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Syagrus romanzoffiana
by gavilan1- 13 replies
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Forgive me for deciding to share this, but I was watering the palms at home yesterday at sunset and noticed how nice the trunk on my plain old Queen palm was looking in the golden light.
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Meanwhile, back at my home jungle
by Walter John- 23 replies
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After my short trip to the palm laden Byron Bay areas, I had a good look at things here at home. Some recent leaves and potentials waiting for rain. I was surprised to see how the established plants are doing so well really. Hope you like: Syagrus schizophylla Gaussia maya Bismarkia with 3 spears waiting for a good flush of rain. As is Chambeyronia
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Calling all Palm Authors!
by Bilbo- 10 replies
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Whats the biggest problem newcomers have? Probably impatience in the first place and then bankruptcy when the bug takes a serious hold! Then the new guy discovers that many species grow faster with nitrogenous feeding and growth can be speeded up. Problem is that some books mention this and some dont. Likewise many palms are pH sensitive some preferring low pH some high pH. May I gently suggest to both new and established writers is that the simplest way around this without any need for extended re-writing is simply to have a small table which can be applied to any palm for instance * could stand for nitrate responsive and # for low pH required hence a Queen Palm wou…
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Wodveitchia hybridization
by fastfeat- 17 replies
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I stumbled across this Wodveitchia today at a small nursery in Loxahatchee, FL in a block of 5g Wodyetias; picked it up for $20 !! Sadly, the only one... Brings me to my questions regarding hybridizing Wodyetia and Veitchias: (1) Seems like there are "more" variegated Wodveitchias (attractive, but certainly less vigorous and more difficult to maintain) available in the marketplace than green ones. Any ideas on the genetics involved in creating the variegation in an apparently large percentage of seedlings? (2) What crosses, both relative to which Veitchia species and which is pollen or pistillate parent, result in a greater percentage of green offspring? Since…
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Reuven's Palms - Part 2
by rubyz- 17 replies
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This evening, I'll be pleased to present some pics of the various palms gracing my patio. I should point out that I have a number of palms standing on the perimeter of the patio, but since they are technically in the garden, I will show them, along with my other garden palms, in the next thread. Enough said! The pic below is that of my patio, with a view towards the garden, as seen from my living room.
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fast growing
by feijoa- 3 replies
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what is the fastest growing palm (in existence)? and how fast does it grow?
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BACK-ISSUES OF PALMS/PRINCIPES
by PALM MOD- 9 replies
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Below is a copy of a post from John DeMott aka 'Redland' on the Forum. I am posting and pinning this message here so it doesn't get lost. Feel free to respond here, or PM John at his 'Redland' username. "All the back issues of palmcepies have been placed on 7 pallets 4'X4'X3' and are awaiting pick-up at Allen Press in Lawrence Kansas. Dial Dunkin, Allan Crockett, and Tad Dyer have stepped up to the plate and between the three of them they have committed to storing and shipping our books, space is no problem, when we need them they can box/bag/package/whatever how many etc...and send them off to where they need to be. A big round of thanks is in order to these …
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Some Yard Pix
by Scott- 34 replies
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I thought I'd put up some pics of the yard and it inhabitants. Please forgive my mess First off - here is my only shade tree - so the only canopy there is. The Hill behind I'd love to plant some palms, but there's been two hill slides one of which went into the house, so I'm not sure about planting on it. A group of refugees from the sun the Cham. Radicalis I got from Danny... Flowering and opening a new spear
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response to Wodveitchia
by fastfeat- 0 replies
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Thanks to everyone for their responses to my post about Wodveitchia. Thanks especially to Tyrone for all the great pics...I always wanted to visit Australia; now I REALLY want to...
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Somewhere over the rainbow
by Walter John- 3 replies
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Early shower and voila, photo time for my palms.
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OMG,roots!
by Howeadypsis- 1 reply
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Just repoted my D.lutescens, and my god did it have some roots! I got a bigger pot prepped but put some polystyrene in the bottom as it was rather deep and I thought it would be wasted compost. Then it was time to unpot the palm. Well, I couldnt get the thing out the pot and had to cut the pot with scissors,wasting a good pot in the process. It was incredibly windy while I was out there too which was annoying the hell out of me(hate working in the wind) and the new compost was fairly dry and very light so I had to keep hold of it while filling with soil as well as keeping an eye on the kids! I then realised some of the polystyrene had to come out as once the palm was i…
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Wheres Bob Chang
by Kamipalms- 8 replies
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I'm interested in catching up with Bob Chang- Huntington Beach, CA Anyone heard from or seen Bob lately? I Emailed Bob a couple of times since January and haven't heard squat! Anyone?
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The disappointment continues
by Surf Guy- 15 replies
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I have thrown away almost all of my dead palms from the freeze of 07 and now the question is will the palms that didn't die recover? I have D. lanceolata, P. coronata, and several A. tuckerii that the fronds are opening way to soon. I have heard that this is from stress but will this stress go away? What are the chances of these plants getting back to a normal growth rate? Thanks for the help. Mike
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Variegated Palm and cycad
by Jakkrit- 20 replies
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Hi , all enthusiasts . I'm a webboard member from Thailand and today I would like to show you the variegated plant from many Thailand nursery and my own as well. The first image is very surprise palm for me . In my idea this is the very rarest vareigated palm. Pseudophoenix vinifera var.
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Recovery and non- from the '07 freeze
by DoomsDave- 26 replies
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Like Mike "Surf Guy" I took a hit on the freeze, too. Some things are coming back, others well . . . . Big mama R. oleracea is NOT good, but I'm watering anyway, per G. Levine's advice . . .
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Promoting palm growing
by Trópico- 5 replies
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Bring your hobbies, crafts and collections for display in the Orlando second floor cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, May 14 for Day One of Diversity Week: Diversity Week Day One represents Full Spectrum Leadership's "Shape the Future" imperative. Share the results of your creative imagination through your hobbies, crafts and collections. If you are interested and have something to share, please contact .... ... "Diversity week" at work next week. Day one a bunch of people are going to be displaying their favorite passions/hobbies. I have been thinking.. maybe put a display on palm growing. How would you make it interesting, specially for people who thi…
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The Mauritia flexousa
by amazondk- 25 replies
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I am always impressed with the beauty of the Buriti, Mauritia flexousa. So, I decided to post a picture and then add one every once and a while when I see a nice example of this palm. I realize that most can not grow this palm in their climates. But, for those than can it is a striking tree. It is so common around here that most people do not pay attention to it. But, it is a real tropical gem. This picture is from April 30th in Roraima. I was on the road and the sky grew dark and a strongdown pour was coming. The sky was clear to the west and the sunlight illuminated the foreground. I could not resist registering the moment. dk
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Chainsawing my palms 1 2
by bgl- 51 replies
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I guess you could say today was a historic day, of sorts: for the first time I deliberately cut down a healthy palm with my chainsaw! The neighbor has a fruiting A. alexandrae and for years I have had volunteer seedlings pop up all over the place. My preference is to dig them up when they are small (less than 2 ft tall) and relocate them to an area just outside of our property. Sometimes I just don't get around to it though, and these Alexandra palms then get up to such a size that digging them just is not an option. We had very strong winds here yesterday, and an 80 ft tall (dead) Ohi'a tree fell, right smack in amongst a grove of good sized Dypsis sp. bejofa. Broke off …
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Butia Capitata
by boondog- 9 replies
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I planted this Pindo about a month and a half ago. It has slowly gone down hill, some fronds faster than others. I planted another at the same time 25 feet away and it looks fine. I dug a big hole, used potting soil and palm fertilizer the same way on all 5 of the different palms I planted that day. I tried giving this one some extra water but I don't think it has helped. Does anyone have any idea? Thanks so much, Roger Down by Houston
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What is this
by redant- 6 replies
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I have found this on the undersides of a couple of different palms fronds. It's trying to kill the 6 carpoxylon I have , please HELP!
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Syagrus botryophora
by Trópico- 3 replies
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This is a 6 to 7 month old Syagrus botryophora seedling, germinated last October from seeds sent to me by Gileno. The first leaf is about a foot long! Still waiting on the second leaf... I thought they were faster than that!
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Anyone using anti-transpirants?
by happ- 1 reply
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Every summer palms are damaged, to an extent, during periods of heat. Also extremely dry conditions coupled with strong winds do a number on palms. For example, dew points & relative humidity have dropped into single digits this week. Palm trees with the most exposure to wind & sun eventually show tip burns and premature yellowing. Do anti-transpirants [ie "Cloud Cover"] work effectively to protect palms like archontophoenix, ravenea, roystonea, etc ? It would be a bit difficult to apply/spray anti-transpirant on tall palms but I'll do it if it works ???
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Potting up a few things
by MattyB- 9 replies
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This nice warm weather has inspired me to pot up a few things that were just begging to be let loose in a larger pot. Here's a few pics: First up was this plant. It was bought from Floribunda last year as Dypsis onilahensis. It has a heel though and some have said it might be D. ambositrae. It's a monster of a grower. It was pushing itself up and out of a 1 gallon and the roots were fat and plentiful. I put it straight into a 5 gallon pot.
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Butia capitata
by Kathryn- 4 replies
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A friend sent me these pictures of his Butia capitata that has reddish brown spots. I think it was planted about a year ago and had some of the spots already. He used a small amount of palm fertilizer when he planted it and just recently applied some more. I figured it was some type of deficiency, but I'm not good with identifying deficiencies or fungus problems. Any ideas?
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more germ tips PLEASE
by wendisplantation- 33 replies
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I received another packet of seeds (last for this years ordering). OMG, new seeds in the mail 2 days in a row, most excitement I've had in years :laugh: Any tips on germing the following species would be greatly appreciated, as I can't find much on these: Dypsis sp. Pink Crownshaft Basselinia gracilis Pseudophoenix ekmanii- these are very interesting seeds, have striations on them that look like a palm frond wrapped around the seed. I'll try to figure out how to photograph this Anyway, if possible, tips, experiences,and please tell me if you know what type of germinators each are???? They are all soaking right now (no floaters) Thank You, in advance!