Mele Kalikimaka

[MarkF]

[Dr. George]

me ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou

(and a Happy New Year)

gmp

[Cindy Adair]

It's lovely! Which Metroxylon species? I hope amicorum... As shown in my avatar, I have one Metroxylon and part of me dreads the day it blooms since being M. salomonense it will die after fruiting.

[Kim]

...and a palmy Christmas to you too! Love those Metroxylons, both Mark's and Cindy's.

Mark, your avatar has been driving me crazy. The photo is so familiar, but I just can't put a name to it.

[MarkF]

It is Metroxylon amicarum. There is a vitiense nearby that flowered earlier this year and is dying as we speak.

one door closes, and ...

[MarkF]

...and a palmy Christmas to you too! Love those Metroxylons, both Mark's and Cindy's.

Mark, your avatar has been driving me crazy. The photo is so familiar, but I just can't put a name to it.

in my spare time I build motorcycles for The Phantom Manufacturing Company

[bgl]

Ahhh...spare time, fascinating concept! And that's a spectacular Metroxylon amicarum. Not too many fruiting ones around here.

Oh yes, Mele Kalikimaka to everybody! With interesting palms added to the mix and hopefully some tasty food as well!

Bo-Göran

[LilikoiLee]

Mark,

My husband Mike and I are really enjoying seeing all the pictures from your garden. And - it's wonderful you're not likely to run out of new ones to post for a long, long, time.

We consider ourselves to be extremely lucky to have visited your garden. It was an incredible thrill! It comes to mind every time we are seaching online for a picture of a particular palm and find it surrounded by tons of cinder. Thanks to Palm Bob (who took and posted the pictures) it may be one of the most viewed gardens in the world.

Meli kalikimaka and Me ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!

Lee Tracy

[MarkF]

I know what you mean Lee, every time I google a species of palm I come across a photo he took on this property. It's a really big help for me and Larissa to understand where this place came from and to understand how this place used to work. It'll never be exactly the same as it was, but we will be great! And when we're ready, we'll be sure to have folks who would appreciate it, to see the garden as it should be seen.

M

[Jeff Searle]

Mark,

What a great shot of your Metroxylon! Thanks for sharing, good luck with the new garden and wishing you and all the other PT members in Hawaii a very nice, Merry Christmas.

[akamu]

Mahalo for the pic's what an awesome species Mele Kalikimaka to all palm talk people.

[Cindy Adair]

If you ever want to part with any of your M. amicarum seeds, I'm sure many of us here would be happy to buy some.

Of course there are seed sellers (like rps who has information on their website) and Floribunda who may be interested in germinating them. You may have plans for them already but I just don't want to see them go to waste.

Even if you don't plan on going into the nursery business, we sometimes have fundraisers here on Palmtalk and unusual seeds are a popular item. The Hawaii palm society might be interested as well.

I love your whippets too. I am down to one now, but used to lure course and show them and think they are great dogs!

[MarkF]

I'll keep you posted on the disposition of the seeds. I'm trying to germinate one in the old compost heap in the shade enclosure. It's only been there a few weeks so we'll see how it goes...