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My Garden in Pyrgos...

Kostas

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Kostas Grand Master

Kostas

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Well,i think its time for an update!smilie.gif

Here are some photos i took on October 29th. Although a little old,they show a good proportion of the palms and plants in my gardensmilie.gif

Washingtonia robusta(Sonora)

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Howea fosteriana

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Bismarckia nobilis(Silver)

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Washingtonia robusta(Sonora)

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Ceroxylon amazonicum

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Caryota maxima(Himalaya)

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Musa ''Kandrian''

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Lepidozamia hopei

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Musa ''Sar''

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Ceroxylon amazonicum

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Cycas micronesica(Rota)

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Another Cycas micronesica(Rota)

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Musa ''Orinoco''

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Views of the garden behind the old bakery building

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Howea fosteriana and newly planted Dioon spinulossum!

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Dioon spinulossum

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Chamaedorea tepejilote(Blanco)

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Cryosophila warcewiczii

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Chambeyronia macrocarpa(Hookeri)

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Chamaedorea tepejilote(Blanco)

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Hyophorbe indica(Southern) and Cycas multipinnata

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My Olea europea with its epiphytes! Zamia pseudoparasitica and Stanhopea tigrina were already growing on it when i took these photos!smilie.gif

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Zamia pseudoparasitica

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Stanhopea tigrina

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The irrigation setup for the epiphytes

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Monstera deliciosa and Lepidozamia hopei

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Astrocaryum standleyanum...I know its quite risky but,hopefully,it may pull through! I really hope so!smilie.gif

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Pritchardia schattaueri and Cycas multipinnata

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Ceroxylon amazonicum on a slow recovery...

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Dioon spinulossum

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Acanthophoenix rubra

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Chamaedorea tepejilote(Blanco)

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Kerriodoxa elegans producing divided leafs!

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Archontophoenix alexandrae

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Cryosophila warcewiczii

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Zamia standleyi and Chamaedorea tepejilote(Blanco)

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Archontophoenix alexandrae

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Kentiopsis magnifica

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Howea fosteriana

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Another Howea fosteriana

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Syagrus romanzoffiana

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Strelitzia reginae,Calistemon laevis and Ananas comosus ''MD-2''

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Ananas comosus ''MD-2''

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A partial view of the last 2 patios...

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Views from the veranda...

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Another palmy view from the veranda...

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Magnolia grandiflora and female Cycas revoluta

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Syagrus romanzoffiana leaf against the dusking sky...

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These were the photos from October 29th. And now here are the most recent ones from November 13th!smilie.gif

Archontophoenix alexandrae,finally with a clean trunk free of dead leafs and now naturally dehiscing its dead leafs! In the previous weeks,i gently helped the older leafs dehisce as they couldnt fall on their own,but left the last dead leaf on to dehisce on its own as i didnt want to rush things and risk injuring the trunk. Well,much to my excitement,i found it laying on the ground the second day of my stay in Pyrgos that time! Its great to see its finally dehiscing its leafs on its own!smilie.gif

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Less than a year's trunk growth of my Archontophoenix alexandrae! It produced more than 40cm of trunk!!!drool.gif

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Chamaedorea tepejilote(Blanco)

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Acanthophoenix rubra

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Cycas multipinnata

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Ceroxylon amazonicumdrool.gif

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Pritchardia schattaueri

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My Olea europea with its epiphytes partly visible!smilie.gif

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That weekend,i mounted 2 more orchids,2 Prosthechea cochleata,one of which arrived blooming!drool.gif

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Prosthechea cochleata and Stanhopea tigrinasmilie.gif

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Stanhopea tigrina

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Stanhopea tigrina and smaller Prosthechea cochleatasmilie.gif

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Prosthechea cochleata

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Prosthechea cochleata,Ludisia discolor(at the base of Olea europea),Monstera deliciosa and Lepidozamia hopei!drool.gif

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Irrigation setup for the epiphytes. I added one more microsprinkler for extra coverage and to insure adequate watering on windy days which alter the spray pattern.

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Hyophorbe indica(Southern)

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A view down the walkway. The fallen leafs from my Ziziphus sp.,deciduous tree provided a striking yellow ground coverdrool.gif

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Syagrus romanzoffiana canopy!drool.gif

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Views down the back walkway...smilie.gif

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Musa ''Kandrian''smilie.gif

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Emerging pups

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Leaf detail

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Ceroxylon amazonicum

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Bismarckia nobilis(Silver)

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Howea fosteriana

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And lastly,2 potted plants awaiting planting:

Musa ''Brazilian Tall''...

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...and Coccothrinax alexandrii var. alexandriidrool.gif

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I hope you liked it!!!!smilie.gif

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Thanks for updates Kostas. Looking better and batter.

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Hi Kosta,

evertime I look at your updates I'm very impressed by your work. You've done a great job! I love your archontos! They are gorgeous.

greetings

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Thank you very much for your replies and kind comments Ante and Janni!smilie.gif

I am glad you think so! :) I like my Archontophoenix a lot too,especially now that they are trunking!drool.gif

I went to Pyrgos last weekend again and thought i would post a few photos i took! Its not been much since last time i was there so i mostly took photos of my not so well documented plants plus some new plantingssmilie.gif

Here they are!

Some potted bananas along with a palm and cycad,brought to Pyrgos for overwintering and ground planting as soon as i open and prepare some new patios meant for them. In the photo you can see Musa ''Chini Champa'',M. ''Pisang Ceylon'',Coccothrinax alexandrii var. alexandrii,M. ''African Rhino Horn'',M. ''Hua Moa'',M. ''Brazilian Tall'',M. ''Pisang Klotek'',M. ''Misi Luki''(a Pisang Awak subgroup banana,probably ''Namwah Tall''),a cycad and M. ''Meko''

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Musa ''Chini Champa'' and M. ''Pisang Ceylon''

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Musa ''African Rhino Horn''

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Coccothrinax alexandrii var. alexandrii and Musa ''Hua Moa''

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Musa ''Misi Luki''(Pisang Awak)

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Musa ''Brazilian Tall'',the one dead center

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Musa ''Pisang Klotek'' slightly to the right and M. ''Meko'' partly visible at the right side

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Archontophoenix alexandrae. This one is thicker trunked than my other Archontophoenix for the time being,probably because it gets more sun,and has its first ring of above ground trunk just visible and more should be revealed once it sheds its dead leafs!drool.gif

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Acanthophoenix rubrasmilie.gif

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Kerriodoxa elegans

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Cyathea medullaris

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Cyclamen hederifolium(native)

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Pritchardia schattaueri and Cycas multipinnata

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Ceratozamia miquelliana flushing for the second time this year!!!!drool.gif

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