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Hi I ordered some f2 unknown dypsis decipens hybrids from floribunda palm and one normal dypsis decipens any tips for my zone 9a Lancaster California climate already had success with king palm and kentia palm this year no protection also any tips for ceroxylon parvifrons and parajubea cocodies my seeds germinated from both of them

Looking for a Ficus Dammaropsis. Had one and it didn’t make it. Tried cuttings off of eBay and they rotted. I’ve seen a couple online but they wanted over $500 for a 1 gallon. Any locals to SD have air layers they have started? Thanks

Another 12 months and I reckon the large Tahina will have a full crown. Smaller one also coming good now.

Nothing special to look at now, but hopefully this Hyphaene petersiana will impress visitors in years to come.

Lovely to see the 3 x Medemia argun doing ok in the gardens. Hoping they will go on to produce a breeding trio.

Colin Wilson gave me a small Hyophorbe indica "Red form" to donate to the gardens. I kept that one and instead offered this larger example that was ready to be planted.

I donated my largest Jubaea chilensis because it was bursting to go in the ground, but I wasn’t ready to plant it. Appears to be settling in well.

Been meaning to get back to the gardens for a while now, but I've been busy building a retaining wall at our place most weekends since the turn of the year. It rained first thing this morning with more threatening so laying blocks was out, and a visit to Mt. Coot-tha was on. We certainly picked a lovely spot for the Jubaeopsis afra.

Come down ye can dig up some volunteers and pick up seeds --- tree droppng load s of seeds. I dont go on this sidt too oftern

Throw some offers. I just got another one pop up. Worst thing that happens is I try to get you to throw something else in the box. Shipping ain't that bad, man. It ain't 6 bucks but it ain't 40 either.

Yesterday we had a great hike in Phong Nha National Park. Licuala bachmaensis Dr. Bill Baker explaining morphological differences between Lanonia and Licuala Close up for Lanonia centralis demonstrating a small bump just before the center leaf split. Rhapis excelsa Lanonia centralis Hiking up a waterfall to end the hike

Kim, I don't think you have any problems at all. This palm comes from Matanzas, directly across the straits from where I used to live in Big Pine Key, and with just about the same substrate (good old calcium carbonate, near the beach). If you are on Miami limestone (I believe Kendall qualifies) you should be fine without any significant amendments to speak of unless you want to add a little organic material or just a touch of low-intensity organic fertilizer to help it get going. You probably have good drainage to begin with, so probably not a worry, but if for some reason you have standing water then maybe raise it a bit and use mostly limestone with a bit of humus on top (as is typically encountered in nature).

Someone will want this 4 minutes after I plant it.

Naw, I need space and I need an easier way to water things. The other problem is the only stuff people wanna buy is the stuff I don't wanna sell. Just moving a spicket from the outside to the inside would be a game changer for me. Auto watering would make it so easy. And I gotta convince people to drive way the hell out to the country. And mixing coir and perlite by hand totally sucks ass. Every time I turn around I need something else, dude.

Hi Clinton, it's very nice to see you here after an absence of eight years! Can you give us all an update on your Heliconia trials and what has or hasn't succeeded for you? I think your best bets are to contact Carla Black in Panama, and in Australia, Ann Cains and Bruce Dunstan, all prominent figures in the Heliconia Society, and probably also quite a number of others in the Queensland nursery industry who might have seed to sell. Perhaps also contact Colton Collins at Plant Group Hawai'i, he usually sells just rhizomes but I assume he has plentiful seed on his plants if he's willing to sell it. I'm not sure what kind of limitations you have on seed importation or any of the above folks may have in export restrictions. There is also a tropical plant society in Sydney (I've seen it on facebook) that has members growing H. rostrata and several others, you might look into that group and see if someone has seed they can send you. Some of the plants you're requesting are quite rare, so you might need to first determine anyone who even has these growing as plants in the first place. I don't know why but the orange H. angusta seems completely absent in cultivation here in the U.S. Only yellow and red can be found in my experience. H. spissa (even standard red) is also inexplicably almost unknown here. Have you looked into H. lankesteri? That may be a great one, as it comes from very high elevations, though it is also I think quite scarce...but it is in cultivation. Also quite a few of the H. griggsiana cultivars grow at quite cold elevations.

Oh man. The AI did a good job. I'm digging it up tomorrow

Merc had contacts all around the globe plus local ones as well. He did get stumped a bit when they changed the import laws, meaning a lot of home grown contacts couldn’t send their seeds, but he got around that in a legal manner through different logistics. You don’t need a lot of infrastructure Merc was just a suburban backyard germinater, but he had the setup!

Good little Merc haul there, the adscendens seeds he got from me, good to see they fell into great hands. And a few other varieties you got there came from a couple of other contacts Merc had, you know both of those contacts, so some home grown contacts there!

I think im going to just muscle it up into my tacoma and drive it to the new spot. It or just drag it with a tow strap lol. But im really happy to hear they transplant well. I don't have any experience with that. Thanks!

Dang. I still have a hint of green but seeing no movement. No spear pull but not looking good. Not seeing trunk oozing. Riddle me this though…. On the Christmas and royals, the foliage is fried but the petiole is still green (ish). Does that offer hope?

Interesting. Thanks for the info! Wow. Funny how I find the perfect Palm tree for my spot and it is being elusive. Seems appropriate

I’ve never dug one up that size but it will be a bit of work and very heavy. They transplant well and are quick to rebound . Someone in my neighborhood literally ripped a small one out of the ground and left it in a 5gallon bucket in my courtyard in case I wanted it . I really didn’t but I appreciated the gesture and stuck it in the ground at the bottom of our hike . It took off like a rocket . Harry

I have BxJ, JxB, and BxLytoWedd from Patrick. The BxJ and JxB are similar in size to your photo. The BxLytoWedd are taller and thinner, and fairly quick growing. I also planted a "Coco Queen" Romanzoffiana x Schizophylla a couple of years ago. It is fast, but not quite Queen fast. I'll try to remember to take some photos tomorrow.

A few more, most of these were germinated seed from Merc 3-4 years ago. Pritchardia martii Chambeyronia houailouensis Livistona alfredii A pair of Burretiokentia koghiensis Chrysalidocarpus sp ‘Baby Red Stems’ Lanonia dasyantha Chamaedorea adacendens Chamaedorea linearis Coccothrinax barbadensis (dussiana) Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’

Would Bismarkia be a viable option? I think it would be a statement palm but idk they might need a lot of water, i’m not really too knowledgeable about california.