TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Zamia variegata/furfuracea hybrid
by Dan64- 3 replies
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At Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach. They have both next to each other in one part of the garden.
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Philodendron Bob Cee, Monstera borsigianum planted
by happypalms- 2 replies
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Adding a bit of colour throughout the garden with the monstera, and a nice bit of leaf texture and shape with the philodendron. Give them five years and they will be doing well in the eye candy tropical look!
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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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A good friend told me to take a look in the little forest next to the small stream. See for yourself 🤗
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Meryta balansae
by LJG- 1 follower
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I took this picture today of my three Meryta balansae. They are growing well and one is now branching. I hand pollinated them this year and ended up with seed. I have 90 plants growing up now I will eventually sell. This is a great plant from New Cal and does well in the SoCal and San Fran.
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🍌 B a n a n a s 🍌 ba ba bananas 1 2
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
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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…
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Colocasias
by JohnAndSancho- 28 replies
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I dunno if this is heaven or hell, I guess it depends on how you look at it. I paid like 20 or 25 bucks for a pot with a big one and 6 pups at Lowes not even a month ago, and I figured that the big one could be ok in its 3g pot and the pups would all be ok in 1g pots until spring when I can sell them. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA NOPE They're already throwing roots everywhere, despite the fact that they're all in transplant shock and dropping leaves like crazy. I was really hoping these would stay small enough to be shippable on the cheap. They're not even under good lights. I see why everyone has a love/hate rela…
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Aloidendron barberae ???
by Tracy- 20 replies
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I was looking for a post discussing Aloidendron (formerly Aloe) barberae as I have something I acquired as A barberae which isn't performing as expected. I'm successfully growing Aloidendron ramossisma, pilansii and the Hercules hybrid, but the one Aloidendron bought as A barbarae never seems to look good. I have moved it around the garden but can't find the right spot for it. I tried putting it where it got maximum heat reflected off my paver driveway, to spots with a little shade but the leaves always seem to brown tip. I have grown this one in a pot for about 3 years. I'm curious about other's experience with this species as compared to the other Aloidendron. I h…
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What kind of plant is this?
by Mazat- 3 replies
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We had already discovered these, but another gardener had cut them back too far ☹️ What are they?
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Winter holiday lights
by Silas_Sancona- 2 replies
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Some non electricity generated color as the …” winter “ holiday season reaches its peak here in the desert. I say winter sparingly because at least so far, weather here hasn’t been anything close to what one might expect during the shortest days of the calendar year … which are starting to lengthen as we speak ( when sunset occurs specifically ) thanks to the generous warm rains at the end of September and in early October, “ …and the “ warm enough “ weather ever since, warm season stuff, that should be done for the year, is still going. same rains also gave the spring flowering stuff I shouldn’t see flowering now a very early head start .. can’t remembe…
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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…
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Ensete Banana sulking?
by JohnAndSancho- 7 replies
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Any ideas on why this one isn't taking off like everyone else? Same soil, extra waterings, extra fertilizer - and I want to clarify, I'm not Over fertilizing this one, I'm actually under fertilizing everything else - but this one just hasn't taken off. It's not a whole lot bigger than it was when I got it. Just for comparison, this is a Blue Java that I bought a while after this one. Even the Blue Java that kept snapping leaves has recovered and is outpacing this guy (this is NOT that blue java) Any clues? Soil is coir/perlite/2 handfuls of compost. Mixed well, drains great. I've given it a sprinkle of Dr Earth with myco and watered re…
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I like to grow papayas as annuals every once in a while to fill in spaces quickly and provide large tropical foliage. I like to sprout them from seed in July or August. I keep them in pots over the winter, then plant the following spring. I planted four of them at a former home in zone 7a Oklahoma City some years ago. I got 13 pounds of green fruit though, because I ran out of time to ripen before our first freeze was coming. They were really nice looking plants, even without getting ripe fruit. It had been several years since I had grown any, so I sprouted a few seeds last summer. I planned to keep two to fill out a bed near my pool, but one suddenly died on me…
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A few cycads
by Dan64- 0 replies
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At Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach. Zamia variegata Encephalartos ferox Macrozamia mooreii Dioon spinulosum
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Mangoes at 43⁰N? Why not?
by gurugu- 1 follower
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There are half a dozen of pretty sized ones and a dozen of small ones. I think I'll leave them ripe on the tree. Not too much time left. They are getting red.
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Anthurium 'Mr. Wonky'
by metalfan- 1 reply
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I pollinated my one of my Anthurium besseae x magnificums with forgetii pollen. Out of the whole crop, I got ONE weird plant. And he really is weird. I named him 'Mr. Wonky'. His leaves are all weirdly shaped. His spadix is on an EXTREMELY short petiole and is fasciated All in all, just a strange guy
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My pineapple plant 1 2
by Oppido- 1 follower
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Hi, I have been growing some pineapple plants for a few years (since summer 2019), including the one I want to discuss in this thread, which I believe to be the Champaca variety. Originally, when I bought it in summer 2019, there was only the main plant that brought the fruit to maturity by October 2019 (note that when I bought it, the plant already had the fruit and simply grew it a little and then ripened it). More or less in November/December 2019, two seedlings were born from the root of the original plant and since then I have always had these two seedlings (note that when I say that I have these two seedlings left, I am referring to the container in which I had repo…
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Spending the day here before I fly home. Hardly any labels so if someone knows what they are, identify away. Cycads and some palms later, well one palm in this batch
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Zantadeschia anyone
by happypalms- 2 replies
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An interesting plant the calla lily, quite tough and a good choice for cold climates dying back each autumn and recovering for next summer!
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Plumeria rust/ plumeria care question
by Golden10- 4 replies
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Hello, I planted this plumeria in the ground early summer and it nearly tripled in size, got a fat trunk and bloomed, however after the early November frost this year I noticed the typical rust fungus that these get. which has affected almost all the leaves on the plant My question is, I would hate to lose the growth as you can see it has sprouted off 3 new branches and the base has gotten tenderly wider: should I remove the leaves and wait out through winter. Is it a goner? Should I prune at all and when should I prune? These are still new to me so any advice is much appreciated.
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Struggling philodendrons
by Christopher Dillman- 6 replies
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Planted these giant philodendrons three years ago on my slope, south facing Zone 10a coastal Encinitas. Once twice as big and green, now they've shrunk and remain in this stasis. They've been on a drip 2 days a week, 8 min ea day. Been adding gypsum, palm gain, happy frog soil conditioner periodically. Still in this stasis. Worth it to give them a good drench with the hose say twice a week? Even add some of these nutrients? Do I hit the reset button and start over with new Philos? TIA!
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Zamia integrifolia var. umbrosa
by Dan64- 3 replies
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Growing in a yard in Palm Beach County
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The old one got so long, I thought I'd start a new one! Anthurium regale today. I think I pollinated the spadix...it was snow white and turned purple overnight. If I did, first time for me on a regale pollination
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My little Anthurium babies are all grown up.
by metalfan- 3 replies
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Sowed seeds from a spontaneous pollination (ie bench cross) of my Anthurium villenaorum 3-4 years ago, now have 2 mature (blooming for the first time) kids
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Chrysophyllum imperiale
by Josue Diaz- 20 replies
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This was the first year I left my chrysophyllum imperiale outside in winter. It was previously inside an unheated greenhouse. Now it's out in the open on my driveway. It's 3 years old, no damage in 33F with light frost. Fresno, CA The dry parts on old leaves are from not properly acclimating it in summer, not from frost.
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