh says smells like cat pee LOL! He also hates the smell of a noid white that I have that has a lemony fragrance..he says that one smells like dish soap. We just have to agree to disagree sometimes :P

Its very pretty. I had one that the blooms smelled like bug spray to me the first year but last year they smelled good. Don't know what changed but I'm glad it did since that one blooms like crazy.

As most of you know, babies don't always smell like roses, but ya love 'em anyway!

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But they sure look pretty!

Very nice shape also.

Lucy