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Pictures of my palms in South Florida

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After many years I finally went outside today and took pictures of some of my palm tree collection. I have them posted on my facebook page. Here is the link:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.303569796367404.72988.100001431572343&type=1#!/profile.php?id=100001431572343&sk=photos

I hope you enjoy them.

Rick

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Rick, ,would like to see your pics, but I could not get further than the FB portal...not a member, wont be, but maybe you could post them on directly on PalmTalk...???? :)

Thanks

Rusty

Rusty Bell

Pine Island - the Ex-Pat part of Lee County, Fl , USA

Zone 10b, life in the subs!...except when it isn't....

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I got nothing also. I'd like to see them.

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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After many years I finally went outside today and took pictures of some of my palm tree collection. I have them posted on my facebook page. Here is the link:

http://www.facebook....72343&sk=photos

I hope you enjoy them.

Rick

Nice Pics Rick!!! I have to say though... I don't think You have a Kentiopsis piersoniorum there.. It looks like the K. pyriformis. I have all 4 species and when you see them in person, it very easy to distinguish them..

Also, your Livistona victoria river does not look right? Generally they have bluish fronds and purple petioles...

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Beach palm Enthusiast

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The kentiopsis was purchased from Jeff Marcus. I still have the receipt but sometimes you do not get what you paid for. I don't remember who I got the Victoria river from other than it was identified as such. We get a lot more rain here which seems to take away some of the blues in palms. Glad you enjoyed them,

Rick

P.s. I forgot that you have to be a Facebook member to see the palms. I will try to post some of them here. With 58 pictures it would just take a while to do so.

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Hey Rick.. Here is a link to help ID Kentiopsis using my 4.. When did you get the K. p. in question from Jeff? Also.. recently, a palm that was about to flower and Jeff thought was piersoniorum proved to be a pyriformis.

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=29930&st=0&p=484371&fromsearch=1&#entry484371

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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My receipt is April 2, 2003. The size was one gallon. I will look closer when I have some light out for comparison. I will also take some close up pictures so the color is more evident. This palm is definitely slower than oliviformis. I have another kentiopsis in the ground not pictured. I actually thought it had died but the Areca hedge had grown over the top of it. It is very small for it's age because of being so heavily shaded. I will take some pictures of it as well. I purchased several magnificas and piersoniarums at the same time. I do believe the small one is different.

Rick

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Thanks for sharing the photos of your beautiful palms. It's nice to see some of our native Calyptrogyne growing in your garden! Do you have any Asterogyne or Neonicholsonia? They are also very good understory palms.

Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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I appreciate your comments. I tried asterogyne but it would not even handle our mild winters. I originally had the two of them planted side by side but the asterogyne only lasted a couple of years before it did not have the strength to make it after the winter. The calyptrogyne has been there since 2003. I would like to get ten or so going. I have seven planted now. I really enjoyed my visit to costa rica, such a beautiful country. I went there with the palm society back in the early 90's. I think Mount Verde is one of the most beautiful places anywhere.

Rick

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Oh no just when I dumped fcebook for google, oh well look forward to any pictures you post here.

Cerdic

Non omnis moriar (Horace)

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Beachpalm!

Good to meet you!

Hmm. I don't do Facebook, want to avoid it.

If you can, post pics here on the forum.

We won't sell your personal information!

I've posted probably a thousand pictures over time. It's not that tough.

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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Some excellent specimens of some things that have proven to be very difficult for me and others in S FL. Nice job.

How much property there looks like a decent size lot.

Your profile says St. Augustine, so I wasn’t expecting such a nice collection. Even for palm beach gardens you seem to be faring well some things that would be considered marginal for that area.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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Great, healthy looking palms!

Peter

hot and humid, short rainy season May through October, 14* latitude, 90* longitude

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Wow, I can't believe the things you have growing! So many of them bit the dust for me after the 2010 freeze. Your garden is amazing.

Ron

Wellington, Florida

Zone 11 in my mind

Zone 10a 9a in reality

13miles West of the Atlantic in Palm Beach County

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I appreciate your comments. I tried asterogyne but it would not even handle our mild winters. I originally had the two of them planted side by side but the asterogyne only lasted a couple of years before it did not have the strength to make it after the winter. The calyptrogyne has been there since 2003. I would like to get ten or so going. I have seven planted now. I really enjoyed my visit to costa rica, such a beautiful country. I went there with the palm society back in the early 90's. I think Mount Verde is one of the most beautiful places anywhere.

Rick

Hi Rick, Sorry to hear about your Asterogyne. I imagine that Calyptrogyne is a little more cold hardy as I usually see these palms growing at higher elevations than Asterogyne. I agree about Monte Verde, it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.

Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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I appreciate all of the positive comments. I really can't take too much credit. I think mother nature has more to do with the growing of palms than i do. I rarely fertilize any more. I know my palms grow slower but i don't worry about the plant growing in a manner that nature never intended. I really just try to watch for deficiencies and put the palms in the correct light. I would rather go with a little less light than too much. Unfortunately in 2003 i left my collection of 20+ years to relocate to my current residence. I have over an acre of land now but i gave up over 100 mature trunking species of palms. I tried to move as many as i could but i sold my home in december and the winter took its toll. Other than an initial planting 2004 i have not planted too much since then. My time went to my other passion the guitar. The st. Augustine reference is a second home i have on the beach there. My collection is very limited there as a result of mid-20 temperatures, only 40 inches of annual rainfall and salt. I lost 10 specimens palms there two years ago from palmetto bugs. It was unbelievable. Then my house partially burned down which killed off another chunk of my collection. The glass however is half full as i have more space to plant new palms to push the envelope. I will do another posting this weekend of the st. Augustine garden as i am going there for my spring planting.

I got home late from work tonight so I will try to post pictures tomorrow of my palm beach garden.

Rick

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All licuala grandis' were planted in the spring of 2004. The tallest one was a 3 gallon the other 3 were one gallons. If you look to the right of the trunk of the tallest one you will see some leaves of another grandis sticking out. The large one gets more morning light than the others which I think has helped it grow faster. None of them get afternoon sun as it is blocked by the house.

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Rick - I am another that does not do the facebook thing. Don't care to participate in a social network that data mines and tracks. My social networks are Palm Talk and Palmpedia.

I know that it is a bit time consuming but it would be real nice if you posted your photos here.

This is an internationally known site that is visited by many from around the globe. Facebook is limiting the audience.

Just my opinion ... :unsure:

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Rick - I am another that does not do the facebook thing. Don't care to participate in a social network that data mines and tracks. My social networks are Palm Talk and Palmpedia.

I know that it is a bit time consuming but it would be real nice if you posted your photos here.

This is an internationally known site that is visited by many from around the globe. Facebook is limiting the audience.

Just my opinion ... :unsure:

Just make up an account just for these kinds of things, doesn't mean you have to be a facebook junkie, doesn't even have to be in your name. Google is the biggest data miner in the world, I guess you don't google anything either? :)

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Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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Here are close-up pictures of my kentiopsis piersoniorum. If no heel is determinative this plant does not have a heel. My other kentiopsis also does not have a heel.

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WOW! St. Augustine?! How are you growing a Hydriastele so far north?! I am very impressed with what you are growing, Beach palm. When did you start collecting? The stand of Kentiopsis is something else... BRAVO!

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If this is st Aug. you must give those L. grandis some protection. Where is this garden?

With a tin cup for a chalice

Fill it up with good red wine,

And I'm-a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine.

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stand of kentiopsis

kentiopis piersoniorum

Your large ones are K. oliviformis and the small one appears to be a K. pyroformis. Great garden and enjoyed seeing the pictures.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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If this is st Aug. you must give those L. grandis some protection. Where is this garden?

It's palm beach gardens, (palm beach county).

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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I wish I could grow these palms in St. Augustine but these palms are at a home I own in Palm Beach Gardens. I have a garden in St. Augustine as well. Unfortunately it is not as nice as the one in PBG. I will post a new thread on the St. Augustine palms soon. I have to get thru all of the PBG pictures first.

Rick

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