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Chamaedorea rhizomatosa and a Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana.
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That’s a good sign then, they seem to take their time. And most definitely heat mats in your climate.3 points
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San Antonio Botanical Garden This last one is Encephalartos inopinus not heenanii
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The small understory dypsis palms are just so beautiful. They just fit perfectly in the garden. Dypsis minuta dypsis minuta dysis sp dypsis dypsis forcifolia dypsis lantzeana Dypsis minuta dypsis poiveana dypsis mirabilis dypsis lantzeana dypsis poiveana dypsis poiveana
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The lanceolata are quite fast growing and tough palms and the basilonga is one fantastic example of the palms from Madagascar. And the small understory ones are just the icing on the cake. Richard2 points
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I had my ones on a heat mat for about 3 days then took them off the heat. This was during our hot summer so I had good warm days for the seeds. Pot your decipiens seeds up after they get a bit of root about 1cm long. For the baggy method. Macrocarpa are easy just a community pot will work fine with the propagation mix of your choice, even potting mix will do. Place a plastic bag over the container, then place in a warm spot. They take a while 4 to six months. And red is the colour you want to pick them at. Richard2 points
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Nice bit of colour from the lanonia dasyantha!
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Chamaedorea Radicalis might be common but they make a statement!
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I'm so gutted I actually came here to vent. It's May and it should be lovely but apparently we're having the coldest May of the last 70 years and rn temperature outside is 38 F! Forecast had predicted 47F and stupidly i believed it. My Kigelia has just produced some new leaves after winter dormancy and I'm afraid they will be ruined. Same with my hibiscus schizopetalus. Also yesterday I planted 100 vetiver plants in the ground and I'm now worried I lost my money... Worse still tonight is expected to be even colder! I can't believe I'll have to use fleece again in May 🤬2 points
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Such a beautiful palm and after the rain you can see the glee in them Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana!
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A touch more colour from Mother Nature at her finest!
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Oops. Forgot to add pics. Fruit on a quarter for scale.
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I'm still awaiting my first summer here. Yikes. Also, I have to deal with the dreaded hoa situation. Still, a happy adonidia triple and a covert dwarf maypan in the backyard are all I need. Excuse me, sir, is that a coconut palm on your property? No sir, that's.... Uhhh.... A beccariophoenix alfredii Mr. Hoa Guy.2 points
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This is an incredible platform that truly unites all of us crazies around the world. I know you miss your San Diego paradise but am very happy that you have continued palmy life in sunny Florida (and humid)!2 points
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They wander around and as you walk around the garden you come across them, they just look at you and go back to eating. Not worried about you at all. I don’t have dogs so that’s one reason why they are in the garden they feel safe. You get to give them names and you recognise them as to who is who by name. The last Joey we discovered the other day we called rosea after the dypsis rosea! Richard2 points
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Here’s my smallest one just slowly truckin along. Planted as a 1G about 4 yrs ago. Definitely getting more size in the trunk area. Hopefully it’s past the slow infant stage these things experience. -dale
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Hi there, looking out of one of the living room's windows... All the best from Okinawa - Lars
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Hard to say especially with the possibility of hybrids, but a good trait to narrow down possibilities is checking for lepidia on the underside of fronds. If there’s none, it’s likely P hillebrandii (or a hybrid with dominant traits). If there’s even some scattered lepidia it’s something else and nearly impossible to guess without fully developed inflorescences or fruit. For what it’s worth I don’t see any obvious traits that rule out P hillebrandii from the photos. Maybe the fronds could be a tad flatter than typical but I think there’s a bit of variability.1 point
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Man how do you guys get the leaf baes off on these? Mine are hanging on for dear life on my Hillebrandii.Thought they would eventually pull off.1 point
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Here is the pic he sent yesterday . He is leaving for Japan in a few days . He only lives a few blocks away on my hill so I have easy access to copious amounts of seed from his “Watermellon” Macrocarpa . Harry There are two of these infrutescens . I may go down there and see for myself but he is busy getting ready for his trip and they will be gone for a while . I have access to the yard but he offered to bring them up to me. Are these hard to germinate? I have heard they , like Decipiens , take a while. Harry
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On the Decipiens , I have tried a few methods for germination with only one method that appears to have worked for me . The ones in the ground have not sprouted , nor the ones in the seed container method . I put some in a baggy with dry-ish soil ( slightly damp ) , placed on top of the water heater for 2 months and nothing . Then placed the baggy on my work bench next to my drill press . It’s been at least a month or so , and it looks like some sprouting is happening ! The soil is still damp but not wet and I don’t want to disturb the process just yet . I put maybe half a dozen in the bag and I’m pretty sure at least two are germinating , They are certainly very slow to pop up . This is the first time I’ve used the baggy method with any success . @happypalms , when do I pull them out from the bag to pot up? Not sure what to do next , wait a while until I see roots ? At this point I just see a greenish white node popping out of the seeds I see through the baggy. I handle very lightly so as not to disturb the process. On another note , I have a friend who has a ton of Chambeyronia Macrcarpa seeds and after about 2 year they are red . He offered me some and I accepted . I told him if they pull of easily or fall , they should be ready . Any advice on Chambey germination? Harry1 point
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Oh, dear Than 🤗, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the weather changes soon and returns to normal seasonal temperatures. Which weather station near you gives a good idea of what the weather's like where you are? I'd be really interested to know—and how are you doing otherwise ?1 point
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We all get them leaves of various sizes and shapes from our palms. And what to do with them can be gardening maintenance schedule. The best thing to do with them is cut them up and use them as mulch, creating the microclimate of a rainforest floor with layers of mulch, making the perfect habitat for palms.
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Wow - so lush and verdant! It's remarkable how much frost Juania can take considering it must never see sub-zero temperatures in its natural habitat.1 point
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One I didn’t cover last time at JF garden. Quercus acutissima.
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Quercus germana at John Fairey Garden
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Another Mexican species, Quercus germana at San Antonio Botanical Garden. Larger than the specimen at John Fairey garden.
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A bit of a wow look at that flower moment. 26 years old and I have never seen it flower until today. I dont know what variety it is but it’s one spectacular flower. At first I thought an iris flower!
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I was just kidding a bit Meg. The trunk is so fat, I wouldn’t even be able to get my arms around it, ha ha1 point
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I just assumed that there were male and female parts on the flowers of the species that would not require additional palms in the area. Certainly are plenty of bees working these flowers. Odd that no seed has been set yet though.1 point
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I love the Medjool palm. I managed to germinate many seeds. It's a royal palm, from the land of royalty and the peoples of the Middle East. I like it very much.1 point
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6 year in ground , Sabal palmetto “Lisa” is putting out 6 bloom spikes in Dallas zone 8 A nearby, 10 year in ground Lisa has never bloomed.
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Hello, When I install winter boxes for my palms, I always put a thick layer of mulch on the bottom, say 6", maybe a little less. After removing the winter boxes, should I also remove this layer of mulch for summer season or it's fine to leave it (and save myself some work)?1 point
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Chamaerops Humilis Cerifera SOLD OUT ONLY 2 BUTIA LEFT both Chamaedorea Hooperianna and Costaricana overgrown 5 gallons still a couple available they are over 48 inch from soil1 point
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Totally agree with this, planted three all from the same seed batch two languished for years, but the third is very robust and has been seeding for several years. Full coastal sun for them all.1 point
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This is a Specimen acquired as possibly a Pritchardia hillebrandii. As it grew I don't think that was fulfilled. I don't have Don Hodel's book on Pritchardia to key this out. Given the prevalence of hybrid Pritchardia in the trade here in California, I might not be able to key it to a single species anyway. I don't recall it ever pushing out a successful inflorescence that resulted in flowers let alone fruit. Thoughts on it's id are welcome.
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My guess is absolutely beautiful!1 point
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Just snapped these pics just now. Seeding for the first time. Definitely faster in sun than shade. She gets sun all day now.
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Iam sure I have a bit colour in the garden somewhere!
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Just keep it simple and growing palms is easy, learn to know your palms. This one reason I have thousands of them and find it easy to grow palms. Not only quality but quantity in what I do!
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Next shipment I will chuck a pup in.1 point
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Thanks you know your broms a lot better than me!1 point
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Hi, thank you for your interest. We (Salvamontes is a registered non-profit in Colombia) bought the land from the previous owner and am working with him and his family in establishing joint conservation and restoration activities, as he still owns a big adjacent piece of land. Now we are in the process of raising funds for building some basic infrastructure for visitors and a permanent forest ranger, and the idea is to establish a long term conservation and recovery plan for the Sabinaria magnifica, while also expand the area of the reserve in the future through the purchase of additional land. By the way, anyone willing tu support this project can send donations through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor in the USA: https://conservationallies.org/partners/corporacion-salvamontes/?give=PGD9N3E4 It will be possible to visit the reserve once we build the new infrastructure and have a permanent forest ranger. Kind regards, Sebastian1 point
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Red latania & cranberry acetosella hibiscus
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A colorful couple in the morning sun. Pinanga insignis, and orange Areca vestiaria. Tim
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my Pritchardia hillebrandii has been producing seed for several years now in Carlsbad. I was just cleaning up the trunk earlier, removing some old retained leaf bases and snapped a photo. I wonder if climate plays a factor in when they produce their first flowers?
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That’s amazing. I have one that is much larger and never shown signs of flowering. It doesn’t get cold enough here to really hurt it but it does push out a few fronds every once in a while that have a bit of brown on the edges . I just trim those off after the fronds open. The fronds get big on these, they are beautiful palms ….and no teeth ! Harrythis will be the last year I have to trim it so close. It is next to a narrow pathway and the fronds , when open, block access! It is now over head for my wife and I. I had no idea how large the fronds get when I planted it 25 years ago as a seedling. My wife gave me grief for planting it there. Over the weekend we were doing yard work and she called me over to the side of the house “ you were right , this palm provides a wonderful canopy “ . Now she can see my vision . As it was growing and I saw how big the fronds get I thought how wonderful it would be to look up at them fully opened over head. I had no idea it would take so long. Harry
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Hello for those who are following along here is an update. I'm now at a 164 trees planted and about 100 are fruiting this season and have been cleaned, dethroned, pollinated. You can see the flowers go from green before they open up to a yellow then to a orange. It has been really windy this year and I wish I had paper bagged the bunches to protect the fruit. The wind has knocked off a lot. When they blow around and hit the fronds it weakens them and they full off. Next step is to bag them. I have bags made just for this its like a cheesecloth withdrawal strings.
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