New Palms!

[Kailua_Krish]

Hey all,

Just wanted to share some of the new plants I got over the Thanksgiving holiday!

First is a photo of the dwarf Rhapis sp. I got from Jeff



Followed by the new planting bed I designed



Which is filled with palms I got from Jeff and Ken in South Florida!

[Kailua_Krish]

Seen here is the Lytocaryum weddellianum

The Chameadorea radicalis (there is a Licuala behind them that I forgot to get a photo of)

And a photo of the three Kerriodoxa elegans and three Chambeyronia macrocarpa

[Kailua_Krish]

Here is a view from the other direction, you can see a Lytocaryum hoehnei plus the other palms I was talking about before

An experimental Cocos

And here is a photo of what the area looked like before!

I am pretty optimistic about there survival as I have a D. lutescens in this area that did not get damaged after the terrible winter last year!

[Kailua_Krish]

Also a big thank you to Ken and Jeff for the warm welcome and the amazing palms they showed me in south Florida!

-Krishna

[kahili]

Very nice, Krishna! Love the Kerriodoxas. All the palms look really healthy.

That big ole tree is going to love the extra water that it is going to get this summer! Are you going to have to protect these palms this winter if it gets to 22? Thats pretty cold-sounds like our winters up here in NC.

Are you worried about the var. pothos taking over, or did you spray it with roundup before you planted? Would roundup even kill it?

[Frank in Vero]

The new planting bed looks great.

Good luck with that cocos. It would be great if you could keep that long term.

[Kailua_Krish]

Thanks Frank, thats what Im hoping for, I'd like to try some hybridizing in a few years time.

Kahili- Im not worried about the pothos, I really like the way they look when running up the oaks and they dont seem to bother anything. The 22 degrees is out in the open and is a rare low, the area where I have these planted is significantly warmer, probably not even going much below freezing ever, plus there is landscape lighting here that gives off heat.

-Krishna

[epicure3]

What's that really cool plant vining up that Live Oak?

[Jeff Searle]

Hey....

Good to see your palms made it back and found all new homes. I think with those large oaks you have planted, you have alot of potential to push the limits on some things. I would give anything to have just one of those majestic trees in my yard. Thanks for sharing......

Jeff

[Kailua_Krish]

Epicure3- Those vines are pothos, you can buy them as inddor pot plants but once the start growing up trees the leaves become huge!

Thats funny Jeff because I thought the same thing about that Raphia at your place as you think about the live oaks!

[BS Man about Palms]

Cool spot to plant!

[cfkingfish]

You definitely went to the right people to get some palms!

[Arlene]

I love your new palms! Who is Jeff? Where is he located? We live in the Keys. Thanks

Arlene

Here is a view from the other direction, you can see a Lytocaryum hoehnei plus the other palms I was talking about before

An experimental Cocos

And here is a photo of what the area looked like before!

I am pretty optimistic about there survival as I have a D. lutescens in this area that did not get damaged after the terrible winter last year!

[Palmə häl′ik]

Grow palms grow!

[Moose]

What is the staus of your palms today?

[George Sparkman]

Hi Arlene,

Jeff Searle in Southwest Ranches,FL close to Flamingo Gardens - Post # 9 in this thread.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

[Peter Pacific]

Krishna, what a great garden you have! I love the Live Oaks and the pothos is incredible...I have pothos growing up my coconut palms, they give the garden a wild tropical look and if it needs to be maintained, pruning works. The Kerriodoxa is a lovely palm. Will the Macrocarpas get enough sun where they are?

Good Luck, Peter

[Z4Devil]

Krishna, amazing photos. Sometimes I wished I would live overseas to visit so much people and their phantastic palms.

Anyway, the Lytos are a perfect choice. Always nice to see how many people share the interest in this gracile palm.

@ all: yes, I am scanning the whole forum for my Lyto-Passion. I have to read a lot to be up to date again.

[Kailua_Krish]

What is the staus of your palms today?

I just noticed I never responded to you

Anyways, I dug them up since they had been planted so newly for the winter of 09-10 and replanted them in the spring. This winter I have covered and heated the flamethrowers and put a heatlamp on the kerriodoxa. They all look good and the flamethrowers have continued to throw new leaves throughout the winter! The lytocaryum weddellianum was left unprotected and has no burn, but I am waiting until it warms up to declare it a survivor with no damage.

The coconut died, which wasnt much of a surprise, it never grew even with healthy under all that shade, I replaced it with a Lepidozamia perofskyana which lost its newest leaf this winter but was otherwise unhurt (an unprotected). I also added a Rhapis laosensis which looks good after the winter too (the R. multifidia has been bulletproof there, if a little slow).

I also started putting orchids in these oaks to see how they would do. Unfortunately this fall the squirrels decided they didnt like them there so they ripped most of them off and killed them. Luckily my Laelia anceps only lost part of itself to the squirrels (it is on the side of a branch so hard for them to reach) as it has been unharmed by any winter weather or the drought this summer. I also have a dendrobium nobile which looks to have survived the winter and the squirrels.

I'll get photos and post them here in a couple of weeks when Im home again, overall the area is looking good!

-Krishna

P.S. Peter, flamethrowers can grow quite well in dense shade but these actually get full western sun around 4-5 PM for a good 1/2 an hour.

Edited February 12, 2011 by krishnaraoji88

[Kailua_Krish]

Krishna, amazing photos. Sometimes I wished I would live overseas to visit so much people and their phantastic palms.

Anyway, the Lytos are a perfect choice. Always nice to see how many people share the interest in this gracile palm.

@ all: yes, I am scanning the whole forum for my Lyto-Passion. I have to read a lot to be up to date again.

Verena,

It is nice to be able to visit others palm gardens but photos are almost as good! I'll make sure to post some of my lytos when I go home, so far they seem to like it in the dense oak shade!

-Krishna

[Z4Devil]

Krishna, you are the very best. Thank you in advance for the photos, I am looking forward to them so much.

Love, Verena

[Palmə häl′ik]

Are these in Ocala... (sorry, my question mark key is broke)

If so, my hats off to you, YOUR A REAL SOLDIER!

~Ray.

[Kailua_Krish]

Are these in Ocala... (sorry, my question mark key is broke)

If so, my hats off to you, YOUR A REAL SOLDIER!

~Ray.

Yup, I'll give an update with photos of these in 3 weeks when I go back to my house. The flamethrowers and kerriodoxas do get heat lamps on them so its not that amazing :-D

-Krishna

[Kailua_Krish]

UPDATE TIME

Alright, here are things as they stand today in the garden:

As you can see the garden looks better than my photos!

I protect the Chambeyronia and some of the Kerriodoxa, I was really surprised by the Lytocaryums did very well without protection! We probably bottomed out this year around 22 or 21.

-Krishna

[Kailua_Krish]

I also had lots of orchids I was trialling plus an easter cactus that had grown for about 6 years in the oaks but the squirells ripped them all out and killed them My Laelia anceps was partially spared ( 1 growing point was left) and thus is growing again (it has done well in both last winter and this one) and a Dendrobium nobile survived too. I am now trying bromeliads as I am hoping the larger size and more robust nature will deter the pests :/ You can tell the past two winters have been much colder as the pothos has not grown back well.

-Krishna

[Moose]

I also had lots of orchids I was trialling plus an easter cactus that had grown for about 6 years in the oaks but the squirells ripped them all out and killed them My Laelia anceps was partially spared ( 1 growing point was left) and thus is growing again (it has done well in both last winter and this one) and a Dendrobium nobile survived too. I am now trying bromeliads as I am hoping the larger size and more robust nature will deter the pests :/ You can tell the past two winters have been much colder as the pothos has not grown back well.

-Krishna

Did your palms come with you to Miami?

[Kailua_Krish]

They still live happily at my parents place in Ocala! I'll try to get some photos when I go back for spring break as they've grown quite a bit since this post!

-Krishna

PS Sad enough I don't have a single palm at my new place in Miami, haven't decided which would be the best for my balcony as the winds are quite strong and salty.

[Jeff in St Pete]

PS Sad enough I don't have a single palm at my new place in Miami, haven't decided which would be the best for my balcony as the winds are quite strong and salty.

That's easy... a coconut!

[Kailua_Krish]

Not sure it gets enough sun for a coconut, there is only sun until about noon since my apartment faces east.

-Krishna