TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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ID of this plant ?
by Mazat- 3 replies
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Sabine bought this today. It was written for the bees, nothing else 🤔
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I have always been fascinated with orchids, and I sort of assumed that orchid fascination was pretty common. I also used to think they were difficult to grow, at least in non-tropical climates, and so didn't bother with them, and again I assumed that this misconception was the reason more people don't grow them. So am I right? The reason I'm asking is that I've been experimenting with orchids for 4 or 5 years now and have gradaully realized that for a small lot in a less than perfect climate like Southern California, they are quite possibly the most rewarding group of plants to grow. They are also, in my opinion the ultimate palm companion plants...they grow be…
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Beautiful flowers and plants from your garden!
by PAPalmtrees- 2 replies
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Hello everyone I started this new thread to see beautiful flowers and plants from your guys as gardens!. feel free to Post stuff I would love to see it. Here's one of my Calla Lilies It has been blooming for about a month.
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Interesting Hoya Flower???
by Tracy- 3 replies
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I was walking by one of my Pritchardia's that has a Hoya growing on the retained leaf bases and something white caught my eye. When I looked more closely I saw the white flower growing amidst some of the Hoya's leaves. I knew something wasn't right, so examined more closely and saw that it was the Laelia anceps dawsonii which I had acquired as a bareroot a couple of years ago, and stuck in another leafbase that was flowering with the stem popping up and through the Hoya leaves. This Pritchardia maideniana's leaf bases are also host to a cutting from my Epidendrum falcatum which I'm hoping will bloom again.
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One of the things I look forward to this time of year is the new flushes of growth and cones from my Cycads. It is so amazing to see the lettuce soft new growth emerge from such a spikey formidable plant. I've been REAL into Cycads lately and many of the seedlings I just recently purchased are starting to flush as well. So lets see what Cycads are flushing or coning for you. Sorry about the lighting on my pics but we had the heavy duty May gray socked in today. Here is my Lepidozamia Hopei with a 2 leaf mini flush. Stevo
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Tree ID?
by ahosey01- 5 replies
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Any thoughts? Almost looks like a Tabebuia but the little weird half-flower I picked off is throwing me for a loop and it wasn't in a cluster. On the left barely in the frame is Tabebuia aurea. Was thinking Tabebuia haemantha but wtf is up with that flower lol
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Photo dump of succulents and flowers.
by tacobender- 3 replies
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I intend to move in a few months south to the tropics. I will miss my current yard, fortunately the new owner loves the variety of plantings.
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Today's walk near Lake Constance.Nature thrives after the beneficial rain Impressions
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Can Yucca gigantea/elephantipes hybridize??
by TropicsEnjoyer- 5 replies
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I had this question recently pop into my mind. It baffles me that these houseplant yuccas are so common and yet there are no known hybrids of Y. gigantea with any other yucca species. Are they not compatible maybe or is it just that nobody has really tried? There are many other hybrids out there so i’m surprised this species isn’t part of any. Imagine crossing one with rostrata and getting a nice soft, floppy, thin leaved that branches regularly. I would like to try myself but unfortunately my gigantea is years away from ever reaching flowering size. I just think it’s an interesting unexplored possibility. So, let me know if you have any ideas or experience yourself…
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Ponytail Palm seed maturity time
by Mr. Clark- 5 replies
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Ok, so not technically a palm, but thought someone here might have an answer... My folks have a wonderful Ponytail that has gone to seed, which I would like to harvest when ripe. Anyone have input on how long these need to mature before picking? Photos below, there are some slight color changes happening now but the seeds in the pods are still soft, green and wet. I live about 90 min away, so don't want to make too many trips to find out they are still not ready. Seperately, a few leaves are showing odd growth, also shown in the photos - any thoughts on if this is fungus or maybe nutrient related?
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B2B: The long awaited return to Boyce Thompson Arboretum..
by Silas_Sancona- 20 replies
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It may have taken a couple years, and been a touch warm when the clouds broke but, an otherwise great Monday spent checking in on the top Botanical Garden destination in Arizona.. Sure, there's Desert Botanical, which some place at the top of gardens to visit here but, when it comes to sheer diversity of plants to see -in one place- No place here beats Boyce, the oldest Botanical Garden in the state.. Scenery is unbeatable as well. As is the case whenever i do a deep dive check in at X Y Z garden, all plant groups encountered are covered.. None of that boxing one's self into highlighting just specific groups on a visit.. Not something a legit plant person would…
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Delonix elata
by ahosey01- 0 replies
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Hardier, more tender, or the same as regia?
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Red-Flowered Mesquite
by ahosey01- 0 replies
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I read a long time ago that there is some kind of mesquite that produces a red-colored flower. Anybody know what mesquite this is?
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Queensland Ebony - Bauhinia carronii
by ahosey01- 2 replies
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Anyone in Australia got this growing anywhere near them and want to share photos, particularly of flowering?
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Plant display at the local show aka fair
by happypalms- 0 replies
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The country show has come and gone from my hometown. Either the garden club holding the competition for the best plants entered and on display. And to my amazement the blue ribbon went to a spider plant of all things but it was nice to see the plants with local growers putting on display. I wonder how they would go with a variegated rhapis or a nice big Joey on display! Shake em up a bit with some top tropical plants!
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we planted two more bird of paradise flowers last sunday evening, strelizia reginae it should be. am curious if they will grow well, it is a very sunny place.
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Lake Constance - Impressions
by Mazat- 10 replies
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Some photos of Lake Constance
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I am just north of Atlanta, GA - in zone that got pushed to 8a (since 2023) and I was wondering if anyone here has experience growing Oleander outside in the ground in this zone? I'm reading some types of Oleander are hardier than others and I've stumbled upon the Oleander Calypso at local Lowe's. I love the way Oleanders look, but I'm hesitant to buy one and plant in the ground just for it to die during the winter. Does anyone have experience with cold hardy Oleanders? Can they be grown successfully in zones 7b/8a? Which varieties? Thanks in advance!
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Draceana or sansevieria ?
by happypalms- 5 replies
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I don’t know what they were thinking when they named this one a Draceana, to me it’s clearly a sansevieria. So what’s the palm talk opinion as to what it is and a what it should be?
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March 1st ...Equals the start ...of Spring, 2025 1 2
by Silas_Sancona- 48 replies
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With the start of a new month comes the start of a new season ..defined by the only way of defining the seasons that matters, Meteorologically.. Final month of " winter " spent well above average, + our first official 90s for 2025, ..a month early, = plenty of stuff awakening from their winter naps in the yards ..and beyond... Hippeastrum " Stargazer, Minerva, ..or .... " right at peak bloom, while inflo #2 produced by this plant gets ready to open.. Solanum houstonii Calliandra eriophylla.. Echinocereus coccineus ..or triglochidatus.. flowering ..One of the two planted in the yard at least.. ..Ahea…
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Saving Mom's Aloe Vera
by JohnAndSancho- 0 replies
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My grandmother was a gardener. In their old house in the city, my grandfather built her a greenhouse and she grew and sold cactii and flowers - I don't remember what all she grew, but she was well known for her African Violets. When they moved out here, she planted probably 20 Crepe Myrtles, she always had multiple flowerbeds going, etc. I love my mom. My mom is not a gardener. Anyway, she's had this Aloe Vera and if you've read any of my posts you know we have an infestation of cats. This aloe was in a HUGE terracotta pot and had been turned into a cat toilet. I'm waiting on a prescription to be called in, so what the hell. Let's go dump this and see what's …
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Royal Poinciana (Delonix Regia) 1 2 3
by bubba- 1 follower
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Based upon numerous references in tropical literature to the effect that Royal Poincianna trees are tropical in nature and cannot be grown outside the South Florida area in the United States,I would like to hear from grower's of this specimen in other area's of the US or elsewhere in the world where it is being grown in non-tropical climates.Also, when does the tree bloom and how long does it remain without leaves.Iwould like to see more of those Arizona pictures
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eucalyptus gunnii My new experiment
by PAPalmtrees- 4 replies
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Hello everyone here's my new zone pushing experiment a eucalyptus gunnii I know it's not the Hardiest of the eucalyptus but it's still pretty Hardy I'm hoping to get a eucalyptus neglecta soon
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Newly designed mini desertscape
by Jubaea_James760- 38 replies
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Yet another addiction i acquired from the palmtalk. org people 🙄 First palms, then cycads & now succulents! What are you people doing to me 😂. Actually, I was into palms before I found this website but still, I only knew about 15-20 palms before palmtalk... Thanks to everyone posting native desert species, walks & adventure tours & they're own collections I'm now completely fascinated by all desert plants! You all know who you are 🧐 Anyways, I designed a little mini desertscape. Not quite finished yet, I still need to get some Arizona pebble/pea gravel in orangeish tan color to match my boulders. Most plants are in already & I included nam…
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Eriobotrya japonica
by Mazat- 19 replies
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Eriobotrya japonica also looks healthy and we are curious to see if it will flower for the first time this year 🤔😀
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