TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Finally, I found out why my plants died
by miamicuse- 26 replies
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For about 3 years now, if I put potted plants under my Ficus benjamina to give them some shade. Many of them end up doing really badly no matter what I did. They would do well for a few months then they started to weaken. No bugs no infestation just slowly wilting. So I have a few dozens of Licuala seedlings in tall tree pots, some are doing well, but half a dozen of them died. Really strange. I raised the tree pots up and they were full of roots, so they are so full of roots that I need to upsize the pots? Upon close examination, these roots are not from the Licuala palm seedlings, they are from the Ficus benjamina! The fertilizer and water I gave to …
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Which one Dioon califanoi or merolae
by happypalms- 3 replies
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To many years and memory loss since I planted this Dioon iam sure the experts in palm land will set it straight as to which one it is thanks in advance
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Holy grail Tree, Gigasiphon macrosiphon 1 2
by Gtlevine- 2 followers
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Gigasiphon macrosiphon from Tanzania is almost extinct. Only flowering tree outside Africa is Fosters Botanical Garden where seed usually is eaten by bugs or rots quickly, thus no new plants. I was fortunate to get one and it is blooming now. Flowers are a whopping 9" across and plant has big beautiful leaves that flush red.
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Barcelona jardins de Mossen
by Axel Amsterdam- 3 replies
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Situated on the Monjuic facing the mediterranean sea.
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Orange Geiger - Cordia sebestena
by aztropic- 12 replies
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Flowering season just starting for my orange geiger tree growing in the Arizona desert. Wondering if anybody else grows these outside of Florida or Hawaii? Intense orange bloomer! aztropic Mesa, Arizona
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SUM' - Flowers.. Summer / Fall flowering things 2023 Non Cycad n' Palms stuff only.. 1 2
by Silas_Sancona- 50 replies
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With Meteorological Summer underway, and Astronomical Summer closing in, ..it is Summer, and time to show off what non Palm and Cycad flowering plants are enjoying the longest days of the year in the garden, ...or out and about.. Kicking the door open, The other local Cassia fistula specimen i'd found in the area a month or so ago. Not a particularly large specimen, but looking better than my neighbor's atm.. Some early Kallstroemia grandiflora ( AZ Summer Poppy ) getting going.. This turns out be another Dud-Soon, these might be the only ones i see flowering this summer.. Early Ivy-Leaved Morning Glory.. Figured these would b…
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Monkey orchid?
by Tracy- 1 follower
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I don't recall what the name of this orchid is, but know that once you get them, they want to volunteer in with all your other orchids. The flower resembles a little monkey, hence the title of my post. Anyone recognize the flower. I also posted a photo of it's leaves, it is the small two leaf plant at the base of the other orchid. The other orchid sharing the pot is an Epidendrum robustum.
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Three Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi
by Marius- 1 follower
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Here are the pics of when I just planted the three feddies.
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Trichocereus terscheckii or pachycereus pringlei?
by Axel Amsterdam- 9 replies
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This one grows in the south of France and quickly grew side arms early on.
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Canna Lily ID (HELP!)
by Dwarf Fan- 9 replies
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These were one of the few plants that came with the house but they were almost completely dead due to serious neglect. I had no idea what they were at the time because they were mostly dead brown plant matter with little green plant material and no flowers of any kind, but my lady was pretty sure they were some type of tropical flowers. So I cleaned them up, cut them back and after some TLC and some water I was happy to see them bloom into what I believe are Canna Lilies. But with so many different colors and variations I haven’t been to find one that matches using an image search. Does anyone recognize this variety? Thanks in advance.
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Draceana hookeriana
by happypalms- 0 replies
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A real tough plant the draceana hookeriana easy to propagate and grow just add water a great landscaping plant 🪴
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I have a young SC Island ironwood in the ground. Photo shows about a year of growth since being planted as a one gallon sapling. The winter storms were a little hard on it, and I let it dry out often in the spring, hence the bit of dieback. It's doing fine though. These can be multi-trunked trees in habitat or large landscapes, and will sometimes sucker following partial dieback induced by drought stress or storm damage (or heavy trimming). However, they're most often grown as single trunks on small urban lots such as ours, without much maintenance to achieve this. My concern is that the main stem on our young tree is semi-decumbent. These trunks don…
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What extreme heat does.. 22 days, and counting..
by Silas_Sancona- 2 followers
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We often talk about how cold temperature exposure effects plants.. Rare we talk about the other extreme ..Exposure to long duration heat. While -to some at least- this might not sound like much of a big deal ..it can be since in both cases, you are damaging tissue, which can invite other trouble.. In many cases, there are plenty of ways to protect plants -from either extreme- In other cases, not much you can do except hoping the heat breaks. A few examples of what 22 days ( incl. today ..and counting ) above 110F plus dry air/ no rain can do to stuff.. Things that can't be moved to a shadier spot, until the worst of the heat ends. Ficus microcarpa…
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Bananas species to grow in Houston
by Chester B- 12 replies
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I seem to find little information in relation to gardening in the Houston area aside from vegetable gardening. I’ve watched Central Texas Gardener for years and there is always good information but it relates more to Austin and San Antonio. So far the best information I have been getting is here (no surprise), so I am wondering what Bananas do well in my he Houston areas aside from basjoo and sikkamensis? I would guess Mekong giant and Orinoco are probably fine, but are there any good edible varieties?
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Ficus socotrana (vasta) planting 1 2
by Tracy- 41 replies
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I finally found this Ficus socotrana which has been lumped in with Ficus vasta I understand, but since it was labeled as socotrana, I'll stick with it. I fell in love with the one at Quail Botanical Garden now San Diego Botanical Garden about a decade ago or perhaps even longer. I never started looking for it until about that time. They had one large specimen for sale at a nursery in Rancho Santa Fe, but when I inquired about purchasing it, was advised it wasn't for sale and would only be used for propagation, and that I should call back the following spring. I did follow up that following spring and a few more, but there were never any available. We just removed a …
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Cycas media
by jmdupuyoo- 6 replies
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Dear members, I have 3 Cycas media (with trunks/caudexes 30/40 cm high) currently in pots. I would like to plant them outside. I'd like some information on growing these plants. How often do you water your plants? Does this species tolerate a little shade? Or do they need full sun? How cold hardy are these cycas? Have you lost a plant to frost? If so, at what temperature? In my garden my plants experiment regularly minus 3 to minus 5 Celcius. Thank you very much. Jean-Michel Dupuyoo
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Nice looking Yuccas
by DAVEinMB- 3 replies
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Not sure what kind these are but they are definitely cool looking. Found them about a block off the beach in myrtle
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Yukka's what am I doing wrong?
by Bucknaked- 3 replies
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Hi all this is frustrating me, I have one which is perfect and the others getting the same amount of sun/water/plant food are struggling. Any suggestions please? same pots, soil, same verbal encouragement
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Cycas revoluta sotetsushowa desiflora
by happypalms- 0 replies
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In my collection there is one revoluta that’s special a Japanese named variety sotetsushowa desiflora it has leaves that are are a lot broader than your standard revoluta it took many years for the broad leaves to appear I was told to be patient it was purchased from a friend of rich trapnell zig was the person who told me about rich and his wonderful plants I have two one in the ground the other in a container I do get pups of them
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Cycad offset propagation
by Jesse PNW- 5 replies
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This C revoluta (presumed) I mentioned in the cold hardy forums, but I would like some advice on propagating the offsets, please. The very small ones seem easy and from everything I've read, they propagate just like opuntia. Snap them off, callous, use cactus potting media. If I'm wrong or missing anything, please let me know. What about the larger trunks? How large of a wound can they recover from, both offset and main trunk? I'm afraid of killing these.
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Clerodendrum thomsoniae - bleeding glory-bower flowering vine.
by piping plovers- 1 follower
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After 2 years my Clerodendrum thomsoniae has finally bloomed. I couldn’t figure out what I was missing in its care, but apparently sitting in water is helpful. It’s been a rainy summer in RI and I just couldn’t keep up with emptying the saucer beneath the plant so it often sat for days in water. Reading Wikipedia I came across this interesting tidbit: “This plant was very popular during the mid 19th century under the name "beauty bush". It lost favour only when its unusual culture conditions were forgotten. Specifically, its root system must be partially submerged in water most of the time, and it wants very good light.” Anyhow, I have always wanted one of t…
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Planting Australian natives grevillia
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Australian native plants don’t underestimate how good they are in the garden not only my tropical garden is full of exotic rare plants iam also planting out a rare exotic Australian plants from Western Australia and South Australia also from other area’s in Australia but focusing on WA and SA plants kunzeas dryandras banksias grevillias Zieria chamelaucium eremophilia anigozanthos varieties just to name a few but many others it is trial and error iam up against the cold wet weather and higher than average rainfall as to what the plants are used to my property is free draining black sandy soil perfect for a lot Australian native plants
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Australian native bees
by happypalms- 5 replies
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I just love my native bees they are a wonderful little pet to have in the garden plus’s doing a wonderful job of pollinating which is a great thing for my garden such a great conversation starter definitely well worth having a hive in your garden
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Dicksonia Antarctica soft tree fern
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Ok I admit I give the chain store nurseries a hard time I will admit but as I say if you look hard enough you can score that plant that is at least special to your own heart and this one is the soft tree fern I purchased the bare basically stump log cut off at ground level that’s how they harvest them in the wild they are sold with a licensed tag the one in the picture is about one month in the ground I only water the trunk the best way to water them not the ground iam looking forward to this one in years to come
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Rothmania globosa
by happypalms- 0 replies
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An absolutely stunning tree the rothmania globosa with its scented flowers that linger in the air early morning at my front door it has been slow growing in my climate this one is 20 years old a rare tree in my area I did purchase another one recently in the Sydney botanical gardens Friends of the garden nursery well worth planting if you can them I never get seed so I don’t know what iam doing wrong I can’t find much good information on this tree it does like water rather cold tolerant 2 degrees Celsius I don’t think frost would be it’s friend a beautiful tree spectacular in bloom
