TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Pseudobombax ellipticum question
by idontknowhatnametuse- 5 replies
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I got a Pseudobombax ellipticum 'pink' from Morelos, the mexican state where it is native, this is the first tree I have bought online, I normally only buy palms online. As you can see it is seed grown (note the base of the plant) it still doesn't push leaves. Has anyone's pink form pseudobombax pushed leaves yet?
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Spring Flowers .....Two Thousand, Twenty Four.. 1 2
by Silas_Sancona- 1 follower
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🎵 ....We've come a long, long way together. Through some cold times ...and some rain. I have to ....Celebrate you, baby.. I have to praise you like i should... 🎶 ....Some ~slightly~ adjusted lyrics from the wayy back machine to welcome in the second best time of year, esp. here in the Desert.. Randoms.. Phacelia ..crenulata ..Closer to being sure on the ID. Have others popping up elsewhere from seed i'd collected to compare these to when they start poppin'. Calliandra eriophylla Penstemon parryi Pretty sure there were Black Chi…
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Cactus Season ...2024
by Silas_Sancona- 14 replies
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A touch ahead of schedule perhaps, but kicking off regardless.. Echinofossulocactus ** formally Stenocactus ** ( ..or is it the other way around .. 🙃🤔) gladiatus < Me thinks > getting the party started... Beavertails, n' early season Hedgehogs on the way... 2 Angles.. Welcome, ....to a new year of spiny flowering thingzzz...
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Dicksonia Antarctica update
by happypalms- 0 replies
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I purchased this Dicksonia around 8 months ago it has tucked itself in nicely into the garden purchased from a chain store occasionally you do get some good plants from chain stores and this was one of them it was just a bare stump with no leaves just cut of at ground level and sold by a commercial harvesting contractor
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Buying a couple of rare trees again
by happypalms- 10 replies
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At it again buying plants this time some rare trees for the garden a maprang-Bouea macrophylla Rothmania longifolia Posqueria longifolia var trinitatis and a lone anthurium friedrichstahlii winter will be the test for them and time will tell if they make to the garden
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Black/White Sapote and Canistel in SoCal
by Sabal Steve- 18 replies
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I’ve been having trouble finding a good info on the size, growth, culture, etc. of these in Southern California. Pictures or experiences?
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Jatropha blooms in AZ
by aztropic- 0 replies
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Seldom seen,but an easy grow in Arizona. Clusters of bright red,orange,and pink flowers attract both hummingbirds and butterflies. aztropic Mesa,Arizona
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Bulnesia in z9a?? 1 2
by mnorell- 41 replies
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I have a 5' Bulnesia arborea (Verawood) which I bought for trial here in chilly z9a southwest Mississippi...just on a hunch, at least for root-hardiness, due to many posts around the internet that talk about the "surprisingly hardy" tree that hasn't taken damage in 9b freezes in Florida. I haven't yet found anyone saying "my Bulnesia tanked in the freeze!" and so I wonder if anyone can add, particularly with the Florida freeze just having passed, any info on defoliation and/or stem/trunk-damage figures for this beautiful tree that is creeping northward as it becomes increasingly popular in Southern and Central Florida. Also, any comments on growth rate and single-season f…
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A few flowers around the garden
by happypalms- 4 replies
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I love flowers in the garden mainly because it gives my native bees some extra food out of season to the native plants but you can’t beat a nice bit colour and form of flowers 💐
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Sowing a few macrozamia communis seeds
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Nothing special in the photo department but but seeds are seeds no matter what and it all starts with the seed they say
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Farfugium japonica aureomaculatum
by happypalms- 6 replies
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I first seen this plant in a thread on palm talk idesign had peachy ask what the plant was in the background so the plant detective in me had to find one for my garden the definitely a great looking ground cover plant
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Tropical Ornamentals
by Carp589- 1 follower
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Does anyone have any recommendations for the center of this bed? I’ve got everything else decided on just can’t figure out what to put in the center. Some options I’ve thought of are Queen Emma’s, another dwarf plumeria, maybe a ligustrum tree, or the typical dwarf Pygmy.
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I have always been fascinated with orchids, and I sort of assumed that orchid fascination was pretty common. I also used to think they were difficult to grow, at least in non-tropical climates, and so didn't bother with them, and again I assumed that this misconception was the reason more people don't grow them. So am I right? The reason I'm asking is that I've been experimenting with orchids for 4 or 5 years now and have gradaully realized that for a small lot in a less than perfect climate like Southern California, they are quite possibly the most rewarding group of plants to grow. They are also, in my opinion the ultimate palm companion plants...they grow be…
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Ensete issue
by surfermatt- 1 follower
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Hi team, I have been having a little trouble with my ensete glaucum (ornamental) banana plant. It’s 1.5 years old from seed. It’s absolutely exploded this year. Some new leaves are showing this dark rotten looking marking. There has been a good leaf recently too that is still flawless. I noticed what seemed to be a few “ spears” jammed when one of the newest leaves did not open or did not have one side to it. I cut them at the top to relieve the pressure (not sure if this was the right thing to do) but know these plants can grow back from the ground so figured it couldn’t hurt. This is it growing after a few days from the cut. other info- on a once every f…
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Angiopteris Evecta
by gurugu- 0 replies
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I have just bought two . A tall one, and a small one. I think I´ll keep them in big pots inside the greenhouse for about a year, and then I´ll try one, out in the ground. I also bought a Cibotium barometz and a Cyathea felina, because my one metre trunking one is not looking ok.
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Insipired by @happypalms's new baby, anyone has experience trying this beautiful evergreen tree outside the tropics?
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Growing star fruit in 9B climate
by Palmfarmer- 4 replies
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Anyone know have experience growing star fruit and how hardy are they? Are certain strains hardier than others?
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New Anthurium thread 1 2 3 4
by metalfan- 3 followers
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The old one got so long, I thought I'd start a new one! Anthurium regale today. I think I pollinated the spadix...it was snow white and turned purple overnight. If I did, first time for me on a regale pollination
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Bottlebrushes
by thyerr01- 11 replies
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A couple of my seed grown bottlebrushes have flowered for the first time this spring, all about 3.5 years old. Callistemons are clearly one of the best groups of Australian plants for the Gulf Coast/US Southeast, although only a few varieties are commonly available. I'm curious if anyone else is having success with any other species, or related genera like Melaleuca/Kunzea/Calothamnus. In addition to the ones below I also have C. montanus about to flower. Our two most recent freezes in late 2022 and early 2024 killed all of my Kunzea baxteri and various seedling Melaleucas did not survive their first summer last year when my irrigation stopped working briefly. I'll start …
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Amherstia nobilis seed pod
by Kaname-kun- 1 reply
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Does anyone know when an Amherstia nobilis seed pod is ripe? My tree has been blooming since February and still is, but only one seed pod so far. . . .
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N. H. Plumeria Season 2K24
by Silas_Sancona- 1 reply
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With temperatures on the rise, the Plumeria are starting to awaken.. Some faster.... Some slower ..For the moment. ...They'll catch up soon enough.. Ellen should leave her ugly beheading behind once new growth starts pushing from dormant nodes.. Hard to see now but, at least a couple may try to flower this year, inc the " Is likely Celadine " currently in " Plumeria Jail " planted last fall.. Almost time for some white washing to keep those tender young trunks and branches from burning. Lets see what yours are doing ..an…
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One of the things I look forward to this time of year is the new flushes of growth and cones from my Cycads. It is so amazing to see the lettuce soft new growth emerge from such a spikey formidable plant. I've been REAL into Cycads lately and many of the seedlings I just recently purchased are starting to flush as well. So lets see what Cycads are flushing or coning for you. Sorry about the lighting on my pics but we had the heavy duty May gray socked in today. Here is my Lepidozamia Hopei with a 2 leaf mini flush. Stevo
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Is anyone growing BOMAREA?
by metalfan- 7 replies
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I am wondering if it is worth tracking down and trying in Florida summers. Since its liked from a cold to cool climate
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Avocado "seedlings"
by WaianaeCrider- 2 replies
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Well they are not seedlings any longer. I often hike in a valley that over 100 years ago had a lot of sugar plantation worker going deep to work on water supplys ?they must have liked avocados for lunch or snacks as there are a few dozen trees growing along the 4 mile trail. Strangely most that produce fruit produce pretty good fruit. Can't think of one w/BAD fruit. But there are some really large trees that have never had fruit that we can see. We hike the area all year and from say August to late October we pack out pounds and pounds of fruit of all kinds of shapes. Some round some pare shaped. Some a little stringy, some a little watery but worth packing on yo…
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A thread for anyone, and everyone who enjoys these plants.. While one of the most iconic plants in dry desert landscapes, the Genus Yucca can be found almost anywhere from the Prairies of the northern Plains, to the humid Southeast. Many also extend deep into the subtropical portions of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America as well. Many species are well established in landscapes worldwide. Often enough, while iconic species as Yucca brevifolia, Joshua Tree, or Yucca elephantes /guatemalensis, Giant Yucca come to mind when picturing them, the Genus contains upwards of 49 or so species and numerous sub species that range from small, non-trunking, Agave-lik…
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