TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Growing olives
by John in Andalucia- 4 replies
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A neighbour has several, large olive trees overhanging our garden on a lower terrace, so instead of "tutting" at the mess, I cleared them all up, cleaned them, and now olive trees have my interest. I read that seeds do not readily germinate. Is this true? Has anyone here tried germinating fresh olives?
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Heliconia "Maya Blood"?
by Jeff in St Pete- 13 replies
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I recently made a trade with my local nurseryman. I gave him 20 sprouting Bismarckia seeds and in return I got this heliconia, a few other plants, and lots of good potting soil. Bismarckias are still pretty rare around here, I haven't seen any mature ones, only a few recently planted ones which are all planted in the worst places! I don't think people here know how big they get! Anyway, there was a piece of of masking tape on this heliconia and it said "maya blood". Can any heliconia growers confirm this? Just like in the states, many plants are mislabeled here and I wanted to find out for sure what it was. I haven't seen the flower yet, but was intrigued by th…
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Cycad
by _Keith- 6 replies
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Looks cool.
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sago seeds
by cainester- 3 replies
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I was wondering if i can just plant the red/orange sago seeds and if they will grow. Or is there something that is needed to be done before planting? any ideas or help...thanks...
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Nepenthe sp. Questions
by Kim- 10 replies
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What were they selling in the Cactus and Succulent meeting across the way from the Bromeliad meeting? Carnivorous plants, oooooo! Cool! Nepenthe, to be imprecise. I know they are bog plants, liking it wet and probably shady, and they attract and eat live, struggling insects, yikes! Will it be happy outdoors overnight in cool, foggy Point Loma? Do I have to "feed it" or will it find its own food? What do you know about them?
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Show off your cycads here!! 1 2
by Gbarce- 65 replies
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Folks in another post requested me to show my cycads and I am happy to oblige but the problem is I don't really have any exceptional specimens to show off. So I'd like to start this thread for others to post and show off their cycads - Encephalartoses, Dioons, Cycases, Zamias and Macrozamias ---etc.... whatever it is , if its a cycad please post it here. I know you palmaholics in So Cal have lots of cycads too --- so show them off!!! THis is my Encephalartos trispinosus ( but is probably a hybrid of some sort). Got this last year and is my first Encephalartos-- still learning how to grow these. Second picture is a Dioon Spinulosum that I planted in teh grou…
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Cubanola dominguensis
by Wai`anae Steve- 7 replies
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Hey you guys and gals down in FLA, have you had expereance with this plant. A friend gave me a small plant today. Looked on the net and it has a nice flower. Looks like a medium bushy plant.
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Medinilla hambali
by Eric in Orlando- 9 replies
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We just recieved a donated Medinilla hambali. I can't find a listing for this name but it is a really nice plant. The foliage looks similar to Miconia.
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'Blue Daze' or Evolvulus glomeratus
by Al in Kona- 3 replies
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Evolvulus glomeratus, better known here as 'Blue Daze' or 'Hawaiian Blue Eyes' makes a very nice low ground cover with attractive true blue flowers. Once established it can be quite drought tolerant. After a few years it can become a bit "overgrown" (still looks OK though). That's when I cut it way back (using my hedge trimmer) removing most of the green growth and leaving only stubby stems inches above the ground. It then grows back more beautiful than ever after that severe haircut. Here are two pics of it growing in the garden . . .
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Zamia skinneri complex
by virtualpalm- 11 replies
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Fellow cycad aficionados, My colleagues and I have been studying the Zamia skinneri complex in the field in Panama for the past four years. Our paper that resulted from this research was recently published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. In it, we summarize the current status of botanical knowledge of the arborescent plicate-leaved zamias of Central America, provide a critical re-characterization of Z. skinneri and Z. neurophyllidia, describe three new Panamanian endemics within the complex, and offer a hypothesis on the biogeography and evolution of the group. If you are interested in reading the entire paper, you can download/print it here: http:/…
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I germinated a dicot!
by www.dadluvsu.com- 5 replies
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At the Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Societies Fall Sale our own president Betty Ahlborn was kind enough to offer me a juicy sweet starfruit... Of course I chowed down on it after moving all the unsold palms back into the shadehouse. I was hot from work and the cool juice ran all down my forearm the way a good carambola should do. Admittedly I chewed up the first seed in my haste to devour the tasty treat, but I managed to spit out three of them and left them sitting on my work bench for a couple days... I stared at them pondered and purplexed for a couple days like a dog with a car bumper in its mouth. Lightbulb moment! I put them in tubes of soil - duh! So now I have…
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Color of Royal Poinciana's 1 2
by bubba- 1 follower
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Some views of Royal Poicianna's taken today in bloom.
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Cold Damage to Pandanus utilis
by DoomsDave- 1 follower
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Howdyall: I looked out the window this morning to see that my large Pandanus utilis looks pretty cold-damaged. We haven't had a freeze, but it's been in the low thirties F for about a week now every night.
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Tropicals in South Texas
by Big Tex- 10 replies
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Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) in the front yard of the home. Poincianas are very common in this area, however most have lost their leaves and have nothing but seed pods. Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei)
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Uncarina grandidieri - rare plant from Madagascar
by Al in Kona- 6 replies
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Below are 2-pics of my newly aquired Uncarina grandidieri. It is a caudiciform plant said to grow to a height of about 3-3.6 m and blooming pretty much all year with bright yellow flowers. Leaves are aromatic and of a velvet/fuzzy texture. I believe this is still a rather rare plant in cultivation. Is anyone else growing it? Mine is still in a 1-gallon size container, soon to be planted out in a sunny location. To learn more about this unique plant, check this link: http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/.../photo_db/U.htm
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Guavas....
by epicure3- 26 replies
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What a huge mistake. I planted this guava tree last year that was labeled as Tropic Pink. However, the flesh turned out to be white. It flowered earlier this year and bore tons of fruit. The fruit smells so bad, almost like vomit. I muscled one down. It sort of tastes like a pear that was dipped in vomit. The tree is very pretty and has grown like a weed. Still, it has to go. I am going to yank it out next spring. Does anyone have an idea as to why my guavas tastes so bad? They had no problem ripening to a soft, yellow color. What a waste.
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Eye stopping color on a slope
by Al in Kona- 7 replies
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The color of this bougainvillea caught my eye when I first saw it flowering in a 1-gallon container at a nursery a few years ago. I wanted something rather low to cover a quite steep slope area, so I bought and planted it and it grew well to reward us with this color mass display - just took the picture today (Dec. 30). The small palm in the foreground-left side is a Ravenea xerophila.
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My cactus garden
by PalmatierMeg- 6 replies
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Hello All, Shortly after I joined IPS and got seriously into palms, I found a 12" tall variegated Euphorbia Ammak at Target. It was love at first sight. I bought it. It has since grown to about 30" tall. From there I moved on to succulents like Echeveria. Finally, I pulled on leather gloves and ventured into cacti. I like cacti with great textural detail to their spines. Today I took pictures of my cacti and succulents.
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Brazilian Peppers
by bubba- 22 replies
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Brazilian Peppers are on the same list as Maleleucas in Florida.I am not sure how they got to Florida but I have seen them flourishing as far North as beyond Ormond Beach.Does anyone else have these wild things?
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Encephelartos eugene maraisii
by MattyB- 15 replies
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My Mother-in law and Brother-in-law just got me an E. eugene-maraisii for Christmas. It's in a small liner pot and I'm very enthused about it. I don't know much about Cycads but Bill says this one is a good one. From the pics I've seen it's right along the lines of what I like in a cycad: blue, and little spines. Anyone wanna share pics and info on this new cycad to me? Thanks so much. By the way, when they went to go pick it up they brought their truck and thought they'd be loading up a nice sized plant, only to be shocked to see a tiny seedling in a liner. They almost didn't wanna give it to me thinking that they'd been ripped off. The neighbor/nurseryman they …
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The Banana Tree
by PalmatierMeg- 4 replies
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Hello to All, Has anyone done business on-line with The Banana Tree (www.banana-tree.com)? They sell seeds, rhizomes, etc. of bananas, succulents, heliconias, gingers and palms (the usual suspects with many outdated Latin names). Are their seeds, etc. fresh and reliable? Thanks for any input.
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Aloes-- how will they do in the tropics?
by Gbarce- 16 replies
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Aloe Vera grows pretty ok here - I have seen them around in gardens through the years. Recently though there have been other Aloe varieties being offered that are rather pricey and I have been hesitant to try them out. Since I've never seen these new varieties grown here locally I am worried that they might not grow well in this country because we get long periods of overcast clouds, high humidity and of course monsoon rains. I think that South africa where most of these aloes come from is Hot and DRY and over her we are hot and WET. Does anyone have any idea how Aloes will fare in the hot and humid tropics?
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Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata)
by Big Tex- 5 replies
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Lots of these big Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata) around the area. There is a bottle palm in the middle. The man who owns this one told us the palm was 30 years old
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Identification
by Big Tex- 3 replies
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Anyone have any idea what this is?
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Need help choosing Encephalartos
by southlatropical- 0 replies
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This spring I want to order a few encephalartos (none available here locally). I have been pouring over the internet trying to figure out which ones are best suited to my growing conditions. I have made a list of what I'm guessing will do well in my landscape, but some of these may be poor choices and I would like to narrow the list down a bit or hear other suggestions. I already have E. ferox. Encephalartos aemulans Encephalartos altensteinii Encephalartos altensteinii x lehmannii Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi Encephalartos gratus Encephalartos gratus x manikensis Encephalartos kisambo Encephalartos longifolius Encephalartos manikensis Encephalartos natal…
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