TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Draceana thaloides planted in the garden
by happypalms- 0 replies
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A great understory plant for the shade. Perfect for that corner position or as a stand alone spot. A small medium height of around 3 to 4 feet. Dry tolerant in between waterings. Easy to propagate from cuttings and grow a nice little plant for a shaded spot in the garden.
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Share your hibiscus! 1 2 3 4
by putu enjula- 1 follower
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Just wanted to start a thread where people can share pics of their hibiscus blooms! This is Elishea, Black Dragon, and unknown. Thought it might be "All Aglow" does anyone know?
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Ficus rumphii
by ASHCVS- 1 follower
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Ficus rumphii: this truly remarkable tree is hiding in plain sight behind a Sikh temple in West Los Angeles. The mythology is a priest brought a sprig from the Indian subcontinent and planted it in the 1950s. And voilà: amazing “paper” and leaf: Not even the redoubtable Leon (XOTX Tropico) has been able to propagate this plant. Seen with @Cindy Adair … Well, I am sure it is obvious, I love ficus. However, they still trail far behind palms. Does anyone happen to know where one could source F. rumphii? Until then, I’ll curtail my ficus posting, at least until I successfully acquire F. vasta!
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Sobralia rodgersiana
by Darold Petty- 14 replies
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I recently acquired a large specimen and plan to install it in a very prominent location in my garden. The orchid is potted in sphagnum moss, in a 12x10 inch pot, with 15 canes about 74 inches tall. I plan to install it above ground, with the bottom of the pot removed and with irrigation once per week. After digging a hole below the pot location what sort of mixture should I use for the re-filled hole and the pot sleeve ? The 100% moss seems wrong, and I wish to have a mix more water retentive, and also more "transitional" to the adjacent soil. Thanks for any comments !
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What plants can I grow in Reggio Calabria?
by RC-Italy- 1 follower
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Good Morning, I'm new to the forum, but I've been following you for a long time. I come from Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy, and we recently bought a small plot of land near my house. I live in the parts near the port, and for a few years (5 to be exact) I have had a weather station that measures temperatures. It was around the same time that I became interested in tropical and subtropical plants and have been trying to grow some of them on the balcony ever since. I tried with mango (Kent, Keitt, Osteen, Irwin, Tommy Atkins), papaya (from seeds), pineapple (i think "baby"), banana (Orinoco), Lime, Macadamia and Passion Fruit. So far, however, mango, pineapple and papa…
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Ficus from New Caledonia?
by BS Man about Palms- 23 replies
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Len and I went to XOTX in the west Los Angeles area a little while back and got some stuff. I really like this ficus from New Cal? (Ficus austrocaledonia) But I can't find any info on it. (Sorry Len, it looks really happy here.)
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Alright so amazing news with the blue javas! Earlier this week, I noticed that a new leaf was probably half to three quarters of the size of the previous leaves, so I was watching for the next leaf very very closely and sure enough, we’ve got a flag! Here is a pic of said flag: Now, it is September, so this creates an issue. It’ll probably take the ~2 month time before frost threats begin for the flower to develop, and the entire winter into spring for the bananas themselves. I’ve got to figure out a way to protect this plant to its entirety, and I’m really not sure what to do at this point. In all, this clump is likely in the order of 12-14 feet tall t…
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Wild Coffee Psychotria nervosa Hardiness?
by NC_Palms- 1 follower
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Hi all, Does anyone have experience with growing wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) and how it handles freezes? I have a specimen I bought a few years ago in Florida and I keep hearing various information on cold hardiness. If it can handle 9a/8b winters, I was considering planting it as a die back perennial here
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Is my Silver Fittonia / Nerve Plant dying?
by Pankaj Rajpali- 1 follower
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Hello everyone, I’m concerned that my Silver Fittonia (Nerve Plant) might be dying. Recently, I’ve noticed yellowing leaves and or drooping. I’m growing it in 12-inch pot. I water it twice a week. Does anyone know what could be wrong or how I can save it? Any advice would be appreciated!
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Right now the watering is from our watering system as it hasn't rained for some time. One frond died, is this normal ? I realize this is an unusual cycad with not much known, but was hoping if someone had worked our their watering and was satisfied. Really love this cycad. Thanks
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Giving away patented plants?
by Foggy Paul- 1 follower
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Hi all. We have some Hedychium 'Tahitian Flame" that is an extremely robust plant. It has spread over a 5' diameter area in just a couple of years, is pretty tall for a Hedychium at 4'-6', and has great variegated foliage. However, it has never bloomed for us and I don't think it ever will. I think summers are too chilly here, although other Hedychium in the neighborhood blooms just fine. It occupies a prominent spot in the garden and blocks the view of our little (but growing) C. onilahensis. So I plan to remove it. My question is, would it be a mistake to offer rhizomes to people in the area for free? I know it's unlawful to actually sell them. I think this would be an …
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I am planning a vivarium which will be home for New Caledonia native geckos (trio of Eurydactylodes agricolae). If possible, I’d like to set it up with plants native. Any New Cal flora enthusiasts out there that can give me ideas for plants that can be found available and will stay small enough for a terrarium? The only thing I have so far is Plerandra elegantissima (gold crest false aralia). Terrestrial and epiphytic plants welcome!
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Cycas Thesaurii Germination
by Django Blu- 2 replies
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I have approx. 50 seeds which have been cleaned and tested by floating or sinking, does anybody have any tips to aid germination.
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I first saw this spectacular spider lily in a large planter on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki when I was living there in 1989. I could hardly believe the size of the immense flower-head, approaching basketball-size. Flushed with a light pink stripe and a delicate perfume, with large all-green leaves, I knew this wasn't the 'Queen Emma' Lily (that common name generally given to the much smaller, red-leaved Crinum procerum) and certainly not the much smaller green-leaved Crinum asiaticum. For years I searched for a specimen of the plant I had seen, in vain. Finally when we bought our house in the Florida Keys I was shocked to see that our neighbor had a couple of these planted…
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Golden Banyan Tree
by ASHCVS- 0 replies
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An exceedingly rare ‘Golden’ Ficus benghalensis sourced from XOTX Tropico on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles. Plant Maestro Leon and and palmtalker nonpareil Cindy Adair accompanying my new baby.
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Shopping trip to XOTX 1 2
by BS Man about Palms- 2 followers
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I noted in another thread that Len and I made a trip up to a rare tree/bush/etc place a while back and found some gems. Most of which I knew nothing about. I went for what caught my eye. Anyone know more on these? Calliandra houstoniana . (Same plant, just couldn't decide if one pic was better than the other)
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The Bamboo Thread 1 2
by LouisvillePalmer- 3 followers
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Bamboo is that one plant that immediately invokes feelings of the tropics, while being evergreen, fast, and an easy to grow plant. Given that there are over 1000 species of bamboo, and their native ranges can go to very cold hardy zones, I wanted to see in what all ways everyone on here is using bamboo in their landscapes or even in what ways you have seen bamboo used elsewhere. I have seen tastefully done landscaping using bamboo in rectangular boxes, along with creating privacy screens or even just focus points for a yard. Please post any pictures along with species name and hardiness zone to share with others to get inspiration on new ways to incorporate this gre…
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Planting blueberries on mass
by happypalms- 9 replies
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I work in the horticulture industry on a blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and macadamia farm 200 acres all up. So my scale to economy for plants is some what a bit big if I grow a 100 palms of a certain variety it seems rather small to me. The blueberries are done from cuttings in the nursery they are easy to strike just like any other plant cuttings grown on and then planted out. There is ten thousand in this group of plants in containers. A lot of labour goes into development and is not cheap dollars in the hundreds of thousands are spent on development. These ones will also have hot house tunnels built over them adding even more cost to their setup. The medium is a cou…
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Rare Cerotazamia sp Toman
by happypalms- 8 replies
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Another mail order this time some super rare cerotazamia sp Toman. I know absolutely nothing about the species except it’s rare and if it’s rare then i definitely want it. I think I might have to do some research on this on. They will definitely be going into a group planting in the garden.
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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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Huge musa Basjoo in central Connecticut
by Colin1110082- 0 replies
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This is a huge banana clump I drove by while visiting family near Hartford area. There is a cage around the bottom so I am assuming this is how it’s protected.
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A few Dioon spinolosum in the garden
by happypalms- 18 replies
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Another wonderful plant to have in the garden the Dioon spinolosum. Easy to grow very predictable in growth. I have a couple in deep shade that don’t seem to worry about it to much. They seem to prefer bright shade in my climate. There’s about 30 growing in the garden of various sizes all around 20 years old. And I still plant them around the garden with a few lying around the greenhouse just waiting there turn to get planted. With a bit of size there quite a statement in the garden.
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Agave Vilmoriniana
by Cannonball- 2 replies
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A spectacular inflorescence on this currently.
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Unusual Erythrina
by popper1- 5 replies
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This is blooming for me for the first time-the white flowered variety of Erythrina crista-galli
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Planted a cyathea cooperi
by happypalms- 0 replies
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I grew this one from spore I collected. So easy to grow just add water. They make a wonderful canopy if planted on mass. A tough variety of tree fern for any tropical looking garden or in a courtyard with its thin stem fitting into a nice corner.
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