DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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   Trip to the Carolinas..

   July 18, 2006 by BobbyinNY

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   I'll be going on a trip for a week (leaving Saturday) to the Carolinas to check out the area... We're stopping in Folly Beach, SC.... there's a place there called: "Isle-of-Palms"... looks cool... I'll be taking lots of pics.

   

   Last reply by Zac in NC, July 22, 2006
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   Updates on California Coconuts?

   July 11, 2006 by Palmy

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   Im just curious about the California coconuts such as the one in New port beach? Just curious. I know, I know, why keep a coconut that looks bad in California? but it inspires poeple that its possible, yet it may look ugly but lets say if we get a new coconut, cocos nuficia var. california? LOL. Any pics would be awsome.

   

   Last reply by Stan, July 21, 2006
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   Germinating Howea seeds

   June 28, 2006 by Patrick In MN

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   I just ordered some seeds from Rare Palms seeds and was hoping someone could offer suggestions on germinating both varieties of Howea. Thank You for any suggestions!

   

   Last reply by Patrick In MN, July 20, 2006
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   Palms in Sonora

   July 7, 2006 by richtrav

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   Just got around to putting up some pics of the native palms in Sonora http://community.webshots.com/album/552027671bziKEK http://community.webshots.com/album/552025291YMtxul Richard

   

   Last reply by Zac in NC, July 20, 2006
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   Exploding Black Palm

   July 17, 2006 by Daryl

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   One of my Normanbya's has decided to throw out new roots by the dozen. So many that the base of the trunk is peeling away near the roots. Anybody had this happen to theirs before? regards, Daryl.

   

   Last reply by Tyrone, July 20, 2006
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   Whose got 12 grand?

   July 17, 2006 by JD in the OC

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   20 headed palmetto I'm sure some rich collector in Fla will pick it up. 20 heads... that's impressive! JD

   

   Last reply by NBTX11, July 20, 2006
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   Ho`omaluhia Botanical Garden

   June 29, 2006 by Walter John

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   I saved some excellent web sites in my favorites over the years and one in particluar I had forgotten about. It was the site created for the IPS gathering in Hawaii in 2004. One of the links was to the visit of the Ho`omaluhia Botanical Garden. One of the pics shows a Lodociea maldivica and here's that pic. Iwould love to see a current photo of this palm, would anybody have an up to date photo of this magnificent palm ?

   

   Last reply by bgl, July 19, 2006
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   Pritchardia beccariana

   June 25, 2006 by Surf Guy

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   Pic from San Diego Zoo. Hey Wal, "GOOD ON YA MATE"!

   

   Last reply by Walter John, July 19, 2006
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    Orange Crownshaft

    July 10, 2006 by Dypsisdean

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    We are all familiar with the orange color of a newly exposed crownshaft on many paims. I found it interesting that the crownshaft on these Bentinckia nicobarica get orange as they are getting ready to fall off. Excuse the mess. Work in progress.

    

    Last reply by MattyB, July 18, 2006

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    A zone 8b  lake house palm garden 1 2

    July 17, 2006 by GREENHAND

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    before , nothing but dirt in summer 03 .

    

    Last reply by BobbyinNY, July 18, 2006

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    Vietnam palms

    July 17, 2006 by Mazay

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    Hi Will have a trip to Vietnam soon. What palm trees are growing there, any Garden to have a look at them? Thanks

    

    Last reply by Tyrone, July 18, 2006
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    Wash Robusta

    July 17, 2006 by palmhonee

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    I just bought four 3' wash robusta for 4.94 @ Kmart - I went buck wild! My question is could I put 2 to a pot? I know these guys are solitary palms? Would they look OK as I plan on having them forever . Thanks. Terri - Springfield, Illinois

    

    Last reply by GREENHAND, July 17, 2006
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    Bug and animal pests

    June 26, 2006 by Dave Butler

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    Don`t you just hate them little suckers that crawl or fly into your garden and seem to eat everything without even being invited and are so hard to get rid of.

    

    Last reply by Scott, July 16, 2006
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    A Canopy Palm?

    July 15, 2006 by Scott

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    Hi, I really need some advice for a palm that provides a good canopy for others, yet loves the sun. There probably isn't one, But I'm thinking long term for my Archontophoenix Cunningham. This summer is our hottest on record, and honestly I don't believe future years will be any better. I appreciate any help Scott

    

    Last reply by Shon, July 16, 2006
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    Pictures from my garden.

    July 11, 2006 by deezpalms

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    First off some palms in my sunroom. 1st. off, Adondida merrillii.

    

    Last reply by Kris, July 15, 2006
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    One of my COCOS - 1 year old

    July 11, 2006 by BobbyinNY

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    Here is a cocos I bought last year around the same time at Ikea.... It was about a foot... Now it's about 5ft tall

    

    Last reply by Scott, July 15, 2006
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    Pool pictures early summer 06 1 2

    July 10, 2006 by GREENHAND

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    Took these pictures sunday, man it was hot out there, first pict coming in gate.

    

    Last reply by Kathryn, July 15, 2006
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    Palm ID

    July 14, 2006 by Josep

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    This is the misterious palm . It has some kind of strings hanging over leaves. Thanks!

    

    Last reply by Robert Lee Riffle, July 15, 2006
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    Germinate Drinking Cocos Fruits?

    July 13, 2006 by Cristóbal

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    Any body try to germinate the cocos fruits you buy to drink the milk ? I'm from La Paz, Baja California Sur, where we have cocos and there we only put them in the ground when they fall from the palm. But I think the drinking cocos are more young then the ones falling from the trees, are they ok to germinate ?

    

    Last reply by paulgila, July 13, 2006
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    Guests to the forums

    July 7, 2006 by Walter John

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    Bump! See, you'll be able to do things like this, the odd "Bump"

    

    Last reply by Dave-Vero, July 13, 2006
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    Cocos ID

    July 13, 2006 by alex_7b

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    At a Lowes in Mt.Airy, NC I spotted about 5 Cocos n. for sale. 1 had yellow petioles the others had green petioles. What cultivars are these?

    

    Last reply by spockvr6, July 13, 2006
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    Advice Needed on Sabal Transplant

    July 13, 2006 by AlexnAtlanta

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    I visited a palm tree farm in South Carolina and among the palms a friend and I purchased was a beautiful variety of Sabal. It might be Sabal Palmetto or it might be another variety -- most likely, Sabal Mexicana. My palm has a clear trunk of about 4 feet and a healthy crown of dark green fronds. It was delivered to my home in Atlanta within 36 hours of being dug from the field. Based on everything I read, and based on advice on the Hardy Palm and Subtropical Bulletin Board, I "hurricane cut" the palm and removed about 13 of the 15 fronds, leaving only 2-3 emerging spears. The tree was in the ground, planted in well amended, well draining soil, for about 5 days before…

    

    Last reply by spockvr6, July 13, 2006
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    Garden palms

    July 5, 2006 by Exotic Life

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    Hi, Tried to get it noisy ? So i would let you sime palm picture's of mine. I have know 22 diffrent species of palms in my collection, but i tried to get more of it. Not everthing here is in the full ground, and there are two reasons for. The first one they don´t survive here the winters and the second the are to small. So here some pics of some palms of mine I hope you would like them It's June now and we are in the second Heat wave, so the palms grow really fast, yesterday it was 35,6 C, that's very hot for the netherlands.

    

    Last reply by Exotic Life, July 13, 2006
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    establishing seriously marginal palms

    July 11, 2006 by Bennz

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    Looking at the California coconut thread encourages me to puch the boundaries again. I live in a cool maritime climate where summers are pleasant and winters coolish. I have about 200 acres that do not ever see frost at all. I like the idea of establishing tropical palms, and as I get reasonable winter sunshine, I often dream about establishing Cocos, Roystonea etc here, by utilising passive solar techniques such as planting on plastic covered mounds with greenhouse film enclosures, which should easily give me at least subtropical equivalent winter temperature conditions. I could not replicate lower latitude sunshine hours of course, but that may or may not be a probl…

    

    Last reply by Dave-Vero, July 13, 2006
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    Another bugs eye view post

    July 8, 2006 by SubTropicRay

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    Dictyosperma album

    

    Last reply by paulgila, July 12, 2006