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just for fun
by Bill Austin- 1 follower
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I thought I would share this just for fun it's held this color for two days . Do you know ???????????????
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Royal Ouch
by palmislandRandy- 6 replies
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One of my neighbor's 40 ft Royals had a major meltdown, seemingly overnight. My guess is lightning, as we are finally getting into our rainy season, although I don't see any damage on the trunk or any nearby foliage yet. Any other ideas? This was a tall beauty, which probably added to it's demise. Randy
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My Garden Update - year 1.5
by Gbarce- 16 replies
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Another 6 months have passed and its time again to see how the plants have grown. It's been a year and a half since Istarted these updates on my blog and it should be interesting to see how thing compare from Year Zero My Garden Update: year 1.5. Here's the link to my blog post: http://freakofnaturezzz.blogspot.com/2011/06/garden-update-year-15-part-1.html This is just part one. Maybe half a dozen more blog posts to follow
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Sick CIDP
by Jim in Los Altos- 13 replies
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This sad looking Phoenix canariensis was transplanted about seven years ago from a location several miles away by way of a large crane by a professional palm tree mover. Its rootball was 6 feet by 6 feet by 3 feet deep and it was planted on 18" of coarse sand in an 8 foot by 8 foot by 4 1/2 foot deep hole. Those small fronds are pretty much the only leaves produced in all these years. The tree produced no new leaves for nearly a couple of years after being planted. It's planted near a lawn and has a mixture of healthy foliage and flowering plants at its base to a few feet out. Any ideas as to what is going on here? The palm has been fed at typical intervals but does n…
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Are Pinanga Aristata stilt root palms?
by Gbarce- 2 replies
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I noticed that most of my Pinanga Aristata seedling were always tipping over. I took a closer looks and It was because the new roots were staring higher up in the trunk like in and Exorhizza or Iriatea. Is this normal? Should I prop it up with a stick or just add more soil till it reaches the roots?
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can COCONUTS grow in Lima, Peru?
by sebasroch- 25 replies
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help, recomendations, opinions...
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Portugal- Jasons Jungle
by palmtreesforpleasure- 1 follower
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My Wife's best friend Tina (and husband Ken) moved from Northern England to Portugal last year and asked if we could help create a garden with trees and lots palms. With an invitation like that we could not refuse so we visited them after our grandson, Oliver , was born in London. Jason invited Tina and I to visit him and his garden. What a generous host he is, he spent many hours explaining in detail the trees she could grow, what protection from the heat and cold they give. Not only that Jason ran around with a shovel, digging up excess trees and other interesting plants for Tina. I had a very excited Tina in the car on our way back to her place with a carload of plan…
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How much space between Dypsis?
by Gbarce- 7 replies
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Calling all dypsis experts!!! I have a couple of Dark mealy bug Dypsis and One Dypsis Pulelifera (orange crush?) that I am planning to put into the ground this week. I understand that these get huge so how far from the wall should I place them ? How far apart from each other? While we are at it I have a few Dypsis White petiole too that I should start look spots in the garden for already too--How far apart should these guys be spaced?
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Mystery palm
by Laisla87- 6 replies
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Hi all, Just happened to see this redish-palm for sale at Bunnings. It looked very vigorous, breaking its pot and all. Excuse my ignorance but can anyone identify it?
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Phoenix dactylifera Clustering?
by plantapalm- 1 follower
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In my town there are hundreds of CIDP and DP. But there seem to be 2 that stand out from all the others. 1 is the CIDP with red/purple fruit. I had asked this question why on another forum and someone refered me to this thread about the matter on palmtalk. That is how I found you guys. It completely informed that it is a hybrid form of this tree. Here is the original thread. Well I have 1 more to ask about. This is on a Phoenix dactylifera, standard date palm. This 1 seems to be a clustering 1. Is this a hybrid form of it or have i mis-i.d.ed it.
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Beccariophoenix alfredii
by brattle_007- 1 reply
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Well from my experience of germinating seeds of Beccariophoenix alfredii, the soil needs temperatures in the high 20s to 30s, for it to germinate. After sprouting, the soil high temperature still needs to be maintained to develop the rooting systems and the first leaves. Soil temps in the teens will stop early growth.
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New and
by Surf Guy- 11 replies
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Here are a few new and old plantings..... The new.... C. macrocarpa Coccothrinax mariguama Dypsis decipiens
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Seeing red........SOON
by BS Man about Palms- 1 follower
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Kentiopsis magnifica. recovered from the "sprinkler shooting incident" evidently..
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Visit to the Andersen garden
by palmcurry- 27 replies
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Yesterday I went to one of my favorite nurseries to take advantage of a sale. After jamming 8 palms into my wife's' Mazda, I had a look around. It was a breezy, sunny and quiet June Saturday and everything looked fabulous. Had my camera on hand so I took some pics. This is what I saw. The show piece Dypsi onilahensis. Dypsis ?? and Parajubea Dypsis scottianna...orD.affinnis? Hear different names on this one.
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Palms for Planted Ripariums (?)
by hydrophyte- 37 replies
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I joined just a few days ago. Thanks everybody for the warm welcome! I got a lot of great suggestions for a thread that I started asking about small palms for indoor growing and super-hardy possibilities for my area (USDA Zone 4b-5a). I have a few other more specific questions about species and variety suitability. For some time I have been involved in the devlopment of a new kind of aquarium display, the planted riparium, which combines emergent aquatic plants with aquarium fish and everything else. Here is a picture of a riparium planting that I had set up a while ago in a 50-gallon tank. This setup looks superficially similar to a terrarium or paludarium d…
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Repotted a few more favorites
by Gbarce- 19 replies
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The rainy season is the best time to plant and repot and since a lot of my specimen plants are just about bursting out of their current pots I'm in the middle of potting a lot of these guys up. I started with a couple of the licualas here's more: Iguanura Elegans I re planted this one in a much wider pot. Iguanuras are suppose to be clustering and I want to give it space for its suckers to grow This one I planted in a not much wider pot but a distinctly taller one. This seedling is a lot smaller than the other one despite being the same age. I notices that a lot of roots were starting out higher alongthe trunk but dried up before hitting the soil. Must…
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Please Suggest Unusual Small Palms 1 2
by hydrophyte- 1 follower
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I am new here. I have never really grown palms but suddenly I want to start a collection. I live in a modest small house in USDA Zone 4b-5a, so my options are limited. I plan to try out the few cold-hardy selections that might be able to make it here with protection, but I am more interested in smaller houseplants and really small palms that might work for terrarium culture. I also want to learn more about short-statured semi-aquatic species because I have a couple opportunities (not in my home) for planting in warm indoor ponds. Do you have any suggestions for species and sources? I am a true neophyte so I would appreciate any ideas. It doesn't look like they are…
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A walk around the garden or...
by Peter Pacific- 2 followers
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So I was out taking some pictures... The rainy season is just getting into full swing and the garden becoomes lush and green and weedy which is great after the long dry season. So here it is warts and all, I hope you like what I've done (I've done some pretty swift editing so you don't see the "real" garden)! Peter
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Dictyosperma albrum var. rubrum, questions
by colin Peters- 1 follower
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There is a palm for sale locally here, the palm is fairly small considering it is in a 15gal pot. Has about 4-6 ft new leaves. The new leaf is very red. How long do these guys produce red leaves??? As they get older do the red leaves quit?? I don't want to plant it out. Can I expect the nice red leaves for the life of the palm?, if I keep it in a pot?? Thank you for any input Colin
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D. albrum rubrum pics.
by colin Peters- 1 follower
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Here are a couple of shots of my new rubrum. Has lost most of the red already, but still nice shade of orange and peach. The new leaf a week ago was bright red. Dosen't last long here, but will be anticipating each new leaf. Thanks for the help aloha Colin
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Repotted my two favorite licualas
by Gbarce- 1 follower
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It's the rainy season over here so I guess its the best time to do this. These two seemed to be getting too big for their old pots. THe trunks seem to be raised because the roots coming out of the base of the trunk is starting to get exposed and the palms are beginning to lean to one side because of lack of support. Either the palms have consumed a significant amount of their soil or the root ball is over crowded anis pushing the palm up. Either way these needed a new home. Its nice to get a really good look at them now that they are out in teh open. Looks like the mapu got a lot bigger than the orbicularis did.
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Jubaea, Butia or Hybrid?
by schatzle78- 12 replies
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I recently purchased this palm which was sold as a 'Blue' Jubaea chilensis. I am still a novice and have a bit of trouble differentiating the Blue Jubaeas from Butias and JubaeaXButia hydbrids. I understand that there is quite a bit of variation in the Jubaea form but the recurved leaves this palm is putting out is causing me to have some doubts about its true identity. Any help you experts could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mike
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Delivery from FedEx!!!
by buccaneers37- 7 replies
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This is what FedEx delivered today. Last week I ordered a Jubaea x Syagrus and a Butia x Parajubaea from Patric. I am going to pot them up in larger sizes and wait at least until next year before I decide when to plant them out; I have been growing a Butia x Jubaea in a 5 gallon pot (from Tejas Tropicals)for a year and it is doing fine. I am really excited about these palms. I have seen the growth rate of Mark's BxPJ and I can't wait until mine looks like that. I don't know much about the growth rates of the JxS, but I'm equally stoked about this palm; same with my BxJ. I think I will have 3 nice looking palms in 10-15 years.
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Hi everyone, I have a query I was hoping someone could help out with. I live in Sydney, Australia (now) and would love to grow a Christmas Palm ( Veitchia merrillii syn. Adonidia merrillii ). I grew these in Miami and Havana when I lived in those places and I remember them tolerating some pretty harsh winters. Sydney's winter is a bit longer than winter in those places but it never gets to freezing (at least in my part, I live in the inner city and have a very sheltered, sunny courtyard). Anyway, I am planning to buy a few specimens from up the tropical areas of Australia and grow them here. Does anyone have any experience or advice about growing these palms outside …
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Ok, when do you start “top” fertilizing your palms after planting them? I’ve got the planting from the pot to the ground down. I use the 10 for 1 rule, and that is: a $10.00 hole for a $1.00 plant. I amend the hole according to the type of plant and the type requirements. For example, I always dig a much bigger hole than the pot, like for a 5 gallon pot I will dig a 3’ diameter by 3’ deep hole and add good top soil Metrical Grow Palm and Cactus soil with peat moss and compost soil. Around 3”- 5” from the top of the hole I will add NUTRICOTE™ Controlled Release Fertilizer around the root ball (not against it). So the problem I have is; how long after planting should I star…
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