TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Small tree I.D. for a new friend
by Walt- 2 followers
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I recently befriended a man and his wife that own a 3 acre peninsula that extends out into lake June ( a 3,504 acre fresh water lake). Because the property is surrounded by water on three sides he as a much warmer climate than the overall general area. He has some coconut palms, spindles, majesty palms 30 count), Caryota mitis, screw pine and lots of zone 10 plantings. I told him with his climate compared to mine he needs to plant far more palm species. I gave him some small potted tropical fruit trees to try. Anyway, to the point of my post. He has one small tree that needs to be I.D.d. I don't know what species it is although it looks like something I've seen nu…
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Mistletoe head high
by edric- 0 replies
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In front of the Dept. of sanitation's lift station or whatever it is, it's some kind of sub-station on the north causeway in New Smyrna Bch., a little southwest of Venezia on the south side of the causeway, in this small deciduous tree head high, is this large very old mistletoe plant, 60 ft. from the CIDP's that have the little di-cot's and ferns, and Lantanna bushes growing out of their leaf remnants, see the CIDP post on the other forum, Ed
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Some seed grown Plumeria from Oz
by SilverMeddle- 15 replies
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Hi Here are some of the flowers my Plumeria Rubra's grown from seed have shown recently I have another batch coming this summer hopefully another 20 different varieties of Rubra hope you enjoy jimmy
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Anthurium questions
by richnorm- 7 replies
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The colourful ones don't generally grow here for more than a winter or two but this one is a trouper and appears to have set fruit. Anyone got a name for this species? Is it worth trying to grow from seed? Any tips appreciated as Anthuriums are a bit off the radar for us being a bit too tropical. cheers Richard
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I had some initial involvement with the installation of this project back in February 2011 when it was first installed. I finally stopped by to look at how it was doing after almost 2 years of growing. The project was Patrick's first northern California project, and he specified about 90 different taxa of California native plants from throughout the state. Here's a link to a photo set and commentary on my Flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/20217462@N02/sets/72157632421924946/
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Microcycas Calocoma Flushing new leaves
by Gbarce- 1 reply
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Looks like it is graduating from 3 leaves to 5 leaves wooohooooooo!!!
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Grow-in-the-dark Plants
by tjwalters- 2 replies
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New cave-dwelling nettle discovered in China. Weird.
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Redwood Greenhouse stain
by Shad- 2 replies
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I got a used santa barbara redwood greenhouse a few months ago and finally got around to cleaning and brightening all the wood. It was really dirty so I took it all apart and cleaned it really good. I tossed it inside my garage to let the wood dry out about a week ago. I was thinking about staining it but I wanted it to look natural. Does anyone have any experience with stains for redwoods? Or should I just leave it without a stain? Thanks Shad
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Hardy Schefflera in Washington state.
by Palm crazy- 5 replies
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Since the discovery of some pretty hardy Schefflera in the Mountains of Taiwan the PNW will never be the same. Here are some pics from a fellow gardener in WA with his Schefflera taiwaniana. Photos by John in Aberdeen, WA 9a. DSCN2788.jpg Schefflerataiwaniana1.jpg DSCN2785.jpg Come spring I'll be planting a different one than this with bigger leaves. In the meantime here a non hardy one in my garden. Planted back in April 2012. I can't believe this plant has no damage after two nights at 28F. If you like more info heres a link. http://fragranthill.com/?p=392
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Encephalartos Arenarius flushing n coning
by Pedro 65- 5 replies
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Encephalartos arenarius flushing and coning.. Pete
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Quercus rugosa-- Mexican Netleaf Oak
by fastfeat- 8 replies
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This is a species native to Mexico at middle elevations that seems very happy along the Caltrans soundwall in East Palo Alto. These were planted in 2007. Nice, big, corrugated leaves rather like Q. polymorpha. Seems to be evergreen here. Uncertain as to its ultimate height in CA. A couple of trees planted at LA Arboretum have, unfortunately, remained small shrubs.
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Encephalartos Seed Success ??
by Pedro 65- 2 replies
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Around 6 mths ago i posted pics of the huge coning Enchep senticosus ( pic with orange/yellow cone) now months later the cone is opening , Its done this a few times but I never pollinated in time and seeds where all floaters ( infertile) This time , I pollinated with a mix of Arenarus & Gratus, but thought it was too late..maybe not? Any way, they uncleaned seed this time are sinkers...but..does this bugger all till the seed is cleaned?? Experienced Cycad seeders, I look fwd to yr reply, Thanks Pete
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Tabebuia heterophylla in Balboa Park
by fastfeat- 16 replies
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I was down in Balboa Park with Don Hodel last month when we noticed this light pink flowered tree that just didn't look like anything "normal" for SoCal. Sure enough, here was a large Tabebuia heterophylla growing on a dry slope, blooming heavily! This is, of course, the standard SoFla Tabebuia species, but I'd only seen this species once before in CA-- as a young, non-blooming tree at UCLA under the the old name of Leucoxylon riparia. I truly did not expect that this species would bloom successfully in Mediterranean climates. And as a bonus-- no thrips infestation that always mar SoFla trees' foliage... Photos courtesy of Don Hodel.
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Some F. rubiginosa trees seem to have a lot of free-falling aerial roots, a form which seems to be called F. australis in Europe. Pictured is an example growing in San Diego. Another example in Spain is at http://www.palmtalk....34;#entry453148 This aerial root habit seems to be genetic. I have seen trees of this type in parks in Perth and Sydney, but I have never seen them in habitat. I've spent a bit of time in rainforests in N NSW but only seen rubiginosa trees with minimal or no aerial roots. Does anyone know if there is a particular ecotype with this habit, or is it something that occurs throughout the range of the species?
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Pandanus utilus fruiting.
by Pedro 65- 22 replies
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Our Pandanus utilus which originates from Madagascar is fruiting for the 1st time, its a fast Pandanus and well hung. heres some pics. Pete
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Last spring or early summer I picked a seed pod off a small shrub in a distant neighbor's yard. The shrub wasn't very tall or big, maybe no more than 4 feet high and the same in girth. I sowed lots of seeds and they germinated rather quickly and started to grow fairly fast. The thing is, what I have growing isn't anything like (height and shape wise) the shrub I took the seed pod from. I don't even recall now what the leaves of the original plant looked like. All I know is that the neighbor said she plants stuff that attracts butterflies. My plants are getting very tall and spindly. I'm sure they need to be cut back hard. I planted one in the ground a couple of mo…
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A couple Heliconia photos
by Jeff in St Pete- 1 follower
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Just wanted to share a couple Heliconia pics that I took this week.
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Some bloomage you won't see too often
by Gonzer- 1 follower
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My new fertilizer formulation © ® is really proving itself on my Tillandsias. Top to bottom; T harrisii, T. diaguitensis, and a John Arden hybrid of T. concolor x ?
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New SoCal Mango
by MattyB- 16 replies
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One of the local big box stores just got a bunch of grafted mangos in stock. I had only seen Manila available at this store before but now they're offering Golden Nugget, Glenn, Valencia Pride, and a very promising new variety called Timotayo. In snooping around the internet I found this interesting article by the developer posted on Garden Web. Check it out, it sounds like a great Mango for California. My link
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A favorite bromeliad in bloom
by bahia- 1 reply
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This cultivar/species is said to be rare to bloom, but the clone I have isn't that difficult to see blooming. Everyone seems to like this that sees it, and it's tough. Will take full sun, fairly deep shade, takes some frost without damage, but is a bit "sharp" to garden around. http://www.flickr.com/photos/20217462@N02/5551854839/
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One of my favorite shots of this particular garden, where I had recently "primped" this bed to feature all the various Aechmea recurvata types in bloom at this time. I wanted this bed to "pop" as it was going to be on a garden tour the following week. http://www.flickr.com/photos/20217462@N02/5552449990/
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Here's a set of photos of mostly winter blooming bromeliads in the Ortgiesia subsection of Aechmea species, primarily native to the states of Santa Catarina and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The majority of these are blooming or budding up now, and don't mind cool wet rainy weather in winter at all here in the milder parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Others are more summer or early fall blooming. Are many/any of these commonly grown in your southern California/NSW or South Australia/New Zealand gardens? All of these have handled occasional cold down to -4C/25F here in Berkeley without dying, thought they all look better if it only drops to -1C or so in winter. htt…
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Cycad Id
by tank- 4 replies
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This cycad sprouted up in a pot of a Ceratozamia that I picked up a few years back. Curious as to what species it is. Please help if you have any ideas. Thanks
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I Went to a Garden Party 1 2
by Moose- 1 follower
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Well - the holiday season parties started last night for me. I went to this holiday bash held in a very nice garden and behold - what did I find???
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Mahogany trees by Ken Johnson. Rock Ball!
by Ken Johnson- 11 replies
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Some of my friends here have asked to see more pictures of my work with giant mahogany trees. Here are some cool pictures of how we cut solid limestone balls. There are roots in that rock!
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