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Pictures of Palms at My Farm


Ken Johnson

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The Brahea was quite a surprise! Is this a big palm that was removed from the owner's yard ,now waiting for a new home? A transplant....

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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great stuff,ken.that cabadae is a knock-out.

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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The Brahea was quite a surprise! Is this a big palm that was removed from the owner's yard ,now waiting for a new home? A transplant....

Jeff

In fact I grew that Brahea. It was, believe it or not, a seed from the original IPS seed bank! I dug it and put it up for sale to make room for more Carpoxylon!

Here is a Sabal mauritiiformis that needs a home. It is 25' Tall!, and another that is about 12' tall. I have a quite a few of these at differing heights.

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Ken,

What kind of Brahaea is that? It doesn't look like any of mine. Could it be a green form of B. Armata? Nice palm.

Dick

Richard Douglas

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I have grown Zombia for 25 years. Some of these palms are that old! They are are out of the ground and ready for sale.

They have been on drip irrigation for months.

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Ken,

What kind of Brahaea is that? It doesn't look like any of mine. Could it be a green form of B. Armata? Nice palm.

Dick

What's the one that starts with a "bri"? I think its that one. Not an armata.

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Kentiopsis grows easily for me. i start them in the ground as little seedlings and they just take off! I have some big specimens that I bought from yards. They sure look good. The pic looking up is a bigun!

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Wow, I still get nostalgic seeing those Carpies in their glory.

Hmmmm. . . .

Everyone, don't just look at the pictures . . . .

Go down and visit Ken's place, and bring some money, honey!

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Chamberonia grows well too. It can use up lots of fertilizer! The different colors are great in the landscape. It is a real surprise when a red leaf opens on a palm! The young ones have an almost brown colored new leaf.

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I have grown lots of Heteropsathe but they are slow sellers. Here is one I transplanted a few years ago. It is out of the ground but has rooted back in on the bottom. Need any seeds?

Also pictured is a close up of Gastrococos. A valuable plant for something so ugly!

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You have some great stuff there. I could certainly find some room for some of those in my backyard! I know that Florida Agriculture inspects every truck coming in, but how difficult is it to load up a big trailer full of palms and drive them to Texas? I'm almost certain that nobody in Texas really cares about what is coming in. Case in point, the thousands of pounds of marijuana and cocaine that comes in by the truckload from Mexico every day. Are there any agriculture screening stations in Alabama, Mississippi or Louisiana?

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I think Dave saw the first pic and thought they were Carpenteria. No, they are Veitchia X Wodyetia.

The second pic is a Thrinax of some kind. I think parvaflora. It has a curly leaf. I have grown excelsa too but they are slow and tempermental when transplanted.

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You have some great stuff there. I could certainly find some room for some of those in my backyard! I know that Florida Agriculture inspects every truck coming in, but how difficult is it to load up a big trailer full of palms and drive them to Texas? I'm almost certain that nobody in Texas really cares about what is coming in. Case in point, the thousands of pounds of marijuana and cocaine that comes in by the truckload from Mexico every day. Are there any agriculture screening stations in Alabama, Mississippi or Louisiana?

I don't know the answers to your questions but if a truck showed up I would load it! :winkie:

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Wow, I still get nostalgic seeing those Carpies in their glory.

Hmmmm. . . .

Everyone, don't just look at the pictures . . . .

Go down and visit Ken's place, and bring some money, honey!

Dave,

I beleive those are foxyladys (V-Fox) if this is the pic you are referring too,the first pic?

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Ken,

Really nice stuff, as usual!

Are you trying to make it easy or hard for me to pick out what I want? :winkie:

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Scott

Titusville, FL

1/2 mile from the Indian River

USDA Zone COLD

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Not many people field grow Licuala grandis in the rock lands. I have had some success by growing for several years in the ground and then digging and finishing them in a pot for a few years. The big one is beat up from hurricanes!

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Ken,

I am most amazed with the Zombia! How much per foot?

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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Here is a Corypha utan that is just now looking better. It was rootpruned just before the 05 hurrican season and got the snot blown out of it. I waited another year befor moving it and now its been a few years here. Does not like being abused!

Alos pictured is a "yellow" latania. I grew it from a 3 gallon. It is out of the ground now on drippers.

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I do grow a few coconuts. No "green" ones, only off varieties like spicata and the gold/yellow/red colored ones.

The first one has 20' of trunk that lays on the ground!

The second is a young spicata.

The third pic is of some malayan by my pool.

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Ken,

I guess you mean Brahea berlandieri which is now, according to PASCOA is B. dulcis. If so, that is the largest one I've ever seen and a very valueable palm. I'm surprised to see such a large one in Florida.

Dick

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The first palm I planted when I bought this property was this royal. It has a foot of wood 25 years ago!

The Corypha umbraculifera was in the ground, dug up for sale, never sold. and put back in front of my house!

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Ken,

I guess you mean Brahea berlandieri which is now, according to PASCOA is B. dulcis. If so, that is the largest one I've ever seen and a very valueable palm. I'm surprised to see such a large one in Florida.

Dick

Dick, I am not sure about that name either. Is it brindisii or something like that? Help!

I am surprised to see such a big one too. They often die young here but this one is a survivor. How much do you think it is worth? It has about 20' of trunk.

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Here are the Satakentia that grace my pool and one that is on my "tree rack" that could be by your pool this weekend.

BTW the small palms under the Satakentia are Carpoxylon. I have hundreds planted!

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Here are a couple of rare Copernicia. Well the second one may not be rare because I don't know for sure what it is. It is blooming. It may be a clumping one that has not clumped yet. Like glabresences?

The first is an eckmanii.

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