Winter Growth Photos

[Kumar]

Hello everyone, These are some photos taken for the period December 2010 to February 2011 from my garden in Calcutta. The cold this time was not remarkable but persisted far longer than usual, causing a general slowdown in all plant growth. Nevertheless, some palms did grow a little:

Like this A. hookeriana whose new leaf looks very attractive:

Adonida merilli 'Golden' lives upto its moniker

Bentinckia is unaffected

This bottle has not only speeded up but gained some circumference as well. This one has been the object of an experiment where I would put in the discarded marigold flowers from morning prayers into the pot to decompose. Obviously it has had some effect.

[Kumar]

The D. cabadae has grown two spears at different nodes. A split seems apparent

One of those opened this morning

This tiny Thrinax morissi comes up with a perfect palmate minature leaf

The C. renda was a sorry casualty.

[Kumar]

Half the regiment on Parade -

This is my golden dwarf -

My royals

And the new paint pattern on the house - (Disclaimer - not my idea)

[Xenon]

C'mon Kumar, you call a low of 46F winter

Nice pics!

Jonathan

[ariscott]

Winter? In India?

[Kumar]

10 deg C is COLD after months of strengh-sapping humidity and 30+ temperatures. Anything less than that sounds unbearable. I don't know how you americans live through sub-zero days but I salute you for that!