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a few palm shots from work trip
by fan palm- 10 replies
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Thought i would get a few snaps of a nice grove of young coconuts while working on Warraber island in the Torres Straits (off the tip of Queensland). they looked to be about 4-5 years old and in need of a good tidy up!
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Ken Johnson was right :):)
by Tilto- 15 replies
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I was looking to buy a Piggie a while back and I decided to search this site as to the survival possibilities in south florida.Ken had stated they would last until the first good cold snap.Well he was right.I live in Davie,Fl around 15 mins from the coast and in the last cold snap I got down to around 37-38 and my only casualty so far was the Piggie.It was planted in the most protected location possible.No Northwest winds of any kind and only 6 ft away from a two story house.It died anyways I would not advise these for South florida especially as they are not the cheapest palm that one could collect.
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What kind of palm ??
by Vincentoz- 7 replies
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Hello al, First i will introduce myself, since this is my first post. Im Vincent and im from the Netherlands. My girl and i moved to curacao (Netherlands Antilles) for a half year. She's here for school and im found work at a Palm/Tree Nursery. And i must say, i love it. Now im working here for like 2 months and i know most off our palm. But i have a question. We have some small palm tree's and i dont know witch palm it is. Can someone help me with these? I Tink its not our Bismarckia or Lantania, becouse those dont have spikes, and these do. Or maybe they only have spikes when there realy jong? I would like to know. Grtz, Vincent
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Pinnate "Mexican" palm
by PalmatierMeg- 18 replies
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On Friday night my husband & I went to a well known discount BB to look at water filters. While there we stopped at their "stocked by idiots for the gullible" plant nursery. While we wandered through, my husband looked at a shelf and said, "Did you see these 'Mexican' palms?" "Probably Washingtonias," I said. "No. These are pinnate," he answered. My husband, while not the palm afficionado I am, has learned a lot. I looked. "What the...?" Which gave him immense glee. The price for a 3g triple was cheap so I grabbed one, which actually turned out to be $2 less than cheap. On Saturday I separated the 3 palms and gave them their own 3g pots. So, I ask, What ar…
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Licuala peltata 'elegans'
by Jim in Los Altos- 19 replies
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These Licuala elegans have seen four winters unprotected now and are proving to be good candidates for the Bay Area. They're slow growers, of course, but steady ones. The larger one produced two leaves during the winter alone so cool weather is only a minimal growth inhibitor. They do push new leaves much more quickly during very warm spells. They're in shade until very late afternoon and evening when they get partial sun.
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I added some new beds and plants to the front yard. I am going for an "extreme" tropical look, so I planted a lot more palms. Now I gotta figure out how I want to protect them all this winter! Looking southeast at the entire yard. Looking southeast, closeup of corner bed. Trachycarpus fortunei seedling (hard to see), 3 gallon trachycarpus fortunei, 3 gallon phoenix sylvestris, 3 gallon trachycarpus fortunei, trachycarpus fortunei seedling (hard to see). Looking northwest, closeup of second corner bed. Trachycarpus fortunei seedling (hard to see), 3 gallon trachycarpus fortunei, 3 gallon phoenix sylvestris, 3 gallon trachycarpus fortunei, trachycarpus fo…
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Huge Chamerops!
by GreenIslandPalms- 18 replies
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I know it is just a common Mediterranean Fan Palm, but beautiful perfectly shaped large specimens arent that common up here in northern California. My father-in-law and I rescued this beauty from being chopped with the chainsaw, as the homeowner felt it was getting to big for his front yard and called us to see if we wanted to dig it out before he cut it down. So after many blistered hands (hand dug because of its tight location), a 20 ft flatbed truck, a 9000 pound forklift, and an 80 inch box, we finally got it to the property. After it sets some new roots and fills in its crown, it should be a really beautiful specimen. Here are some photos of the project from star…
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Horrible Discovery for my Sabal(s)
by carolinapalms- 1 follower
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Okay, I know this one is dead. It was transplanted two years ago. It has been a horrible winter. It just didn't make it. I went out to look at it today. The trunk was soft. It squished in when I pushed on it.
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Need Trachycarpus Nanus Pollin!
by Collectorpalms- 5 replies
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Does anyone have a male with pollin? Last year it hybridized with a Fortunei and set some seed, so it is a Female. It has about 6 to 10 inches of trunk, and several inflorescences. She is Ready!!! By the way, its cold hardy for sure. Ryan Fuller Texas ryan@collectorpalms.com
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Another rotting greenhouse specimine?
by MattyB- 6 replies
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Take a look at this Ravenea hildebrantii. I've grown it from seed collected in Spring of '07. I'm down to this last one and it's not looking good. I've always had trouble growing this species of palm. It seems to hate the swings in humidity that I get at my place. I've never grown one that didn't have brown tipping. This one has gone way too far though. In Spring, when the weather starts to warm up, I start to open up the windows in my greenhouse and it starts to make its transition into a shade house for the summer. I often see some brown tipping as certain sensitive plants adjust to the drop in daily humidity. I thought that's what this guy was doing but look a…
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Dypsis nauseosa
by PalmatierMeg- 7 replies
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A few months ago I got some seeds of this Dypsis. They are fairly large, germinate quickly and send up a robust first spike. But what I noticed about this palm versus all my other feather palm seedlings, including other Dypsis, is that this palm opens its first leaf fully pinnate: no wimpy bifid here. I don't know much about this species but so far am impressed with its vigor. These photos I took early this morning are a bit dark. The first two show one D. nauseosa putting up a spike, the second preparing to open its first leaf, the third with fully pinnate leaf. Closeup of pinnate leaf
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from bamboo to Rhopalostylis
by doubravsky- 10 replies
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Back in '04 when I began planting this area on the East side of the house, I added a Bambusa Oldhamii, intending to hihde the neighbors house. These two pics are from the original planting.....
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Washingtonia robusta freak
by JEFF IN MODESTO- 6 replies
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My daughter got accepted UCSB, so I was down there for spring orientation. Saw this freaky Washingtonia robusta growing near the dorms. It almost looks like a "grafted" palm. Even the trunk (s) are different colors. We have tons of Washingtonia's here in central Ca.... Never saw this here. What would cause this? Jeff
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Washingtonia robusta
by MattyB- 11 replies
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San Diego Gas & Electric came by a neighbors house this morning and cut down their 40 foot tall Washingtonia robusta due to it hanging over power lines. Here's some interesting pics of the trunk base. As you can see, about 2/3 of the girth at ground level isn't actual trunk, but adventitious roots built up over the years. It's girth at ground level is 5 feet in diameter.
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Who knows this one?
by mpiodi- 28 replies
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Hi friends I already posted pics of this palm last year when I planted it in the ground. Back then, nobody had an idea of what it could be. Now it has grown marvellously. So I have hope it could now identified by somebody. I planted last year three of them on different locations. The one planted in full sun didn't develop well. The other two in shadow grew fine. Its a spineless palm with dark green leaves, growing quickly. It seems to develop a crownshaft. Thanks mpiodi
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Is this a Geonoma undata?
by Alberto- 9 replies
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In Harri Lorenzi´s palm book there is a description and a photo of a Geonoma undata growing at the ´´Sítio Burle Marx´´ I hope to see it the following Biennial in Rio. My question is: Being this palm a palm that is highly intolerant of tropival conditions can it grow in tropical Rio? It also is also so different from what I have seen about G.undatas on this forum... Lorenzi says it´s a variable species,but this palm doesn´t even has a crownshaft!!!! Do you think it is an undata? What other Geonoma can it be?
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Clumping Livistona chinensis
by Jim in Los Altos- 15 replies
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Here's a Livistona chinensis that I planted in my front yard in July of 1990 as a one gallon plant. It started clumping a couple of years later and is starting a new fourth trunk now. The plant is huge but only just beginning to trunk. I posted this palm in 2006 I think but it has grown considerably since then. It's in almost full shade all day. Fourth stem emerging. Fourth stem has actually been slowly pushing for a few years.
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Need Veitchia ID
by bubba- 4 replies
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This is a rather tall Veitchia of some sort. It is approximately 70 feet tall.It is difficult to tell the difference between joannis and arecina although I understand joannis is very tall. I remember a Veitchia that must have been 100 feet tall near the North bridge. Unfortunately, Hurricane Wilma made it disappear.
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Info for newbies
by Jason Baker Portugal- 18 replies
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I have been writing and visiting this website for 10 years now and would like to share some advice and my mistakes for newbies. Step one: Look for a style and design your garden on paper (or equivalent). (Crowded gardens don´t really look all that nice but, if you go for the jungle look you can fit more in). Examples are meditaranian, tropical balinese, rainforest, desert, japanese. Stick to your theme! Let your plan be clear to you before you start gardening. Nice themes could be just palms of Brazil or Lord Howe Island Palms or Oceania Palms. Imagine a garden with groves of only one or two types of palms (LHI has only 4 species of palms but it is breathtakingly beuti…
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Watermelon Slice
by Got Palms- 5 replies
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The trunks on several of my Macrocarpas are splitting, is it something to worry about and try preventive measures or should i let nature take it's course. Here are som pic's of problem, Thank's in advance for any advice. Sergio
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Date Palms and Other Phoenix
by Phil- 8 replies
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Group, I know many of you are not real keen on Phoenix Palms, but I wanted to let you know I posted a new article at my site on Phoenix Palms and the Date Palm. I like this group of palms and found many people out there have confusion over what is a true Date Palm. I think the link below will take you to the article. Thanks for looking at it and feedback appreciated. Phil http://www.junglemusic.net/articles/DatePalms.html
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seedling needs a jolt!
by freddyuk- 0 replies
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I have read about this before but can't find a post now. I have a Arenga Micrantha seedling which appeared late last season and produced one leaf. This was a very healthy seedling but the leaf curled and while it remains green and healthy it has remained frozen in time. As they only produce one leaf a year (in a good year) i need to prod this one into life. I have lost several others for no reason over the Winter they just seem to stall and fail. I am in UK and these are all indoors.
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?Market Value?
by oliver- 1 reply
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Not trying to buy or sell, but what are these 2 little gems worth to someone these days? I know that lots of Tahina seeds went out to alot of us, but with the political situation in Madagascar and no certainty as to whether seeds will ever come from there in the future, they should be becoming quite valuable. Furthermore, they seem to be very hardy (mine survived 32 degrees for 4 hrs with no visible damage) and they are one of the most attractive fan palms out there, in my opinion. My favorite palm (at the moment) is the mealy bug dypsis. I did buy a bunch of D. malcomberi and D. mananjarensis seeds and seedlings in the past 2 to 3 years, but not one of them looks anythin…
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Thank You Got Palms!!
by OverGrown- 9 replies
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Sergio was kind enough to invite me over to his place to show me his palm paradise in my old hometown of Whittier and HOT DAMN I was floored!!! It is one of the best thought out and executed outdoor living spaces I've ever seen. As a designer, I've been to hundreds of high end homes throughout the socal area and have rarely seen an outdoor space w/ the quality of workmanship and variety of palms and cycads as I saw today. I don't have pictures to share but I'm sure Sergio has posted them before. Hopefully he'll chime in on this thread. Each planting bed had nice textures, lawn was perfect, hardscape was on point. I felt like I was in a gallery space for palms & …
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Freeze Recovery Question
by _Keith- 2 replies
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A couple of weeks ago, I trimmed the freeze damaged (completely brown) fronds from most of my palms. On many of these palms, that was just about all of the fronds, nothing but a nub sticking up. Today, even a few with spear pull are shooting up fronds like they are on steroids. I was thinking that this was probably just coincidental, but then I started thinking that with of the fronds trimmed the growing points are recieving direct sun all day. Could this additional hear/light have excellerated the process?
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