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The Encephalartos laurentianus flush is progressing better for this time of year than normal. The mild weather has allowed the flush to emerge without wind and rain damage. Sometimes the portion of the leaves above the adjacent 6' block wall succumb to wind shear, but not yet at least on this flush.4 points
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I have found archies to be very good for making multiples and I use a more dense planting than my other crownshafts. They love water so planting in multiples can make it easier to keep them moist. We have a dry spring here and they will get pale if I dont add consistent irrigation for them to look good. Other than that they are easy to keep happy in my yard. My archi8es are currently kind of tall(25-30') cant get em in a pic unobstructed so pictures are. I looked back to 2011 a year after I planted my alexandre triple and then a pic from 2019 where they grew in a bit. Here is the pic a little over a year after planting from 3 gallons, they were quite fast. Note the whitish undersi8des of the leaves in morning sun, hard to see the whitish undersides today as little sun hits them at 30' tall with everything grown in.. second pic 2019 shows how they grew in in 8 years(in 2019) since planting. today they are much larger of course, trunks are over 20' clear and bases are swollen to 17-18" thick.2 points
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I have texted my buddy. That will be the next project.2 points
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Just had a lunch with my work mates. Very similar like this recipe just without carrots 😊🥂 White wine with sparkling water 50:50 as a beverage2 points
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I finally got my seeds, ordered on the 26-1-26, so I finally get them into my grubby little cultivation fingers today 15-4-26, not to bad considering customs and a lovely delay that they provided me with. But wait theres more to this story of 50 seeds, total cost of this project was wait for it $950 Australian dollars. The delay and the lovely bill from customs was $620 dollars. Three varieties of seeds where ordered and one lot of ten seeds was seized. It’s fun importing seeds and even more fun knowing how many will germinate from the 40 seeds I have left, if they do germinate they will be very exspensive little seedlings. That’s growing palms could have been worse I germinate all of the seeds and the rats get them. Luck of the Irish on this one!2 points
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Yep that’s the way it is, our bio security is for good reason, and I respect that reason!2 points
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Anchovies in the oven with olive oil , lemon juice, oreganum, salt n pepper, plus a layer on top of pomodorini slices.2 points
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I'm thinking it would be a fun surprise to find one under all that. All it takes is one stuck leaf base to start a storage trend. Ryan2 points
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Agree definitely not Schippia and most likely Coccothrinax sp based on the silver abaxial frond surfaces. As to species, I’ve got no clue when it comes to Coccothrinax sp especially at that size!2 points
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So @Than or @Phoenikakias or @gyuseppe or @dalmatiansoap any of you make lamb stew? Maybe share a recipe if you do. Or seafood! Anyone! Share recipes if you like!2 points
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Scott W, There is a huge amount of seed that is never harvested, or collected for germination here around Santa Barbara and Ventura. OK it takes awhile to find the mature trees that consistently deliver but Jubaea seed by the buckets goes to the squirrels . I collected Nikau palm seed in Ventura today and at least the squirrels leave it alone but again buckets of seed never get touched. Parajubaea Cocoides seed is also available although mature trees are fairly rare. I was wondering if Nikau seed are hard to get in Florida? Obviously Jubaea seed is imported and Parajubaea aren’t locally available . Is it the opinion of Florida growers to favor the hybrids or are growers there still trying to germinate cool climate palms at least in Northern Florida. We can get down to the low twenties and I grow these palms because they can handle a mild freeze. I also enjoy germinating difficult palm projects . Hope they outlive me.2 points
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Hey Richard, old habits die hard, this now is Allagoptera caudescens according to Kew. Tim2 points
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I am relatively certain that my friend purchased a Carpoxylon macrospermum at one of the Fairchild sales many years ago. I am not certain that he originally planted it in the front but he moves palms around. Although I have never seen leaves hang on Cm the way this specimen does, I have a sneaking suspicion that removal would reveal a crown shaft!2 points
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Burretiokentia would have entire leaves or much fatter leaflets at that stage. Looks like R glauca to me.2 points
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I can share photos of seeds on the plant of one that has gone more green as it has grown, Plants around this specimen, including the bananas which grow rapidly and are replaced with new stalks every year rub up against the trunk, which could be why it retains no red fuzzy tomenetum. There also was a Guava tree that had branches that would rub up against the trunk which I just removed. It grew fast and I was always having to trim back the branches growing into the adjacent plants. In one of your other posts you noted that your green and red forms flower at different times of year. This specimen seems to pop out a new inflorescence with each new leaf base that is lost, so it is almost continuously flowering. You can see it is still holding several old inflorescense with a flower spathe still unopened.2 points
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Here’s the recipe for the mushrooms: INGREDIENTS 1-2 pounds crimini mushrooms chopped; 1 large onion skinned and diced; 1-8 cloves of garlic peeled and grated; olive oil; 1-2pounds ripe tomatoes; salt pepper chopped basil and thyme to taste; 1 cup dry white or red wine. PROCEDURE Coat sauce pan with 1/4” of olive oil and sauté grated garlic till golden or brown; add mushrooms, tomatoes, and chopped onion; stir; add wine, salt pepper and thyme and or basil;simmer on low heat uncovered till liquid evaporates. Stuff face, along with cevapcici. Chase with some red wine. So @dalmatiansoap what do you have with cevapcici?2 points
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Lastly, and a bit off-topic, Randall told me several months ago that he was relocating some palms in his backyard so that he could make a tiki hut. I’m thinking of something like maybe an outdoor barbecue/ bar area, open air, with a thatched roof. Ah no.. His attention to detail was absolutely unbelievable. Beyond words, enjoy..2 points
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I chalk up their relative rarity to their slowness of growth. Finding larger specimens are almost impossible. But boy are they exquisite as they attain some size. The trunks are even more prone to bending than forsteriana, giving them a beautiful, graceful appearance. The umbrella shaped crown is just icing on the cake. I have one grown from seed about 18 years ago that is finally producing its own seed. Beautiful pictures!1 point
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This plant has now been taken down off ebay, which I think is probably for the best.1 point
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Congratulations are in order I hear your a chamaedorea adscendens Dad!1 point
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So a strap leaf seedling is actually visible in the May 2017 street view image as well, meaning this London Dacty must have survived the February 2018 freeze when it was very small, as well as the December 2022 freeze. So it would have been growing there at least 9 years now. I wouldn’t be surprised if it grew from a discarded date pip.1 point
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Next, the best Trachycarpus princeps I’ve ever seen. Interestingly, they won’t grow very well here near the coast. But a slam dunk in the dryer air where he lives. Followed by a canopy view with a Livistona decora poking its head out. As his canopy has expanded, what used to be impossible for him to grow, is no longer out of the question. Case in point, Becarriophoenix alfredii.1 point
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Yes water in winter is a tricky one, I made the mistake a warm day, oh great I can water I think only to get the coldest morning in winter the next day in my greenhouse. Plants slow down in winter and the metabolic rate is down. Along with Farouk temperatures. Winter watering I try to leave up to the rain. Minus 6 that’s too cold for my gardening style I admire your determination!1 point
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Wal this is what I know about cham.mac. watermelon . I saw a cham. mac. with seed on it 12 yrs.a go in a garden here on the big island no other cham. around that I could see. Being the seed pig that I am I collected as many seed as I could . Way to many anyway germinated them all, time moves on pot to 4 in. then to 1 gal. to many to keep putting in to 1 gal. so we put 3 in a 1 gal.. More time so we move them to 12 and 15 gal. NOW they are starting to show the markings . Some are still just starting to show at 12 yrs old. Here are some pic.I am starting to move them all some where not sure where so thats why it looks this way. This is just a few of what I have of these.1 point
