TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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   Saturday, Fiery Saturday

   July 23, 2006 by DoomsDave

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   Howdyall: I wasn't online yesterday, because it was SO hot, too hot to set up my new 'puter. Nothing to do but sit and drink poison under the manana tree. According to the reports, it was 119 F (50C?) in Woodland Hills, 116 F in Burbank, and somewhere around 110 F at my dive. It was 108 F in San Clemente, which is right on the ocean. HOT HOT HOT! As that great sage, Buster Poindexter would have said. So, anyone have data for your dives? The PALMS are loving it! Tell us! dave

   

   Last reply by Neofolis, July 23, 2006
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   Sago cone and seeds

   July 10, 2006 by Goldorak

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   Hi, My male sago palm has grown a cone in the middle for about a month now. Will the plant get rid of the cone itself in a little while or should I remove the cone myself? My female sago palm is growing seeds. After removing the seeds, should I cut away the stuff around that held the seeds of leave it as is? Thanks.

   

   Last reply by SubTropicRay, July 23, 2006
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   SUMMER IS FINALLY HERE!!!

   June 28, 2006 by tropicalb

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   New Lepidozamia Peroffskyana leaves:

   

   Last reply by RainForestt Robert, July 23, 2006
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   Urechites lutea ? for RLR

   July 8, 2006 by SunnyFl

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   I have a question about the native FL vine Urechites lutea (a/k/a Pentalinon luteum per FL Vascular Plants site). There's a labeled one growing by a boardwalk at Selby. To me, it looks identical to the vine that the big box stores are selling as "yellow mandevilla." Is this "yellow mandevlla" vine the same as the Urechites/Pentalinon?

   

   Last reply by Dave-Vero, July 21, 2006
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   Cordyline Collection

   July 1, 2006 by Dypsisdean

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   It's hard for me to pass by a Ti plant that I don't already have in the collection, whether it's at a nursery or in a garden I see passing by. People here on the Big Island are always happy to give you a cutting from their garden if you ask. Bring it home and stick it in the ground and you have a new Ti. There must be hundreds of different kinds in almost every color imaginable. Here are some pics of my favs.

   

   Last reply by Walter John, July 20, 2006
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   How to trim giant bird of paradise?

   July 19, 2006 by BigWaveDave

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   I'm looking to get the really nice clean looking trunks but only have a slight idea on how to do that. The old leaf bases don't really want to just pull right off, so I'm thinking that I will need to use a knife. Alot of the old leaf bases are old and brown, while the newest ones are green. Should I only trim off the old and brown ones? Any help is appreciated. Thanks David

   

   Last reply by PalmsZA, July 19, 2006
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   Agave Life Cycle

   July 17, 2006 by Fouquieria

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   Here are seven images of an Agave parryi in the process of sending up its bloom spike. Afterwards the plant dies. -Ron-

   

   Last reply by STEVE IN SO CAL, July 19, 2006
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   For Aroid Fans

   July 4, 2006 by Dypsisdean

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   I took these pics for posting on another website. Then I figured I might as well post them here also. 1.

   

   Last reply by amazondk, July 18, 2006
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    Pandanus sp. - White center

    July 16, 2006 by Carlo Morici

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    This Pandanus produces white leaves and pups, which turn green as they get older. Any idea? Carlo

    

    Last reply by Carlo Morici, July 18, 2006
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    Castanospermum australe - Morten Bay Chestnut

    July 14, 2006 by BigFrond

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    I have this tree in a 15 gal for about 9 or 10 years now and it is flowering for the first time. I can't wait to see the seed pods. It is about 16 ft. I'm very leery abount planting it because it might get too big for my backyard(saving space for more palms). Will this tree grow very big here in SoCal? I noticed the ones at the SD Wild Animal Park are very small (8-16 ft) with very nice seed pods and they have been there for a long time. However, on Davesgarden, I saw a picture of a monsterous one in Pasdena(40 ft).

    

    Last reply by Jerry@TreeZoo, July 17, 2006
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    Sabal parviflora

    July 17, 2006 by BigFrond

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    Hi All, I was never impressed or interested with any sabal until I went to the Palomar College Arboretum over the weekend, and one palm mesmerized me, sabal parviflora. This palm is huge with massive fronds up to 15 feet and a trunk 3 feet wide. Wow! The speciman was about 35ft tall with 18-20 ft of trunk. I wonder why SoCal never planted any of this palm in the park or zoo. I took some pictures and will post them tonight. Pictures does not do it any justice. WOW! http://waynesword.palomar.edu/arbimg1.htm http://www.palomar.edu/arboretum/picgal.html The picture of the palm on this website was probably about 10 years ago.

    

    Last reply by Dave-Vero, July 17, 2006
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    The First Bromeliad Thread

    June 20, 2006 by Neofolis

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    I thought it seemed appropriate for the first thread to be a first of another kind, so here is my first Bromeliad. At last I have one, hopefully the first of many. Just to add to the fun, I thought I'd let you all have a go at ID'ing it.

    

    Last reply by Dave-Vero, July 17, 2006
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    Ficus benghalensis

    June 29, 2006 by PalmsZA

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    Hi all I have a Ficus benghalensis that was given as a gift, should I plant this monster? If I do how long will it take before it gets really huge? How long will it take before its the size of a large Delonix regia for example? I have an area of about 500m2 at bottom of my garden along a river, the banyan might help to control flooding too. Let me know what you all think Dennis

    

    Last reply by Walt, July 17, 2006
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    Aech. blanchetiana enigma

    June 25, 2006 by Gonzer

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    I'm aware of the orange-yellow form and the less common red forms as seen plus a narrower leaf form from Rancho Soledad. Another plant called Aechmea 'Vermelho' looks like a thin-leafed form but with leaves that can reach 6'. Any comments?

    

    Last reply by Carlo Morici, July 16, 2006
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    Ensete ventricosum

    July 14, 2006 by palmazon

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    How long before I can stick a fork in it? Will it set seed in SoCal? Note highlighted moth - possible pollinator?

    

    Last reply by palmazon, July 15, 2006
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    Need an I.D.

    July 3, 2006 by MattyB

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    Hi Guys, I was at the wild animal park and saw 3 different trees that I just loved. Can anyone help with some I.D.'s please? Here's the first Tree.

    

    Last reply by Guest, July 13, 2006
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    Pic off the balcony yesterday evening

    July 10, 2006 by Fouquieria

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    I tried to capture the colors just before sunset. I can never seem to do it justice. -Ron-

    

    Last reply by Fouquieria, July 13, 2006
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    Front garden rejuvanation

    July 10, 2006 by deezpalms

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    Here's a picture of a small garden at the entry way to my house. It was very empty before this weekend. I mostly moved plants from the back garden but I added some different stuff that I got from el blanco on saturday.

    

    Last reply by BS Man about Palms, July 13, 2006
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    Groundcover plant ideas

    July 11, 2006 by Walter John

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    I've had a go at a couple of different groundcover plant ideas and here's just one of them. It's Ivy Geranium and I have it growing as you can see under what I call my Latania garden. This area includes crotons, cordylines and a few other palms. I have also tried in a small area, some mondo grass, what other ground covers are you kind folks trying or would like to try ?

    

    Last reply by quaman58, July 12, 2006
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    Planting palms around Bambusa Oldhamii

    July 9, 2006 by Scott

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    Hi, I'm planting 3 'islands' in my yard, with the oldhamii in two of them. I wanted to make a tight cluster of plants in each - alowing room for growth of course. With the clumping habits of oldhamii, can or will it overtake the other plants? How close can other plants, palms etc. be safely planted? Thanks for any input, Scott Oh yeah, I went and got that giant bird of paradise.

    

    Last reply by Scott, July 11, 2006
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    Cereus need some serious help....

    July 11, 2006 by Stan

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    It was dark green when i first got it-i think .It's been so long since i have seen it green. I alway hoped it would be many spirals twisting 10 or 12' tall someday.Right now it's tallest spiral is maybe pushing 4'.

    

    Last reply by Stan, July 11, 2006
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    s'more broms

    June 22, 2006 by Gonzer

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    Aechmea 'Lauren' Billbergia 'Strawberry'

    

    Last reply by Johnny, July 11, 2006
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    How long will a Sego flower?

    July 8, 2006 by MattyB

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    Hi guys, My mom has a Cycas revoluta that has been flowering for 2 years now. We thought we'd get a new flush of leaves last year and nothing. Just some more messy flowers and seeds that the rats like to eat. Then finally this summer we thought that it would put out some more leaves and now it has another huge female flower forming. How long can this go on? She fertilizes and waters it. It's in a nice draining cactus mix that it seems to like for many years now. There's another one that didn't put out any leaves last year, it just continued to flower, but this year it flushed. So anyway, can someone enlighten me please? Thank you.

    

    Last reply by DoomsDave, July 8, 2006
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    a huge Cycas revoluta

    July 5, 2006 by Guest

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    Here is a huge King Sago, Cycas revoluta. Notice the nice Phoenix rupicola/hybrid in the background, there were several of these at this house; http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph.....src=ph

    

    Last reply by Walter John, July 8, 2006
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    Varieagted whatchacallit

    July 3, 2006 by DoomsDave

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    Howdyall: Here's a pic of a plant at my dive, ain't got no [expletive] clue what it's called, except it looks like a Heliconia, etc. That is, as ever, my hairy mitt, the usual human hand size. dave

    

    Last reply by DoomsDave, July 7, 2006