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Cairns 2016 1 2 3 4
by comic097- 1 follower
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G'day all, well its been 12 months since our last outing to Cairns, a lot of planning went into this trip to help a very good mate plant out his new house, Ben ( kennybenjamin ) and Grant from palms for Brisbane made the trip up to supervise and get the plants in, and along the way you will see a few very nice gardens, and some very nice palms, so here we go hope you enjoy ... Brisbane Airport 6am, of all the days to get fog,, we sat on the plane for 2hrs before flying out 2hrs behind schedule we arrive in Cairns You know your in Cairns when you see lipstick palms at the airport
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multi-tasking at dypsis deans 1 2 3 4
by paulgila- 125 replies
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sat aug.11 mattyb & i journeyed to dypsis deans leucadia garden.the purpose of our trek was twofold:first to give a garden tour to justin(itinerant carny & one-time jmusic employee) & his alleged brother jusitn(if that is his REAL name),& second to rip from the fecund earth one of deans prized palms,a licuala spinosa.god only knows the deep,dark secrets mattyb uncovered & threatened to unleash that led to deans surrender of this cherished specimen.lets watch the drama unfold... matts wife uses ALOT of bleach in the laundry,thats why he has to wear sunglasses all the time.NOT to look cool. cool patterns in the emergent spear.it could've be…
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The Explosive Growth of........Jubaea chilensis? 1 2 3 4
by Perito- 124 replies
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Well O.K., as a seedling they grow about as fast as Continental Drift; You'd be lucky to progress one into a 15 Gallon container in the 1st five years of life. Once they get going in the ground though, they can grow very quickly. I thought I'd post some progression photos of mine, which is planted as the centerpiece of my front yard. Here are the photos of planting day- 1-31-03----
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Shadehouse Numero Dos 1 2 3 4
by www.dadluvsu.com- 1 follower
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I most certainly have enjoyed my shadehouse and it has provided my collection great protection from the harsh elements but I am quickly outgrowing its footprint... It is time to grow... These pictures of the shorty shadehouse just make my back muscles cringe...
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How to grow a Coconut in Southern California? 1 2 3 4
by DoomsDave- 1 follower
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Hello, Callians, we'd like to add specific pointers to Palm Society of Southern California materials to help others. So, give us your thoughts.
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My vent about one of most hated palms 1 2 3 4
by KentiaPalm- 4 followers
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To each your own on taste and preference in particular palm species used in the landscape. Triangle Palms (Dypsis Decaryi) is hideous. It looks like it came off the side of a dirt road covered in dust suffering from a fungal disease on it’s mutated/bludgeoned crownshaft. I prefer my Bismarckias and Archontophoenix thank you opinions anyone?
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Red colored bismarckia 1 2 3 4
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 1 follower
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I have an orange-red leafed bizzie. Not purple, but red. In order to get a sense of the spectrum of genes in bismarckia and find some clones that might like our Tasmanian-style mild but coolish climate that features Summer lows as chilly as 42F, I planted a half dozen of them from distinct sources and age groups. If they all get huge I've got a big problem, but the idea is that nature would do some selection (with some of my help - ugly ones would get the ax.) When I shopped around last Spring, I came across one 15 gallon specimen that had orange-red leaves, not purple ones. For kicks, I went ahead and bought it because I was curious. During the Summer, it put out…
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A PALM OASIS RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES 1 2 3 4
by sur4z- 123 replies
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Yesterday completely saturated with super bowl hype, Bubba and I set out to explore a local garden. We had heard rumors about the garden and actually drive by it on a daily basis but never stopped in to explore. After spending more than 2 hours there, we realized there was more there than we could appreciate in one visit. The garden is a little under 2 acres and has over 300 species of palms. Here are few photos... kentiopsis oliviformis livisonia chinensis veitchia arecina bismarkia noblis
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Jubaea x Syagrus 2013 1 2 3 4
by Gtlevine- 2 followers
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As requested, here is my Jubaea x Syagrus just taken this morning.
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The 12th Annual Spring Searle Brothers' Plant Extravaganza! 1 2 3 4
by Palmarum- 122 replies
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I had my eyes glued to the weather forecast all week long leading up to the first day of the Extravaganza, and it was slowly painting a cold picture. We knew it was going to be cold, almost a record cold for my area of Broward county. As I sat freezing and shaking on my way to the nursery, the radio sputtered weather info and stated that as of the high 30's we had received this morning; it was officially the worst winter in S. Florida in over 40 years. As if we didn't know that already. My mind wandered to how many people would be waiting at the gate this morning as I drove up to the entrance, noticing that the canals appeared to be smoking... - Friday, 6:56AM: A year …
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Palm trees in Sochi, Russia 1 2 3 4
by Vladislav Feoktistov- 1 follower
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Hello there! It is my first post on palmtalk! I have been trying to register here for a long time and now I did it! Since I live in the city of Sochi, I can't imagine my life without palm trees. You know, it's almost impossible to figure out palm trees in Russia So, I'm going to show your some palm trees from Russia! Phoenix Canariensis (pure) Sochi: Voroshilov SPA by Vlad Feoktistov, on Flickr Sochi: Hot season by Vlad Feoktistov, on Flickr Washingtonia Filifera and Robusta The Palm Alley: Washingtonia Robusta [sochi, Russia] by Vlad Feoktistov, on Flickr Differnence (robusta vs filifera) by Vlad Feoktistov, on Flickr
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What’s the total palm inventory in your garden? 1 2 3 4
by Fukuoka Scott- 2 followers
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I’ll start: 1 Archontophoenix cunninghamiana 7 Arenga engleri 3 Beccariophoenix alfredii (2 seedlings still in pots) 2 Chamaedorea cataractarum 1 Chambeyronia macrocarpa 5 Syagrus romanzoffiana 2 Syagrus weddeliana 21 palms and 7 species officially but I get a lot of windmill palm seedlings that come up as weeds because they have naturalized in the wooded areas nearby…
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Closest coconut mimic 1 2 3 4
by Zeeth- 122 replies
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I think this is enough options. Feel free to chime in with any palms I forgot. It will be interesting to see where this goes! I have the option selected so you can select multiple palms if you can't decide on just 1.
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It is done 1 2 3 4
by BS Man about Palms- 1 follower
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Now, see if you can guess what I'm talking about. Shon, you can't guess, you already know, For that matter, Gary, MattyB and possibly Len you guys have to wait to guess also.
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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:
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Jubaea x parajubaea or parajubaea x jubaea 1 2 3 4
by corsafafa- 3 followers
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Hello everybody, I want to know if this 2 hybrid exist or not? Is anyone has picture? Where I can find it? thanks
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Ganoderma hell 1 2 3 4
by TikiRick- 1 follower
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This fungi is native to most Florida soils. Unfortunately it attacks the roots and lower 4' - 5' of Palm trunks. Also called butt rot, it essentially kills off the cells which carry water and essential nutrients to the crown of the palm. I inadvertently sparked this cancerous pathogen when I trimmed a thicket of Dypsis lutescens down to a neat and tidy 12 heads. This opened pores of cut trunks allowing the airborn spores to get in. Now, all but three heads are gone. After numerous storms, other clustering palms had broken trunks which had to be cut and removed. Ptychosperma is prime. Many of my clustering Ptychosperma are gone. For those of you unfamiliar …
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You know you are a palm nut when 1 2 3 4
by redant- 10 followers
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This is what you buy for yourself for your birthday. My wife shaking her head in disbelief that I'd buy more palms.
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An Update on a Few of My Palms 1 2 3 4
by palmsOrl- 2 followers
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Due to a login issue, I haven't been on in a couple months but fortunately that issue is now resolved and I am glad to be back. I am sending these three coconuts (two of which are my favorites) down to live at my parent's house on the water in Port Charlotte. My mom wants leaning, full-crowned coconut palms and the two on the left are Jamaican tall apparently from seed brought from Jamaica in the 1930s. The one on the right is, I am guessing, a Maypan hybrid and hopefully will have robust characteristics more like the tall varieties. It grew quickly and kept tipping over so it has suffered a lot from dryness in the past few months. These three should take off…
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Posting 6 palms growing in Puerto Rico daily? 1 2 3 4
by Cindy Adair- 4 followers
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So the governor of Puerto Rico has a very strict 24/7 curfew which leaves most of us confined with our plants until March 30 at least. I have not posted much recently so this is a good time to change that! I am starting near my house and I have the extra incentives to pull some weeds around each palm and use the photos also for a long overdue inventory. Remember that that almost everything was planted less than 2 years ago. Here's the first, one of my half dozen Cyrtostachys renda. These are easy and fast here and cheap when small. Not sure why the photos only look sharp when I click on them-sorry! Hat in the last photo gives scale.
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WHAT does it take for BS Man to weed his yard? (Palm trauma) 1 2 3 4
by BS Man about Palms- 1 follower
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I'M BLUE WITH PAIN FROM EATEN PALMS!!
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My Garden - Melbourne Australia 1 2 3 4
by tim_brissy_13- 5 followers
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Well it’s now been 4 years since I’ve planted out my new garden. Many palms are now photo-worthy, so I thought it is time to create a topic to document the growth. Firstly, a bit of an introduction to Melbourne’s climate: We have an odd temperate climate full of contradictions; we have the least sunshine hours of any Australian capital city, yet our summer sun can be brutal on a hot day. We have the highest recorded temperature 46.4C/115.5F (even hotter at my location nearly 20km south east of the city centre) of any Australian capital yet also the lowest (-2.8C/27F). Just a few of kms down the road from me (a couple of miles) is where the lowest temperature eve…
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Down in the jungle 1 2 3
by Walter John- 1 follower
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This Ptychosperma has lovely colour in it's new leaves, unsure of the species. Dypsis crinita colour
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Frankston Palm Garden Victoria Australia 1 2 3
by Sir Oxylon- 1 follower
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Hi, This is my first post on PalmTalk. I am a palm nut from southern Australia in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston. Frankston is next to a bay and I am about 1.5 km (1 mile) from the water. We have hot summers- at least a couple of days around 40 degrees C (104 F) but averaging high twenties (around 80 F). Coldest temperatures in winter is between 0 and 4 degrees C (32F-39F) but averaging around 8 degrees C (46F). The main limiting factor to growing tropical palms here is the low winter maximum daytime temperatures with average July maximums of 13degrees C (55F). My current residence is my first house (I am 28). Wanted to start early so that I might see my palm…
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The El Hoagie's have landed 1 2 3
by palmtreesforpleasure- 118 replies
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Jack and Lindsey arrived early this morning, got some windy sea water exercise yacht racing, about to have a barbecue, just arrived from the Livistonia australis forest pictures attached of the palm, pictures from Jack camera's. Sailing in Sydney harbour and hunting for Livistona has been great! And with Col's motivation I'm actually getting some pictures posted - Jack PS Jack Aussie mobile (cell for those non Aussie's) number is 0417794916 so give him a ring or text, international use 61417794916 regards Colin
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