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'Tis the Season in Florida

Moose

By Moose
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Really full garden Grand Master

Really full garden

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Scott - it definitely looks like Fishbone to me. Very nice! :D

Here this one is called "Tigre" - tiger

El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c

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Jeff Searle Grand Master

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Scott,

It's definitely a Fishbone, and a very nice looking one too.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Moose Grand Master

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Christian's Landscape in the Moose Land. A reported creation of Miami Croton "Hybridizer" Aubrey Christian around the 1920's ... :wub:

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Moose Grand Master

Moose

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Here are a couple of very rare cultivars. Unfortunately neither is in my collection. :(

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Jensenii aka Warrenii

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Cornelius Halgrim

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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The not often encountered Glen Roof ... :wub: 15 years ago this cultivar was rarely found. It is making a come back in many South Florida collections however. B)

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Captain Gilbert Cutler. :wub:

Once a rarity, it is getting reintroduced into collections. :greenthumb: The leaves on this cultivar are really huge for a croton. 17+" long X 10" wide. This beauty is in my garden. :drool:

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Moose Grand Master

Moose

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Last post - I don't know hat happened. Lets try again ... :blink:

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Daisy Ortegas

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Joe Friday

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President Eisenhower

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Moose

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Scott - thank you for your posts. Those are photos of Scott's plants that he "framed" to look like posters. They look professionally done. B)

Here are some shots of few crotons in the Moose Land taken this morning. :wub:

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Coppinger's

Coral

Shower

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Daybreak - that is the base of a juvenile Corypha

umbraculifera your seeing there.

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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