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Hyospathe elegans
by Eric in Orlando- 0 replies
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Anyone growing Hyospathe elegans? I planted one out last summer. It is growing in moderate shade of a Sausage Tree, Kigelia africana. So far it has made it through this winter with minimal damage. It is native to from Costa Rica to northern South America and is supposed to resemble a robust Chamaedorea from descriptions.
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some palms at McKee Gardens
by Eric in Orlando- 16 replies
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A few palms I saw growing at McKee Gardens in Vero Beach, FL old Roystonea regia, a survivor of the '80's freezes Cocos nucifera Areca catechu Bismarckia nobilis
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When did you last scratch
by bubba- 7 replies
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Took a picture of this Palm at Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens.It is a genus from New Guinea but I could locate this species nowhere.Have you heard of it? Here is it's sign: How many of these do you have in your backyard?
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Palm Maintenance Work ! 1 2
by Kris- 41 replies
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Dear friends About 2 day back when i checked for the condition of my young saplings in our over head terrace gardens.i noticed around 3 sabal riverside have put out enermous roots in their small mineral water bottles.so i thought that i might risk doing some palm repotting work since here the temperatures are around 108 to 110 degree farenheat. here are visuals for the benefit of our memebers who want to do something similar in their house gardens..."Repotting work" Love, Kris
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EEKS!
by redant- 7 replies
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I was at HD today picking up some lawn fert and looking at what palm fert they had available. The 40 or 50 pound bag of Lesco Palm that I had bought in the past is now up to $47 Last year in the height of the crude oil craze this same bag was $22 or so. I can easily use 15 or 20 bags for 1 round of fert. 15 bags is over $700, x 3 times a year, that $2,100 of fertilizer. I'm looking for alternatives, Is this just lesco or have you seen the same. My HD seems to carry almost nothing these days so little to compare to.
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Archie alex var. "Beatricae"
by DoomsDave- 15 replies
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Howdyall: Went over to a certain palm icon's house and took the pics of their A. alex. Beatrice for posterity . . . . The glory is in the base of the trunk, stepped like a Mayan sacrifical pyramid . . . Enjoy!
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Hyphaene thebaica
by PalmatierMeg- 2 replies
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Several months ago we bought a 2-trunk Hyphaene thebaica. It is a very sturdy palm that loves sun and laughs at SW FL cold fronts. But the thing I've noticed about this palm that I don't see in any of my other palms is that the joining of frond and petiole is asymmetrical. I know that serves a purpose but what? See photos.
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Heterospathe philippinensis
by bubba- 1 reply
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This is a small understory palm, native to the rainforest of the Philpines:
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What a beauty!
by www.dadluvsu.com- 8 replies
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RPS has a real stunner they are offering at this time... But I'm a stickler for binomial nomenclature. Has this palm been named? Is it listed in POM? RPS's writeup describes it maybe as D bejofo but maybe it is D tsarantananensis? http://www.rarepalmseeds.com/shop/DypPet.shtml Maybe Jeff Marcus knows since this is a palm in his collection? None the less, it sure is a beauty, I hope a few germinate when they arrive!
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In my local newspaper today was an article discussing the removal of two Phoenix canariensis palms infected with Texas Phoenix Palm Decline disease. These two palms are located on Interlake Blvd., which I travel on frequently. I noticed these palms declining some months ago but never attributed it to TPPD disease. This is bad news as there are many nice P. canariensis palms lining Interlake Blvd. I live about 2.5 miles from the infected palms. I can only hope the dreaded disease doesn't infect my palms. http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/200...ds-county/news/
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Palm Maintanance..
by Kris- 18 replies
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Dear folks today i felt that the Canarian Isalnd Date Palm which is in a small terracota pots,needs to be changed to a bigger plastic barrel.before it is finally grounded in the most desirable place in our house garden. And pro's who are running nursuries,kindly bear with the crude method used by me.this is a simple method for all the new commers who have entered the arena, to learn how to transplant from one pot to a bigger pot ! Thanks for your Patience & Tolerance... Stage_1 Stage_2 Stage_3 Stage_4
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To Kris, from TEXAS with love!!! 1 2
by Tad- 50 replies
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A while back kris asked at what size do Cidps bloom and set seed, so while I was out enjoying a really nice morning walk in the 70 degree temperature in my fabulous palm field, I noticed some I had the crew trim them back and took these stills especially for my friend Kris!!!
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Areca catechu/West Palm
by bubba- 13 replies
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This is an old,mature spesimen at Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens.To quote Riffle and Craft: "Year-round warmth is essential to this palm,limiting it's cultivationto Zone 11,but it sometimes can be found in the warmest parts of 10B." In habitat,it reaches 100 feet but in cultivation half. I would estimate this palm to be close to 50 feet with it's swings and crooks: I stumbled on this with my buddy Bill DeBoe during PRA
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Wodyetia illness
by Nigel- 9 replies
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This problem is happening a lot with Wodyetias here in south brazil growing in sandy soil. Its not a problem I am familiar with but I am guessing it is Potassium deficiency. Anybody have experience with Wodyetia and recognise these symptoms ?? Thanks in advance.
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Chambeyronia Macrocarpa Group Planting
by joe_OC- 4 replies
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I have a single Chambeyronia Macrocarpa (planted as a 15 gal a year ago) that I want to add a couple smaller sized ones next to it to form a group planting. Is this a bad idea? If not, how close can I plant them to the established palm?
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Tiki Time...
by DippyD- 10 replies
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hey guys just curious to see if anyone is going to be eliminating any palms from there casa soon. im looking for some trunks to make some tikis in the summer... let me know. thanks Brett
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Dypsis cabadae
by PalmatierMeg- 2 replies
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Hello again, So while I was chasing down the Carpoxylons mislabeled as purple kings, I also snatched up a pot of Dypsis cabadae
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Caryota zebrina impresses me
by junglegalfla- 6 replies
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This palm may have more potential here in St. Pete than I realized. I bought it as an experiment as a little seedling. Last fall I set the pot on the side yard and forgot about it. We were in the low thirties quite a bit. This morning we dipped to 38. I just stumbled upon it and it looks like it hasn't missed much of a beat. I see the newest frond looks a little washed out but from what I read, the leaves show striping so it may be normal. All my potted palms get dynamite. Most of my seedlings look a bit weary but not this one!
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How 'bout your Satakentia 1 2
by Ken Johnson- 1 follower
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Here is another thread devoted to a real cool genus, monotypic in this case. Anyone else have big ones of these?
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Trachycarpus princeps seeds and seedlings
by garrytsen- 22 replies
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2.5 months after we collected Trachycarpus princeps seeds , few of our Trachycarpus princeps seeds begin to germinate yesterday and we put them in the pot with peastmoss ,sand and clay. We have a warm winter here of about 10-20 C in average and so T.princeps may not need a cold treatment for germination as we previously thought. Our fully original seedlings which we took from the source still have 2 leaves after 1 year's growth. They are growing such slow. They seem to stand still for a whole year without growth.
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Euterpe oleracea (Pará Dwarf) - "Super Berry"
by Mark_NoVA- 12 replies
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The description from Rare Palm Seeds makes it sound like this could be nice in a container--fruits at 1m after 3 years, stays relatively short, large amount of good quality berries (which I imagine would be attractive). What has been your experience with these? Is anybody selling them?
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Nostalgic Photos.
by cfkingfish- 12 replies
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I was looking through my photobucket album and came across some old photos, and felt like posting a few interesting ones. The only palm I didn't plant personally in my yard back in March of 05. Anyone who has seen the yard can see how much this has changed. Palmfest 2005, how many Palmtalk members can you see? Chambeyronias in full sun at Montgomery: Hemithrinax ekmaniana, 2006. Collected originally by Carlo Morici I think.
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My first Bismarkia nobilis
by Tassie_Troy1971- 21 replies
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Stumbled into this awesome Bismarkia nobilis at the local hardware store by accident last Saturday. I have never seen any in Tasmania before anyway i am going to plant it in my front yard ,with my well drained soil and all time low of 28 f it should be ok ( hopefully !!! )but slower growing in our cooler climate I hear that the roots are very touchy so i will be extra careful planting this one out .
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martin west aus
by Vidalii- 18 replies
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thank you all for your warm welcome, i reside in bunbury west australia 220ks south of perth zone 10 my passion is rhapis,myultimate is to collect all species including vidalii of which i am on the scent, see palms vol50 no1 2006,will send pics if all turns out good. regards martin
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Melbourne Heat/Drought Damage 2009 1 2 3 4
by Adam from Oz- 121 replies
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Hi All, We are now into the 12th year of this drought and with water restriction - still. We had a heatwave lasting four days. The temperatures peaked at 45.1C (113.2F) with our first ever occurrence of three consecutive days over 43C (109.4F). This, combined with the fact that we are severely restricted in our ability to water, humidity down to 5% and there's been no rain in about a month has led to some damage and loss. I have lost about 10 palms completely with others showing browning off. I took some pics of palms around my neighbourhood. Here we go: Toasted Howea forsteriana: