Karyn!

You must enlighten those of us who do not know what the abbreviations of the names mean!

I have created my own names:

NOL = Naughty Old Lady
DD = Doddering Drunkard
WM = Warty Mistress

Uh, don't mind me. . . .

-Ann

Karyn, Ewwww! Did any worms fall on you? LOL
NOL is pretty even when white! Your DD blooms have a beautiful shape too!

Theresa

Nice blooms Karyn. I find that NOL does stay white for several days in cooler weather, but usually does turn peach as she ages.
Why don't you get rid of that caterpillar tree? That would just make me sick.

Ann,
NOL = New Orleans Lady
DD=Daydreams
WM=Wretched Mess

Karyn , I can not make any comment why this is happening but to me they look very nice. What DD and WM stands for ? I think I know what NOL means...New Orleans Lady. Am I right?
Pat

Ann, LOL!!!!NOL & DD are short for New Orleans Lady & Day Dreams. :)

Theresa

LOL @ the abbreviations!!

Karyn, I think DD looks pretty like that, semi-colored.

I wonder whats up with your NOL?

My Phanomenal is still doing the same thing as your WM. As soon as her buds hit 4", they drop. I can sympathize with ya.

The cat thing is just gross, lol. A couple, OK..but massive amounts..noooo thank you! LOL!
I never noticed them on the catalpas around here before. Now you've got me curious, and I have to go look at the ones down the street tomorrow..see if there are any cats.
Catalpa is DH's fav tree..or at least one of them. He's brought home many seed pods for me to start for him...I never have. I tell him, we cant start a tree like that till he gets rid of all the mulberry trees in the yard, lol..and the giant maple tree we all hate.

The catalpa is just beautiful in bloom and it's the only shade tree we have. We didn't start getting infestations until about 5 years ago and some years we'd get 3 generations of cats. This year isn't bad at all compared to what we've had. Some years they've completely defoliated the tree several times in a season. Yes I've had caterpillars drop on my head and yes it's quite gross. Fishermen love catalpa worms. they are supposed to be one of the best baits. i let anyone in the neighborhood that wants them to come get them. There's a lot of trout fishing in this area. I love to fish but I couldn't put a caterpillar on a hook. I have a hard enough time killing an earth worm. lol

Karyn, sorry you are haven bad luck with WM, but
the Nol and DD are beautiful to me! :)
Susan

I can just say that you hopefully will get a NORMAL bloom.!!

whatch your step and your head.

:ivu

Karyn, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. I hope your blooms get more color and that they stay for you. They do look pretty though. A BIG yuck on the catapillars. You might not want to go near the tree without an umbrella or boots on. Lol.

Kim

Karyn, I am the same way, I have no prob putting worms or other things on the hook, or takin anything off the hook..but a caterpillar? eek! Too big and juicy. I dont think I will ever be able to do that, of course guys dont seem to have a prob with that tho, lol. Thats what hubbies are for!

Karyn, first two brugs are beautiful even if NOL is not coloring up, yet! Hope WM straightens up and gives you great blooms.

Ann, I like your sense of humor, lol!

I'm with Ann, I had no idea and would have to make something up. Good one! Those flowers are gorgeous anyway, even if they're not doing what you expected. That's my favorite form of double, too.
I love the Catalpa trees here, the blooms are like orchids in the spring. And the heartshaped leaves are beautiful. But I've never seen the worms - that's like Africa or something, don't step on them they could enter your feet and grow! EWWW!
Diane

Maybe they'll burrow into your brain through your ear like the thing that infected Scotty on Star Trek. Yes I'm dating myself. lol They're just kind of gross because of the numbers. It's one of the hornworms like the tomato and tobacco hornworms but these are black and yellow instead of green. It's a good thing these don't go for brugs or I wouldn't even have stumps left! Just picture hundreds of caterpillars like the one Lucy posted this morning. Egads!!!

OMG! I cannot go outside ever again!

Ears? Feet?

Karyn, that Star Trek scene still makes me quiver.

I like the white flowers, though not what you wanted:) very pretty

Changsong

Yippie! NOL is finally changing color. It's about time that it's produced some normal blooms. I'll upload pics after I get the kids off to school.

karyn They are very prettyful, lol what are the cat's for I mean what do they do? for the tree they are on ? what do the turn into?

cassie

Man Karyn lucky you that you added that you will post pictures after the school drop off ha ha ha

I was just going to remind you that we LOVE pictures and in your case...want to SEE the joy that NOL is changing color :-)

Oh and just skipping around...not sure what it is with the Star Trek and brain. But years ago a spider went inside my nieces ear and spun a web. Doc had to remove it after they found it. Ok I said no novels so I will not talk about the ear wicks that used to come into her bed because she had flower boxes on the windowsill outside. You know Germans always open their windows.

Lucy

Cassie those caterpillars are specific to Catalpa trees and they are destructive. I have another pic where they've completely defoliated one side of the tree and will post that after I drop Kyle off. If half the tree wasn't hanging over the deck it wouldn't bother me so much but there's loads of frass (caterpillar poop) raining down. At least it's fertilizing the plants but I have to hose off part of the deck several times a day. The only way to get rid of them would be to get rid of the tree and I don't want to do that so I complain. lol

Lonny had a suggestion. Freeze them ( the cats, not the poop lol! ) they make great fish bait.

Kim

No thanks. I don't want a freezer full of caterpillars. lol I posted in an earlier thread that I allow anyone in the neighborhood that wants them for bait to come and collect all they want.

Here's DD with color

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And NOL with color and a normal shape finally!!!

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Some variegated brug that should be in bloom soon. Maybe a Maya?

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The Catalpa worms have defoliated one side of the tree in a few days. At least I saw a number of cats that had parasitic wasp eggs on them.

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Beauty Berries took over a small garden.

An unknown hardy orchid

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A few misc blooms

Thats it karyn..from now on you will be called 'the cat lady' for feeding all the stray cats, lol. OMG that part of that tree is nekkid!
The brugs look awesome! I love how DD looks shimmery..is that just the flash, or is she kinda shiny? Mine has small buds, but I dont think I'll get to see her bloom this year.
NOL looks great too, as do all of your purdy flowers, as always! You never disappoint.

Hey! You got a new bathrobe! lol!!

The second set of pictures shows really nice color on the Brugs.
The orchid is a Spiranthes.

:( Lucy, I've gotta stay up all night now to keep the spiders from nesting in my ears.

-Ann

Thanks for the orchid ID Ann. Daniella I'd rather not have that dubious distinction. I found my cat (feline variety!) stalking one in the kitchen this morning, blech! Yep a new fuzzy pink bathrobe. It's either that or go outside naked at night to take pics. lol

LMAO Karyn!!!!
Did you let the kitty get the caterpillar? I cant seem to let my animals get and kill something when I see them stalking. I dont care if my cat kills something, as long as I don't see it happening. I don't mind getting the 'presents' of dead mice and moles in the doorway of the back porch now and then. It actually makes me smile to receive a gift from my baby. But I just cant watch it happen. He actually brought me a newborn squirrel last year..that was just sad.

I knew that was a new bathrobe! lol! Mine is fuzzy pink too. I love my bathrobe, but I need a new one too. It's not easy to find a good one.
LMAO, after all that talk about spiders and critters entering bodies one way or another..I agree..naked outside at night isnt good, LMAO

This reminds me of those pictures people take to sell their furniture or whatever on Craislist, but they forget that there's a mirror in the room, and also that they are naked.

I absolutely want to get a robe made of that ultra-soft fuzzy stuff, you know what I'm talking about?

Ann, I think I had gotten my fuzzy pink at CostCo around Xmas about 6 years ago..I was in love at first touch, lol. I havent been able to find one like it anywhere else.

Pix like that are funny!!! I think I've seen the one you are talking about..the guy was taking a pic of a dining room table? HAHA!!!! You'd think people would look at the pic better before posting!! LOL!

Always check your backgrounds!!! LOL!

Karyn almost missed the 2nd set of pictures with the gorgeous colored in blooms.

wow those cats are destructive :-(

The Orchid looks interresting...the little white blooms...is that all it does?

Ann sorry...I consider things like that 1:1.000.000 chances to happen to me so SLEEP will ya lol

Lucy

I agree with Ann the orchid is Spiranthes odorata, the white flowers spiral up the stalk and smell heavenly also called Ladies Tresses. I have one about to bloom right now the last one I had died as it got too dry they like it moist. Your brugs are beautiful I love the soft pink color of DD.

Oh now the colors! Be still my heart! Holding the flowers up like that it appears you're holding a bouquet. Sorry, gush gush, I'm just loving the photos! I too remember the Star Trek episode (I was in 5th or 6th grade I think when that came on) but the story of the spider making a web in someone's ear - Oh man, Double EWWWW!
Diane