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Haven't had much time on the forum lately due to my workload leaving me little time or energy for anything else, but I've been coming here for reliable non-sensationalized news about the eruption in Hawaii and saw that the file size max has increased. I'm low tech so this was an issue for me previously. So I decided it's time to try to post some pics of my jungle. It's been raining for a couple weeks so the light is filtered and the plants are super happy right now. Some plants are still showing tatters from hurricane Irma damage 8 mos. ago, then cold damage from Jan. temps in the 30s. If any eagle-eyed experts see a mislabeled plant or one I can't ID, please let me know so I can give it a tag as they tend to walk away. 

Anyway, here's one of several Chambeyronia macrocarpa. This one lost several leaves in the hurricane from large falling tree limbs.

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Aloha, JungleGina

Zone 9b, Sunny Sarasota, Florida

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Another poor Chambeyronia macrocarpa (right) had its entire head lobbed off. It's trying to make a recovery. The palm behind it (I think) is a Chamaedorea tepejilote that only had minor damage.

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This was grown from seed. I'd love to know what it is. It's been very slow and the leaves are big.

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Okay I'm already getting a message about only being allowed to upload 8 MB. So I guess that means for the thread, not per post?? Well that was a short tour. Am I doing something wrong??

 

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Zone 9b, Sunny Sarasota, Florida

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A gal after me’ own heart with the Chambeyronias

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I'll try again. This is a Licuala aurantiaca that fell over during the hurricane. I put a stack of bricks underneath for support and it now is righting itself and has a nice curve in the trunk.

 

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Here's the top of that same Licuala so you can see its leaves.

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I might be getting the hang of this. Licuala peltata var. sumawongii

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Licuala grandis and Dypsis decaryi with a coconut peeking out from behind it to the left.

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Carpoxylon macrosperma--one of the few things I splurged on and got an instant gratification size to give it the best possible chance for survival. It's under cover of a larger tree for winter protection. We got 30 degree temps a couple of times this winter and it didn't blink.

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Satakentia liukiuensis and Coccothrinax miraguama. The Satakentia got an alarming wobble after the hurricane but I shoved a brick under it for stabilization and so far so good.

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Attalea cohune then a coconut (no idea what kind) behind Beccariophoenix madagascariensis windows.

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Coccothrinax spissa

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Bismarkia nobilis--this palm turned purple after the 2009/2010 cold events and has fallen over and been staked twice as a youngster. It survived all that and is solid now, and recently started seeding.

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Syagrus botryophora, I think.

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Wallichia disticha and Ptychosperma macarthuri

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Both of these pics are mostly unknowns grown from seed I picked up, except for the first palm in the first pic is Ravenia rivularis. Any ideas on the rest?

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That's all for today, thanks for touring. I feel very accomplished getting this far!

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1 minute ago, JungleGina said:

That's all for today, thanks for touring. I feel very accomplished getting this far!

Thank you for the pictures, @JungleGina!

I'd feel accomplished if I got that far, too. :greenthumb::)

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This is the South Florida jungle variety that I like. Natural and colorful without too much direction of the man-made motif. Great Carpoxylon and Licualas. Live and let live.

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Yes more more

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Hi Gina, the garden is bouncing back good.  It was a tough year with the hurricane and cold.  My garden looks the worst in 18 years, so don't get discouraged.   Luckily, the rain has started early this year.  Keep on rolling!

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Wonderful landscape @JungleGina!

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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I love the jungle look. It's what I strive for. I'm encouraged at the tropical species you grow in Sarasota, which is 1.5 hours north of me.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Thanks for the wonderful photos of your lush garden. A big fan of the 'unstructured' look, but just enough to still be in control.

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Hilo, Hawaii

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Is this your garden #2? Seems I remember you moved house a few years ago? Anyway, terrific jungle you have growing there! It must be fun to hang out in one of the chairs under the fronds to unwind. Beautiful, and bound to get even better.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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19 hours ago, JungleGina said:

Syagrus botryophora, I think.

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Beautiful garden, I too love the jungle look!  This palm looks like a Syagrus schizophylla and not a botryophora.

Great work!

Lived in Cape Coral, Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg Florida.

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21 hours ago, JungleGina said:

This was grown from seed. I'd love to know what it is. It's been very slow and the leaves are big.

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This one looks like a juvenile Attalea.

Lived in Cape Coral, Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg Florida.

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15 hours ago, Mike Evans said:

Hi Gina, the garden is bouncing back good.  It was a tough year with the hurricane and cold.  My garden looks the worst in 18 years, so don't get discouraged.   Luckily, the rain has started early this year.  Keep on rolling!

Thank you @Mike Evans. Your comment made it occur to me that I should try to post what these areas looked like in the aftermath of hurricane Irma. Took the pics but never got around to posting them. I thought posts used to be numbered so you could refer back but can't find it. So this is the same area as the first pic I posted in this thread with the Chambeyronia macrocarpa and that croton as identifying features. No pathways are discernible.

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Picture 2 of the headless Chambeyronia looked like this post-hurricane. You can't see either of those palms in this pic, just the tree and side of the greenhouse for identifying features. In the foreground, there was a big 5 headed pandanus that got completely obliterated.

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Then a slightly different angle from the left where you can see one small part of the pandanus and the size of the branch that took it out.

 

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On ‎5‎/‎21‎/‎2018‎ ‎10‎:‎20‎:‎47‎, JungleGina said:

Licuala grandis and Dypsis decaryi with a coconut peeking out from behind it to the left.

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Maybe this will make it easier to refer back if I just quote the previous. Down below is the post-hurricane pic. You can just make out the Dypsis decaryi in the back left and in front of that is the huge rootball of the Syagrus sancona that blew over, thankfully away from the house! It was at the very top of my canopy. In the after photo above, the fireball bromeliad is planted to strategically cover the stump of the fallen Syagrus.

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On ‎5‎/‎21‎/‎2018‎ ‎10‎:‎27‎:‎12‎, JungleGina said:

Carpoxylon macrosperma--one of the few things I splurged on and got an instant gratification size to give it the best possible chance for survival. It's under cover of a larger tree for winter protection. We got 30 degree temps a couple of times this winter and it didn't blink.

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The above view post-hurricane looks toward the house; below is the opposite of the same view looking from the house (notice the tree fern and Carpoxylon). I couldn't even get through the debris in some areas to get pics.

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Zone 9b, Sunny Sarasota, Florida

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On ‎5‎/‎21‎/‎2018‎ ‎10‎:‎58‎:‎44‎, JungleGina said:

That's all for today, thanks for touring. I feel very accomplished getting this far!

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Above is now; below is the damage. What you can't see is my other big loss from the top of the canopy, Caryota maxima. (Trunk is one the ground behind the head of the statue.) Second pic below is the top of the Caryota. I get a lot more light in than I used to with two large palms gone.

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7 hours ago, Kim said:

Is this your garden #2? Seems I remember you moved house a few years ago? Anyway, terrific jungle you have growing there! It must be fun to hang out in one of the chairs under the fronds to unwind. Beautiful, and bound to get even better.

No @Kim I have not moved; been here since 2002. You met me in 2012 when I toured your place and Bo's place while staying at JD's cottage. I'm praying all of your gorgeous gardens are spared and still accessible when things calm down on the Big Island. I really wanted to return one day to see the result of all your hard work in person.

Aloha, JungleGina

Zone 9b, Sunny Sarasota, Florida

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Thank you very much for the tour - spectacular photos of beautiful plants!

Best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

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9 hours ago, JungleGina said:

No @Kim I have not moved; been here since 2002. You met me in 2012 when I toured your place and Bo's place while staying at JD's cottage. I'm praying all of your gorgeous gardens are spared and still accessible when things calm down on the Big Island. I really wanted to return one day to see the result of all your hard work in person.

Thanks Gina, I clearly remember meeting you and spending time with you on the Big Island. I don't know why I thought you had since moved. :rolleyes: Thank you for your good wishes! We are feeling cautiously optimistic. :unsure:

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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On 5/21/2018, 8:58:07, JungleGina said:

This was grown from seed. I'd love to know what it is. It's been very slow and the leaves are big.

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Attalea

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