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Wodyatia x Veitchia at Home Depot
by Butch- 27 replies
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Hi all, This is my 1st post here, but I have lurked for years. I have gathered so much info from all you guys and enjoyed this site immensely. I had to post that I found 8 or 10 5gal. triple Foxey Ladies at the La Mirada, CA Home Depot for $20.99. I bought 1 and was hoping some of you might be interested if you are local. I am a rank amature and could be wrong about the identity but since I have both Wodyatias and Veichias I don't think I am. They are marked"King Palms". Ain't no way they're kings. Hope this is of some use to some of you. Butch
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root pruning
by xerophyte_nyc- 8 replies
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One of my (and other northern palm in pot growers) goals is to grow healthy specimens in pots while trying to limit growth to a certain degree, otherwise pot sizes can get out of hand. There seems to be controversy over treating palms like bonsai, where on an annual or every other year basis, the roots are pruned drastically to stimulate ramification of new feeder roots. Can palm roots handle this? I wonder if limited pruning every other year can accomplish this. Let's say with the help of other people to lift a rootball out of pot, one would proceed to remove a few inches of rootball from the bottom, say about 10% of the root mass, along with some roots on the si…
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Planting in the Big Orgy
by DoomsDave- 12 replies
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Howdyall: Going WILD, planting digging, etc. Here's a pic of an Acrocomia, the shoe's a size 13, 12" long all of that.
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kentia seeds
by corkycory- 7 replies
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Is it even possible to grow them since there a bit on the green side ??? . If it is, how do i go about growing them. Ive seen alot of different methods such as soaking them for a day or sometimes a month. Some people say put them in a little baggie while others say put them in a pot. Can someone who has had expierence growing kentia seeds give me some help por favor. Thanks Heres a picture of them if it helps any
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Just potting up a couple palms...
by www.dadluvsu.com- 26 replies
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The warm weather is finally here... Time to pot up plants and get ready for growth! This will be an exciting year... It's the first time I'm going to see my palms go through a growing season... In preperation I decided to pot up a couple Teddy Bears. Enjoy a couple play by play pics... The ingredients: Peat, Sand, and Perlite Mixin... Potted up the 15g Coccothrinax borhidinas to 45g... That should give em something to grow into! :: Maybe get some seed b4 summer's over! A dirty shocka! Man, that dust goes everywhere! I got big brown boogers!
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Silver Bismarckia
by TimHopper- 28 replies
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I just built a new spa under my bismarckia. It has a spa light that can be set on one of several colors (I like the red) which reflects nicely off the silver fronds at night. The fronds hang out over the tub like big umbrellas. I took the first photo from my third floor deck. Tim
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Chamaedorea Elegans
by happ- 6 replies
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Transplanted chamaedorea in near total shade except : -dappled direct sun between 4:30p-5:30p during warm season -direct sun for an hour in autumn Should I put up shade cloth or transplant again ??? [was this topic posted recently?]
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Hybridizing Raveneas
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 11 replies
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...which cross would be the coolest to do? With more and more in the landscape, there will be opportunities popping up before long. Gary L's R Glauca are flowering aleady. I think a Glauca x Xerophila would be interesting.
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Double Para Coccoides
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 3 replies
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A thread a while back got into the topic of seperating Parajubaeas. I think these palms will do well as multiples. As you can see, these two are already starting to arch away from each other...
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Gastrococos is now Acrocomia, but what species?
by Eric in Orlando- 3 replies
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Since Gastrococos has now been placed back into Acrocomia, what species is it? Is it now A. crispa or is the old name valid again, A. armentalis?
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Question about Ravenea
by DavePoole- 6 replies
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Silly one I know since it's a 'solitary' palm, but does it sucker very often?
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Adonidia Merrillii
by oppalm- 5 replies
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I bought a quadruple Adonidia Merrilli last fall (2006), overwintered it inside and now I want to split it up. The trees range from 3' to 6' tall. The four trunks are very close together, almost touching each other. I don't know how sensitive the roots are to being disturbed. Any thoughts on my chances of success splitting these into indivdual pots?
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DO YOU LIKE MY HYBRID?? 1 2
by palmaddict- 40 replies
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I bought this palm for $40 including shipping and was very excited when it arrived. The seed came from a Dypsis leptocheilos but in the location of the mother plant was Dypsis decaryi and it appears that this plant is a hybrid of the two. I am seeking your input to confirm its genetics.
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Chelsea Flower Show
by Caryota_gigas- 1 reply
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Check out live shots of the Chelsea Flower Show via the PACSONZ website. Just Click Here to view the show from May 21st to May 26th. Live photos each night from 8pm (NZ Time). 3 and a half hours from now.
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What makes a Dypsis a Dypsis?
by ruskinPalms- 11 replies
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Hi all, With all these great posts about Madagascar here lately showing all the variations of Dypsis I was wondering what actually lands a palm in the Dypsis genus. It is a vey variable genus, almost too variable. I wonder if this genus will get blown to pieces in the future by taxonomists? Thanks in advance!
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Baby Bizzie
by Surf Guy- 3 replies
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This little guy made it through our infamous freeze in January here in So Cal. Tough little sucker. Mike http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/Surf_Guy/DSC00802.jpg
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THE LONELIEST PALM IN THE WORLD
by RRONNIE- 23 replies
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A somewhat artistic/philosophic approach. Do you know of a lonly palm ??? Bring him/her over - Show it here - So that he/she will know they have friends - that they are not alone... ... And lemme know, if there's a story behind the picture. Be Good, Ronnie
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Recent palm name changes
by Walter John- 22 replies
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I was up at my local palm nursey the other day and was told of a change in a Clinostigma species name. Does anybody have knowledge of recent palm species name changes, what have you heard ?
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Spotlight on Geonoma
by Kamipalms- 22 replies
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A Genus that rarely pops up on the forum is Geonoma. Although not a huge genus, they are a highly variable and some times colourful species numbering around 50 . Native habit is from Central America to Brazil from medium to high elevations. A few questions; Who's growing Geonoma's ? Which species are you growing ? How easy/difficult are they for you? Your favorite(? Your must have or most desired? Kami.
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How is yours? Please show a pic!!!
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Wal TV
by Walter John- 6 replies
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Turn on your sound, sit back and watch some Wal Televison. Before the drought
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Dypsis forficifolia
by palmtreesforpleasure- 2 replies
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Another small dypsis
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New Products In Town..
by Kris- 4 replies
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Dear Friends some new products are avaliable now in the nurseries and in market place.have a look at it and give your recomandation wheather can i buy these in bulk and stock it.
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Hi, I'm about to plant a P. torralyi that has some pretty tall strap leaves. It's going to be a full sun area, and The hottest months are coming up - possibly up to 115F, All day sun. My question is, being a young plant, will this prove too much for it? Livistonia, I'm not worried about. It looks like it can take anything Thanks for any thoughts!
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Rhapis Excelsa
by Surf Guy- 0 replies
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http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/Surf_Guy/DSC00807.jpg
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