TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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   What is This?

   August 26, 2010 by bubba

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   You never know what you will find while hunting Screw Pines:

   

   Last reply by epicure3, August 26, 2010
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   One for Epic

   August 26, 2010 by bubba

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   Not sure what it tastes like: C. Rosea pie?

   

   Last reply by epicure3, August 26, 2010
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   Cycas thouarsii

   August 24, 2010 by ghar41

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   A friend and I have been discussing C thouarsii. Ive been growing this plant (from seed obtained from the Cycad Society seedbank) for many years now. It burns somewhat in freezes but grows quickly and carries a beautiful top from April or May through the first freeze. I have it growing next to an east facing wall under the partial canopy of a King Palm. It is tightly surrounded by other plants in an effort to raise the relative humidity. Is anyone else growing this plant? Please post your experiences and pictures!

   

   Last reply by ghar41, August 26, 2010

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   Calathea vinosa

   August 24, 2010 by Jeff in St Pete

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   I posted one of these photos in another recent post (Gene's new leaf thread for non palms) and it got me thinking about this plant again. I looked back through my old emails and found one from Barry Hammel. He's the botanist I accompanied to a friend's property last September looking for a new species of Monolena. He sent me this link about a month later. It's to an article in MoBot's Manuel de Plantas de Costa Rica in "The Cutting Edge" section. It's actually a pretty interesting story of how PalmTalk reaches people all around the world and even helped discover a new plant species! At the end of the article when he says "the Calathea turned out to be Helen's new sp…

   

   Last reply by Jeff in St Pete, August 26, 2010
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   A Nutty Tree

   August 24, 2010 by bubba

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   Here:

   

   Last reply by sur4z, August 26, 2010
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   What are these?

   August 26, 2010 by Alicehunter2000

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   The first two are growing at my parents house and has survived on the north side for years zone 9a The second two is growing at my parents second home in zone 8b The third one is growing at the edge of a swamp in zone 8b The fourth was given to me by an employee, who got it from her college aged son, from his professor, who brought it back from South Africa. A very cool plant, with offsets on the tips and leaf margins.

   

   Last reply by Alicehunter2000, August 26, 2010

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   Tree ID Needed Please

   August 25, 2010 by epicure3

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   This is growing near the beach in San Diego. No clue.

   

   Last reply by epicure3, August 26, 2010
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   Tabebuia

   August 23, 2010 by sur4z

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   I am fairly certain the first picture is a tab but I am not certain about the second. Can anybody ID the second?

   

   Last reply by Jerry@TreeZoo, August 24, 2010
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    Variegated dwarf banana

    August 23, 2010 by junglegalfla

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    I'm guessing this is cavendish. Is this common with the dwarf form? I can't seem to make it looks it's best. Wondering if this was released to the market as a variegated form or this is a little mutant.

    

    Last reply by peachy, August 24, 2010
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    You want busy?

    August 20, 2010 by bubba

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    From whacked out to a number of other things:

    

    Last reply by epicure3, August 23, 2010
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    Bamboo Enthusiasts

    August 18, 2010 by amazonman

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    Any members here have or can direct me to where i can purchase a clump of Borinda papyrifera? Looking for some rarer forms of bamboo for my garden. Like palms these guys are addictive....

    

    Last reply by doubravsky, August 21, 2010

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    Tropical Highland Garden

    August 20, 2010 by Jeff in St Pete

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    I've heard about the gardens at Hotel Bougainvillea from a few different people and decided to check it out for a future Costa Rica Palm Society meeting. I would guess this garden is a little under 1200 meters (4,000 feet). The hotel is just a couple minutes away from the garden in my other post in the main forum titled "High Altitude Garden". Near the front entrance were these Alcantera in bloom Chamaedorea sp. (maybe costaricana?) More broms

    

    Last reply by Jeff in St Pete, August 20, 2010
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    Check out the Stealth on my dead Silk Floss

    August 17, 2010 by BeerPlant

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    Last reply by DoomsDave, August 20, 2010
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    Clusea rosea

    August 20, 2010 by bubba

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    Found this. Picture does not do it justice:

    

    Last reply by epicure3, August 20, 2010
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    Tropical Plant ID

    August 12, 2010 by pg6922

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    Hey Yall, I dont even know what to type into google for this one. "Large leafed plant" is a little too vague. So, anyone know what this is. It was chopped down at one time and what you see is what came back. The stump was about 10 inches in diameter. Also, this was on a vacant lot in East Ft Myers,Fl. Thanks, PG

    

    Last reply by bubba, August 20, 2010
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    big Schizolobium parahyba

    August 18, 2010 by fastfeat

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    Maybe not huge, but it's one of the bigger trees in this neighborhood. It appears it may have been topped before; notice the interesting umbrellas of 5+ shoots originating from common locations (esp. bottom right). Still, it was cool to see one in a neighborhood that sorely lacks trees...

    

    Last reply by ariscott, August 20, 2010
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    What is the ID

    August 18, 2010 by bubba

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    Kind of a low grower with big leaves:

    

    Last reply by fastfeat, August 19, 2010
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    Venus flytrap

    August 19, 2010 by edric

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    My sister has a Venus flytrap, and it acquired a fungus, just wondering if fungicide is safe, thanks, Ed

    

    Last reply by edric, August 19, 2010
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    Two Ficus

    August 18, 2010 by bubba

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    Or so it appears. It is one tree that decides to change at the top:

    

    Last reply by yachtingone, August 19, 2010
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    Garden centers

    August 18, 2010 by amazonman

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    Looking for a good garden center with good price and good selection for supplies around the riverside area. Any recommendations? Thanks

    

    Last reply by amazonman, August 18, 2010
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    Ensete ventricosum Maurelii Question

    August 16, 2010 by gavilan1

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    I have a pair of Ensete ventricosum Maurelii in my front lawn. One is about 15 feet tall or so, and very robust. The other is about 11 or 12 feet tall, and generally smaller in size (girth, etc.). A little over a month and a half ago, the smaller banana flowered (facing my neighbor's yard, of course), and now the whole banana plant seems to be in decline. All the leaves are browning/drying out at the edges, and look like they're going south soon. Both grow in full sun, and the larger plant looks very healthy. We have had a very mild summer in So. Cal., so far. Do these bananas go into decline/die after producing an inflorescence? I have never seen one of these flo…

    

    Last reply by JASON M, August 17, 2010
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    Bhut Jolokia

    August 17, 2010 by DippyD

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    I know some of you guys have your little farm and just curious if anyone has grown this chili or is currently growing it and if anyone has ever tried it. I know its a little late but i just planted 25 seeds up so hopefully i will get some before it gets to cold out.

    

    Last reply by DippyD, August 17, 2010
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    Asian Cycad Scale

    August 16, 2010 by Really full garden

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    I first saw an infected Cycas revoluta about two years ago.It was about 3 km from my house.My first cycad to be infected was a Cycas circinalis and that was about a year ago and it has been a battle ever since.I have been using imidicloprid and horticultural oil.During the dry season I was spraying all my cycas species ,both infected and not, once every three weeks.This was working fine and there were no new infected plants.I continued to spray every three weeks and began to notice that the scale rebounded dramatically when the rainy season began.I have been spraying every week now for over a month and the scale is spreading again. HELP !!!!!!!

    

    Last reply by John Case, August 17, 2010
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    Palm ornaments

    August 15, 2010 by Cindy Adair

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    For the "telephone pole type" palms it's enjoyable to add orchids or other epiphytes. I'd like to see what you plant on your palms or if you consider it blasphemous? We've covered some plentiful tree species like Bixa (lipstick tree),tree ferns and guava, but wouldn't dream of covering a bit of the trunk of a smaller, rarer palm which would probably be gaudy anyway. I've included some vanda orchids to start but staghorns, ant plants, bromeliads, other orchids etc. all seem to thrive in our experience so far. Also, what do you use to attach them without hurting the tree? We tried twine but the termites ate that. Fishing line cut into the tree quickly and hose didn't secur…

    

    Last reply by Cindy Adair, August 17, 2010
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    Vine Around a Shrub

    August 16, 2010 by bubba

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    Hard to tell: Close up on the flowers:

    

    Last reply by Ken Johnson, August 16, 2010