TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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A colorful Bromeliad needs identifying
by Al in Kona- 3 replies
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I got this Brom from a friend as a small plant about a year ago and this is what it looks like today - very colorful at this stage. I had it growing in a partial shaded area but when I saw it developing some color I moved it out into a little more light. I hope it pups so I can propagate a few more plants from it. Anyone here can identify it or give any information about it? It measures 35 to 40cm wide (14 to 16").
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A colorful ginger
by Jeff in St Pete- 23 replies
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I took these photos today of a very prolific ginger growing in my shade house. They have very thick stems, long leaves that feel like fuzzy cardboard and a beautiful large bloom. I've cut the clumps down to the ground twice now and it just keeps growing back even stronger. Some of these blooms are at least 10 inches long.
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A corner Fruit Forest ..and proof that Plumeria can do well here
by Silas_Sancona- 2 replies
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Had mentioned this is the past and finally took a stroll up the block to see how a neighbor's collection of tropical fruit trees was doing.. As well as the Plumeria they have planted.. Laid out, all trees sit under high canopy created by several Sissoo in their yard. Has been in the ground since 2018. Longan ..pretty sure.. ..Possibly Sapodilla, but will have to ask again. Jaboticaba, standard, Black / Purple- Fruited variety. If you follow the outer-most branch on the right hand side of the picture up about 3/4ths of the way, can see a fruit on it. Mango #1.. Can't remember which varieties they're growing Couple oth…
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A Corpse Flower in Adelaide
by Pip- 18 replies
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Today I was notified that the Amorphophallus titanum the was donated to the South Australian Botanic Gardens in 2006 was flowering for the first time. It is been grown in a green house located in the Mt Lofty Botanic Garden, in an area usually off limits but today the garden let the public in. I was not expecting much of a crowd so I was surprised by the number of people interested in the stinky bloom. I couldn't linger and stare with amazement, only had enough time to take a photo and move on. It has produced a pup.
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A couple Heliconia photos
by Jeff in St Pete- 1 follower
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Just wanted to share a couple Heliconia pics that I took this week.
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A couple of Coners
by Pedro 65- 4 replies
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Female Encephalartos Natalensis and Male Encephalartos Arenarius
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A couple of cycas
by happypalms- 0 replies
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A few cycas species in the garden never hurt anyone one plant that goes with palms well many palm enthusiasts grow cycas
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A couple of iris flowers
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Another tough plant is the iris dry tolerant cold hardy predictable landscaping plant easy to grow there are a lot of hybrid varieties but I will leave that for the iris collectors
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a couple of large Bombax ceiba, Red Silk-Cotton Trees
by Eric in Orlando- 8 replies
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Bombax ceiba, Red Silk-Cotton Tree, is native to SE Asia and northern Australia. It is a large tree that can develop a good sized buttress. These flower in early spring bearing large, plastic-like red flowers. Here are a couple I found growing in St. Petersburg, FL. This first one is a very unusual specimen in that it does not have a tall trunk. It branched very low and is wide spreading. It is growing downtown SP next to the Museum of Fine Arts. This specimen is growing over in St. Pete Beach. It is next to a surf shop a block from the beach
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A couple of plants I planted a few years back at Fullerton Arboretum are coming into their own now. Lagerstroemia speciosa (Queen's crape myrtle) is more of a shrub here than the 30'/10m+ tree in SoFla, but this one has bloomed reliably for at least the last few years (plus sets viable seed). It is in one of the hottest, most-air-drained spots in the arboretum, but has survived at least upper 20sF without significant winter damage. (Sorry, flower color a little difficult to accurately capture in yesterday's bright sun ) Bignonia binata (Clytostoma binatum) is a choice evergreen vine from South America. Blooms for a few months in summer-fall. Easy to grow;…
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A couple of mine
by Steve Mac- 1 follower
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I don't know what any of these are, but since they don't require any care I think that they are great. This one is equally happy in the ground or on the Dicksonia. This one is happy on a dead Cyathea This one just flowers for ages.
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A couple of my "lost children"
by fastfeat- 6 replies
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Here are a couple of my "lost children", pilfered by an ex from my little nursery in Bellflower but still thriving at her now-abandoned house in Norwalk off the 105 and 605 freeways. The Schizolobium has especially thrived on the neglect. Hope she's enjoying her prison time...
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A couple of my faves
by metalfan- 4 replies
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I got these 2 plants for my collection this summer. I really like them both. Hoya retusa is one of the "oddball" hoyas, if you didn't know, you might never think it was a hoya. It hasn't bloomed yet, but I like it anyway
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A couple of my pitches
by Steve Mac- 1 follower
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I think that this is a Miranda And this one a ventricosa cross.
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A couple of new bromeliad introductions
by Gonzer- 11 replies
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Took the time to register 14 of my Billbergia experiments from 5 -6 years ago and these two stand out; Bill. 'Chewbacca' and Bill. 'Stone Free'. One of 'Chewbacca's' parents is 'Darth Vader' hence the name. Here's Chewy and my ode to Jimi Hendrix...
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A couple of orchids and some cacao seedlings
by Cindy Adair- 5 replies
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Both of these orchids used to be trapped in pots in my greenhouse. After inspection they were bare rooted a few years ago and tied to trees and nothing else has been done except by nature. No I am still in very very cold Virginia so this orchid photo was sent to me from a visitor to my farm today. He counts at least 32 blooms. This time next year I will be there to see it myself! This photo shows one of three pots of germinating cacao seeds from a pod off my tree. These are on top of my refrigerator on Virginia because my greenhouse isn't warm enough for them (or me). I planted these February second so they are gratifyingly quick and fun. One more orchid with a…
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A couple things
by bayside mike- 1 reply
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A baby Franjipani a friend of mine gave me.
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A crest of what?
by GDLWyverex- 1 follower
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Just got this fine crest and would like an ID please Thanks Richard
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I dug this sago today, It was growing as a large stem off a giant male est to be 40 yrs old. sorry no pics before the dig as I forgot the camera. It appears to have morphed and crest for the first time this spring, Cristate cones are a phenomena that occurs rarely. I hypothesize that this years cold winter turnd this particular trunk crested, there was another head that morphed into two heads(which isnt all that uncommon) many of all the other males in town are just fine and normal. heres some info: http://www.pacsoa.or...voluta-odd.html check out this 1 in a million true crested sago palm. XL croc shoe for scale. Trunk is 3 foot. More pics later after I …
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A Cycad that is now mine and already growing
by Cindy Adair- 9 replies
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The previous owner of our farm is moving the remaining plants from her former nursery on our farm. She is leaving all the cycads (and many other neat plants) that have grown through the pots. I know nothing about cycads but would like to learn, starting with names for these. Any suggestions, even the genus, would help. To add to the difficulty, when I found out these were now mine, I took a series of photos of all of them so I'm not completely sure that all of these are of the same plant cluster! So these photos might not all be of the same species. I know there are several different ones and there was no time to clean around them and make notes to help with identificatio…
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a day at Sarasota Bamboo Farm 1 2
by Creekside- 42 replies
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I went to visit a great friend of mine yesterday, Richard Seabury, at his Sarasota Bamboo Farm. Over the years, I've watched as he's grown his bamboo nursery into a fantastic place with the most beautiful collection of exotic, tropical clumping bamboos the world has to offer. I'm sure some of you have been out to his place before, but here are some photos for those who have not. Enjoy!
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A different kind of garden for me...
by Gbarce- 10 replies
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We just completed a new "garden project' for the house. This one literally went up the wall! I made a post on my blog. Check it out here: http://freakofnaturezzz.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-vertical-garden.html Even if I tried I couldn't figure out how to put a palm in this
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A dreaded Mango pest
by Kumar- 0 replies
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HEre is a photo of a wonderfully camaflouged moth shaped like a stealth bomber - very pretty but a serious nuisance to mangos. It lays eggs on the bark of trees and these hatch into green grubs that form a hemispherical paper-like cell on the stem and suck the sap for 3-4 months after which they enmerge. In large numbers they suck so much sap that a tree may not fruit the coming season and new leaf flushes are aborted - resulting in stunted branch tips.
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A duet of trees
by Tracy- 0 replies
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A duet I have been watching between these two trees for a number of years. They are growing at the once Quail Gardens Botanic Garden and renamed San Diego Botanical Garden here in Encinitas. No question who will win in the long run, but in the interim there is a duet that they will play. Any relationships you have like this?
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