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Best resolution to post pictures at
by ruskinPalms- 24 replies
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Hello All. I have always wondered what is the preferred picture size for the forum. My monitor runs at 1680x1050 so I tend to like the pictures to be on the larger size. Anything less than 1024x768 looks a little small on my monitor; however, too large of images can be just as annoying. Also, do you think we should be using an image hosting service like photobucket or should we be posting directly onto the forum's server so that the pictures aren't lost in the threads if one changes filenames etc on the image hosting service. I am going to post some examples of a picture at different resolutions, some small enough in file size to fit on the forum server and others that go…
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Chambeyronia macrocarpa???
by CarloSpain- 8 replies
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I don`t think this palm is a Chambeyronia macrocarpa, what do you think:
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Archontophoenix seeds
by Pivi- 5 replies
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Last few days i found data about viability of archontophoenix seeds. It seems they have short life, the thing that i didn't know before. Please post your opinions and experiences.
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WHAT KIND OF PALMS/PLANTS ARE THESE
by Xavierdlc61887- 3 replies
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HEY I GOT THESE PLANTS AND THEY DIDNT COME WITH TAGS THATS WHY I GOT THEM AT CHEAP PRICE $5 EACH....SO $10 TOTAL....THANKS ANY INFO WILL BE AWESOME BASE PIC http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/xavie...87/DSC07095.jpg FULL PLANT http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/xavie...87/DSC07094.jpg LEAVES http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/xavie...87/DSC07083.jpg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT KIND OF PLANT IS THIS??? GOT IT FOR $5 @ LOWES http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/xavie...87/DSC07079.jpg BASE PIC http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/xavie...87/DSC07095.jpg
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A SOUTH FLORIDA EXTRAVIGANZA 1 2
by PalmGuyWC- 53 replies
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Last Thursday I flew to Ft. Lauderdale to stay with TikiRicki for a long weekend. 25 minutes after landing at the airport I was on Rick's dock sipping a cool one, looking across the Middle River, a wide expanse of water, drinking in the tropical atmosphere, looking at Royal palms, and the reflection of multi-million mansions dancing in the water across the way. Tropical storm Noel had just passed Florida and sucked out all the humidity and the air was devine. I had come to Florida to go to the S. Fla. palm sale at Fairchild Gardens, and to attend Jeff Searle's surprise 50th birthday party, and of course to visit with Rick. The next morning was free, so I wandered aroun…
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2 Acres of Pure Palmy Paradise
by TikiRick- 29 replies
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While PalmGuyWC was in town from Walnut Creek, CA, I jammed packed an entire weekend of palm sight seeing. This included many exceptional private palm gardens including that of Mike Harris (Waykoolplantz) and another palm enthusiast, Paul Humann. Enjoy this photographic journey....and remember that pictures do not do this garden ANY justice whatsoever.
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Ellerslie International Flower Show
by Caryota_gigas- 1 reply
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For those of you who dont know, The Ellerslie International Flower Show is an annual garden show held in Auckland New Zealand for a week each November. Designers from all over NZ and the world, including the winning designer from the Chelsea flower show put together gardens and displays to try woo the judges. This year the overall supreme award went to a Palm company North of Auckland called Palmco for their jungle garden design. Some pictures from the show can be seen here
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Greetings: A couple of weeks ago I was wandering around a stream bed in eastern Panamá and I came across a couple of young Geonoma sp. (¿cuneata, perhaps?) that had germinated on and were growing happily upon leaning or recently-fallen trees. I know that this is a somewhat commonplace event in wet tropical forests, but I thought that some of the forum members might enjoy seeing a phenomenon that is not often photographed. And so, I give you an "epiphytic palm", in the not-so-lofty company of a flowering gesneriad and a couple bromes.
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Help with ID of my palm
by tburfield- 5 replies
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Hi, This is my first post here, so please be gentle! I went on holiday to Menorca around 3 yrs ago, and took home some seeds from a palm tree that I really liked. Only one of the seeds actually took when I planted them, but it has done quite well in its 3 yrs, and is now getting to the point where it will be spending its first winter outside. I've wrapped the tree with some fleece to protect it from the frosts here in the UK, but would be really grateful if someone could tell me which type of palm it is, and whether it will survive the UK winter. We're in the midst of assembling a greenhouse in the garden, and the palm could be placed in there over the win…
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Metroxylon hardiness?
by epicure3- 19 replies
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Seeing Paul's impressive specimen under another post I was wondering if this palm has any hardiness to it. Yes....that same old question asked by all neophytes..........I am wondering if it would grow in SoCal. I know that South Florida and SoCal are night and day with winter temps (oh yeah....and summer ones too), but I was wondering if anybody has even tried one. ???
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Did Clinostigma samoense become Solphia?
by SubTropicRay- 5 replies
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Is Solphia a new genus? Thanks in advance, Ray
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Tissue culture
by AndyC.- 12 replies
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Has anyone been succesfull using tissue culture to propagate cycads or palms when seed is unavailable? I have just started researching this as a possible way to obtain the rare encephalartos and other cycads that I can not buy seed for. It would be helpfull to hear of anyones experience with tissue culture of palms or cycads. Here are a few links I have found so far. Sterilization and the correct media seems to be the key. http://litzlab.ifas.ufl.edu/cycprot.htm http://www.kitchenculturekit.com/index.htm Andy
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Licuala ID
by palmislandRandy- 8 replies
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I've had the first one a couple of years, I thought was a L. spinosa. The second was purchased at Jeff Searles' sale, so I'm sure of that one. Are they the same? IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/realyfishy/DSC_0003.jpgThanks in advance for your help. Randy
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Whose got photographs?!
by www.dadluvsu.com- 16 replies
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I need pics of this palm matured! seeds, no seeds, new leaves, old leaves, crownshafts, whatever! Please help! :cool:
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Areca Pictures here....
by calyptrocalyx&licuala freck- 22 replies
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Hi All, Here's a couple picture of A. minuta. Here's what it looks like Gileno, Also put the other one we mentioned. A least a young 5 year old, A .subicaulis. More pictures coming soon. Cheers Mikey.
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LED's for plant growth
by merrill- 2 replies
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What sort of performance by LED's for plant growth [especially for encouraging flowering] have folks out there experienced. Any info at all will be gratefully received. Thanks, merrill
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Potting up sedlings in cold weather
by www.dadluvsu.com- 11 replies
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I've got several compots that need to be potted up... The two I will address here are Pinanga caesia and Hyophorbe indica... The P. caesia are all one to two leafers and are crammed in the pot. I must have gotten 100% germination as full as the pot looks! The H. indica grow remarkably fast and some of these are 3 leafers! Definately shoulda potted em up some time ago... But palms are not the only thing that matters and I have been busy enjoying other parts of life! (Somebodys gonna chastise me for that one! ) The temps have been dipping into the 50's and 60's regularly now. I'm sure growth will slow or halt in most palms at these temps. Do you think I sho…
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Palms for Centerpieces at my Wedding
by Linds945- 24 replies
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Hello! I'm a new Palm memeber and excited to learn more. Palm trees have always been such a favorite of mine!! I wanted to do something different for my MA wedding in July - not just boring flowers. I came up with the idea of having baby palm trees as the centerpieces. I wanted to know what palm tree experts thought???? Any ideas on which kind? I was leaning towards majesty palms. Any advise would be great! Thank you. :cool:
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EBAY ROGUE TRADERS
by aussiearoids- 12 replies
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Lots of talk recently in the aroid world re. a seller called 'ladybotany' selling ultra rare Anthurium seeds . She had lifted many pictures from the IAS site . She is still at it , 161 listings . Have to laugh she now has orchid seed listed ! Also has some very strange bulbs that will grow into palms check it out , Item number: 280170685269
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Help with P. Thurstonii
by Scott- 21 replies
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I got this little thurstonii from MattyB and I've tried to take real good care of it - it lives indoors to protect from cold & winds until summer, I monitor it water - keeping it moist but not awash, it's been doing real good until just recently when it gives the appearance of drying up. The Veitchia nearby in the same room is as happy as a clam so I thought I better turn to you guys for any advice to help Thurston survive the winter Thanks Oh yeah... I don't keep it in this direct sun light - it's just here for picture taking purposes.
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Rootball density
by polihale- 9 replies
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I pulled a potted Washingtonia out of my backyard a few weeks ago to plant in the ground. I picked a healthy specimen I planted in a 5-gallon bucket last year. To my amazement, I could not pull the plant out of the bucket even though none of the roots were in the drain holes. I rolled the bucket to loosen the soil and separate it from the bucket, but still did not work. I even battered the bucket with a hammer to loosen the soil, but still could not loosen it. I ended up cutting the bucket open with a chainsaw. I was worried that I would damage the roots, but they were tangled into a dense ball, as hard as a rock. I tried to pull out some roots before planting, but it …
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The South Florida Palm Sale
by PalmGuyWC- 18 replies
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This may not be the proper place to post this, but I've looked everywhere and I can find no mention of the S. Fla. palm sale last weekend, except from myself. Floridians, does it take a Californian to tell the world about the greatest palm sale on earth? Wake up Florida!! The weather was superb, low humidity, no rain or wind and a perfect day for palm shopping, however I noticed the attendence was way down from past sales. I had a long discussion with Lenny Goldstein about the if's, and's, and but's, of why the attendence was so low. I still feel it's a lack of advertisement, but Lenny said advertising in the news paper had become so expensive, and there is no free rid…
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Liners
by Kim- 30 replies
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They don't look evil; small, square, and tall, with cute baby palms in them. So why do they irritate me so? They are tippy. If you run a nursery, you have racks or boxes set up for them. But I don't run a nursery, so they get stuffed in larger pots or between pots to keep them upright. Then the soil falls out the bottom. What is the point of the open bottom?? And most annoying, when I go to pot up the palms, no matter now careful I am, all the soil falls off the roots. I'm not sure there's such a thing as a rootball in a liner. Waiting until hefty roots are emerging from the bottom of the liner seems to make no difference; carefully slide out the roots and…
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WHAT is this???
by Xavierdlc61887- 2 replies
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i dont have a pic sorry this doesnt help that much but the name on the tag says CARLUDOVICA....is it a palm or a look alike ???
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Killer Palms
by Really full garden- 9 replies
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I was just looking at my garden and was regretting planting a Livistona saribus.This palm is now 16yrs and has started producing incredible amounts of seed.These seed find their way to my sidewalk and it is like walking on ball bearings. I have a friend in Miami that had to remove a beautiful grove of Veitchia arecina due to the seeds.Cars had to be parked in the garage,dogs had to be locked up in the house.When the lawnmower hit seeds hiding in the grass it was like the St.Valentines Day Massacre. There are not really bad palms but palms planted in the wrong places. What dangerous palms do you have! Scott
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