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Pseudophoenix hits the dirt.

Looking Glass

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flplantguy Mentor

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They are definitely getting plump!  Looks amazing and shows why it's a favorite palm of mine.

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Looking Glass Grand Master

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3 Year Update….

On 9/25/2021 at 4:58 PM, Looking Glass said:

Charlie Brown’s Pseudophoenix……

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The One-Armed Bandit grew another arm, so I figured it was time.   

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Still have to find spots for 3 more in pots.   Hopefully these do well in the ground.  


Six more months and it’s gloomy, wet and weedy out there, so it’s time…..
The one armed bandit added some rings…..

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Charlie Brown will peel away this frond over a few months and show a couple rings too….

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The young trio seems a little sluggish, but it making progress…. (Though not as fast as the summer weeds)

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The center stoplight crotons are pretty speedy for crotons….

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I’m trying to get these bromeliads to stick….   They never stick well for me…

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Nursing baby bromeliads everywhere these days…..  

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The beat-up critical-care project failed rehab out back, but this skinny, slow, weirdo out back in the pot is doing well…

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D. Morrowii Veteran

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Those Bucs are maturing nicely! I’m anxious to try and trunk host some bromeliads myself. The videos on youtubes make it sound real easy, not so? 

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Looking Glass Grand Master

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18 minutes ago, D. Morrowii said:

Those Bucs are maturing nicely! I’m anxious to try and trunk host some bromeliads myself. The videos on youtubes make it sound real easy, not so? 

I’ve only tried stolon-forming Aechmeas and they just seem very slow to root in.  Many of these don’t tolerate soil very well without rotting.   They prefer being in nothing at all.  Ideal for hanging if they would just stick.  They do ok potted in loose rock.  

Aechmea correia-araujoi is my best sticker and reproduces at a decent rate….  It’s smaller, like 1.5x the size of a hand.  

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Will try Billbergia next…. Perhaps they’ll stick better.  I’ve got limed adult tree space though.  

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Ah yeah, those look awesome. I’m just discovering bromeliads so I don’t know a lot about them. I like that there are so many varieties and its nice that they sucker. I have some billbergia so maybe I’ll try a couple of those on one of the Sabal trunks.

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Looking Glass Grand Master

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8 minutes ago, D. Morrowii said:

Ah yeah, those look awesome. I’m just discovering bromeliads so I don’t know a lot about them. I like that there are so many varieties and its nice that they sucker. I have some billbergia so maybe I’ll try a couple of those on one of the Sabal trunks.

Bare sable trunks are nice and rough….   Hopefully they’ll grab onto that well.  When I got my first batch of bromeliads years ago, I found out pretty quickly they want decent air circulation and good light.  Most common Neoregelia, Aechmea, and Billbergia are not deep shade lovers.  

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Not due for an update, but Carribean stuff looked so happy with this brutal summer sun that I couldn’t help getting a few pics.   

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Aechmea ampla potted up.   
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Frond-friend42 Veteran

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Very nice beauties. Is that Copernicia a gigas?

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Looking Glass Grand Master

Looking Glass

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3 hours ago, Frond-friend42 said:

Very nice beauties. Is that Copernicia a gigas?

It’s a Hospita.  Enjoys the sun and heat there and I’m pretty generous with the water.  Slowly the fronds are getting bigger. 

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Jonathan Veteran

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Very nice, but I suspect a bromeliad thread sneaking into palm central - well played sir!

Pseudophoenix is one of my top of the list palms I'll never be able to grow.

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

Looking Glass Grand Master

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4 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Very nice, but I suspect a bromeliad thread sneaking into palm central - well played sir!

Pseudophoenix is one of my top of the list palms I'll never be able to grow.

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I don't think I was able to get bromeliads to stick to my palm trunks, orchids yes but I had no luck with bromeliads.  Even ones I planted in the ground around a palm that grew so dense around it and climbed up higher and higher basically taking over the palm trunk at 4' or lower completely, in April 2023 when we had the massive rain event that dropped 26" of rain in 6 hours, that entire colony of bromeliads floated away and broke into multiple clusters of 2 here, 3 there, 5 over there, the furthest was a cluster of 5 many blocks away when the water receded.

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10 hours ago, miamicuse said:

I don't think I was able to get bromeliads to stick to my palm trunks, orchids yes but I had no luck with bromeliads.  Even ones I planted in the ground around a palm that grew so dense around it and climbed up higher and higher basically taking over the palm trunk at 4' or lower completely, in April 2023 when we had the massive rain event that dropped 26" of rain in 6 hours, that entire colony of bromeliads floated away and broke into multiple clusters of 2 here, 3 there, 5 over there, the furthest was a cluster of 5 many blocks away when the water receded.

What a lovely image...I hope there was a frog in the clump, heading out to colonise new suburbs!

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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Looking Glass Grand Master

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Went out to dinner tonight and stumbled on these Sargentii outside of the place.  Healthy looking, thin trunked.  

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1 hour ago, Looking Glass said:

Went out to dinner tonight and stumbled on these Sargentii outside of the place.  Healthy looking, thin trunked.  

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Pseudophoenix next to a Phoenix! Coincidence haha. Also looking at previous pics of your garden I knew it was south florida, I miss all the color and the overall tropical vibe there. Your garden is beautifully done and clearly well maintained. 💚

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On 9/25/2021 at 11:58 PM, Looking Glass said:

Well, I put two of the Pseudophoenix Sargentii in the ground, up front by the road….  hot, driest part of the yard, full, direct sun all day.   Hopefully they are happy there and don’t die of dog-urine poisoning or teenage vandalism.  

Charlie Brown’s Pseudophoenix……

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The One-Armed Bandit grew another arm, so I figured it was time.   

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Still have to find spots for 3 more in pots.   Hopefully these do well in the ground.  

Bump, what fill in did you use for the hole in the ground?

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12 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Bump, what fill in did you use for the hole in the ground?

I have a base of pure deep sand, and above that a top layer of black, sandy loam that varies greatly from spot to spot from about 6-12+ inches.   For the two largest Pseudophoenix, I did no amending, just mixed up the existing loam and sand in the holes.   For the three smaller Pseudophoenix, I amended their holes with pure sand, as the loamy layer was much deeper there, and that is a wetter spot.   

I originally top dressed with a shell mulch, but then later dressed with a top layer of some soil and wood mulch, covered with crushed limestone for everyone.   

The main problem I’ve experienced with the two largest is Boron deficiency.  I added the soil and wood much top layer to try to alleviate this, along with boron treatments.  

These like well draining soil, alkaline conditions, and lots of sun and heat.  They enjoy a lot of water during the hot season.  During the cooler dry season, they slow down considerably and tolerate drought like conditions.   

 

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Now that it has warmed up, these have resumed growing.  The two by the road are slowly tearing off there oldest fronds.  They will peel off over a couple of months.  Still getting Boron issues at times, and now some brown-tipping without yellowing.  
 

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The three little ones are making progress, and the fast growing variety is the least happy of everyone.   

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Forgive the weeds.  I need a full day of hand ripping on my hands and knees to restore order for a couple months.   I can’t deal right now.  

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