Please note Exotica Tropicals will be selling tropical plants at the Orchid Show at Kiwanis Island Park in Merrit Island Friday, Saturday and Sunday This Week (May 3-5 2013) The nursery location will be closed during the show.
All the plants at the nursery are really looking good with the recent hot and wet weather- Heliconia and Gingers are pushing out lots of new shoots and many plants are flowering- its the perfect time of year for jungle gardening!
This Week’s Hours:
Wednesday : OPEN 9:30 am to 1:30 pm
Thursday : OPEN 9:30 am to 1:30 pm
Friday : Platinum Coast Orchid Society Plant Show Merrit Island (nursery location closed)
Saturday: Platinum Coast Orchid Society Plant Show Merrit Island (nursery location closed)
Sunday: Platinum Coast Orchid Society Plant Show Merrit Island (nursery location closed)
Some more new photos:
Xanthosoma jacquinii lineatum (Crested Elephant Ear)
Philodendron “McColleys Finale” – Red Philodendron
Giant Black Anthurium (Anthurium watermaliense) Also shown: Alocasia “Mayan Mask”
Unusual Climbing Philodendrons: Philodenron pedatum and “Ace of Spades”
Cordyline (Ti Plant) “Bryan’s Diamond”
Alocasia “Stingray” – unusual leaves resemble a stingray in shape
Xanthosoma Violaceum (Blue Taro) Large Leaves with Blueish-Purple Stems
Philodendron Subincisum – A large leaf climber – great for indoors or out
Cordyline “Neapolatin Ice Cream”
Heliconia “Sharonii” (purple undersides to leaves, upright claw flowers)
Collector Cordylines (unusual Ti plants) – Picasso, Neopolatin, Schubertii, Pink Magic, Hilo Rainbow, etc
“Pink Magic”:
“Exotica”:
“Cocktail Ti Plant” (mix of varieties in same pot)
New! - Black Stem Alocasia
New! – Rare Thai BLACK Banana
Sausage Trees in 3 gallon Pots
- Hanging Fruits of The Sausage Tree
Brunfelsia manaca (Fragrant Flowers)
- Brunfelsia Manaca Showing Off Fragrant Flowers
RED Shrimp Plants
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys “Brazilian Cloak”
Heliconia “Pedro Ortiz”
Heliconia Latispatha “Distans”
Costus “Red Buttons”
Cordyline “Cameroon” (Ti Plant)
More plants currently in stock:
Michelia Champaca (Very Fragrant Tree with Orange Flower) Golden Champak / Magnolia Champaca
Tabernaemontana Crassa (gets giant glossy leaves and clusters of big very fragrant white flowers) 1 left
Variegated Pandanus (spineless screwpine)
Big Leafed- Alocasias: Calidora, Portora, Borneo Giant, Stingray
*Leafless* Bird Of Paradise (Strelitzia juncea)
Heliconia Collinsiana, Rostrata, Stricta “Iris Bannochie”, Oriole Orange, Latispatha “Distans”, Golden Torch, Episcopalis (NEW)
Xanthosoma Violaceum (Blue Taro)
Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma “Ginny” or “Mini Monstera”
Buccaneer Palm (Pseudophoenix sargentii)
Orange Plume (Justicia ‘Sidicarlo’)
Yellow Plume (Justicia Aurea)
New Collector Cordylines (Ti Plants) Kiwi, Lemon-Lime, Cameroon etc
Panama Queen (Aphelandra sinclairiana)
Black Batflowers
Anthurium Watermeliense and Faustino’s Giant
and a bunch more interesting stuff 