Buying a couple of rare trees again

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At it again buying plants this time some rare trees for the garden a maprang-Bouea macrophylla Rothmania longifolia Posqueria longifolia var trinitatis and a lone anthurium friedrichstahlii winter will be the test for them and time will tell if they make to the garden 

[Marie Nock]

I loved the fragrance on my Posoquiera latifolia and enjoyed that it was fragrant during the day when I was outside in the garden.

What is the gorgeous plant in the first photo in the orange pot behind the boxes?  I've never seen it before but would love to find one.

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19 hours ago, Marie Nock said:

I loved the fragrance on my Posoquiera latifolia and enjoyed that it was fragrant during the day when I was outside in the garden.

What is the gorgeous plant in the first photo in the orange pot behind the boxes?  I've never seen it before but would love to find one.

My posoquiera shall be planted next to my driveway that way I shall get the most of the fragrance  and the plant in question is a Labisia Jambi orange black there are a few different forms but definitely worth having in any collection 

[Than]

Bouea is a stunner and so is your Labisia! I bet those are both 10b plants.. couldn't find much info online but given that they are both from Indonesia...

I hope they make it and grow magnificent!

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6 hours ago, Than said:

Bouea is a stunner and so is your Labisia! I bet those are both 10b plants.. couldn't find much info online but given that they are both from Indonesia...

I hope they make it and grow magnificent!

Hi Than they take the cold with protection but they are so particular about water I have not figured them out yet a tricky little plant for me but I hope the bouea makes it that’s for sure 

[Than]

3 hours ago, happypalms said:

Hi Than they take the cold with protection but they are so particular about water I have not figured them out yet a tricky little plant for me but I hope the bouea makes it that’s for sure 

When you say particular, doesn't the regular rule of watering when the top 1-2 inches is dry apply on them?

And I guess that in your area it never gets very cold, no frosts, right?

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54 minutes ago, Than said:

When you say particular, doesn't the regular rule of watering when the top 1-2 inches is dry apply on them?

And I guess that in your area it never gets very cold, no frosts, right?

No frosts on my property but a 15 minute drive has gotten down to -2 degrees Celsius that’s with a black frost but my property 2 degrees Celsius that’s the regular rule but I must be breaking that rule on watering I might try even dryer because iam pretty sure iam overwatering you know us palm growers gotta water everything in sight 😄

[Than]

51 minutes ago, happypalms said:

No frosts on my property but a 15 minute drive has gotten down to -2 degrees Celsius that’s with a black frost but my property 2 degrees Celsius that’s the regular rule but I must be breaking that rule on watering I might try even dryer because iam pretty sure iam overwatering you know us palm growers gotta water everything in sight 😄

-2 C so far north and near the ocean? I'd never expect that! But a minus of +2C sounds not bad at all. I see 0 C every winter.

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11 hours ago, Than said:

-2 C so far north and near the ocean? I'd never expect that! But a minus of +2C sounds not bad at all. I see 0 C every winter.

Yes geographically the great dividing range has tablelands our cold weather comes from Antarctica when the emperor penguins start there long journey that’s when our cold weather really starts with southerly cold fronts  moving up inland bringing the cold it can go as far north to the back of the Queensland border even creating cold weather in tropical cairns it’s a weather system that’s unique and brings some nasty cold palm killing chills my property is only a 15 minute drive to the beach the cold drops off the tablelands into the lowlands near the coast the city of Grafton can get some bone chilling frosts you can almost ski on with the rare black frost that has killed the sugar cane over the years but the ocean influences helps keep it at bay if you look at the Australian zone chart there is strip of subtropical zone hugging the coast that stops at Coffs Harbour then the temperate zone starts I would not like to be in cairns to hot and cyclone weather patterns the Sunshine Coast just north of Brisbane is the ultimate grow zone 

[Than]

8 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Yes geographically the great dividing range has tablelands our cold weather comes from Antarctica when the emperor penguins start there long journey that’s when our cold weather really starts with southerly cold fronts  moving up inland bringing the cold it can go as far north to the back of the Queensland border even creating cold weather in tropical cairns it’s a weather system that’s unique and brings some nasty cold palm killing chills my property is only a 15 minute drive to the beach the cold drops off the tablelands into the lowlands near the coast the city of Grafton can get some bone chilling frosts you can almost ski on with the rare black frost that has killed the sugar cane over the years but the ocean influences helps keep it at bay if you look at the Australian zone chart there is strip of subtropical zone hugging the coast that stops at Coffs Harbour then the temperate zone starts I would not like to be in cairns to hot and cyclone weather patterns the Sunshine Coast just north of Brisbane is the ultimate grow zone 

How far inland does the ocean affect the climate where you are? I am also 15 min drive from the sea.

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11 hours ago, Than said:

How far inland does the ocean affect the climate where you are? I am also 15 min drive from the sea.

As the crow flies as they say about 15kms