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My Cyrtostachys renda gets a grooming
by Really full garden- 15 replies
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This particular clump of Lipstick palm gets thinned out about every two years.If I do not trim it ,it would grow into a shrubby mass with none of the beautiful trunks visible.I have noticed that I do get vertical growth from the major trunks when the suckers are removed.It now is about 5 feet tall. BEFORE AFTER I removed about 30 suckers from tiny to almost an inch in diameter.I weeded and added a fresh layer of rice hull mulch.As you can see the surrounding grass is crispy brown.We just got a good shower last night,the first rain we have had in 5 months!The mulch is not just decorative,it helps keep the soil(black sand)cool and moist.
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Palm ID Help Please
by NCPalm- 7 replies
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My son and his family brought me back some seedlings and seeds from a palm I need help identifying. I am including a picture of the mature trees they came from. Can anyone help please? Thank you!
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Tropical B yard update....
by tropicalb- 2 replies
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I thought i would take advantage of the warm weather and coming rain, and planted the grass seed yesterday....went with a fescue / bluegrass mix. After a lot of thought, i decided i want to go with a semi-florida style front yard, meaning palms planted in the grass, as you don't see too much of that out here. I'm getting there! http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-222-12708502619547_thumb.jpg
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De-devoided of palms...
by www.dadluvsu.com- 10 replies
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I couldn't sit still. I couldn't take it any more. I had to do it. It just looked so empty and sad out there.
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Winter 09/10 so far
by madgav- 9 replies
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Hi, It's been a while since I posted here but having read all the cold/damage reports from FL etc, I thought it might be worth providing an update from the other side of the pond. Europe has had a particularly severe winter so far, and this includes the UK, some parts of which have seen temperatures as low as -20C (-4F)!! Now being near the coast, almost at the western fringe of both Europe and the UK, I haven't seen anything even close to this, but what I did have was an exceptionally long cold or fairly cold period. This began with a couple of inches of snow on 20th December (which only lasted a couple of days), followed by two nights of -4C (24F) (slightly below ou…
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Houston? We have a problem.
by Gonzer- 13 replies
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Can someone fathom a guess as to this malady afflicting the crownshaft of this macrocarpa? Hard, not spongy, no seepage of liquid, no smell and only on 1/2 of the CS. Thanks.
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Going Palmazon-poopy 1 2
by DoomsDave- 59 replies
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Howdyall: Maybe you know how it is. You just get motivated, the engine revs, and no one, NO ONE can stop you. Palmazon poopy is in homage to -- you know who . . .. I'll translate if needed To paraphrase the equally motivated Incredible Hulk, "Plant . . . EVERYTHING!" Or words to such effect. So, here's a gallery . . . The shoe's a size 12, 12" (30 cm long) . . . .
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Its Ceroxylon day!!!!
by Kostas- 23 replies
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A post office man came ringing my door. ''You have a packet from a foreign country'' he said...''Bring it on!" i said and signed for it.Upon closer inspection,i see its from the Canary Islands,my Ceroxylons had arrived!!!! Can you guess the species and number? Photos will follow latter today,when i have potted them as they came without a pot and i have run out of pots... There was also a gift Parajubaea torallyi var. microcarpa with them which is very beautyfull and big too!!!
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Butia Journey
by nomolos- 17 replies
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Here is a pic of my Butia circa 2004/05
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Palm Maintenance Work.Yr_2009
by Kris- 1 follower
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Dear Friends Here is a step by step illustration of a palm repotting work.but the I.D of this palm has not been confirmed by our members yet.the seeds were from brother M@x.My assumption is that its hybrid of queen,or butia or jubea ! But iam not sure.but you can try to help me if you know or grown this palm before.. In the following post you will have visuals of it ! And by the way in my 2 years of extensive palm seed germination,i have never seen a palm put such heavy trunk in a 2 liter mineral water bottle and leaves are so beautifully green,i love this baby very much.. And the leaves are tempered too(Stiff & Upright).So what is this palm..? Than…
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Palm Maintenance Work.Yr_2009
by Kris- 18 replies
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Dear Friends Here is a step by step illustration of a palm repotting work.but the I.D of this palm has not been confirmed by our members yet.the seeds were from brother M@x.My assumption is that its hybrid of queen,or butia or jubea ! But iam not sure.but you can try to help me if you know or grown this palm before.. In the following post you will have visuals of it ! Thanks & Love, Kris
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trachycarpus princeps 1 2
by boko- 1 follower
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I was just wondering? Are there any mature trachycarpus princeps around in private gardens?? Over here there just seedlings for sale.
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Syagrus ruschiana
by Jonathan- 9 replies
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Hi all, I was given some S. ruschiana seeds from Donald Sanders in Hawaii (thanks Don!), of which three have now germinated. I was surprised to notice that the seeds were remote germinators - I couldn't remember any of the other Syagrus I've grown (romanzoffiana, flexuosa, abreojos) being remote - but then its been a while since I germinated them. Is this common in Syagrus species? I know that other Cocoid palms like Parajubaea are remote germinators. Is anyone else growing this species - any ideas about cold tolerance, etc? The photo's I've seen on the net suggest it comes from dry, rocky areas, so it should like full sun I guess. Like S. flexuosa, there just…
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Carpoxylon macrospermum in fl
by redant- 24 replies
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Other then Jeff's beauty who has had positive results from this palm. I have had them croak in pots and in the ground. I presently have three planted in mixed sun on a berm of topsoil. They looked OK going into the winter, look less OK now but not burnt, just yellow. Most of the decline seemed to have started before the winter though. So if you have a nice one where it planted and any other particular information to your success is appreciated.
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Palms in the Philipines
by Philpalm- 10 replies
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This is Arenga Tremula,it has been in the ground for just over 2 years only. We have many of this sp. growing on the river banks (steep)not far from our nursery. Bismarkia not a true silver as they are hard to find here many of them are hybrid green/silver. 2 years old from 1 gal. I think this one is Satakentia?? not sure? Bought it at a local nursery where it was just hiding in neglected corner. It wasnt good when I got it very in need of planting in ground. My H. Beguinii finally set fruit after many flowering attempts. Have managed to pick 200 seeds last week. We havent had rain here since Mid December its really dry. I am flat out watering everything inc our nurs…
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What happened here??
by Gbarce- 5 replies
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Is this a Rhino Beetle attack? What should I do?
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Chambeyroneas in full, blistering La La Land Sun
by DoomsDave- 15 replies
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I recall one of our members curious about whether Chambeys would take the sun, and I'm happy to report, they do, though, they're still better in the shade. Behold! This was taken on Easter, an hour after the earthquake . . . . They were under a giant Deodar cedar that got removed. I give them frequent drinks in the warm season.
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Devastation on the Coastal Bend
by JimR- 1 follower
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It has now been two weeks since the big freeze, and I thought I would give a report from here in Rockport, just North of Corpus Christi. Too early to tell who is going to survive, certainly, but everyone except the Washies and Queens look terrible. The big Triangle also looks quite good. The next best, with 40% to 50% burn are the Royals, Archobtophoenix cunninghamia's and A. maxima's. The rest (Veitcia arecinas with 15 ft. of trunk, Dictocaryums, Ptychospermas, Dypsis leptoceilis, Bottle palm, Christmas palms, Ravenia rivularis, Chambeyronias, etc.) took 90%+ burn. Some will certainly survive, but no one enjoyed it. The sight of them is heartbreaking.
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Just for Fun 1 2
by Tampa Scott- 1 follower
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I have not posted these pictures here before so I thought I would share them. Last June a clump of the multi-heads fell to the ground (pic1). Note the roots in pic2, for fun I potted the clump in a large pot. Pictures 3 & 4 shows as it looks now.
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Pritchardia ID anyone ??
by Miccles- 16 replies
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Hi all, Wondering if any Pritchardia experts out there can help me... I picked up two "Pritchardia Affinis" over a year ago, both were under a foot high, and a mid-green colour... identical in every way. I have since planted one in the front yard, and the one pictured below is in the back yard. While the one in the front yard looks (to me)like a P.Affinis should with it's wedge-like leaves, this one looks distinctly different. It is faster growing, the leaves grow up - then out, and the colour is a much deeper green. I am not discounting the possibility it could even be a P.Hillebrandii, but I have several of those and they are a flatter and more "squat" variety. …
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20 minutes before the 7.2 quake.........
by trioderob- 13 replies
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I was here:
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Palm identity please
by tropicbreeze- 4 replies
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Anyone care to show their expertise in identifying this palm. The photos are in habitat. I believe they'll be the same species, though don't really know that. They were growing possibly in the 1000 to 1500 metre altitude in the Owen Stanley Ranges, Papua New Guinea, circa 8 degrees south lat. The two plants were growing on opposite sides of the mountains, but I'm just estimating altitude, will have to check back in my notes and topo. map to be certain. Never saw any of what might be called adult plants. In fact, the areas these were in seemed fairly devoid of other palm individuals. Thanks. This one growing southern side of main range. Growing northern side of…
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Trachy Seeding... Again!
by Randy Johnson- 10 replies
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Hello again! Here's a picture of my apx. 7' Trachy in its third season here in "north" Alabama. Now for the fun part. And I know I'm about to show my ignorance in palm-ology ....and probably outright disrespect for the species. But, nonetheless, here's my question: As of last year, my tree started popping out these ugly (eye of the beholder) pods each spring. Is it safe for the health of the tree to simply cut them off once they elongate past the trunk? There are at least 10 of them already peeking out. Thanks much! Randy
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I need your help......
by tropicalb- 20 replies
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Got any suggestions guys and gals? I have 5 lonely kentias....most of the yard gets a lot of sun all day....the only shady spot is under the eaves. http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-222-12704307910307_thumb.jpg
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Now thats odd
by redant- 24 replies
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Never to this degree.
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