TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
11,329 topics in this forum
-
Plant I’d needed please
by happypalms- 0 replies
- 47 views
All I know about this plant is that it apparently grows out near Bourke, so this plant is from the back of Bourke as they say! But I have no idea about it!
-
-
A nice little tropical island in the bush
by happypalms- 0 replies
- 30 views
Created this little island oasis in the middle of the bush on a tree stump. I just chuckled em in there nothing special just time was all that was needed, left untouched!
-
Nice little puya planted
by happypalms- 0 replies
- 50 views
A new plant in the collection. And the easiest way to grow something that’s new is plant it in the ground.
-
Planting a couple of cycas species
by happypalms- 2 replies
- 61 views
A hot dry spot is just what these cycas species will be living in. A 28 year old Ferox that has lived its whole life in the container finally got freedom today. And a nice cycas media just for good measure. And dioon spinolosum just for some fun.
-
Ice Cream Banana What To Do
by SCVpalmenthusiast- 5 replies
- 98 views
Hey folks, Got this ice cream banana about 1.5 months ago. It was delivered during a terrible santa ana winds episode. Once it was planted it lost all the banana leaves. First planted A week later Now recovering My question is should I cut the other two stalks? Should I fertilize? The nights here are still in the low 50s here. It receives daily water through sprinklers and we’ve had a few drizzle days this week. I hear coffee grounds help push new growth. Should I try that?
-
Plumeria early blooms
by aztropic- 14 replies
- 323 views
Due to our unusually warm Arizona winter, my plumeria trees are already blooming. 🤯 Unfortunately, it seems to have had the opposite effect on our stone fruits which all appear to be giving up flowering entirely for this year...🤷♂️ aztropic Mesa, Arizona
-
- 5 followers
- 3.4k replies
- 394.8k views
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
-
Post your biggest mango trees
by bubba- 3 replies
- 90 views
These two side by side mango trees are the largest I have seen:
-
Sowing some rare rainforest seeds
by happypalms- 10 replies
- 315 views
Some unusual and rare species of rainforest trees. The Eleocarpus no one has managed to propagate seeds in cultivation, so that one will be interesting to give a go and if I can propagate them it will be a first. And iam sure they will be asking how I did that! Some nice looking seeds and unusual shapes and colour. Palm seeds are just as unique but for now rainforest seeds are a welcome change. It will be an interesting science project this one set to challenge my horticultural skills!
-
Some rare cycas scratchleyana seeds
by happypalms- 3 replies
- 83 views
A nice bag full of some scratchleyana seeds you don’t see very often. A beautiful understory cycas species from Papua New Guinea. Looking forward to growing a few of these ones!
-
(151x200).thumb.jpg.7e79a6bcef4c7ed705373f7e90ce6b6b.jpg)
Hints of Spring ..Part 2?..
by Silas_Sancona- 30 replies
- 1k views
Thanks to our ..winter not winter.. and the warm rains during September and early October here this year, one could say " spring ", in the yards at least, started right around Thanksgiving, last year. Now that actual Spring is less than a month away ( using the Meteorological rule, as always, of course ) what hadn't started flowering before the start of the year is proceeding through wave #2 of the early spring acts on stage at the moment, while wave #1 matures and starts going to seed. While a few are hanging on, majority of the " Fall Season " Zinnia are finally starting to fade out. While a basically dry and ..dare i say ..hot.. " winter " …
-
Plant id
by 96720- 1 follower
- 2 replies
- 100 views
Pretty blooms what is it?
-
Heliconia schiedeana cold tolerance
by Phoenikakias- 1 follower
- 3 replies
- 188 views
I keep a potted specimen all year round outdoors. Thing is that it keeps all stems green during winter up to mid summer, and as new growth pops up from the the rhizome, all stems of previous year, which had spent a winter, die back. But those one year old stems, until they die, have already stopped growing further in the preceding spring- and summer time. Thus blooming of those barely one year old stems seems impossible. So my question is, whether winter cold kills the stems internally, while leaves and external tissues remain fresh. And further, whether planting in the ground may help the plant to keep old stems alive after winter.
-
Star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito)
by aztropic- 1 reply
- 134 views
Another sub tropical fruit tree that seems to at least grow well under Phoenix Arizona desert conditions. Very pretty tree that maintains dark green foliage with strong copper colored undersides. Mine has flowered in the past, but has still to produce a single fruit. Maybe someday? 🤞 (This tree is already 15 years old, grown from seed from a star apple fruit I purchased on a Hawaiian vacation in 2010) aztropic Mesa, Arizona
-
Fernandoa magnifica
by Peter- 5 replies
- 170 views
Flowering now after taking a few years off
-
Bauhinias in bloom!
by Hillizard- 11 replies
- 288 views
My interior NorCal/Sacramento suburb garden: Bauhinia bloom bonanza this month. Keeps local hummingbirds well fed (B. candida and B. blakeana). That's a Butia yatay in the foreground.
-
- 7 followers
- 1.4k replies
- 109.1k views
I have always been fascinated with orchids, and I sort of assumed that orchid fascination was pretty common. I also used to think they were difficult to grow, at least in non-tropical climates, and so didn't bother with them, and again I assumed that this misconception was the reason more people don't grow them. So am I right? The reason I'm asking is that I've been experimenting with orchids for 4 or 5 years now and have gradaully realized that for a small lot in a less than perfect climate like Southern California, they are quite possibly the most rewarding group of plants to grow. They are also, in my opinion the ultimate palm companion plants...they grow be…
-
Wrightia antidysenterica
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
- 2 replies
- 164 views
This pretty plant is new to me. Anybody growing it? Non fragrant flowers are so pretty and I read that in full sun it should bloom all year and become a shrub or small tree. Any information appreciated as I have several to plant out. I love the interesting floral structure. The nursery selling them didn’t even have a common name but I’m pretty sure I figured out the Latin name. Many common names!
-
Jaboticaba
by aztropic- 13 replies
- 469 views
Even though planted in way too much shade, my jaboticaba tree manages to produce a small crop every year for a tropical treat in the desert. aztropic Mesa, Arizona
-
- 4 replies
- 158 views
Saw this specimen today on my way to pick up grandchildren from school:
-
- 2 followers
- 22 replies
- 2.3k views
Was just chatting with a Palmtalker about houseplants outside and thought I'd share my not-so-scientific results from this past winter. What I've been doing is to buy a "houseplant" I like and torture test it in the yard (in a somewhat protected spot) to see how it does. These two did great over the winter here which surprised me... The second one even made a bunch of babies. Thinking I might get more and use them as a groundcover in a shady area. The maidenhair fern went crispy initially, but seems to be making a recovery (TBD on that one). The philodendrons weren't quite as happy with our winter... The little ones died and the large…
-
Cycad Sex Change
by Gardner- 5 replies
- 238 views
Anybody know if there is any documented confirmation to the rumour a cycad can change its sex in certain circumstances?
-
Mystery Yucca?
by MAPalms- 1 follower
- 8 replies
- 1.1k views
Hi PalmTalk, I recently bought this yucca from Lowe’s thinking that it looked like yucca rostrata. I am now confused though because the picture on the tag shows a yucca rostrata and the name says yucca rigida. Any help is well appreciated.
-
Does Guava wood make good firewood?
by Tracy- 4 replies
- 186 views
I needed to do an extraction due to my Guava tree being planted adjacent to the house. It was trying to put roots under the house. I have some large branch pieces that didn't fit in my now full green recycling waste bins. I don't have a fireplace but am still curious since I have friends who do have fireplaces and firepits.
-
🍌 B a n a n a s 🍌 ba ba bananas 1 2
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
- 73 replies
- 2.3k views
Ok, while I wait for these seeds to maybe or maybe not sprout, and I wait for my friend to send the Dwarf Cavendish that @5am contributed to the John and Sancho East Mississippi Palm Conservatorium, I broke down and bought a nanner off of eBay. Flashback to when I bought a queen palm because they grow fast.... I bought a Mekong Giant, and supposedly these get huge and run wild. Anyway, I guess I'm gonna dig through here and Reddit and YouTube because bananas.org is a great source of knowledge but the website only works when it wants to. And when I Google things like, the best fertilizer (hoping to find something ideal for both bananas and palms), everyone who has an…
.thumb.png.04b3487b96ff29c55b8a8994b91f62b2.png)
-
Who's Online (See full list)
- Robert Cade Ross
- flplantguy
- dalmatiansoap
- Swolte
- Navarro
- Stefanus
- Than
- ZPalms
- Hu Palmeras
- ACE91
- quaman58
- Hjr
- Bill H2DB
- PlantMorePalms
- WaianaeCrider
- Cape Garrett
- alzo
- Really full garden
- 80s Kid
-
Upcoming Events
No upcoming events found -
Popular Topics This Week
-
