TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Jaboticaba
by aztropic- 13 replies
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Even though planted in way too much shade, my jaboticaba tree manages to produce a small crop every year for a tropical treat in the desert. aztropic Mesa, Arizona
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Saw this specimen today on my way to pick up grandchildren from school:
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Was just chatting with a Palmtalker about houseplants outside and thought I'd share my not-so-scientific results from this past winter. What I've been doing is to buy a "houseplant" I like and torture test it in the yard (in a somewhat protected spot) to see how it does. These two did great over the winter here which surprised me... The second one even made a bunch of babies. Thinking I might get more and use them as a groundcover in a shady area. The maidenhair fern went crispy initially, but seems to be making a recovery (TBD on that one). The philodendrons weren't quite as happy with our winter... The little ones died and the large…
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Cycad Sex Change
by Gardner- 5 replies
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Anybody know if there is any documented confirmation to the rumour a cycad can change its sex in certain circumstances?
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Mystery Yucca?
by MAPalms- 1 follower
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Hi PalmTalk, I recently bought this yucca from Lowe’s thinking that it looked like yucca rostrata. I am now confused though because the picture on the tag shows a yucca rostrata and the name says yucca rigida. Any help is well appreciated.
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Does Guava wood make good firewood?
by Tracy- 4 replies
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I needed to do an extraction due to my Guava tree being planted adjacent to the house. It was trying to put roots under the house. I have some large branch pieces that didn't fit in my now full green recycling waste bins. I don't have a fireplace but am still curious since I have friends who do have fireplaces and firepits.
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🍌 B a n a n a s 🍌 ba ba bananas 1 2
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
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Ok, while I wait for these seeds to maybe or maybe not sprout, and I wait for my friend to send the Dwarf Cavendish that @5am contributed to the John and Sancho East Mississippi Palm Conservatorium, I broke down and bought a nanner off of eBay. Flashback to when I bought a queen palm because they grow fast.... I bought a Mekong Giant, and supposedly these get huge and run wild. Anyway, I guess I'm gonna dig through here and Reddit and YouTube because bananas.org is a great source of knowledge but the website only works when it wants to. And when I Google things like, the best fertilizer (hoping to find something ideal for both bananas and palms), everyone who has an…
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Can Yucca gigantea/elephantipes hybridize??
by TropicsEnjoyer- 11 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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Bromeliads ID
by Jonathan- 1 follower
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I picked up these pretty cheap from a local hardware shop, no idea what they are but all looked interesting. Particularly like the skinny leaf one with the black leaf bases. The tags said Bromeliads Assorted! Any help appreciated.
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ID of this tree
by bubba- 1 reply
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Saw this strange trunked tree and would greatly appreciate some thoughts on what it might be:
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Bromeliads 2026
by Looking Glass- 1 follower
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I’ve been cleaning up the garden beds recently, and they are packed with bromeliads. Here’s some of my favorites so far this year. They really start to multiply over the years.
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Hi everyone, I wanted to share a quick update on my Eriobotrya japonica here in Stachen (Lake Constance, Switzerland). While the surrounding oceanic Cfb areas are still in early spring dormancy, my Loquat has started a massive vegetative push around March 15th. As you can see in the photo, the velvety, bronze-colored new leaves are already several centimeters long and pushing with incredible vigor. This early start (about 4 weeks ahead of the regional average) perfectly correlates with my Nectarine bloom, which also exploded around March 11th/12th. These biological indicators confirm my recently updated climate stats: 15-year Annual Mean: 11.8°C -…
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My pineapple plant 1 2
by Oppido- 1 follower
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Hi, I have been growing some pineapple plants for a few years (since summer 2019), including the one I want to discuss in this thread, which I believe to be the Champaca variety. Originally, when I bought it in summer 2019, there was only the main plant that brought the fruit to maturity by October 2019 (note that when I bought it, the plant already had the fruit and simply grew it a little and then ripened it). More or less in November/December 2019, two seedlings were born from the root of the original plant and since then I have always had these two seedlings (note that when I say that I have these two seedlings left, I am referring to the container in which I had repo…
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Alocasia or Colocasia ?
by Darold Petty- 11 replies
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Recently, I was sorely tempted by colorful plants, Colocasia 'Redemption' and C. 'Pharoah's Mask'. However, my garden is the very most cold microclimate to be classified as USDA zone 10. People have no idea about the lack of daytime warmth my garden suffers. The daily summer high temperature often ranges from 56 to 64 F. At this moment the early morning temperature is 48F. I do grow Alocasia 'Yucatan Princess' well. So, based on my success with the Alocasia... can I also grow the two mentioned Colocasia plants ? Thanks !
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Plant id required please
by happypalms- 3 replies
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I have no idea as to what this plant is it does resemble a mussa species but thats all I know. Thanks for looking..
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The nectarine tree is in bloom
by Mazat- 2 replies
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The nectarine tree has been in bloom for 8 days now. Let's hope it bears fruit this time...
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Another lot of gifted seeds of some beautiful trees. My main interest has been palms over the years learning a lot about. I have always been interested in trees and shrubs but now iam taking a particular interest in them, it might be a grower challenging oneself, taking a particular interest in such trees. But all I know is there’s a lot to learn as a grower, I guess I will never stop learning about plants and growing, and that’s a good thing!
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Microclimate plants to try?
by Ohiopalmloverz6- 0 replies
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So this winter in NE Ohio has been brutally cold, we got down to -10F a couple times and had tons of snow. But miraculously, a lot of not so cold hardy plants survived! Calendula was killed to the ground but still has sprouts from the base, kale seedlings are still completely alive but growing slowly. Pineapple lily bulbs are alive with zero damage and calla lily bulbs are still alive with a bit of damage to some of the bulbs, what other tropicals should I try here? hedychiums? Cannas? Amaryllis?
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Tabebuia rosea with red headed Agama
by bubba- 5 replies
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Saw this specimen today that is still blooming. It also had a passenger on it's trunk.
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Cootamundra wattle Acacia bailyana
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Only a young tree, yet showing some real promise of being a nice exotic Australian native!
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Is zamia pumila hardy to zone 7
by COpalms- 1 follower
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Ive read that zamia pumila is hardy to zone 7 but also hardy down to zone 8. I'm confused please help. Also is there any cycad hardier than it and if so what is it and what is its hardiness lowest zone. Thnanks!
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Post your Winter 2026 Papayas
by bubba- 3 replies
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Hiii
by cactuscub- 1 reply
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I'm based in N San Diego area. Lots of Garcinia (and loads of other tropicals, for example I have a giant white sapote in the yard) survive here, but only last year did I try starting other Garcinia. This is batsh¡t crazy, but I sowed some Garcinia gardneriana literally over a year ago, while being caretaker for my ill grandparents out of state. I come back, and experience a bunch of medical issues that weren't related but laid me up. I couldn't visit my rented plant growing space for months. Mind you all, it's been preposterously dry and hot the last couple years in SD, the rain is practically non-existent and never heavy... Anyway, I just got back to my plant space…
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DirecTV stumps
by JohnAndSancho- 11 replies
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I did something very stupid today. I wish I had a full size truck and I could just rip these damn things out of the ground. They replaced this one because the crape myrtle in front of it grew too big so I spent a few hours with the drainage spade (praise jeebus it has teeth) sawing through about 25 years worth of Bermuda grass and tree roots and I still need to get a pry bar and the SledgeOMatic to break it loose. It's in the perfect spot for one of the Redemption colocasias. (See, I made it relevant to this forum after all). I'm not even done and there's 2 more and I wanna die and there's some of y'all almost twice my age running up the sides of mountains with 300 pounds…
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Instagram humor
by JohnAndSancho- 0 replies
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