Lanai and shadehouse palms

[PalmatierMeg]

I've spent over a day this week cleaning and organizing the lanai and 6x6 shadehouse in preparation for cold weather. I scrubbed shelf units and concrete floor. I'm also gathering my cold sensitive potted palms closer to the house to make them accessible to yank indoors. After the past 2 brutal winters I have pulled some of the sensitives out of the ground and consigned them to pots for the remainder of their lives. The list includes several Arecas, a Balaka and Bentinckia, among others. As the pots have gotten larger and heavier, we have invested in wheeled dollies from Harbor Freight so palms can be moved more easily. I took an opportunity to take photos for posterity.

Views of lanai

Shadehouse and plants

Some of the lanai's residents. This is my larger Cyrtostachys renda. My other C.r. and Cyrtostachys elegans (green lipstick) are still outdoors in the shade garden. I have 2 dollies waiting for them and then they will spend the rest of their lives on the lanai with their kin.

Areca catechu dwarf - Although this palm survived the past 2 winters I knew its days were numbered unless I took drastic measures. So, in July I trenched around it and in mid-August I pulled it from the ground. Then, I waited anxiously. About a week ago its spear opened. Sitting in the pot next to it is a second A.c. dwf in a 1.5g

Hydriastele dransfieldii - a gorgeous palm

Pinanga limosa - all my Pinangas must stay in pots

Pinanga adangensis

Pinanga bataanensis

Pinanga curranii, left, Licuala concinna, right

Bentinckia condapanna

Areca concinna - seedlings I germinated from now-dead mother

Areca guppyana

Areca latiloba

Rhapis Super Dwarf - I repotted 2 because they got lost in the shade garden and in danger of being trampled

Hydriastele beguinii

Dypsis florencii

Dypsis procera x2

Dypsis lutescens Thai Dwarf

Dypsis mcdonaldiana

Dypsis Malagasy

Dypsis sp red crownshaft

Areca vestiaria maroon - I pulled 3 from the ground

Dypsis boiviniana x2

Balaka seemannii

Marojejya isignis

Licuala grandis

Licuala malajana v malajana

Licuala species

[PalmatierMeg]

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Unknown species crown and stem

[peachy]

Wow Meg, you have a great collection there. It's all so neat and tidy too..... Guess I better never post any photos of my potted pile up. Now the thing I will never understand is that you have species there that croak at the first touch of winter at my place, but you have lost things that I can leave out all winter with impunity. Thanks for posting these, it's really interesting.

Peachy

[Bill Austin]

Nice I hope old man winter is kind to y this winter.

[sarasota alex]

Nice collection there Meg!

[Ken Johnson]

You are very advanced there Meg. Some special stuff even for Florida!

[BS Man about Palms]

Cool Meg!

Is that nicobarca or condapanna?

[Cindy Adair]

Meg, Beautiful plants and good work with all that scrubbing! I'm in the process of repotting all my slipper orchids and will start scrubbing my greenhouses this weekend if my job permits. There is something special about seeing all your favorite tender plants together safe and sound knowing frost can't harm them. I only have seedling palms too small (even for me) to plant out in the greenhouses, but must make room for the large non-palm tropicals that need to come in next month. You are way ahead of me and much farther south so I need to get to work. If only greenhouses could grow larger as our plants do... Enjoy your beauties.

[spockvr6]

Areca catechu dwarf - Although this palm survived the past 2 winters I knew its days were numbered unless I took drastic measures. So, in July I trenched around it and in mid-August I pulled it from the ground. Then, I waited anxiously. About a week ago its spear opened. Sitting in the pot next to it is a second A.c. dwf in a 1.5g

These are real beauts. I found a nice matched pair of these (pretty big ones) at a small nursery on Pine Island, but the nursery wouldnt sell them. He said he wanted to keep them for seeds. A pair of these on either side of an entryway door, etc would look fantastic!

As a side bar, about 5-6 years ago I found a catechu dwarf in HOME DEPOT! No joke it was a really nice 7 gallon one somehow mixed in there and was $49. I have no idea why I didnt buy it. That was probably one of my dumber non-purchases.

[PalmatierMeg]

Cool Meg!

Is that nicobarca or condapanna?

I'll doublecheck, Bill. It may be nicobarica. I have several condapanna seedlings in 4" pots but thought I had a larger one, too - I may be wrong. I've lost 2 nicobarica in the ground and thought I was done with them. It's such a great palm but not a bit coldhardy.

Hey, Peachy, thanks for the encouraging words. I'm not sure why the same palms fare better in your winters, except maybe I get more frost(?) But my sensitive palms & I have been hammered so hard the past 2 winters I've tossed in my cliched towel. Nothing goes in the ground unless it has a fighting chance of surviving. Otherwise, it's pot confinement.

[PalmatierMeg]

Areca catechu dwarf - Although this palm survived the past 2 winters I knew its days were numbered unless I took drastic measures. So, in July I trenched around it and in mid-August I pulled it from the ground. Then, I waited anxiously. About a week ago its spear opened. Sitting in the pot next to it is a second A.c. dwf in a 1.5g

These are real beauts. I found a nice matched pair of these (pretty big ones) at a small nursery on Pine Island, but the nursery wouldnt sell them. He said he wanted to keep them for seeds. A pair of these on either side of an entryway door, etc would look fantastic!

As a side bar, about 5-6 years ago I found a catechu dwarf in HOME DEPOT! No joke it was a really nice 7 gallon one somehow mixed in there and was $49. I have no idea why I didnt buy it. That was probably one of my dumber non-purchases.

Areca catechu of any sort at the orange box? I wish I were lucky enough to see that in my area. Adonidias all day, yes. Areas? I wish. Too bad the nursery on PI won't part with one but I understand why not.

[Ampli]

Congratulation Meg, very wanderfull collection!!!

[Mandrew968]

Meg, how is the Marojejya isignis as a grow? How long have you had it?

I am not only impressed with the vast range of tropical species you are having success with, but the neat and orderly way you have everything arranged! If a guy were to keep his plants so neatly, I would scoff at him and say he had too much time on his hands, but when a woman has her plants so neatly placed, I wonder why I can't be so orderly!

My sabal lisas are growing--thanks again!

[Manolitus]

I've spent over a day this week cleaning and organizing the lanai and 6x6 shadehouse in preparation for cold weather. I scrubbed shelf units and concrete floor. I'm also gathering my cold sensitive potted palms closer to the house to make them accessible to yank indoors. After the past 2 brutal winters I have pulled some of the sensitives out of the ground and consigned them to pots for the remainder of their lives. The list includes several Arecas, a Balaka and Bentinckia, among others. As the pots have gotten larger and heavier, we have invested in wheeled dollies from Harbor Freight so palms can be moved more easily. I took an opportunity to take photos for posterity.

Views of lanai

Shadehouse and plants

Some of the lanai's residents. This is my larger Cyrtostachys renda. My other C.r. and Cyrtostachys elegans (green lipstick) are still outdoors in the shade garden. I have 2 dollies waiting for them and then they will spend the rest of their lives on the lanai with their kin.

Areca catechu dwarf - Although this palm survived the past 2 winters I knew its days were numbered unless I took drastic measures. So, in July I trenched around it and in mid-August I pulled it from the ground. Then, I waited anxiously. About a week ago its spear opened. Sitting in the pot next to it is a second A.c. dwf in a 1.5g

Hydriastele dransfieldii - a gorgeous palm

Pinanga limosa - all my Pinangas must stay in pots

Pinanga adangensis

Pinanga bataanensis

Pinanga curranii, left, Licuala concinna, right

Bentinckia condapanna

Areca concinna - seedlings I germinated from now-dead mother

Areca guppyana

Areca latiloba

Rhapis Super Dwarf - I repotted 2 because they got lost in the shade garden and in danger of being trampled

Hydriastele beguinii

Dypsis florencii

Dypsis procera x2

Dypsis lutescens Thai Dwarf

Dypsis mcdonaldiana

Dypsis Malagasy

Dypsis sp red crownshaft

Areca vestiaria maroon - I pulled 3 from the ground

Dypsis boiviniana x2

Balaka seemannii

Marojejya isignis

Licuala grandis

Licuala malajana v malajana

Licuala species

Meg,

I wont repeat what others have said but...........Wow very impressive.

Quick question: Picture # 4 I believe, which is of the green house, explain to me what that greenish material is that looks like its covering the mesh. I am guessing that its some sort of plastic that helps keep the warmth inside ? Did you buy that as is or did you have to put it together. Please give me as much detail as possible because I want to do something like that but much much smaller for my little mangosteen that I want to protect and keep warm......

Thanks in advance.

Manny

[PalmatierMeg]

Cool Meg!

Is that nicobarca or condapanna?

You have good eyes, Bill. It is nicobarica. It's my 3rd and I love this species but our winters are too brutal for it.

[PalmatierMeg]

I've spent over a day this week cleaning and organizing the lanai and 6x6 shadehouse in preparation for cold weather. I scrubbed shelf units and concrete floor. I'm also gathering my cold sensitive potted palms closer to the house to make them accessible to yank indoors. After the past 2 brutal winters I have pulled some of the sensitives out of the ground and consigned them to pots for the remainder of their lives. The list includes several Arecas, a Balaka and Bentinckia, among others. As the pots have gotten larger and heavier, we have invested in wheeled dollies from Harbor Freight so palms can be moved more easily. I took an opportunity to take photos for posterity.

Views of lanai

Shadehouse and plants

Some of the lanai's residents. This is my larger Cyrtostachys renda. My other C.r. and Cyrtostachys elegans (green lipstick) are still outdoors in the shade garden. I have 2 dollies waiting for them and then they will spend the rest of their lives on the lanai with their kin.

Areca catechu dwarf - Although this palm survived the past 2 winters I knew its days were numbered unless I took drastic measures. So, in July I trenched around it and in mid-August I pulled it from the ground. Then, I waited anxiously. About a week ago its spear opened. Sitting in the pot next to it is a second A.c. dwf in a 1.5g

Hydriastele dransfieldii - a gorgeous palm

Pinanga limosa - all my Pinangas must stay in pots

Pinanga adangensis

Pinanga bataanensis

Pinanga curranii, left, Licuala concinna, right

Bentinckia condapanna

Areca concinna - seedlings I germinated from now-dead mother

Areca guppyana

Areca latiloba

Rhapis Super Dwarf - I repotted 2 because they got lost in the shade garden and in danger of being trampled

Hydriastele beguinii

Dypsis florencii

Dypsis procera x2

Dypsis lutescens Thai Dwarf

Dypsis mcdonaldiana

Dypsis Malagasy

Dypsis sp red crownshaft

Areca vestiaria maroon - I pulled 3 from the ground

Dypsis boiviniana x2

Balaka seemannii

Marojejya isignis

Licuala grandis

Licuala malajana v malajana

Licuala species

Meg,

I wont repeat what others have said but...........Wow very impressive.

Quick question: Picture # 4 I believe, which is of the green house, explain to me what that greenish material is that looks like its covering the mesh. I am guessing that its some sort of plastic that helps keep the warmth inside ? Did you buy that as is or did you have to put it together. Please give me as much detail as possible because I want to do something like that but much much smaller for my little mangosteen that I want to protect and keep warm......

Thanks in advance.

Manny

Manny, thanks for the kind words. The structure in the lanai is actually a 6x6x6 greenhouse we bought at Harbor Freight Tools for $130 - I've seen them on sale there for $100 - and turned into a shadehouse because we couldn't find any decent shadehouses. We left the greenhouse plastic panels on the front and back. Then we replaced the roof/sides plastic (all one piece) with shadecloth we bought by the yard at a local big box. My husband used sturdy clamps to attach the shadecloth to the metal frame. We saved the greenhouse fabric and on bitter nights we cover the shadecloth with that and put a space heater inside. That keeps the temp above 50F on cold nights. It's been worth the expense and hassle of the conversion.

We don't need a true greenhouse 11+ months of the year. The darned thing would parboil the plants inside. It just boggles my mind that in SFL there are 50 greenhouses for every shadehouse. Harbor Freight could make a mint here if they marketed their 6x6 greenhouse in a shadehouse version. But our makeshift version is a perfect fit on our lanai. I can stand up inside it with no problems (I'm 5'6"). I think Harbor Freight might have a larger greenhouse but the price rises precipitously.

[Manolitus]

I've spent over a day this week cleaning and organizing the lanai and 6x6 shadehouse in preparation for cold weather. I scrubbed shelf units and concrete floor. I'm also gathering my cold sensitive potted palms closer to the house to make them accessible to yank indoors. After the past 2 brutal winters I have pulled some of the sensitives out of the ground and consigned them to pots for the remainder of their lives. The list includes several Arecas, a Balaka and Bentinckia, among others. As the pots have gotten larger and heavier, we have invested in wheeled dollies from Harbor Freight so palms can be moved more easily. I took an opportunity to take photos for posterity.

Views of lanai

Shadehouse and plants

Some of the lanai's residents. This is my larger Cyrtostachys renda. My other C.r. and Cyrtostachys elegans (green lipstick) are still outdoors in the shade garden. I have 2 dollies waiting for them and then they will spend the rest of their lives on the lanai with their kin.

Areca catechu dwarf - Although this palm survived the past 2 winters I knew its days were numbered unless I took drastic measures. So, in July I trenched around it and in mid-August I pulled it from the ground. Then, I waited anxiously. About a week ago its spear opened. Sitting in the pot next to it is a second A.c. dwf in a 1.5g

Hydriastele dransfieldii - a gorgeous palm

Pinanga limosa - all my Pinangas must stay in pots

Pinanga adangensis

Pinanga bataanensis

Pinanga curranii, left, Licuala concinna, right

Bentinckia condapanna

Areca concinna - seedlings I germinated from now-dead mother

Areca guppyana

Areca latiloba

Rhapis Super Dwarf - I repotted 2 because they got lost in the shade garden and in danger of being trampled

Hydriastele beguinii

Dypsis florencii

Dypsis procera x2

Dypsis lutescens Thai Dwarf

Dypsis mcdonaldiana

Dypsis Malagasy

Dypsis sp red crownshaft

Areca vestiaria maroon - I pulled 3 from the ground

Dypsis boiviniana x2

Balaka seemannii

Marojejya isignis

Licuala grandis

Licuala malajana v malajana

Licuala species

Meg,

I wont repeat what others have said but...........Wow very impressive.

Quick question: Picture # 4 I believe, which is of the green house, explain to me what that greenish material is that looks like its covering the mesh. I am guessing that its some sort of plastic that helps keep the warmth inside ? Did you buy that as is or did you have to put it together. Please give me as much detail as possible because I want to do something like that but much much smaller for my little mangosteen that I want to protect and keep warm......

Thanks in advance.

Manny

Manny, thanks for the kind words. The structure in the lanai is actually a 6x6x6 greenhouse we bought at Harbor Freight Tools for $130 - I've seen them on sale there for $100 - and turned into a shadehouse because we couldn't find any decent shadehouses. We left the greenhouse plastic panels on the front and back. Then we replaced the roof/sides plastic (all one piece) with shadecloth we bought by the yard at a local big box. My husband used sturdy clamps to attach the shadecloth to the metal frame. We saved the greenhouse fabric and on bitter nights we cover the shadecloth with that and put a space heater inside. That keeps the temp above 50F on cold nights. It's been worth the expense and hassle of the conversion.

We don't need a true greenhouse 11+ months of the year. The darned thing would parboil the plants inside. It just boggles my mind that in SFL there are 50 greenhouses for every shadehouse. Harbor Freight could make a mint here if they marketed their 6x6 greenhouse in a shadehouse version. But our makeshift version is a perfect fit on our lanai. I can stand up inside it with no problems (I'm 5'6"). I think Harbor Freight might have a larger greenhouse but the price rises precipitously.

Meg,

Do the plastic panels helps keep the house warm ? Shade cloth obviously won't so that's why I am wondering.........

Manny

[PalmatierMeg]

The plastic over the shadecloth helps keep heat in on cool days and cuts down on cold, drying winds. But on really cold nights we have to run a space heater with thermostat set for about 60F. We shut off the heater during the day while we are working but usually the sun is strong enough to keep temp up. After Feb. we pull off the plastic and store it till the following winter and go back to our makeshift shadehouse. The only way I could use a greenhouse year round is if I kept it in deep woods. I can't put one in the yard because it would violate Cape Coral codes. I haven't had any problems keeping it on the screened lanai but if a cat 2+ hurricane hit we'd have to dismantle it and take everything inside the house so it didn't become a cruise missile. So far, we haven't had a major storm since Wilma 2005 before I really got into palms.

[edric]

Wow Meg, that's a lot of work, good luck, Ed

[BS Man about Palms]

Cool Meg!

Is that nicobarca or condapanna?

You have good eyes, Bill. It is nicobarica. It's my 3rd and I love this species but our winters are too brutal for it.

Meg, thats only because the condapana starts showing color as it goes pinnate...