TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Planting blueberries on mass
by happypalms- 2 replies
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I work in the horticulture industry on a blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and macadamia farm 200 acres all up. So my scale to economy for plants is some what a bit big if I grow a 100 palms of a certain variety it seems rather small to me. The blueberries are done from cuttings in the nursery they are easy to strike just like any other plant cuttings grown on and then planted out. There is ten thousand in this group of plants in containers. A lot of labour goes into development and is not cheap dollars in the hundreds of thousands are spent on development. These ones will also have hot house tunnels built over them adding even more cost to their setup. The medium is a cou…
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Huge musa Basjoo in central Connecticut
by Colin1110082- 0 replies
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This is a huge banana clump I drove by while visiting family near Hartford area. There is a cage around the bottom so I am assuming this is how it’s protected.
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Sobralia rodgersiana
by Darold Petty- 13 replies
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I recently acquired a large specimen and plan to install it in a very prominent location in my garden. The orchid is potted in sphagnum moss, in a 12x10 inch pot, with 15 canes about 74 inches tall. I plan to install it above ground, with the bottom of the pot removed and with irrigation once per week. After digging a hole below the pot location what sort of mixture should I use for the re-filled hole and the pot sleeve ? The 100% moss seems wrong, and I wish to have a mix more water retentive, and also more "transitional" to the adjacent soil. Thanks for any comments !
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A few Dioon spinolosum in the garden
by happypalms- 18 replies
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Another wonderful plant to have in the garden the Dioon spinolosum. Easy to grow very predictable in growth. I have a couple in deep shade that don’t seem to worry about it to much. They seem to prefer bright shade in my climate. There’s about 30 growing in the garden of various sizes all around 20 years old. And I still plant them around the garden with a few lying around the greenhouse just waiting there turn to get planted. With a bit of size there quite a statement in the garden.
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Wild Coffee Psychotria nervosa Hardiness?
by NC_Palms- 1 follower
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Hi all, Does anyone have experience with growing wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) and how it handles freezes? I have a specimen I bought a few years ago in Florida and I keep hearing various information on cold hardiness. If it can handle 9a/8b winters, I was considering planting it as a die back perennial here
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One of the things I look forward to this time of year is the new flushes of growth and cones from my Cycads. It is so amazing to see the lettuce soft new growth emerge from such a spikey formidable plant. I've been REAL into Cycads lately and many of the seedlings I just recently purchased are starting to flush as well. So lets see what Cycads are flushing or coning for you. Sorry about the lighting on my pics but we had the heavy duty May gray socked in today. Here is my Lepidozamia Hopei with a 2 leaf mini flush. Stevo
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Agave Vilmoriniana
by Cannonball- 2 replies
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A spectacular inflorescence on this currently.
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Rare Cerotazamia sp Toman
by happypalms- 2 replies
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Another mail order this time some super rare cerotazamia sp Toman. I know absolutely nothing about the species except it’s rare and if it’s rare then i definitely want it. I think I might have to do some research on this on. They will definitely be going into a group planting in the garden.
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Bromeliads
by happypalms- 1 follower
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Love em or dislike them. Every gardener has their own opinion of them. I find there great for creating humidity if planted around a specific variety of palm that requires humidity in my dry summer climate. But I like them.
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Unusual Erythrina
by popper1- 5 replies
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This is blooming for me for the first time-the white flowered variety of Erythrina crista-galli
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Alright so amazing news with the blue javas! Earlier this week, I noticed that a new leaf was probably half to three quarters of the size of the previous leaves, so I was watching for the next leaf very very closely and sure enough, we’ve got a flag! Here is a pic of said flag: Now, it is September, so this creates an issue. It’ll probably take the ~2 month time before frost threats begin for the flower to develop, and the entire winter into spring for the bananas themselves. I’ve got to figure out a way to protect this plant to its entirety, and I’m really not sure what to do at this point. In all, this clump is likely in the order of 12-14 feet tall t…
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Planted a cyathea cooperi
by happypalms- 0 replies
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I grew this one from spore I collected. So easy to grow just add water. They make a wonderful canopy if planted on mass. A tough variety of tree fern for any tropical looking garden or in a courtyard with its thin stem fitting into a nice corner.
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Zone pushing in the opposite direction
by happypalms- 7 replies
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When you think of zone pushing one often thinks of tropical plants in the cool climates. Well this little Pimelia Nivea is from cold Tasmania growing in a subtropical climate with very hot summers. So anything is possible you just gotta try oh and be able to obtain such plants to start with is half the battle besides zone pushing.
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Agave help 1 2
by Colin1110082- 52 replies
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Hello, I want to buy an agave that is hardy to at least 5B and I want it to be somewhat moisture tolerant because we get a lot of rain and especially slush in the winter. I’ll still protect it by putting a box over it during precipitation in the winter but I would at least like a more moisture tolerant species than the average agave. For the first years of its life it will be potted in my house as a decoration. I’ve heard agave parryi neomexicana is a good choice. Any opinions? Thanks
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Can bananas be... shortened?
by Palmlex- 10 replies
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Hey everyone, So i'm having a bit of a weird question, but first a bit of back story. Last year I've had a Musa Sikkimensis in the ground during the summer, that i then brought inside for the winter, since I'm in zone 7. I then brought it back outside for the warm season and it became a beauty, with the new leaves reaching around 12ft in height. Well, here comes the problem. I'd like to bring it back inside this winter, but my ceilings don't go that high anymore. Is there any chance that I could cut the banana's trunk say halfway and have it survive and put out leaves from the height of the cut? I know they grow from a bulbous base, so I'm holding some hope.
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A lovely Australian vine from from Fraser Island a sand island. It’s performing well in my sandy soil. It’s about three years old and flowering more and more each season. A great Australian plant.
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Collected some wild macrozamia Fawcetti seeds
by happypalms- 0 replies
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I live on a hundred acre community with 50 acres in common that is bush land. Upon which grows the Fawcetti wild I found this one in cone last year. Checking it today they were ready to pick. Looking at them I think I have 8 mature seeds a nice little find. I will let them ripen then sow them. There where two plants about ten meters apart a male and a female.
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Cycas Thesaurii Germination
by Django Blu- 1 reply
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I have approx. 50 seeds which have been cleaned and tested by floating or sinking, does anybody have any tips to aid germination.
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Transplanting Ceiba speciosa
by ahosey01- 4 replies
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I have a 14' tall Ceiba speciosa that has approximately a 6" thick trunk that has been in the ground for two years, and I need to move it. I can either a.) chainsaw it and buy a new one, or b.) transplant it. With most other trees, I wouldn't consider transplant. However, I heard from someone I trust that Ceiba transplant well. Anyone have any advice? Let me know, thanks!
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great example of the 3 growth phases of Pandanus utilis, Screw-Pine
by Eric in Orlando- 1 follower
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I saw this Pandanus utilis, Screw-Pine, growing a couple blocks from the beach in Jupiter, FL. On the far left are young, trunkless seedlings. On the far right is a trunking juvenile. At this stage it still has the colorful red spines. The leaves are still very long and the trunk has not branched. In the middle is a nice adult specimen. It has branched and the leaves are much shorter as is natural for a mature specimen. Pandanus utilis is native to Madagascar and is the most common pandan in central and south FL.
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ID Requests - Trip to Orlando & DisneyWorld 1 2
by iDesign- 1 follower
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On my recent trip to Disney World I was happy to realize I could identify a large percentage of the palms (unlike my trip several years ago). I tried not to hold my family up, but they did permit some picture-taking time in Animal Kingdom & Polynesian Resort ("Stacey looking at plants" was literally written on the schedule, lol). These are my "Lost and Found" plants, which I was hoping to get some identification on. I'll keep them in separate posts to help with matching comments to plant. --- Okay, first plant is a bamboo. An absolutely adorable clump I would love to add to my yard. But is this "Buddha Belly"? If so, I assume would grow to be a monste…
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A nice little orchid
by happypalms- 3 replies
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I wa# gifted this orchid 26 years ago. Just a single cane I placed it on the white cedar in my garden and it has never looked back growing and flowering year after year putting on a display next to the greenhouse..
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On my land I have a patch of only Australian plants. That are known for their unusual beautiful flowers used in the cut flower industry I sell them too. It’s been a great season for flowers.
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Australian Telopia shady lady white Waratah
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Planted this one around 2 years ago. A very unique unusual colour a white Waratah. Definitely looking forward to seeing this plant in 5 years time.
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Clivias are coming on
by happypalms- 5 replies
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The best sign of winter finishing is the clivias in the garden. I know when I see them it’s time to start gardening. These ones are Belgium hybrids they take about a year for the seeds to ripen. And they take a long time to germinate and begin to flower also slow as seedlings. Yellow seeds is an indication of yellow flowers and red seeds red flowers. They last about 2 weeks giving a wonderful spring display.
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